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another Fender Custom Shop bass
- Thread starter joeyl
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Geddy Lee’s famous black ’72 Jazz Bass, purchased circa 1977 from a pawnshop in Kalamazoo, Mich. Lee bought it as is, with no original case, for $200.
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It's quite the irony then that the MSRP on this Custom Shop version of his '72 J is $8000.
Geddy Lee’s famous black ’72 Jazz Bass, purchased circa 1977 from a pawnshop in Kalamazoo, Mich. Lee bought it as is, with no original case, for $200.
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It's quite the irony then that the MSRP on this Custom Shop version of his '72 J is $8000.
I'm thinking it is a copy and paste typo, no Fender bass of that era were 35" as far as I know.
The Adam Clayton signature bass must have gone over well. Perhaps so well that it gave Fender cojones muy grandes to come up with an MSRP that high for the Geddy.
If I live to be a hundred years old, I'll never understand anyone paying that much for an instrument that is new yet it's beat up as if you've played it for decades and not taken very good care of it.
Even at the MAP price of $4800 that's WAY TOO MUCH for that bass.
Even at the MAP price of $4800 that's WAY TOO MUCH for that bass.
It's still a 70s style jazz with a badass II bridge. Cool. But not at that price.
Wonder how it compares to the Japan and Mexican geddys?
Wonder how it compares to the Japan and Mexican geddys?
FYI, $200 in '77 is equal to about $771 in 2013. It doesn't really make a differnce, so I'm still very meh.
I have a FrankenGeddyLee Jazz that I think can hang with just about any J that I assembled from (mostly used) parts acquired from various sources over the course of a year or so ...
MIJ Fender Geddy Lee body w/hardware but no bridge from eBay: $100
MIJ Fender 70's reissue Precision neck from eBay: $250
Raised A and D pole pieces Jazz pickups from Lindy Fralin: $175
Fender American Standard bridge from TalkBass: $30
DR Marcus Miller 105 - 45 Fat Beams from Musician's Friend: $20
Fender tug bar: $5
Total: $580
A degree of dumb luck was involved here with how it all came together so nicely. The vintage 7.25" radius neck feels very much like the limited edition MIJ Noel Redding J necks which were kinda chunky for a J ... bordering on a "petite" P profile. It also fit snuggly in the neck pocket which is always a good thing. The raised A and D pole pieces Fralin Jazz pickups are simply the bomb and have great tone and superior string balance. The useless (short of being retro cool) tug bar completes the package. Pretty damn good for a total hack job bass.
Yeah....I don't get the fascination, but hey, if ya got the cash!
My Wife would shoot me in the head repeatedly....
My Wife would shoot me in the head repeatedly....
Says right in the ad, that Geddy uses oil on all his bass necks, and this bass will feature the same.
But lists poly here??
Sounds like something I would do instead of buying that bass.
One I don't have that kind of scratch, two I think it is overpriced for what it is, three they don't even care to get the info correct on the website
If you are rich fan of Rush's who plays bass, you will own this bass if it means enough to you. That is who this bass was designed to sell to, not anyone else. Time to get over the fact that not everything is made to sell to us proletariat.
They're right about the "limited" part. Cant see too many people throwing down that kind of cash for in essence a beat up J bass.
