Chris Squire's 8 string.

[spectoremg]

Just watched Roundabout from Philadelphia 1979 - the revolving stage and Jon Anderson's mic from above 🙄

Which 8 string is it?

He's also following part of the middle section on his Taurus pedals. 

[4000]

Ranney 8 string IIRC.

[ead]

I saw that show in London, happy days.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I think he was still using the Rick 8 string at that time. The Ranney came later.

I might be wrong though! I have that show on DVD and it's such poor quality I've hardly watched it.

[4000]

I just rewatched that track and it’s the Ranney. My initial thought was that it was still the Rick too. 

I’m the same, have only watched it once!

Edited September 27, 2019 by 4000

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, 4000 said:

I just rewatched that track and it’s the Ranney. My initial thought was that it was still the Rick too. 

I’m the same, have only watched it once!

Thanks for clearing that up! It must have been brand new as I'm sure he was still playing the Rick on the GFTO tour.

[4000]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Thanks for clearing that up! It must have been brand new as I'm sure he was still playing the Rick on the GFTO tour.

Yeah, I think you’re right.

[visog]

Squire musical archivist miguelbass has a four part video series on Chris' 8-strings but here's the Ranney episode - brilliant research from Miguel:

 

Edited September 28, 2019 by visog