Rush, Clockwork Angles, Rickenbacker is back or is it just a better Jazz tone?????

[Duke21]

First of all the album is out!!! Just downloaded it form iTunes.
Listening to the song Clockwork Angles, and I do wander if Geddy used his rick on this one!!! I have both a Geddy and a 4003, and I know both can sound close.
But on this song there is some of the Ric growl and character that Geddy usually had on his Ric days and less of it on his Jazz days.

If it is not his Rickenbacker, then the sound tech had done fine job as his tone on the album is will I say better then anything I've heard form Geddy in the latest years.

[Duke21]

Listening again to that track (Clockwork Angels), I still think it could be a Ric. But like in Moving Pictures, some tracks were recorded on a Jazz, some on a Ric, but still it was almost impossible to say which bass were used on which song.
In any case it seems like Geddy use less distortion as his tone here is more growly and less fuzzy then it used to be.

[lijazz]

I also thoght Ric? It seems Geddy is channeling his "A Farewell to Kings" tone....this is getting exciting....Can't wait till October 22nd in Brooklyn!!

[lijazz]

This is his best tone since Signals.

[Duke21]

Listened to the Clockwork angles with my Beyer DT770M first, now listening to it with my Shure SE425. I think it not a Ric, just a damn god Jazz tone.... Hmm, could be any of these 2 basses, there is some Ric tone in there...

Well, I will listen to the track again with my AKG701 and a proper heaphone amp... I also must pick up my Geddy and my 4003 to get some more reference...
Anyway, I think his tone on this track specially is much closer to Moving Pictures then ever in his latest Jazz era. Is it is his different Sansamp settings or is it the including of his Orange AD200 to his tone?? Or maybe he actually picked up a Ric again?

[Duke21]

Damn, I'm not sure!! The last notes on Clockwork angels and his first notes on the Anarchist are so Ricky! They luck some of the woody character of a Ric but still....
Love his tone on this album, bring me back to early Rush tone!

[lijazz]

Yeah, it's hard to tell conclusively, but it does sure sound "Ricky" to me. There is something about the lo-mid growl that I have never heard him get with the Jazz...Either way, this tone kicks A_ _!

[Duke21]

Originally Posted by lijazz

Yeah, it's hard to tell conclusively, but it does sure sound "Ricky" to me. There is something about the lo-mid growl that I have never heard him get with the Jazz...Either way, this tone kicks A_ _!

For sure!

[geddeeee]

It's the Jazz. I read somewhere that he did consider using his Rick for this album, but decided to stay with the Jazz. It sounded 'better'.

Fortunately Geddy decided to use his Orange amps to record with too, hence the great tone. His bass sounded great on the Time Machine tour too. Orange again.
Gone is the Trace Elliot head. It makes ALL the difference.

Orange bass amps have always sounded great.....

[Duke21]

Originally Posted by geddeeee

It's the Jazz. I read somewhere that he did consider using his Rick for this album, but decided to stay with the Jazz. It sounded 'better'.

Fortunately Geddy decided to use his Orange amps to record with too, hence the great tone. His bass sounded great on the Time Machine tour too. Orange again.
Gone is the Trace Elliot head. It makes ALL the difference.

Orange bass amps have always sounded great.....

Yes, but the Trace Eliot is gone long time ago, i think it is gone before Roll the bones. Any way, the Orange head do add positively to his tone. Darker, growlier, less distorted/ compressed and less fuzzy then without it.

[BrentSimons]

Hey Guys,
I hope this will clear it up for you. According to the new Classic Rock interview Geddy still used his 72 Jazz plus a "new" 72 Jazz he said he picked up which he said sounds "close" to his #1 and he used 2 other jazz basses as well. He is using the same Avalon, Palmer and Tech21 Sansamp RPM plus he is definitely using the Orange amps set to "destroy" his own words. He said he loved the overdrive he was getting from them. Hope this helps.
Brent

[lijazz]

Great info...I hope he can replicate this tone live. It sounds even better than it had on the Time Machine Tour.

[BassPlayer900]

After reading comments like "it sounds like a Ric", "this is his best tone since Signals", and "Geddy set his Orange amps to 'destroy'"... Man I want this album!!!

[Demon_Hunter]

Originally Posted by Duke21

First of all the album is out!!! Just downloaded it form iTunes.

We can't get it until June 12 here!!

[I<34080]

Originally Posted by Duke21

Yes, but the Trace Eliot is gone long time ago, i think it is gone before Roll the bones. Any way, the Orange head do add positively to his tone. Darker, growlier, less distorted/ compressed and less fuzzy then without it.

He used the Trace Quatravalve up until he got his Orange stuff, so all the way through touring Snakes and Arrows.

[Disco Batman]

The album is a work of genius.

[JetBlackJazz]

Originally Posted by lijazz

I also thoght Ric? It seems Geddy is channeling his "A Farewell to Kings" tone....this is getting exciting....Can't wait till October 22nd in Brooklyn!!

AFtK is his best tone...imho. 2nd is definitely PermWaves

[BassPlayer900]

I listened to the song Clockwork Angels on YouTube. This is what my ears looked like when they heard the bass:

[geddeeee]

Originally Posted by I<34080

He used the Trace Quatravalve up until he got his Orange stuff, so all the way through touring Snakes and Arrows.

As I said, about the Trace.... LOL!!

[I<34080]

Pretty sure it was used only as a power amp.