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Geddy Finally Came Home!

#104
I had my 1998 CIJ Geddy modified with a spoke wheel adjustor.
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Dr. Cheese said:
Fender thrives because they have the original sound and people like nostalgia. A little rout would make removing the neck unnecessary, but a lot of people literally want a bass just Geddy’s.
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I understand that. My point is, if Fendee truly were trying to make the best product they could, they would have fixed this issue long before Geddy’s bass was made. All the copies would, therefore, ne made with a better neck to body interface.
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
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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Yes!! As much as I prefer my Jazz V for certain styles of music , when doing that old school funk /r&b style a 4 really shines. It just feels right. And there is a certain sound that a 4 gets that a 5 just doesn’t have.
Like you, I really do need both.
 
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micguy said:
I understand that. My point is, if Fendee truly were trying to make the best product they could, they would have fixed this issue long before Geddy’s bass was made. All the copies would, therefore, ne made with a better neck to body interface.
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To be fair, the only basses that require neck removal for neck adjustment are the vintage reproductions. All of the other models have accessible trussrods. I have owned many Fenders and my Geddy is only whose neck I needed to remove.
 
#112
Dr. Cheese said:
To be fair, the only basses that require neck removal for neck adjustment are the vintage reproductions. All of the other models have accessible trussrods. I have owned many Fenders and my Geddy is only whose neck I needed to remove.
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That's true. My CIJ Mustang is my only Fender or copy w/that style of truss adjustment.
Fortunately it isn't something one needs to do every day.

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micguy said:
The issue is not the time. The issue is, every time you do that, the screw threads and other mechanical details of the neck/ body joint get degraded a little more. It’s a bad idea to mess with that interface more than you have to.
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I’ve never seen that before, but I guess Yeah I get that because that is definitely a legitimate concern..but it seems like you’d have to do that an awful lot for you to have to worry about wood degradatio, although I’ve definitely seen the ol “wooden dowels in the screwholes” trick ..of all the old Fenders (and Custom Shops with the same truss rod design) I’ve only had to make tweaks once or twice a year (my P bass neck doesn’t really budge)...maybe if I lived somewhere where the neck was a lot more temperamental it would be more of an issue but luckily I’ve never had to sweat neck removals...
 
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One of my jacos stripped a neck holddown screw practically right away, on the 3rd time I had to pop the neck to get at the rod. That time it wouldn't tighten at all, and the one next to it was getting a little soft too. Fixed it with toothpicks and super glue. I also super glue soaked the threads in the remaining holes, and it's been able to be tightened down since then.

But that's kind of unusual and probably on that one the holes weren't drilled right or maybe the wood is just kind of soft in the heel area.

My other jaco is fine, but so far only had to get to the rod one time.

In a way, it's good that the design is just wood screws into cheezy holes, because a) those strip all the time anyway and b) it's so easy to repair almost ad-infinitum....

I'm not a fan of having to do that, but I think the necks with the adjustment at the heel are more stable. That's my understanding anyway....

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Ace Of Bass said:
I’ve never seen that before, but I guess Yeah I get that because that is definitely a legitimate concern..but it seems like you’d have to do that an awful lot for you to have to worry about wood degradatio, although I’ve definitely seen the ol “wooden dowels in the screwholes” trick ..of all the old Fenders (and Custom Shops with the same truss rod design) I’ve only had to make tweaks once or twice a year (my P bass neck doesn’t really budge)...maybe if I lived somewhere where the neck was a lot more temperamental it would be more of an issue but luckily I’ve never had to sweat neck removals...
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Having owned lots of Peavey and currently owning a Pedulla, easy access trussrods that require an uncommon wrench scare me more than removal. Fortunately, I got a Pedulla wrench from Michael Pedulla before he retired.
 
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