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Geddy Neck on a P bass

It would look like the classic 70s P

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I played the active version of that one (i think it was a GC special) and it had a 1.5" nut, but was thicker than a geddy. Probably pretty close to the new 70s VM necks. Felt great, but it probably wouldn't if you were expecting a geddy in your palm.

The specs on gc.com say "Precision Bass body with Maple 70’s Jazz Bass neck"
Take that as you may.
 
I played the active version of that one (i think it was a GC special) and it had a 1.5" nut, but was thicker than a geddy. Probably pretty close to the new 70s VM necks. Felt great, but it probably wouldn't if you were expecting a geddy in your palm.

The specs on gc.com say "Precision Bass body with Maple 70’s Jazz Bass neck"
Take that as you may.

Guess what!...Looks like it not available in Canada. Maybe that's why it never showed for me on the GC website:(

I already have the black P bass and high mass bridge. Just need the neck, and it don't bother me if it says Jazz bass on it. We have a new Squier VM Jazz in my local L and M with the neck that I want. I thought about buying it for the neck, but I don't want my Fender to have a Squier logo. Petty I know. If it was the older version of the bass I would just remove the logo, but that new damned poly finish makes it way tougher. I think that's why they changed it...to make it harder to make forgeries of the squiers
 
Just as an FYI ... the original 72/73 Jazz Basses have a neck that although 1.5 at the nut is deeper and more chunky than the "Geddy" version.
I bought a Geddy Lee hoping to use it as a backup to my 73 and it was NOT to my liking way too thin ... if your looking for that thinner feel
make sure you test it first, or have a return policy on it. Also all neck pockets are not created equal some fitting may be required.
 
I played the active version of that one (i think it was a GC special) and it had a 1.5" nut, but was thicker than a geddy. Probably pretty close to the new 70s VM necks. Felt great, but it probably wouldn't if you were expecting a geddy in your palm.

The specs on gc.com say "Precision Bass body with Maple 70’s Jazz Bass neck"
Take that as you may.

I had this bass for a little while(returned it, just wasn't for me tonally, especially at almost $900) but the neck definitely reminds me of a MIM Geddy neck-- feel like the Geddy necks got a tad thicker when they went to MIM vs the pencil-thin MIJs