NBD - Have I achieved Geddy Lee Fanboy Status yet? Fender USA Geddy Lee Jazz Bass

[tbonesullivan]

This is a bass which I did not know existed a week ago. I had known of the MIM Geddy Lee Jazz Bass for years, and people said good stuff about it, but I was always like "well it doesn't have active electronics, blah blah blah". Well a week ago I was looking at Rickenbacker 4003 basses like a maniac, and got BGAS really bad. Then I sold two Carvin basses I had been trying to move to a new home for a while. (Don't worry I still have three Carvin basses), so with my 2 out 1 in policy, I could now get my first new bass in 7 years. I just typed in "Geddy Lee Jazz Bass", saw the USA model, and said "well crap".

My first jazz bass was a Lake Placid Blue MIM standard jazz bass. I loved that bass, or more the look of it. The neck, well it may have been warped, or I just didn't know how to set them up yet. Anyway, I tried modding that, kinda screwed it up, and moved it on. But it stuck with me, and I have been planning, and still AM planning on getting a another lake placid blue jazz bass 4 banger, but with 60s pickup spacing. However the first jazz bass I ever saw was black, with a white pickguard. It's such a classy look, so I couldn't say know. Looked at a bunch on Sweetwater, saw a demo that was too beat up to interest me, and then really liked the neck on this one, and pulled the trigger. I got it in today, ran home from work, and after dinner, decided to learn how to play Tom Sawyer on bass through the GED-2112 preamp.

This is advertised as having a "thicker" C-neck profile, and as far as I am concerned, it's perfect. Not super thin like some Jazz bass necks are. The fretboard and neck are gloss poly, but the back of the neck has the the finish sanded down a bit and oiled, apparently by hand, which makes it really comfy. It came with a great setup and fantastic intonation out of the box. As for sound, it sounds like a 70's Jazz bass. The bridge pickup is a bit more aggressive due to the slightly closer (3/8") position next to the bridge. The fretboard is really comfy, and feels great. This one I think is 9lbs 9 oz, so right around the middle of the range these seem to come in. Came with the usual case candy that "regular" USA fenders usually do, and i like how the price point of this bass is "regular", and not some custom shop level price. The fact that FMIC was running a 10% off promo through select dealers also definitely helped sweeten the deal. Now I think I need to calm down for a good while and work more on selling guitars instead of buying them.