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Geddy Finally Came Home!

#81
40Hz said:
Thx Doc! Sounds good to me. I cut my electric bass teeth on my cousin’s JB back in 1970. And although I’ve moved “away aways” from JBs over the years, I still have a soft spot in my heart for that most versatile of Fender bass designs. So much so that I’ve almost always had at least one JB of some flavor in my assemblage which mainly consisted of a JB and something else.

Right now I’m down to a surprisingly nice Squier CV 60s model (the Aztec Silver one) which I’ve just recently started thinking of replacing with something else later this year. So this thread comes at a great time. Because I hadn’t thought of making a Geddy part of my tryout list. Funny too considering my prog rock background.

I think I’m starting to enter into the distant marches of the foothills of my eventual dotage sometimes. :laugh:
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Getting old is not inevitable because lots of folks die young. Enjoy all that you can while you are here.
 
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#85
Dr. Cheese said:
I do not plan on any more layaways. It seems like every time something could go wrong, it went wrong. My kid is going off to college in August, I better be happy with toys I already have.;):thumbsup:
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When the kid becomes a free standing adult, it is the biggest raise you will ever get! Save up GAS for a few years from now.
 
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I highly recommend the GrooveTech tools as listed at the bottom of this page.

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I use the Cheater (since it is likely going to be a minor adjustment) and I don't have to remove anything. Works great and won't mess up the metal of the truss rod head.

Congrats on (finally) bringing the Geddy home! It's a fantastic bass.
 
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#91
Congrats, Doc! She's a beaut and sounds just like she's supposed to. I like the sound of whatever strings came on it. I think you're good to go string wise for now. Just MHO. Roll off that neck pickup and tone half way and get to makin' that girl burp like a well fed infant! Yo!

And you know she's chompin' at the bit to get pumpin' on a good Kirk Franklin tune.

Be safe!
 
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#92
Dr. Cheese said:


After a ridiculously long layaway, I finally took my American Geddy Lee Fender Jazz home. It is great, but the fact I have to take the neck off to adjust the neck (just like a vintage Seventies Jazz,) is a pain in the butt because it could use a little tweak. Still, I am very happy because I have wanted a Seventies style Jazz since the actual Seventies. I will never forget when Bootsy’s RubberBand opened for Parliament, and Bootsy had a pretty white Jazz because his original Space Bass had been stolen. I remember War’s original bassist, B.B. Dickerson, on stage with a Jazz, and I remember the guy from Spain in Heatwave who had a Seventies Jazz too. Ironically, the one time I saw Larry Graham, he had an Alembic.:laugh: Of course, the greatest bassist of my generation, Marcus Miller, rocked a Seventies Jazz, and his Fender is his number one till this day. The funny thing is that I always loved the Geddy Lee Signature Jazz much more than the Marcus Miller. I almost bought a CIJ Geddy about fifteen years ago. That said, I am a pretty big Geddy Lee fan too. I would like to unload my Music Man SUB5, but I may keep it since no one is biting in the classifieds. My Geddy is my four and my Pedulla and my Carvin are my fives.
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Buy a 3/16ths Fender truss rod nut and put it on and a 3/16ths Fender ball end allen tool and never take your neck off again.
 
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#95
Dr. Cheese said:
I will look into that for sure.
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I did it to my Hot Rod vintage P and what a huge difference it makes. Even without a notched pickguard you can sneak the tool right in there and adjust it, takes about 10 seconds. It sounded like you may have a pickup a little too close to the strings when you play way up high on the neck, nice sounding bass by the way.
 
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#96
I am extremely excited for you! Your Geddy Lee sounds fantastic!
You know me, you don't have to talk down one bass to build up another, I love both
active and passive basses.
I love the purity of the Geddy Lee 70s passive jazz bass tone!

I would own that bass in a heartbeat. As mentioned before, one of the best sounding basses
that I ever laid hands on was a Geddy Lee.

May you have many years of enjoyment playing your Geddy Lee! :hyper::bassist::hyper: :bassist::hyper:
 
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#100
Mr_O'B said:
I am extremely excited for you! Your Geddy Lee sounds fantastic!
You know me, you don't have to talk down one bass to build up another, I love both
active and passive basses.
I love the purity of the Geddy Lee 70s passive jazz bass tone!

I would own that bass in a heartbeat. As mentioned before, one of the best sounding basses
that I ever laid hands on was a Geddy Lee.

May you have many years of enjoyment playing your Geddy Lee! :hyper::bassist::hyper: :bassist::hyper:
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The thing about the Geddy is that will really let me play some songs better than I can on a five. I was playing Glide by Pleasure, and when I thumped the open E, I realized that I was used to having to mute the B string which kept me from wailing on the open E at times. I had to tell myself there was nothing to mute. I sort of had to give myself permission to give that string a Larry Graham (Nathaniel Phillips) style whack! I have been playing a five since the late 1980’s but those first ten or so years on four left their mark, and for some things a four just feels like home for me. The Geddy is easily the best four I have had in nearly thirty years, and I am a much better player now than I was then.
 
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