Geddy Lee

[Cygnusx2112]

look Here.

 

[Lowtonejoe]

look Here.

Very cool!

Thanks for posting the link.



Joe.

 

[Cygnusx2112]

Notta problem!

Joe, i looked at your GAS page in your sig, wow man...you have alot of cool stuff!

 

[Lowtonejoe]

Notta problem!

Joe, i looked at your GAS page in your sig, wow man...you have alot of cool stuff!

Thanks man.

If only I played well enough to deserve cool stuff!

Oh well. It'll come eventually...or it wont!



Joe.

 

[Cygnusx2112]

hehe, no prob!

Also, look here:
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[Crockettnj]

Impress yourselves with all the technological jargon if you must...it's in the fingers stupid.

this is a bass site. it has little to do with impressing oneself really.

Geddy has cool phrasing, and is obvisouly talented. However, he would sound quite different tonally if he played through a hoffner or gibson eb-0.

Good luck copping that sound!

and yet you claim to be able to?

no question a huge amount of ones ones tone comes from your fingers (are your fingers hard, like geddy's, or soft. do you attack the strings aggressively or are you tentative, how you fret, where you pluck strings, etc). No bass player would argue that. however, claiming that the gear you play through is of little importance to obtaining specific tones is ignorant. (not stupid).

try this. cut your mids and treble fully. turn your bass EQ to near full. put some flats on your bass. now play red barchetta with that technique, those FINGERS that only you and Geddy have mastered, and see how it sounds.

I tried not to use too much fancy jargon.

 

[Lowtonejoe]

hehe, no prob!

Also, look here:
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Another good read.

Thanks!



Joe.

 

[jeff schmidt]

Another good read.

Thanks!



Joe.

agreed. kinda renders this thread moot.

IMO.

 

[Red Wonder]

this is a bass site. it has little to do with impressing oneself really.

Geddy has cool phrasing, and is obvisouly talented. However, he would sound quite different tonally if he played through a hoffner or gibson eb-0.



and yet you claim to be able to?

no question a huge amount of ones ones tone comes from your fingers (are your fingers hard, like geddy's, or soft. do you attack the strings aggressively or are you tentative, how you fret, where you pluck strings, etc). No bass player would argue that. however, claiming that the gear you play through is of little importance to obtaining specific tones is ignorant. (not stupid).

try this. cut your mids and treble fully. turn your bass EQ to near full. put some flats on your bass. now play red barchetta with that technique, those FINGERS that only you and Geddy have mastered, and see how it sounds.

I tried not to use too much fancy jargon.

Crockett...

Your sarcasm is about as relevant as your English.

Since when did I claim I had Geddy's fingers? Show me the post!

Try actually capitalizing the first word of your sentences before you degrade me and what I have to say!

 

[Lowtonejoe]

agreed. kinda renders this thread moot.

IMO.

Yeah,

I noticed folks were getting a bit mooty.

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ROTFLMSAO!!!!!!!!!

(I just kill myself! No, really! Just ask me!)



Joe.

 

[dunamis]

Man! This thread has really taken a nasty turn since my last visit!



What's with all the hostility? Dudes, it's all right. Really it is. Try to chill a bit and things will go better for you.

Geddy Lee is not only a great bassist but he understands how to use technology and equipment to get the sound he wants.

I was born in 1961, was introduced to Rush's music when their first, eponymous, album came out. He sounded like Geddy Lee then, and still sounds like Geddy Lee in 2006-- recorded or live.

The rest of this thread seems to be more about being right than about Geddy Lee's tone. Get back on point!

 

[Lowtonejoe]

Man! This thread has really taken a nasty turn since my last visit!



What's with all the hostility? Dudes, it's all right. Really it is. Try to chill a bit and things will go better for you.

Geddy Lee is not only a great bassist but he understands how to use technology and equipment to get the sound he wants.

I was born in 1961, was introduced to Rush's music when their first, eponymous, album came out. He sounded like Geddy Lee then, and still sounds like Geddy Lee in 2006-- recorded or live.

Geezer!



(But +1 with what you said.)



Joe.

 

[BassistGod]

Geddy on playing bass on a two by four would still sound like Geddy

 

[jeff schmidt]

 

[Lowtonejoe]

Geddy on playing bass on a two by four would still sound like Geddy

No.

As impossible as it seems his voice would go up 2 octaves due to splinters in his finger.





Joe.

P.S. Just to be clear, Rush is in my top 5 all time favorite bands.

 

[dunamis]

No.

As impossible as it seems his voice would go up 2 octaves due to splinters in his finger.





Joe.

P.S. Just to be clear, Rush is in my top 5 all time favorite bands.

LTJ, you scabrous dog! You should know that it's impossible for Geddy's voice to go any higher than it already is without exceeeding the range of human hearing!

Bastiges!



(This bad attitiude thread stuff is kind of catching!)

 

[Stubb]

Geddy on playing bass on a two by four would still sound like Geddy

The phrasing and style, definately. But the tone?

 

[BassistGod]

LTJ, you scabrous dog! You should know that it's impossible for Geddy's voice to go any higher than it already is without exceeeding the range of human hearing!

Bastiges!



(This bad attitiude thread stuff is kind of catching!)

All of you need to shut your pie holes and shove it where the sun don't shine!!!

(Wow..that is kind of fun though)

 

[BassistGod]

The phrasing and style, definately. But the tone?

Yes the tone wouldn't be exact, but it's still geddy's tone.. wether he's playing a wal, rick, fender or what have you.

 

[Lowtonejoe]

LTJ, you scabrous dog! You should know that it's impossible for Geddy's voice to go any higher than it already is without exceeeding the range of human hearing!

Bastiges!



(This bad attitiude thread stuff is kind of catching!)

Heh heh,

no worries then, eh?



Joe.