Geddy Lee Jazz question??

It would sound like any other passive jazz bass.

 

My Geddy is staying as stock as possible, I love the stock pickups.
That being said, It should sound pretty good!

 

Hey that’s nice...what are they asking for it?

 

Ok...buy it and THEN tell us???LOL

 

The stock pups in my Geddy are actually hotter than the QP's I put into my Aerodyne

 

It’s going to sound like crap. I love you guys and am willing to buy it so none of you will ever have to.

 

This is just ridiculous, but you did manage to get the second post in the thread, so congrats on that.

To me, the GL's of that era sound a little thin, not unusual for a lot of the MIJ Fenders. I would expect that the SD pickup would have more ooomph and I am not at all sure that it would match too well with the stock pickup. But, you could always replace the stock pickup with another SD pickup and you would be good to go.

 

What's ridiculous? Do you think you'd be able to tell without looking that this bass has a different bridge pickup? That sounds ridiculous to me. More BS than worthy of ridicule really.

 

There's no such thing as a 1995 Geddy Lee. The first year of production was 1998.

 

Corrr-rect.

 

I have two Geddys, a black 03 and 2016 3tsb. They both sound amazing with the stock pickups. They are fender original Mia pickups. It’s the whole package that gives the bass the distinct tone and high end growl.
Besides the 70’s pickup spacing, a lot of the tone comes from the neck and some from the bridge. The thin glossy neck really brings out the snappy growl.

 

I put a set of the fender '74's in mine, and I really like the tone. The original pickups were shot in the one I have, so I tried a few different sets before settling on those.

The quarter pounders are pretty thick and ballsy sounding, with a lot of girth and growl. More of a dark growl, if you will. A cool sound, and definitely thickened up the sound of that 70s bridge pickup. A cool sound but not what I was after. The 74s are thinner, more like a stock mid 70's Jazz. Mine is a crafted in Japan, I'm unsure of the year.

 

This is a very, very common error.

The bass in question was made between 2006 and 2008.
"Crafted In Japan" with "S"+ 6 digits = 2006-2008.

 

Direct from Fender Support:

"... In 1997, Fender transitioned to a serial number decal that included the words “Crafted in Japan” above the serial number.


Crafted in Japan A + 6 digits 1997-1998
Crafted in Japan O + 6 digits 1997-2000
Crafted in Japan P + 6 digits 1999-2002
Crafted in Japan Q + 6 digits 2002-2004
Crafted in Japan R + 6 digits 2004-2005
Crafted in Japan S + 6 digits 2006-2008
Crafted in Japan T + 6 digits 2007-2008 ."