Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass BK 4-stars Reviews

Almost excellent bass

This is a very lovely guitar, but has some issues.

1. It's like half vintage, half modern bass - I don't get it. It has modern great sounding pickups and excellent high mass bridge, but truss road adjustment is vintage style - you have to remove neck to adjust neck. I don't see a reason for it.

2. Mexican factory doesn't set up guitar at all. It tool me like 3-4 hours just for basic set up. I had to remove neck like 4-5 times to adjust truss rod.

3. Mexican quality is not great. Guitar has some minor cosmetic issues. Also, neck pocket is routed really rough. I will definitely have to bring this guitar to my luthier for minor corrections and set up.

Overall - this guitar is good. It sounds very open, punchy and rich in harmonics. Simply plying unplugged you can hear a difference.

I was comparing it with Fender Jazz Bass Fusion II made in Japan, that had exceptional quality and decided to keep Geddy Lee. It simply sounds better.

I hope this review will help you to choose.