Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

"That pic of Geddy w/the Ric is the pre-chop days. He had a BadAssII on there at one point."

No, it was an original BadAss bridge.

I wanted one of those jazz basses too. I guess if they suck I'll just go without. Or I could build one. But then I would need to know how to do that and......

I ramble on alot.

You COULD just get a '72 Jazz...

Yeah I could. I saw one on E-bay last month. I think it was like 2000 for it. It was listed as an ORIGINAL Geddy Lee jazz bass. I think it even had the BadAss 2 on it.

Go out and try a Geddy Lee Sig, you may find that you like it ! I dont think that $600.00 bux is bad for a decent Jazz bass. I've owned a few late '70's and early '80's Jazz basses that played alot worse than the few Geddy Sigs that I've tried. Besides that, if you get a real '72 or '73 , the truss rod adjustment will be under the pickguard anyway.

Yeah, sounds good. I've read alot of great reviews but some people here hate 'em, IE: Rath. The thing is I have to find one before I get one and if I found one down here it would be like $2000 for it.

I have a Geddy Jazz that plays quite nice, but it did need a good setup and an additional tweak. The neck is so thin that it requires regular truss rod adjustment. I also found that I couldn't get the action low enough, so I had to file the Badass saddles a bit. After that it really came to life as a player.

The worst bass I ever played was a sunburst '71 Jazz bass that a neighbor friend lent to me when I was in high school, just learning to play bass. I couldn't figure out why I preferred my Japanese EB-3 copy, and at the time I thought it was because I just didn't know how to play well enough to appreciate it!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64400&item=7318004779&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

There's a '72... anyone wanna buy it for me?
PLEASE!!!!! hehehehehe

Geddy Lees jazz bass he got at a pawn shop for about 200 bucks i believe.... Fender decided sence he was playing one... that they would do a remake of it and of course with Geddy's name on it... it would sell. So yeah... its all a big profit thing. He didnt have it made.

I still can't find a Geddy bass in a music store that is not sub standard ... I tried another one recently and the A string would pop out of the nut ... the mim jazz basses are better players ...

My Jazz is a CIJ from around 1997; I wouldn't trade it for a custom shop bass. I really dig it.

In fact, I would love to have a vintage 60's- 70's Jazz Bass. BUT, I am afraid that whatever I tried wouldn't be as good as my CIJ.

I would love to get a GL Sig.

However, the thought of a 72 Jazz RI, not made in the USA???????

I cannot get past that.

Dave

My jazz bass is one of the new Aerodyne jazz basses. I love it to death. Its awesome.

Iv played the Geddy Lee jazz bass.... Its nothing special tho.

I am in the market for a Fender Jazz right now. I haven't found the right model for me yet. The Geddy and a really expensive used 76 are the only ones I've really liked. I have not heard of this "Aerodyne" jazz bass. I am on the Fender website now and I can't find it anywhere. I did see something new at a guitar show that resembled a jazz. Is it black and does it have an odd pick-up placement? Sort of a jazz/precision combo?

Its black head stock and all. Have a weird smoked color hardware. It has the P pickup by the neck and the J pick up by the bridge. Volume for each and then tone. There really awesome. Let me take a pic of it and ill send it to you. They are awesome. One of my favorite fenders. Iv played one of those 70's jazz basses. I like it alot. But They cost alot more and i dont get both pickups. Oh well.