Geddy's best sound?

[HypersoulRocks]

In the quest for the 'perfect' sound, I always end up with Dirk.
But depending on my mood, I think his best sounds are:
1. Cinderella Man-pure Rick glory
2. YYZ-not much more can be said
3. Marathon/Big Money-Wal!

Thoughts?

[Lo-E]

As much as I love YYZ (what's not to love?), I've got to vote Big Money. The overall sound of that album is not to my liking, but the bass sounds absolutely kill.

[jgroh]

My all time favorite of his is the Wal, so that would be Big Money/Marathon, but I also love the old school Jazz and Ric tones too. Wal is #1 for me though.

[Brian_L]

Other...

Free Will

[rafst29]

To me his best sound is during the guitar solo near the end of The Camera Eye. Nice warm overdriven tone.

[superdick2112]

The studio version of "Limelight" has always been my fave Geddy tone, followed closely by everything on "Hemispheres".

[lijazz]

Of the three mentioned definitely Cinderella Man. Overall (whether studio or live), I say the ESL version of Red Barchetta. And a quick props to his current tone, which, IMHO, is his best since the Counterparts days.

[Ric5]

Freewill - Rush - YouTube

The Big Money - Rush (Official Video) - YouTube

Rush - Red Barchetta ( Exit Stage Left ) - YouTube

[Disco Batman]

Geddy sucks.

[Duckwater]

Limelight, Freewill, Hemispheres(whole album), A Farewell to Kings(whole album)

[tangentmusic]

Cinderella Man.
I love the pure Ric tone of the entire "A Farewell To Kings" LP

[scowboy]

Yea right.

Originally Posted by Disco Batman

Geddy sucks.

[fleabee]

Gotta go with Big Money/Marathon. That Wal funky midrange with the non-flamenco playing is Dy-no-mite

[Disco Batman]

Originally Posted by scowboy

Yea right.

Just figured I'd beat the trolls to it. Considering my Avatar, and the fact I just bought tickets to the Clockwork Angels tour I certainly don't feel that way.

[skwee]

Of these choices, Cinderella Man is my favorite. To me, it keeps the tang of a simpler compressed sound plus that signature dirt in the sound. I do like the whinier sound of the Wal sometimes (and live better than the studio).

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by Disco Batman

Just figured I'd beat the trolls to it. Considering my Avatar, and the fact I just bought tickets to the Clockwork Angels tour I certainly don't feel that way.

You are a lucky man! I have not missed a tour in years, but there is no Denver tour date thus far...

[jedw]

Difficult question.

He has a great tone on fly by night, bet nobody else mentions this. I assume it's the Ric, but it's not as bright or distorted as let's say hemispheres which is a great tone in its own right. The tone of fly by night is certainly deeper.

Everything on moving pictures sounds great, but I think the star of the show is the ampeg svt in this case.

Never liked his wal tone one bit, really nasel.

The tone on the 3 tracks I've heard so far from clockwork angels is also somewhat nasel to my ears. Kinda sick of the jazz bass geddy if your reading this ... :P

As for my all time favourite, it has to be the Ric days, but even on a Ric he sounded different on every song.

[bound'n'blocked]

Of the ones to vote for, YYZ...

But my personal faves are anything on Moving Pictures, and DIGITAL MAN! The bass before it goes into the solo is awesome.

BnB

[Disco Batman]

Digital Man is hard to beat. Great tone, great bassline.

[svt1233]

Originally Posted by Disco Batman

Just figured I'd beat the trolls to it. Considering my Avatar, and the fact I just bought tickets to the Clockwork Angels tour I certainly don't feel that way.

tickets sold out near me in a matter of minutes.
(honda center)