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Geddy Finally Came Home!
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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How did you do it? Did you have to take the strings off, and partly loosen the neck at the body? Remove the pickguard? This has bothered me a lot too.
I assume yours is an MIA?!? I have a MiM Geddy Lee, and I bought it used... the first (and only other) owner was a guitar player trying to learn the bass, but then gave that up again. At least, that's the story... Anyway, I think I got it with the original strings still on, and when trying to make a setup, it turned out that the nut is slightly too deep on the E string to allow for a proper low action... Out of the factory??? Now, I need to fix the nut, too....
I just loosened the strings. There was no need to touch the pick guard at all. I took a power screwdriver and removed the neck. I gave the trussrod maybe half a turn and put the neck on again. It took about three minutes.
Why didn't the Marcus Miller Fender ever catch on? I remember playing one at GC that had some pretty serious setup issues but seemed nice other than that.
SWEET BASS BUDDY!!!!!!
my MIJ jazz bass has the hidden neck adjustment too.
i have adjusted it only once in the 8 years i have owned it.
of course use the same type and gauge strings the whole time.
Not a problem for me.
That is A PHAT BASS
I AM HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!
my MIJ jazz bass has the hidden neck adjustment too.
i have adjusted it only once in the 8 years i have owned it.
of course use the same type and gauge strings the whole time.
Not a problem for me.
That is A PHAT BASS
I AM HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!
Congrats on the Geddy! Damn i wish they made them lefty. Anyway, on my Custom Shop 1960 Jazz, all I have to do to adjust the truss rod is take off the pickguard. I have decent access To the nut, and I can use a small flat head screwdriver to turn it in small increments (The truss nut turns super smooth too, that’s why I can pull it off). Here’s what it looks like.
The Marcus Miller Signature was very popular. They would still be making them if Sire had not shook those dollar bills in MM’s face. Personally, I always preferred the Geddy, but that’s just me.
I have some budget four string four already. I am disgusted with the Squier because the fingerboard is crap. My short scale SX fretless P-Bass sounds and plays great although the tuners are not so good.
If you like a 70s style Jazz you would probably like my F Bass.
(Not trying to cause GAS)
(Not trying to cause GAS)
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.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.
Cool, someone else who has a blue Snark--so many people I know use the red one.
But cool basses, I would not turn one down if it made sense.
Completely understand where you're coming from with the neck truss rod adjustment. The only thing that I don't like with my 60's Vintera Jazz.
I find it soooooooo interesting how many people love to bash 1970s Fenders... yet it seems like almost everyone absolutely gushes over the Geddy Lee signature which is modeled after a 1972 Jazz. 
Geddy, Marcus Miller, Steve Harris and others used 70s Fenders as their main instruments onstage and in the studio for decades -- they're reliable, well-playing instruments that sound great.
Geddy, Marcus Miller, Steve Harris and others used 70s Fenders as their main instruments onstage and in the studio for decades -- they're reliable, well-playing instruments that sound great.
