jimbobothy Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Marcus-Miller-Signature-Model-Jazz-Bass-Electric-Guitar-Natural-Finish-/320999613270?pt=Guitar&hash=item4abd116356"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4abd116356[/url] I knew the Geddy had moved production but for some unknown reason thought the Marcus was still made in Japan, guess I'm wrong Edited November 23, 2012 by jimbobothy Quote
gjones Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) I also thought MM basses where only made in Mexico now but this is fender Japan's website - maybe nobody told them? [url="http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/jb77-mm.html"]http://www.fenderjap...jp/jb77-mm.html[/url] Edited November 23, 2012 by gjones Quote
Wooks79 Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 Have a read of this thread - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/189756-fender-marcus-miller-jazz-mkii-made-in-mexico/page__hl__marcus%20miller Quote
gjones Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) [quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1353629540' post='1876883'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Marcus-Miller-Signature-Model-Jazz-Bass-Electric-Guitar-Natural-Finish-/320999613270?pt=Guitar&hash=item4abd116356"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4abd116356[/url] I knew the Geddy had moved production but for some unknown reason thought the Marcus was still made in Japan, guess I'm wrong [/quote] Looks like Japanese Geddys are still for sale in Japan too. I wonder if Fender just doesn't allow them to be exported any longer, like a lot of other non export Japanese guitars and basses? [url="http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?hl=ja&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fec%2FsrDispCategoryTreeLink%2FdoSearchCategory%2F11053200000%2F04-05%2F3%2F1"]http://translate.goo...2F04-05%2F3%2F1[/url] The Geddy is on page two. Edited November 23, 2012 by gjones Quote
jimbobothy Posted November 23, 2012 Author Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) Cheers for that Wooks, interesting stuff indeed! One thing I did notice is the MM in the linked post had vintage tuners, whereas the one I've posted from ebay has 70's style. I have noticed that Marcus Miller has been playing a custom shop version of his original bass recently and that has 70's tuners on it aswell. I guess they are having a transition period Edited November 23, 2012 by jimbobothy Quote
gjones Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) [quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1353690257' post='1877566'] Cheers for that Wooks, interesting stuff indeed! One thing I did notice is the MM in the linked post had vintage tuners, whereas the one I've posted from ebay has 70's style. I have noticed that Marcus Miller has been playing a custom shop version of his original bass recently and that has 70's tuners on it aswell. I guess they are having a transition period [/quote] Interestingly the 75 geddy lookalike from the Ishibashi website has a bullet type trussrod the geddy Jazz is plugged and accessible only from the body end of the neck. They do make some fantastic basses over there but they can be very difficult to get hold of. Edited November 23, 2012 by gjones Quote
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