Geddy Lee's best tone?

[nick g.]

Been on a Rush kick lately, and was marveling at all the awesome tones Geddy has had through the years.

For the sake of brevity, I've not included any live albums or Feedback in this poll.

Signals takes the cake for me, with Clockwork Angels a close second.

 

[Journey55]

I gotta go with Clockwork Angels, that Jazz is smokin especially on Seven Cities Of Gold and Caravan although I like The Garden as well but it's not as in the forefront of that song

 

[john_g]

Love his Moving Pictures era tone(s), but my fav is the Wal on Power Windows/Hold Yer Phire.

 

[Duke21]

Moving picture, 2112, clockwork angels.

 

[Hamlet7768]

I'm going with 2112. If I could get a tone like that...man!

 

[lijazz]

In no particular order (because I can't decide):

Clockwork Angels
Signals
Counterparts

 

[BigJohnAZ]

Unfortunately, I can only vote for one, but I love the tone on the first album pre-Ricky and FBN, COS, AFTK and Hemispheres. Can you tell I play a 4001? lol I like his Fender J bass tone, but I fell in love with the early Rush and those sounds made me want to play bass.

 

[nick g.]

^ that's why I chose Signals; it's his best Rick tone IMO, and his Jazz sounds awesome. Digital Man. 'nuff said.

 

[coronado3]

Yep, signals has the fattest, crunchy tones. Love it.

 

[seang15]

Perm Waves, MP, Signals. The Wal on Power Windows is pretty smoking hot.

 

[spz8]

Signals. Specifically Countdown, it sounds huge!

 

[lijazz]

Signals. Specifically Countdown, it sounds huge!

+1,000,000

 

[NOT]

Not his best tone, but my favorite is from their debut album. Lots of punch!

 

[zfunkman]

The bass tone on Freewill is freakin' incredible!

 

[smcfarland1337]

Gonna go with Moving Pictures.

DAT Red Barchetta tone.
DAT YYZ tone.
DAT Vital Signs tone.


Oh lawdy, all DAT tone!

 

[Up the dose]

Wal bass is his best tone. Love the early tone with the Ric too. The Steinberger tone worked well for the synth driven / new wave 80's Rush . His current Jazz bass sound is my least favorite Geddy tone. Very Lo -Fi. He is worthy of a better bass and a better company to endorse him. He should go back to playing the Ric and have a bass made in the US with his name on it.

 

[Jaco Taco]

Moving Pictures and Power Windows for me. All the votes for Signals on here makes me think I better re-listen to that album just for the bass tone.

 

[Duke21]

Wal bass is his best tone. Love the early tone with the Ric too. The Steinberger tone worked well for the synth driven / new wave 80's Rush . His current Jazz bass sound is my least favorite Geddy tone. Very Lo -Fi. He is worthy of a better bass and a better company to endorse him. He should go back to playing the Ric and have a bass made in the US with his name on it.

His Fender custom shop bass is not made in Madagascar! If you do not like his tone it has nothing to do with him using a Rickenbacker or a Fender. Much of his tone is due to his overdriven Sansamps, and now in addition his Orange AD200.

Btw also the MIJ Geddy is totally worth it.

 

[coronado3]

Moving Pictures and Power Windows for me. All the votes for Signals on here makes me think I better re-listen to that album just for the bass tone.

Do that.... Analog kid? Awesome! The whole album is awesome... The Ben mink violin solos, the drums... The only thing sub par was Alex's guitar mix. I wish they would remix this album...

 

[coronado3]

They should remix signals and exit stage left and fix the guitars and redo vapor trails for everything! Such a great album, but so hard to listen to the whole thing.