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08-25-2011, 07:45 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Winnipeg | | | Stock Geddy Lee pickups?
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I posted this in the Geddy Lee Club thread, but haven't got a response yet, and I figured it was worth asking more generally...
Have the stock pickups that come in a Fender Geddy Lee changed?
On most older GLs I've seen, the pickups have pole pieces that stick up slightly out of the covers and seem to have a beveled edge. I recently bought a brand new sunburst GL from my local Long and McQuade that's probably not more than 1-2 years old (I've never checked though), and the pickups look different. The pole pieces are flush with the cover and flat on top without the beveled edge.
So, does anybody know if Fender has started using different pickups in these basses or what?
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08-25-2011, 07:51 AM
| | | | I don't know the answer, but I'm curious about this as well. I have an older GL (purchased in 2005) and it has the pickups with the poles sticking out slightly. |
08-25-2011, 09:47 AM
|  | 155mm of pure destruction | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Atlanta | | | My GL is an '08 with stock pickups. The pole pieces extend slightly with a beveled edge. I have played one at GC as recently as 2011, but unfortunately did not inspect the pickups on that close of a level. I'll be going by one hopefully within the next week, if they have one in stock, I'll look at it and post my findings. |
08-25-2011, 10:26 AM
| | | | Bought my Geddy Lee in March 2008, the pickup poles are slightly out of the covers, as well. |
08-25-2011, 11:28 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | | The website is calling them "Vintage Jazz BassŪ Single-Coil Pickups"; the same name they've always used. My guess is they're the same pickups. They've probably just changed the shape of the pole pieces. Maybe, the extra grinding didn't make a difference in sound, but cost more to produce. Maybe, people complained about them being raised. I find them a little odd, but I have two sets of the pickups. I think they sound really good.
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08-25-2011, 11:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Winnipeg | | | Yeah I thought the older GL I had last year and then sold sounded better than my new one, that's why I'm asking. That, and I thought it was odd. They would change but keep the same name.
Maybe I'm just imagining the difference in tone though... I've been exceptionally nitpicky lately.
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08-28-2011, 10:43 AM
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08-29-2011, 08:09 AM
|  | David Schwab
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Originally Posted by NKBassman Yeah I thought the older GL I had last year and then sold sounded better than my new one, that's why I'm asking. That, and I thought it was odd. They would change but keep the same name.
Maybe I'm just imagining the difference in tone though... I've been exceptionally nitpicky lately. | Fender seemed to have been skimping on part quality on those basses. Geddy complained to them about the tuners, so they started using better ones. I wouldn't doubt that they went to cheaper pickups.
Fender is more interested in making money than making the best instruments.
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08-29-2011, 08:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Winnipeg | | Thanks for the insight SGD. Perhaps we should discuss a replacement set 
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08-29-2011, 03:40 PM
| | David Schwab
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Originally Posted by NKBassman Thanks for the insight SGD. Perhaps we should discuss a replacement set | Sure thing. 
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12-20-2011, 03:41 PM
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