Various Rush topics (was : Is Geddy going to a Carvin?)

**Engine207** · #1 03-24-2010, 08:19 PM

In this video from last Friday, Geddy and Alex are discussing songwriting and when they cut to Alex, there appears to be a very nice looking Carvin bass in the background kinda out-of-focus.

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/More_Shows/Radio/A_Conversation_with_Rush/ID=1445449710

And did he say they have six songs that they love for the new CD already???

jgroh · #2 03-24-2010, 08:24 PM

I doubt it highly. That just looks like a "set" with props they went to for an interview. 6 songs, oh yeah!!

TortillaChip520 · #3 03-24-2010, 08:25 PM

Yes, and Neil Peart is going to be using a 5-piece drum set.

FL Knifemaker · #4 03-24-2010, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine207

In this video from last Friday, Geddy and Alex are discussing songwriting and when they cut to Alex, there appears to be a very nice looking Carvin bass in the background kinda out-of-focus.

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/More_Shows/Radio/A_Conversation_with_Rush/ID=1445449710

And did he say they have six songs that they love for the new CD already???

The headstock doesn't look like a Carvin to me. Maybe a Tobias??

lowendblues · #5 03-24-2010, 08:29 PM

I say Tobias.

fretlessman71 · #6 03-24-2010, 08:38 PM

Tobias FTW.

blackandwhite · #7 03-24-2010, 08:44 PM

i would love to see Neil on a 5er. or a 4-banger!

TortillaChip520 · #8 03-24-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by blackandwhite

i would love to see Neil on a 5er. or a 4-banger!

or a couple of bongos

vinxbass · #9 03-24-2010, 08:51 PM

If Geddy Lee was going to a Carvin, Carvin would be the first to tell you all about it. But yes, seriously I doubt he's ever going to play a Carvin bass.

otis_thick · #10 03-24-2010, 08:54 PM

Alex Lifeson used Carvin amps and had his own signature model guitars. BTW Marcus Miller used a Behringer Bass Vamp a couple of years ago. Remember "tools"

fretlessman71 · #11 03-24-2010, 09:11 PM

AHA! A Slingerland drum kit, Gibson guitars, a Gibson bass, a Tobias bass, and Epiphone amps all around - I wonder if Gibson is sponsoring the Songwriters Hall Of Fame somehow...? 'Cause that's all Gibson branded stuff back there...

gjbassist · #12 03-24-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by otis_thick

Alex Lifeson used Carvin amps and had his own signature model guitars.

I've been a Carvin user for many years and a huge Rush fan since the early 80's and I don't ever remember seeing Alex use Carvin.

M.R. Ogle · #13 03-24-2010, 09:22 PM

Thank you for that link. Inspirational.

Double Agent · #14 03-24-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gjbassist

I've been a Carvin user for many years and a huge Rush fan since the early 80's and I don't ever remember seeing Alex use Carvin.

Agreed. Les Pauls, ES335s, Strats, Teles, the ill-fated Signature brand (not a Carvin, but this is probably what Otis was thinking of), PRS CE24s and Singlecuts, and now back to Les Pauls again. But, I digress....

I think Geddy is on the ol' Jazz for good. He has stuck with that bass as an exclusive instrument longer than any other brand he was with.

blubolt · #15 03-24-2010, 09:35 PM

GREAT interview!!! and no, thats not their gear. It's a set.

smcgov · #16 03-24-2010, 09:46 PM

the mic is so clean that when the female interviewer speaks you can hear her mouth make squeaky spit sounds or something, not sure what you call it...

love the accents..."it was always aboat the music"

Hawkbone · #17 03-24-2010, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by blubolt

GREAT interview!!! and no, thats not their gear. It's a set.

A great interview for sure! Most of it didn't look like their gear, or at least gear you normally associate with them, but it did look like one of Alex's H&K heads.

Eublet · #18 03-24-2010, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by smcgov

the mic is so clean that when the female interviewer speaks you can hear her mouth make squeaky spit sounds or something, not sure what you call it...

love the accents..."it was always aboat the music"

Not her fault, but the production engineers. Audio wasn't de-essed properly.

Eublet · #19 03-24-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TortillaChip520

Yes, and Neil Peart is going to be using a 5-piece drum set.

haha! That's great! He might be using a 5 piece, for each limb! Peart is the only thing about Rush that annoys me. An overly mechanical drummer with too many things to bang on is a recipe for robotic playing....IMHO. I love Rush though...other than that anyway.

EagleMoon · #20 03-24-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawkbone

A great interview for sure! Most of it didn't look like their gear, or at least gear you normally associate with them, but it did look like one of Alex's H&K heads.

I agree. Maybe they were being paid in gear rather than money.