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Post subject: Maple, Blocks and Binding
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:32 pm
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Are the Geddy, and the Amreican Vintage 75' the only basses currently in production with maple fretboards, black blocks and binding?


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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:39 pm
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Other than SX... yes LOL


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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:43 pm
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Hahaha! An SX might do for what I want! :D

Maybe I should introduce myself propperly here, ah, I'm probably ok...

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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:49 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:55 pm
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Firstly, welcome to the forum Darkstrike!

And considering SOOO many people buy geddy lee and SX basses just because of the maple boards with block bindings, I think it would be quite wise for fender to have more of them. They look fantastic.

Also, the squier vintage modified has the look (and is also a fantastic bass for the price range).


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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:25 pm
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Don't worry man I got his back! He is a pal of mine from TB (one of the only nice people from TB)

He is looking for one in burst and he is going to mod it so he is prob gunna go with the SX... But I do agree with you about fender needing to offer more with the Black blocks. The Mim 70's jazz is a perfect candidate!

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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:21 pm
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Well, as of recently the Geddy Lee is available in Sunburst, incase your interested. I guess there's maple/block basses all across the price board, from SX to squire (vintage modified) to MIM (70s classic) to MIJ (Geddy Lee) to MIA (75 reissue)


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Thanks for the welcome Anubis! And thanks for having my back Tommy, it was his idea that I join up here.

And espcially thanks for all the info! 8)
I didn't know the MIM Classic 70's had a maple option, that would be perfect for my needs, the Geddy would work well too.

I had completly forgotten about the Squier too, I've played one and love the neck, I could buy that, and swap necks with my VM fretless.

The whole idea is a fretless 70's jazz with blocks and binding, btw. `Sunburst would be a bonus.

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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:24 am
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Awww, damnit. I don't know why I said the MIM classic 70's had maple, it doesn't :( (though I wish it did). Sorry about that little missinformation.


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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:40 am
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Oh, another thing to keep in mind: all those models except for the Squier vintage modified have the 70's bridge pickup placement, where the bridge pickup is about a quarter of an inch closer to the bridge. Make sure you try out some axes with that feature, because it does sound different than other jazz basses. You can always swap pickups and hardware, but you can't change that pickup location!


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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:01 pm
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Ah, don't worry about the 70's Classic mixup, no big deal.

As for the 70's locaton, its not something I've tried, I'd like to, I mean, "I" could change the location, be one ugly bass once I'm done though! :lol:

But I think I'm far better off trying one thats got the 70's location stock... :D

I can see the 70's setup being very favourable to a fretless.

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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:32 pm
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You should definitely test it out first. You'd be surprised how much of a difference 1/4" makes to the tone. I can't say it's better or worse it's just... different. I happen to prefer the regular placement, because I think you loose too much low mid and gain too much treble with the 70's placement, but that's just me. As for fretless basses, most have the regular placement. And the infamous "jaco tone" was done on a bass with the regular placement, not the 70s.

The easiest way to tell if a jazz bass has a 70's placement is to look at the distance between the top of the right hand side of the bridge pickup from the nearest edge of the pickguard (the place where the pickguard meets the metal control plate). If the distance is roughly the width of the pickup itself, then it's a regular placement. If it's greater than the width of the pickup, then it's a 70's placement. Sorry, it's sorta hard to explain.....


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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:02 am
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I'll have to find one to try somplace, I can imagine the difference being very noticable indeed.

I'm not really after Jaco tone, to be honest, but more along the lines of this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1tSzWk-vjA
Which is a fretless 70's. You'll also see why 'burst is a bonus! :lol:

I'm sure the 60's placement would be good enough, but if I'm going for I may as well find out about the 70's way.

Cheers for the tips on spotting the placement, I understand you completly. :)

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