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Geddy Lee's Basses On Record Pre '84


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I was reading recently about Geddy Lee, and the basses he's used on record.

What interested me was that someone had written that some of the recordings that are commonly thought of as being on the Ric, actually were not.

....and then failed to specify which ones!

Have we got any Geddy experts here on BC? I'd like to qualify a few facts!

First LP was all Precision?

'Lakeside Park' was on the Precision?

Then all Ric....until 'Spirit Of Radio' and 'Different Strings' (Jazz?)

Moving Pictures mixture of Jazz and Ric

Lastly, 2 tracks on 'Signals' were on the Jazz?

I've just read some of this over time - not quite sure about some of it - especially like SOR (sounds Ric to me).

Love to hear your perspectives!

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I think he was using a Steinberger on Signals and maybe on P/G too?

I personally have stopped caring which instrument he used and just started to enjoy his playing. Too much hearsay and guesswork!

Actually, I'd never really noticed before just how much grit/grind/distortion he has used over the years. And the fact that even our practiced ears can't tell whether he is playing a Rick, J, P, Steinberger or Wal (well, actually the Wal is the easiest one to pick out) says a lot about the mantra of the tone being in the fingers!

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[quote name='Conan' post='1264187' date='Jun 10 2011, 05:42 PM']I think he was using a Steinberger on Signals and maybe on P/G too?

I personally have stopped caring which instrument he used and just started to enjoy his playing. Too much hearsay and guesswork!

Actually, I'd never really noticed before just how much grit/grind/distortion he has used over the years. And the fact that even our practiced ears can't tell whether he is playing a Rick, J, P, Steinberger or Wal (well, actually the Wal is the easiest one to pick out) says a lot about the mantra of the tone being in the fingers![/quote]

Check this out, Geddy discussing the basses he's used over the years. posted it in another thread but here it is again. enjoy, very interesting

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wma2NtQ1CIE"]Geddy talks about his basses[/url]

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

All I know is that Snakes and Ladders was mainly recorded with a Wishbass.

Seriously, the only Rush record where there could be any confusion over which basses were used is Moving Pictures, as the bass tracks had all manner of distortion and effects added after recording.

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[quote name='Conan' post='1264187' date='Jun 10 2011, 05:42 PM']I think he was using a Steinberger on Signals and maybe on P/G too?

I personally have stopped caring which instrument he used and just started to enjoy his playing. Too much hearsay and guesswork!

Actually, I'd never really noticed before just how much grit/grind/distortion he has used over the years. And the fact that even our practiced ears can't tell whether he is playing a Rick, J, P, Steinberger or Wal (well, actually the Wal is the easiest one to pick out) says a lot about the mantra of the tone being in the fingers![/quote]

Signals was recorded on a Ric and a Jazz IIRC. The jazz was used on a couple of tracks like New World Man, the Ric was notable in other tunes like The Analogue Kid.

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Ignoring the 4080 & 4080/12 doublenecks, up to and Including Signals, it pretty much is all 4001, with the exception of the first album.

First LP was indeed Precision. It was supposedly also used as 'By-Tor' on Fly By Night, but not on any 'proper' bass parts. I wasn't aware that it was used on Lakeside Park, but it was used by Geddy live later on (converted to the 'teardrop' bass).

Spirit of Radio apparently was the Jazz, as was Entre Nous.

Moving Pictures was all Jazz except Red Barchetta (4001 confirmed) and (subject to speculation, but I think it's right) The Camera Eye (4001). In one interview, Geddy unconvincingly confirms the 4001 was used on Limelight, but he sounds like he's not sure and I think he's wrong.

Signals is 4001 except Digital Man and New World Man (Jazz). I've read that Losing it is 4002, but seen nothing to back that up.

I believe that Grace Under Pressure is mainly Steinberger, then on the Power Windows sessions, Geddy fell in love with Peter Collins's Wal and went on to use Wals until Counterparts, when he got the Jazz back out.

REASON FOR EDIT to include whole post, instead of half of it.

REASON FOR ANORAKNESS was in a Rush tribute

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