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03-23-2008, 07:29 PM
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I've just gotten into Rush, and I love Geddy Lee's sound. Does anyone know what kind of effects I could use to achieve a sound similar to this, especially around 0:42? http://youtube.com/watch?v=z-JD5AdCpY4
Thanks! 
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03-23-2008, 08:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | | I put an Audere JZ-3 in my SX Geddy clone, and set the gain on the hi-Z mode fairly high for just that sort of overdriven sound.
...It's actually closer to Chris Squire's "Roundabout" tone, but close... |
03-23-2008, 08:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pennsylvania | | | Get a sansamp or better yet, get the Behringer BD121 which sounds just as good and is a fraction of the price. |
03-23-2008, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jgroh  Get a sansamp or better yet, get the Behringer BD121 which sounds just as good and is a fraction of the price. | Unless of course if you plan to turn it on and off
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03-23-2008, 08:20 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan | | | I think I read that Geddy Lee uses a Sansamp rack unit for distortion these days. Can't remember which one. |
03-23-2008, 08:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Miami, FL | | | use the Search function to look up a thread thats like hundreds of post long talking strictly about Geddy's Tone, I think it's
Geddy's tone or Geddy Lee's tone
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03-23-2008, 08:43 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | I enjoyed his tone much better in the 80s... today he's a little 'buzz saw' for me.
He uses a sansamp and a passive jazz. Pretty simple set up to match, keep in mind that his hands (attack and such) have a lot to do with the bite he gets. |
03-23-2008, 08:49 PM
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Sweepable mids are delicious....
Yes, a lot of the bite in the tone is his attack, how precise his fingers are, etc. But he uses a Sansamp RPM, and a handful of other rack equipment into their PA system (use the search to find all the details.)
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03-24-2008, 11:00 AM
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Don't Ever Get anything made by Behringer and You'll be ok....
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03-24-2008, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by magneezius Whatever You get
Don't Ever Get anything made by Behringer and You'll be ok.... | +1
I can't believe they're still in business.!
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03-24-2008, 03:03 PM
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I can't believe they're still in business.! | They feed off of value hunting newbies. Poor Fellows. |
03-24-2008, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Hansel They feed off of value hunting newbies. Poor Fellows. | yeah, we poor newbies sure get taken advantage of  |
03-25-2008, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by TaySte_2000 Unless of course if you plan to turn it on and off | PwN3d! 
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03-25-2008, 06:44 AM
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Builder: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | | The video @42 seconds, sounds like he kicked in an octave effect, with the same OD he's running the whole time to me.
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03-25-2008, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Hansel They feed off of value hunting newbies. Poor Fellows. | Ha! I havent been a newbie or poor and value hunting in 20 years! My Behringer works just fine for what its supposed to do and cost $30. For the occasional coloring its fine. I wouldnt use any effects all the time. |
09-18-2008, 01:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bethesda, MD | | | I've actually managed to get his tone pretty close. Honestly, i just run my passive jazz into a sansamp, with treble and high mid up at 6-7. I don't have to worry about it sounding not 'bassy' enough, because, whenever i'm with the band, turning it up gets you heard, and full sounding too. also, the way you wanna hit the strings are more like a hammer than a pluck.
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09-18-2008, 04:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto, ON | | | My BDI121 works fine, but i'm still going to get a Sansamp or a VT bass when i've got the ca$h m0ney. This is most certainly to tide me over. I've noticed that the BDI's distortion is more muffly than the Sansamp's.
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09-18-2008, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by magneezius Whatever You get
Don't Ever Get anything made by Behringer and You'll be ok.... | Probably the best advise I've heard in a long time! |
09-18-2008, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland | | | Im pretty sure he uses a sansamp rack....RPM or or RBM.
with a washer/dryer or oven or some other sporadic item behind him....
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09-18-2008, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Low_End_Theory I've just gotten into Rush, and I love Geddy Lee's sound. Does anyone know what kind of effects I could use to achieve a sound similar to this, especially around 0:42? http://youtube.com/watch?v=z-JD5AdCpY4
Thanks! | dig in!
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