Geddy Lee

[sabbath1977]

Geddy Lee: Moving Pictures, Power Windows, Counterparts.

Steve Di Giorgio: Sadus - Swallowed In Black, Death - Individual Tought Patterns.

 

[Mach1FT]

You're ALL wrong!


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ROFLMAO!!!

 

[Baryonyx]

Geddy Lee:

Prime Mover
Force Ten
The Analogue Kid
The Camera Eye
Show Don't Tell
Presto
Red Tide
Leave That Thing Alone
Where's My Thing?
Heresy
Natural Science
Emotion Detector
Marathon
Tai Shan
Turn The page
Time Stand Still
Mission
The Big Money
Grand Designs
Totem
Resist
Nobody's hero
AfterImage (all keys! )
Kid Gloves
The Enemy Within
Red lenses

Basically, the albums to go for are Hold Your Fire, Power Windows and Presto.

That should be enough to get started!

 

[FaithNoMan]

I believe FaithNoMan posted that as a joke. I could be wrong......

Fieldy called:

He said Geddy Lee has a lot to learn about EQing if he wants to play some good, old-fashioned Korn, ......and like a true novice, he is clipping his SVT, and not miking the tweeter, which he still needs to buy.

 

[sotua]

- playing closer to the bridge than the neck

Funny thing is that Geddy usually plays closer to the neck than the bridge... tone is in those alien fingers!

Oh, and the three-path signal (current GEddy sound chain, IIRC: clean through Avalon U5 + signal through U5 and Sansamp RBI for dirt/grit + one of those two signals through some Trace tube amps and cabs, miced)

 

[tZer]

There are a lot of posts here - so many that I just skimmed to get a feel for the responses.

One question I have is; Because prior to 'Subdivisions' his sound was predominantly defined by that gritty, slightly distorted, Rick/Jazz sound but really made a radical change (IMO) when Subdivisions came out, what sound are you most interested in? I saw YYZ mentioned... But the sound on a song like "Big Money" is really very different from what I was used to hearing on songs like, "The Trees", "Red Bartchetta", and "La Villa Strangiato"...

He went from 'rockin' and growly' to 'picky and pointed' in that transition...

--tz

 

[Baryonyx]

I got A Show Of Hands yesterday, and it makes me sad to compare his bass tone from back then to what he has to make do with now

 

[him666]

It suprises me that some of you forget that he is using a bit of chorus over his tone on Moving Pictures. Especially on YYZ, the Camera Eye, Witch Hunt and Vital Signs. So try a chorus pedal with some kind of jazz bass. Play close to the bridge and use a bit of overdrive (For instance, Sansamp RBI).
I play YYZ with my band, very nice song!

 

[XsoGol]

If anyone else bashes Matt Till, I'm gonna cram a full-on clipping TE V8 + Ampeg 810 stack up your arse and play some Kreator tunes on a Ric with all the tone turned up.

Then your colon can let me know how much is in my fingers and how much is in the gear.

Noone bashes Till...I got your back, dawg!

 

[SamJ]

Ok, So I know Geddy played Rickenbacker 4001, Fender Jazz, Wal Mach 2, and a couple of other basses of lesser known value.. but the question I have is what did he play on what albums?

The times I saw him in concert he was playing the Wal and the Steinberger..

I'm thinking it's like this.. Rickenbacker thru 1979 (Permanent Waves) or maybe Moving Pictures, then Fender Jazz thru about mid late 80's and then Wal.. ?? with Fender Jazz making a return in the late 90's..??

anyone know for sure?

 

[Baryonyx]

if you search you can find a pretty good thread on this...

But here we go for a partial...

Rush-Eponymous-recorded on a Fender Precision
Fly By Night-Jazz bass, but the Precision was used to make the monster noises in the fight scene in "By Tor and the Snow Dog"
The Caress of Steel-Pretty sure this one is all Ric

Signals-Rickenbacker on every track apart from Digital Man and new World man, which was done on the jazz

Grace Under Pressure-Steinberger
Power windows-Wal
Hold Your Fire-Wal
Presto-Wal
Roll The Bones-Wal
Counterparts-Fender Jazz
Test For Echo-Fender Jazz
Vapor Trails-Fender Jazz


Well, thats the easy ones done. Before that, you'll have to go back and listen.

 

[heath_the_great]

ive seen pix of geddy with a double neck rick (guit+bass)..when has he used that?

 

[reedo35]

He used it on the Farewell to Kings tour to play the guitar harmony parts on Xanadu.

 

[PhR]

Fly By Night was played on a Rick, not Jazz (except those growl parts in "By-Tor")
Jazz was also used on Permanent Waves on "Spirit Of Radio" and "Entre Nous"
Moving Pictures was Jazz except "Red Barchetta" and "The Camera Eye" which were played on a Rick.
The double-neck was also used live for "A Passage To Bangkok".

 

[Kink Rimson]

Signals-Rickenbacker on every track apart from Digital Man and new World man, which was done on the jazz

n.

Don't forget 'The Weapon'!

 

[Roger Pounders]

so what about the Steinberger?

 

[Musiclogic]

In case anyone missed it, Geddy has always recorded with a Jazz bass. Sometimes the Ric would make an appearence on an album, but generally he used a Jazz. Playing on stage was a different animal altogether. Ric, Wal, Steiny, Jazz, even saw him in 74 playing a vox....LOL You can refer to the new biography out in bookstores to check the exact recording axe used for each session.

 

[SamJ]

In case anyone missed it, Geddy has always recorded with a Jazz bass. Sometimes the Ric would make an appearence on an album, but generally he used a Jazz. Playing on stage was a different animal altogether. Ric, Wal, Steiny, Jazz, even saw him in 74 playing a vox....LOL You can refer to the new biography out in bookstores to check the exact recording axe used for each session.

So where did Chris2112 get his info? DO you have any on-line links to prove this? I'm most interested in if this is true... but I recall on the inside of the Album sleeve for Permanent Waves, Geddy was sitting in the studio with his Ricky..

 

[Baryonyx]

In case anyone missed it, Geddy has always recorded with a Jazz bass. Sometimes the Ric would make an appearence on an album, but generally he used a Jazz. Playing on stage was a different animal altogether. Ric, Wal, Steiny, Jazz, even saw him in 74 playing a vox....LOL You can refer to the new biography out in bookstores to check the exact recording axe used for each session.

I'm not sure where you got this info, I have that book, the one by Jon Collins right?

Yes, the jazz bass was always with him but not always used to record. If you listen to Power Windows, Hold Your Fire, Presto and Roll the Bones and don't hear the most typical Wal tone around, there is something very funny going on with your ears.

We're lucky that Geddy's basses all sound so different, so we don't get sucked into the misconception that the jazz is his only recording bass!

 

[73jbass]

What biograpghy are you refering to? It has been pretty well documented that he started with the P-bass for the first record,Ric through Moving Pictures,Stinie/Wall through the 80s and early 90's,and went back to the Jazz on Test for Echo.As many interviews as I've read with Geddy,I've never seen him say he always recorded with a jazz.He's pretty much always toured with what he recorded with.Sounds like the bio might be worth checking out.Do you know what it's called? Might have to get it.

In case anyone missed it, Geddy has always recorded with a Jazz bass. Sometimes the Ric would make an appearence on an album, but generally he used a Jazz. Playing on stage was a different animal altogether. Ric, Wal, Steiny, Jazz, even saw him in 74 playing a vox....LOL You can refer to the new biography out in bookstores to check the exact recording axe used for each session.