Geedy's New CS Jazz

DLaunder · #1 09-14-2012, 05:17 AM

I've searched for information on this, but I'm not able to find any posts that discuss it. I saw Rush on opening night of their Clockwork Angels tour, and Geddy was playing a beautiful CS jazz that I hadn't seen before. It was blue with a matching headstock and looked like it had the Relic treatment. I thought I'd share that with the community.

P.S. Not the most technically proficient show that I have seen from the boys (or their crew), but I was happy and surprised to see so much material from the 80's. I know many discount that time period in the bands long history, but that was when I learned to play, and Geddy was one of my mentors back then. I always appreciated the complexity and layering of the music from that time period.

gordon5377 · #2 09-14-2012, 07:38 AM

I'm going to see RUSH at the end of October so I will be looking forward to seeing this bass, and learning ahead of time what it might be.

zackthompson · #3 09-14-2012, 07:50 AM

I saw that too. I loved the look of it. I couldn't really here what it sounded like because the volume was way down on it. I also had a lawn seat though.

lijazz · #4 09-14-2012, 07:50 AM

Who is Geedy?....he he...but seriously, I heard about it also but haven't seen any vids of it yet on Youtube...October 22nd, can't wait!

gordon5377 · #5 09-14-2012, 08:09 AM

Well, let's see. I already have a stock GL, I am building a replica of his red CS jazz, I am stocking parts to build a "time machine" bass, I guess I will have to wait and see what this blue bass is and make plans for another build.

gordon5377 · #6 09-14-2012, 09:27 AM

After MUCH searching, here is what I was able to find. I pulled these photos off the net so I am not responsible for the quality...sorry. Along with having to identify the blue bass, it looks as if he has gotten a new wine red w/pg bass, or his red CS has been modded with a guard (looks like abalone).

EDIT: Thanks to cygnus-x1.net for posting these pics.

NWB · #7 09-14-2012, 09:45 AM

Gah! Now I can't remember where I read the interview, but the sonic blue relic jazz isn't a Fender.

He didn't name the builder though.

A-searching I will go to find the interview...

gordon5377 · #8 09-14-2012, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by NWB

the sonic blue relic jazz isn't a Fender.

Someone playing a 'Fender' that is not really a Fender (Fender logo on a non-Fender product)?!?!?. This will certainly spark some debate on this forum for sure!

jgroh · #9 09-14-2012, 09:48 AM

I wonder if it is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN2QP...=results_video

Echovox · #10 09-14-2012, 09:55 AM

Hi guys,
The bass you are talking about is a Surf Green Fender Masterbuilt Jazz Bass with a matching peghead.
It was built for Geddy as a surprise from his tech for the upcoming tour. I am the builder that made the bass so I know this as fact.
Sweet bass, and so happy to see he is playing it on tour!

NWB · #11 09-14-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jgroh

I wonder if it is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN2QP...=results_video

That's the one I was thinking of.

I think I may have been mislead though. I have to search out to find where I read it was another maker.

dalkowski · #12 09-14-2012, 11:20 AM

I was at the Manchester show and yeah, that bass is a beaut!

sloppy_phil · #13 09-14-2012, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Echovox

Hi guys,
The bass you are talking about is a Surf Green Fender Masterbuilt Jazz Bass with a matching peghead.
It was built for Geddy as a surprise from his tech for the upcoming tour. I am the builder that made the bass so I know this as fact.
Sweet bass, and so happy to see he is playing it on tour!

very cool. It looks like a lovely bass!

BrentSimons · #14 09-14-2012, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Echovox

Hi guys,
The bass you are talking about is a Surf Green Fender Masterbuilt Jazz Bass with a matching peghead.
It was built for Geddy as a surprise from his tech for the upcoming tour. I am the builder that made the bass so I know this as fact.
Sweet bass, and so happy to see he is playing it on tour!

That's too cool! Welcome!

I think the red one might be the red one he has had since the 90's with the added pickgaurd. There was a video on Bass Player TV years ago with Geddy backstage showing his basses for the Snakes and Arrows tour. I think he said the "Red One" was his favorite next to his '72. But he commented how the tone was just a little but different. I believe Faithless and We Hold On were recorded with the Red One.
Brent

Echovox · #15 09-14-2012, 11:56 AM

I believe the Candy Red one was made by Fender Artist Relations builder Larry Brooks in the 90s. The reason I think it is darker is because the bridge pickup is in the early 60s location.

jim777 · #16 09-14-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jgroh

I wonder if it is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN2QP...=results_video

At 1:08 or 1:09 that one looks like it has a rosewood or ebony board, not maple.

gordon5377 · #17 09-14-2012, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jim777

At 1:08 or 1:09 that one looks like it has a rosewood or ebony board, not maple.

When he is going to put the bass up on the stand you can also see that it has a white pickguard and not the tort as shown in the pic. Also, keep in mind that the video was posted in 2010 and, if what a previous poster said was true, he just built the bass for this tour, so must not be the same bass.

Echovox · #18 09-14-2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gordon5377

When he is going to put the bass up on the stand you can also see that it has a white pickguard and not the tort as shown in the pic. Also, keep in mind that the video was posted in 2010 and, if what a previous poster said was true, he just built the bass for this tour, so must not be the same bass.

The Sonic Blue bass is a completly different bass.

gordon5377 · #19 09-14-2012, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BrentSimons

That's too cool! Welcome!

I think the red one might be the red one he has had since the 90's with the added pickgaurd. There was a video on Bass Player TV years ago with Geddy backstage showing his basses for the Snakes and Arrows tour. I think he said the "Red One" was his favorite next to his '72. But he commented how the tone was just a little but different. I believe Faithless and We Hold On were recorded with the Red One.
Brent

Why would you do that??? Cover up that gorgeous flame maple? I L-O-V-E that bass. Can't remember where I read it but in an interview he called the red CS an 'absolutely gorgeous instrument', but then he noted the tonal difference you mentioned.

Echovox · #20 09-14-2012, 12:13 PM

Here is a picture of the bass before it was shipped to Geddy