BTW with budget not mentioned I have to add that the US Geddy is worth adding to the conversation. Simply an outstanding bass and can be had at a reasonable price with a little haggling.
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ahh ok. No worries. That's also an annoying issue though. I have an Alvarez guitar with one of those floating bridges. Besides be an absolute PAIN to setup (adjusting intonation requires taking the string out of the bridge, loosening a bolt then sliding the saddle. Put string back on, tune it like 7 times, then test.Actually, allow me to clarify. The action right out of the box was perfect, that didn't need filed. The nut is sticks out a little on either side of the neck width-wise. Not enough to affect play, but if you run your finger over where the neck and the nut should meet you can tell the nut overlaps the side of the neck just a hair.
Please excuse my poor description of the issue.
), the string retainer and nut assembly have sharp corners that make first-position chords very much not fun.
ahh ok. No worries. That's also an annoying issue though. I have an Alvarez guitar with one of those floating bridges. Besides be an absolute PAIN to setup (adjusting intonation requires taking the string out of the bridge, loosening a bolt then sliding the saddle. Put string back on, tune it like 7 times, then test.
I have an Alvarez bass (not to derail), I got it as a gift. Actually a damn solid bass. For the price point I can't complain about it.
A geddy sig is based on his 72/73 jazz depending on who you ask.
High mass bridge.
Very thin neck and most importantly the 70 s spaced pickups.
If you have a bass that you bought as a geddy and its not 70 spaced.....you do not have a geddy.
Sorry...it's a specific trait.
I want to buy a jazz with 70s spacing and the only ones available with the 70s spacing is a vintage 70s jazz or a geddy that I can find.
High mass bridge.
Very thin neck and most importantly the 70 s spaced pickups.
If you have a bass that you bought as a geddy and its not 70 spaced.....you do not have a geddy.
Sorry...it's a specific trait.
I want to buy a jazz with 70s spacing and the only ones available with the 70s spacing is a vintage 70s jazz or a geddy that I can find.
I guess the photo was taken during a transition period when they were still using up the old bridges... Maybe they only produced a small number of Geddys with the different body and are back to the 70s position now. It would be good to get an official explanation from Fender on this.
If there are MIM Geddy Lee basses out there with 60's spacing, it is either an aberration (factory mistake, for instance) or it's not a genuine GL Jazz. How pics were produced with the wrong spacing is beyond me, but the GL Jazz has always, officially had 70's pickup spacing. @tjh already mentioned that he spoke with Fender about it, they confirmed that the body is the same one used on the classic 70's Jazz. Fender's website also reflects the 70's spacing in their pics, and the new heavy mass bridge. I have seen quite a few GL Jazz basses over the years, and never have I seen one that didn't have 70's spacing. I suggest that if you still have doubts, find one in a store.
The Marcus Miller signature has 70's spacing! The sunburst ones (like the one in my avatar - which I regrettably no longer own) are the best looking stock Fenders IMO. Love that cream binding+blocks. It also has a 70's radius neck (7.25"), which is getting rare these days, even on various 70's reissues.
Yeah I do remember that now but I can't get over the extra large control area.
It just looks off to me and I can't seem to get over that..
The necks are pretty sweet.
To the best of my research, the Geddy-sig has always had the '70s pickup spacing. Taking a look at some of the sales links you posted, three of them (dv247, Gak and Rich Tone) are all using the same photo…the same poorly shot photo.
There's a thing in photography called "parallax". It's when one eye looks at something while the other sees it from a slightly different angle. (e.g.: Hold your thumb up and out at arms length. Look at it with one eye, then close it and look with the other. It looks like it jumps almost an inch in one direction.) What this can lead to is an optical illusion, when a photo is taken from an odd angle and it can play tricks with what you see.
This happened with a neck I was selling. The potential buyer said the neck looked warped. I knew it wasn't, but I took a look at the pic again and saw what he was talking about. So, I took a new pic while making sure the fret-dots were aligned straight up-and-down. Violá, the "warping" was suddenly gone!
I'm only filling my head with GAS reading this thread. I love Geddys and the new MIA model with the rare yellowish B&B is really good looking.
And to think this all started as a limited edition run back in 1998... I guess demand brought it back a couple yrs later, and then it became one of the most popular jazz basses. I saw many in the hands of punk players that probably didn't even listen to rush. It is just a cool looking instrument.
But only the proud few have the ones with the "limited edition" neck plate. If I ever sold it (NOT), I probably wouldn't take less than a G for it, maybe more. Is a first run limited edition GL from 98 considered rare and vintage yet?
But only the proud few have the ones with the "limited edition" neck plate. If I ever sold it (NOT), I probably wouldn't take less than a G for it, maybe more. Is a first run limited edition GL from 98 considered rare and vintage yet?
Yes Ubernator I have one as well and I love it. I did a little digging and apparently the pickups were changed a year or two later. I have also owned an 05 Geddy Lee and could swear the neck on my special edition is slightly wider. They are still out there though so I doubt they are considered vintage yet or will be for a long while. Haven't tried the Mexican ones but can say that the GL Jazz bass is great value for money.
I actually had 2 of them. I bought them before the mainstream run began. No local stores had them in 98, was special order, and I wound up buying an American jazz instead.
The first one I got (used) didn't have the beveled pole pieces, and there was a strange defect in the neck curvature I would have to describe it like a crease. There were a few chips on the body.
I then found another one in better condition, with the correct pickups, and sold the first. I'm not sure if that first one had the pickups swapped or if it just was an odd one in the batch.
I briefly owned one in 2011 that I bought new for $999. It seemed to be the same except the neckplate. I came to my senses and returned it since I didn't need 2 of the same bass, paying 2x what I did for the 98. Of course in 2008 geddy Lee was using one of the Sig necks on his '72. I was not paying attention to the news, I was just right up on the stage and saw the sig on the back of the neck, and with my small binos I could see the crafted in Japan decal on the heel. I thought it was a relic d body, then posted about it here and was informed it was his 72 and the truss gave out, and he liked the way the Sig neck felt. Apparently it was a good copy of the original. Of course by the next tour it had a custom shop neck with pearl inlays.
Still wondering about that first gl I had... But glad I found the second.
I've been looking at getting one of these. Is it worth paying the money for a MIA? Or do I just go for the MIM?..
Not sure where you got this from but all the Geddy basses have 70s spacing
Read the following posts, there was a big argument that followed! Lots of shops are currently showing stock images of Geddys with 60s positioning, and I have seen actual photos of one for sale, which was bought new in 2015, with the same 60s position. The seller was a long time forum member over at Basschat and I don't think he was trying to scam anyone, after I spotted and queried it he says he checked with Fender who confirmed that they changed them. Since nobody else seems to have seen one in the wild I assume it was a short term change and they are now back to 70s spec.
Popular opinion on here though is that a spec change is simply impossible and one of the following must have happened:
- Someone at Fender screwed up in Photoshop and some scammer took advantage of that by making a fake Geddy bass and putting it up for sale.
Or
- Fender produced one single Geddy with 60s spacing by mistake, took photos of it for all the retailers to use as a stock image, then sold it to some random dude in the UK.
Ultimately we never got to the bottom of it and probably never will! I'm tired of discussing it now too unless someone linked to Fender or a retailer has some actual facts rather than opinions to contribute.
