Anyone else surprised Geddy didn't pull out a Ric for the Yes performance?
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Anyone else surprised?
- Thread starter Marikk
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Where did people watch it? I couldn't find it streaming or broadcast anywhere, I assume I'll need to watch on youtube now.
I was just thinking the exact same thing. I thought that would be a perfect reason to dig out the ole' Ric.
I guess Geddy is just that much more comfortable on a Jazz.
Are there any "Good" videos of the performance. I can't stand the crappy cell phone videos but at least it's something.
no, I'm not surprised, because Geddy can pull off that timbre with his fingers
It's probably just us wannabes that would want to play the same instrument as the original artist.
He wasn't there to be Chris Squire. It was a very big moment in music history. It was a classy move by all involved. Don't let gear dorkyness get you panties in a wad. Just enjoy it for what it was. Geddy Lee, a bass legend, took the stage with other legends to fill in for a departed legend, at a legendary moment in time. That alone is cool enough. Gear be damned.
My grandfather used to say....
"Some people are complainers. I could hand that guy a hundred dollar bill and he'd find a problem with it."
Don't be that guy.
That was casual conversation and not a lecture. I'm not that emotional about it. But reading back through it seems like finger wagging. Not my intent, but I can't think of a better way to say it.
My grandfather used to say....
"Some people are complainers. I could hand that guy a hundred dollar bill and he'd find a problem with it."
Don't be that guy.
That was casual conversation and not a lecture. I'm not that emotional about it. But reading back through it seems like finger wagging. Not my intent, but I can't think of a better way to say it.
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No, I wasn't surprised. There is more to a band than the equipment that it uses.
Geddy plainly says, that he was more concerned about "sound" and he went with the Jazz Bass. What Geddy doesn't say is that sound was more important to him than "looking the part" of the Yes bass player.
Geddy is so impressively humble and down to earth! What a wonderful man and bassist!
Geddy plainly says, that he was more concerned about "sound" and he went with the Jazz Bass. What Geddy doesn't say is that sound was more important to him than "looking the part" of the Yes bass player.
Geddy is so impressively humble and down to earth! What a wonderful man and bassist!
Well, made sense.i figured he would answer that last question with 'close to the edge'!
I liked his shoutout to Yes's cover of "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" in the indictment (
) speech, adding that his choice of getting a Rick came from that tone. I love Chris Squire's bass on Time and a Word.(Funnily enough, he wore a SCPB in the song video.)
Speaking of his own first encounter with their music, Alex extensively mentioned The Yes Album:
It would have been cool for him to go to his Ric, but at the same time, Chris' Ric was a unique beast, and just using an instrument with the same brand logo wouldn't reproduce the tone or the look of Chris'. And for that matter, Chris didn't use the Ric on every song anyway (though I think he did use it on Roundabout).
My post wasn't made as a complaint, My apologies if it came across as such. It was more just to start a conversation, I was quite excited to hear Geddy would be doing it. I was curious, since he was once a Ric player. Noting more behind it than that, Some of us just like to get our Gear Geekery on now and then
Or "Time and a Word" since that was his first "taste" of Yes.i figured he would answer that last question with 'close to the edge'!
The notes come so fast on that song, I doubt most could tell the difference if he'd used his old Stein:
I see what you did there & I'll bet he was giddy!
I see what you did there & I'll bet he was giddy!
I guess I respect the heck out of the fact that Geddy is a true pro. He uses whatever he wants, when he wants. He seems to be able to get the tone he wants regardless of what bass he uses.
Yeah, you could probably put Geddy out there with a Hofner & a DI box & he could have pulled off the same timbre.
I would have liked to see the Ric also! But Its Geddy not Chris and he has to play what is right for him
If I had to play that song, I'd definitely choose whatever I'm the most comfortable with, as I'd be sweating bullets that I'd screw it up... and I would 
This is what I was thinking.
The OP didn't sound at all like a complaint. It read, to me, like the OP thought it might tie things together more if Geddy played a Ric, not that it was wrong for him not to, or that he needed to play a Ric to get it right.
