I did the unthinkable....

Blackbird · May 04, 2015, 09:38:13 AM

...I gave up a Thunderbird for a new MIA Geddy Lee jazz...this bass is incredible and I couldn't pass it up. What a neck on this....feels like a custom shop bass.

Pilgrim · May 04, 2015, 09:51:46 AM

The Geddy basses have a lot of fans because of the necks. I hope it's a good one for you!

Blackbird · May 04, 2015, 10:10:15 AM

The neck on this is different than the MIJ or MIM versions..much nicer (to me)

Dave W · May 04, 2015, 12:35:46 PM

Quote from: Blackbird on May 04, 2015, 10:10:15 AM
The neck on this is different than the MIJ or MIM versions..much nicer (to me)

How is it different? The neck on the original Geddy that my son had was way too thin for my taste.

Blackbird · May 04, 2015, 01:07:54 PM

Quote from: Dave W on May 04, 2015, 12:35:46 PM
How is it different? The neck on the original Geddy that my son had was way too thin for my taste.

It's a bit thicker, not by much - perhaps more rounded feel to it. And it feels like you picked up an old 72 in a way by the rubbed down neck finish and feel they did with it.

copacetic · May 04, 2015, 06:55:37 PM

The neck is thicker on the USA. The blocks are pearloid.

drbassman · May 06, 2015, 06:34:24 AM

Quote from: Blackbird on May 04, 2015, 09:38:13 AM
...I gave up a Thunderbird for a new MIA Geddy Lee jazz...this bass is incredible and I couldn't pass it up. What a neck on this....feels like a custom shop bass.

I have to say that the neck on my MIA 60th. anniversary j bass is fantastic and the bass sounds great. There are some j basses that are winners, sounds like you got one!

Pilgrim · May 06, 2015, 10:02:46 AM

Well, there are good reasons so many people like J-basses. They tend to run heavier than Precisions, but they are pretty darn nice.

Blackbird · May 06, 2015, 11:53:07 AM

Went thru my fave RUSH tunes...fingers are burning now after playing primarily with a pick for so long

veebass · May 06, 2015, 02:41:33 PM

Quote from: Blackbird on May 04, 2015, 01:07:54 PM
It's a bit thicker, not by much - perhaps more rounded feel to it. And it feels like you picked up an old 72 in a way by the rubbed down neck finish and feel they did with it.

My son has a 75 Jazz and the neck on that is slightly chunkier than other Jazzes I have played.

Psycho Bass Guy · May 10, 2015, 07:26:21 AM

Quote from: drbassman on May 06, 2015, 06:34:24 AM
I have to say that the neck on my MIA 60th. anniversary j bass is fantastic and the bass sounds great. There are some j basses that are winners, sounds like you got one!

My 60th Jazz reminds me of old Lakland in quality: that bass hits WAYYYYY above its price point!

Bionic-Joe · June 02, 2015, 09:05:22 PM

I was contemplating trading my '65 T bird for a refin 1961 Jazz Bass......But I did not..

uwe · June 08, 2015, 01:15:36 PM

Quote from: Blackbird on May 04, 2015, 09:38:13 AM
... I gave up a Thunderbird for a new MIA Geddy Lee jazz ...

Ouch!!! And behind my back!!!

But I like Jazz Basses too. They are both more refined than the gnarly P Basses and offer fuller bass frquencies. I just listened to Ten Years After's Recorded Live 2013 Remaster a few days ago which now features bonus tracks with an extended bass solo by Leo Lyons and he basically sounds like an electrified double bass (which no doubt also has to do with him always plucking the strings at somewhere just behind the 12th fret!) . Which is what Jazz Basses were aimed to do right from the start, though Geddy can turn any bass into a Ric!

Dave W · June 08, 2015, 01:34:33 PM

Quote from: uwe on June 08, 2015, 01:15:36 PM
.... Which is what Jazz Basses were aimed to do right from the start, though Geddy can turn any bass into a Ric!

Just as Sir Paul can turn a Rick into a Höfner.

Bionic-Joe · June 08, 2015, 01:43:32 PM

That REFIN '61 at Chicago Music Exchange was a KILLER. NOT a dead note on the neck.....the sustain....But not worth $7,000......and certainly NOT worth trading a '65 T bird II for it...