Geddy Lee V squire Affinity body?

[Ghost Rider]

[size=3]I have just bought a geddy lee neck from a fellow BC with the intention on putting it on my VMJ but have had second thoughts as I have enough spare parts to build another bass. The only thing that I need is a jazz body so after doing some research on jazz bodies on the squire & fender websites I have found both the squire Affinity bass & fender geddy lee both have alder bodies with the same finish so my question is what’s the difference between the bodies apart from the price?

Cheers

Anth.[/size]

[Buzz]

Probably neatness of routing, but then again, most newer Squiers having been getting good reviews, I know my VMJ doens't have any finishing flaws and has all been made properly.

Might depend on the routing though, there's a chance the squier might have a canal from the control plate to the forward pup cavity, but that's neither here or there if you're planning on using a scratch plate all the time.

[Ghost Rider]

[quote name='Buzz' post='286567' date='Sep 18 2008, 12:54 PM']Probably neatness of routing, but then again, most newer Squiers having been getting good reviews, I know my VMJ doens't have any finishing flaws and has all been made properly.

Might depend on the routing though, there's a chance the squier might have a canal from the control plate to the forward pup cavity, but that's neither here or there if you're planning on using a scratch plate all the time.[/quote]


[size=3]Cheers mate, My VMJ is great as well.

My thinking was that I could get a second hand squier alder jazz body or a new bass for £120 & bobs ya uncle!

I could keep the body & sell the parts unless I am lucky enough to pick up a second hand body

The parts I have so far :

Audere JZ3 Preamp
Dimarzio model J p/ups, noiseless pickups
Fender 3 ply scratch plate
Geddy Tuners
Geddy neck (waiting on delivery but can't wait!)
Badass II bridge ( On my VMJ at the mo) but I have a Schaller 3/D bridge which could go on the vmj.

I need a string tree as well.[/size]

[BOD2]

If it's a solid colour then the difference may lie in the number of pieces of wood joined together to make the body. It's most unlikely to be made of one piece but it could be 2, 3 or even 5 pieces edge-jointed to make the body blank. There's not necessarily any sonic difference, but making a body from smaller cuts of wood is cheaper.

If you can see the grain of the wood, then a cheaper body may not have such an attractive grain (wood is often graded so that attractively grained wood is more expensive to buy). Also, with a cheaper body they might not take as much time to match the grain when the body is made from several pieces.

Finally, check the thickness of the body. Cheaper bodies are sometimes just a little thinner.

[Ghost Rider]

[quote name='BOD2' post='286583' date='Sep 18 2008, 01:12 PM']If it's a solid colour then the difference may lie in the number of pieces of wood joined together to make the body. It's most unlikely to be made of one piece but it could be 2, 3 or even 5 pieces edge-jointed to make the body blank. There's not necessarily any sonic difference, but making a body from smaller cuts of wood is cheaper.

If you can see the grain of the wood, then a cheaper body may not have such an attractive grain (wood is often graded so that attractively grained wood is more expensive to buy). Also, with a cheaper body they might not take as much time to match the grain when the body is made from several pieces.

Finally, check the thickness of the body. Cheaper bodies are sometimes just a little thinner.[/quote]

[size=3]
Cheers mate, I was thinking of going for a solid black body so if the wood is made up of lots of bits you could not tell.
If there's no sonic difference then that good. It seems daft that on ebay I have seen squier jazz bodies for £180 yet you can get a Squire Affinity bass for £120 or so.
I'm still open to idea about jazz bodies so if anyone has any thoughts they would be welcome.
I think with the gear I have it should be a killer bass! [/size]

[budget bassist]

Yeah go for it mate, i don't think the body should make much difference and at the price you can pick one up for if you don't like it, it's not a huge loss, or no loss at all if you sell it on. You can get a brand new ash body from websites such as WD music for about £180.

