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My SX (Essex) Geddy "Pee"

A few weeks ago I bought a black SX SPB-57 with the intentions of building a P-bass with the Geddy jazz stylings to go along with the Geddy jazz in my stable. I bought a used, but mint, Badass II bridge off of a fellow TB'er and found a black blocked and bound SX jazz neck on eBay that already had Geddy tuning machines on it for the same cost as the tuners alone. This was all I needed to build my SX Geddy "Pee". I went with the SX because it has an alder body just like the real Geddy and the whole SX bass cost less than a bare body. All said and done, the whole project cost about $230 with shipping included. What's also pretty cool is the fact that it's all SX, except for the Tuners and the bridge. It's strung with the same strings as it's 6 other stable mates, D'Addario EXL 170's (.045-.100). The neck is a bit thicker front to back than the real Geddy and a touch thicker than the neck on my Squier VM jazz but still feels like a proper jazz neck. All in all I couldn't be happier with my little project.

Hope you all like it.

What I started with..........

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Finished Geddy "Pee"......

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Along with the real deal.........

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Cool! I really like the P and J bass combo. Tonally you are completely covered!

Ibanezcollector is almost done building my PJ Geddy "P". I thought the PJ config would give me some cool tonal possibilities.


Here is a quick shot (we are waiting for the nut and the headstock logo... but it is almost done...)
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A few weeks ago I bought a black SX SPB-57 with the intentions of building a P-bass with the Geddy jazz stylings to go along with the Geddy jazz in my stable. I bought a used, but mint, Badass II bridge off of a fellow TB'er and found a black blocked and bound SX jazz neck on eBay that already had Geddy tuning machines on it for the same cost as the tuners alone. This was all I needed to build my SX Geddy "Pee". I went with the SX because it has an alder body just like the real Geddy and the whole SX bass cost less than a bare body. All said and done, the whole project cost about $230 with shipping included. What's also pretty cool is the fact that it's all SX, except for the Tuners and the bridge. It's strung with the same strings as it's 6 other stable mates, D'Addario EXL 170's (.045-.100). The neck is a bit thicker front to back than the real Geddy and a touch thicker than the neck on my Squier VM jazz but still feels like a proper jazz neck. All in all I couldn't be happier with my little project.

Hope you all like it.

What I started with..........

ry%3D400.jpg


Finished Geddy "Pee"......

ry%3D400.jpg


Along with the real deal.........

ry%3D400.jpg


Scallop the upper frets,throw in a "woofer p-up,and you'd have an Billy Sheehan Attitude Bass.Looks nice.Smart investment,IMO.