[Ghost Rider]

[quote name='budget bassist' post='286675' date='Sep 18 2008, 03:55 PM']Yeah go for it mate, i don't think the body should make much difference and at the price you can pick one up for if you don't like it, it's not a huge loss, or no loss at all if you sell it on. You can get a brand new ash body from websites such as WD music for about £180.[/quote]


[size=3]Cheers Bud

I Think £120 for a new squier jazz is prob my best bet, then take the body off & see how it goes.
My mate has a geddy so I can compare it to his & if everything supa cool sell the rest of the unwanted squier parts!
Happy Days [/size]

Any ideas on what colour body would be cool as I am new to this

Edited September 18, 2008 by Ghost Rider

[budget bassist]

cool, but i thought you wanted black?

[Ghost Rider]

[quote name='budget bassist' post='286793' date='Sep 18 2008, 07:14 PM']cool, but i thought you wanted black?[/quote]
[size=3]

Aye, black would look great but I am open to ideas about the colour. [/size]

[budget bassist]

what colours do they come in?

[Ghost Rider]

For the Squires

METALLIC BLUE
METALLIC RED
BLACK

Not sure for owt else!

[Lfalex v1.1]

Following on from BOD2's post;

Re; Alder (and Poplar. And possibly Sycamore) None of these are famed for their quality/differentiation in grain, nor for their natural colour.
Sure, some bits will look nicer than others, but they're not even in the "A" league, let alone the "AAA" or better used in visually impressive instruments.
All three have been used in well respected instruments- Alder is everywhere; Fender, Yamaha, Ibanez, Musicman and so on.
Musicman have used Poplar under solid colours before.
Burns Bisons (the Orignals) were Sycamore.

With regard to thinner bodies, not only is there a grading scheme for appearance, but lighter cuts of a given wood tend to be a bit more expensive, too.
Therefore, to keep costs down, cheaper bodies may use the heavier cuts. This has the knock-on effect of making the instrument heavier than might be desirable. The solution? Thinner bodies!!!

[budget bassist]

i say if you want it to look like an actual geddy lee, go for the black, for obvious reasons.

I think maple goes well with red and blue too so you know, it's up to you, which do you prefer?

[Ghost Rider]

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='287848' date='Sep 20 2008, 09:34 AM']Following on from BOD2's post;

Re; Alder (and Poplar. And possibly Sycamore) None of these are famed for their quality/differentiation in grain, nor for their natural colour.
Sure, some bits will look nicer than others, but they're not even in the "A" league, let alone the "AAA" or better used in visually impressive instruments.
All three have been used in well respected instruments- Alder is everywhere; Fender, Yamaha, Ibanez, Musicman and so on.
Musicman have used Poplar under solid colours before.
Burns Bisons (the Orignals) were Sycamore.

With regard to thinner bodies, not only is there a grading scheme for appearance, but lighter cuts of a given wood tend to be a bit more expensive, too.
Therefore, to keep costs down, cheaper bodies may use the heavier cuts. This has the knock-on effect of making the instrument heavier than might be desirable. The solution? Thinner bodies!!![/quote]

[size=3]Cheers for the input mate, I've just got back off holiday hence the late reply.

I'll have to see what comes up on here or ebay I'm itching to get a body for it but still a bit unsure!

If I see owt I fancy I'll be running it by basschatters first.

Thanks.[/size]

[Jazzbasser]

The neck on the GL Jazz Bass is superb. Very thin though, and watch out for that laquer - it's amazingly soft & easy to damage, as I know to my cost...
Good luck with the project mate.

[Ghost Rider]

[quote name='Jazzbasser' post='294025' date='Sep 28 2008, 05:41 PM']The neck on the GL Jazz Bass is superb. Very thin though, and watch out for that laquer - it's amazingly soft & easy to damage, as I know to my cost...
Good luck with the project mate.[/quote]

[size=3]
Cheers mate, One of my chums has a Geddy & as soon as I seen & played it I knew I had to have one.

The Neck is a dream to play so I'm looking forward to getting a body for it, Jazz bass all the way for me but I do have a stingray so that may have to let that go in the future as the missus is getting a bit cheesed off.

She has like 40 pairs of shoes but 3 basses would be too much! [/size]

[Jazzbasser]

Not possible to have too much bass.

All you bass are belong to us!