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Geddy Lee's best tone?

Which Rush studio album had the best bass tones?

  • RUSH

    Votes: 8 2.7%

  • Fly By Night

    Votes: 7 2.4%

  • Caress Of Steel

    Votes: 5 1.7%

  • 2112

    Votes: 14 4.8%

  • A Farewell To Kings

    Votes: 21 7.2%

  • Hemispheres

    Votes: 35 11.9%

  • Permanent Waves

    Votes: 24 8.2%

  • Moving Pictures

    Votes: 76 25.9%

  • Signals

    Votes: 31 10.6%

  • Grace Under Pressure

    Votes: 4 1.4%

  • Power Windows

    Votes: 11 3.8%

  • Hold Your Fire

    Votes: 9 3.1%

  • Presto

    Votes: 3 1.0%

  • Roll the Bones

    Votes: 6 2.0%

  • Counterparts

    Votes: 8 2.7%

  • Test For Echo

    Votes: 4 1.4%

  • Vapor Trails

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Snakes and Arrows

    Votes: 4 1.4%

  • Clockwork Angels

    Votes: 23 7.8%
  • Total voters
    293
#23
I lost interest in Rush after Signals.... But I love all their stuff up to that point. I prefer his Ric sound over his Jazz sound. His Ric sounds more natural and tight whereas his Jazz sounds to me to be too processed and over driven. Signals was an awesome and a very underrated album (in comparison to Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves) but they completely lost me after Signals. He is still a phenomenal player.
 
#28
coronado3 said:
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.
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Stop and think about the mindset that Neil must have been in for the lyrics and writing of Vapor Trails.

Nobody should be asked to "redo" that state of mind, but I do wish someone would find a way to do a better mix.
 
#30
I vote Counterparts. I like his Jazz tone, but I think he's taken the effects and overdrive too far on the very recent albums. Counterparts was a nice raw jazz tone with a little drive; perfect for their music.

After really, really wanting to like Clockwork Angels, I've decided that it's a complete sonic disaster overall, and I can't stand to listen to it anymore. The bass tone isn't the problem there, but it doesn't help. After Vapor Trails was so horrible as to produce an industry case study on overcompression (ProRec website, now taken down), you'd think they would have been more careful.
 
#31
seang15 said:
Hey Jimmy, I am a Rush fan like you are An Ampeg fan. And I didn't know they have two most popular albums! Every real Rush fan knows: they are ALL favorites!! :hyper:
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Even I have a couple of Ampeg products I don't like ;)

But let's face it...most people aren't real Rush fans. And those are the two albums that I believe sold best, or at least, have the most staying power with the civilians.
 
#32
Phantasm said:
Nobody should be asked to "redo" that state of mind, but I do wish someone would find a way to do a better mix.
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They did remix "One Little Victory" and "Earthshine" on the Retrospective CD where they appear. It's a pretty substantial remix, too - they pulled a ton of mud out, removed low end boominess from the drums, and really moved the bass up in the mix via more midrange.

Frankly, the two tunes sound ridiculously better. If the whole album had sounded like that, I think we'd all be calling it one of their top 5 albums.
 
#35
WJGreer said:
I vote Counterparts. I like his Jazz tone, but I think he's taken the effects and overdrive too far on the very recent albums. Counterparts was a nice raw jazz tone with a little drive; perfect for their music.

After really, really wanting to like Clockwork Angels, I've decided that it's a complete sonic disaster overall, and I can't stand to listen to it anymore. The bass tone isn't the problem there, but it doesn't help. After Vapor Trails was so horrible as to produce an industry case study on overcompression (ProRec website, now taken down), you'd think they would have been more careful.
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Clockwork Angels is loud, but that is all I can fault it for. The tones and songs are as good as it gets.
 
#38
WJGreer said:
I vote Counterparts. I like his Jazz tone, but I think he's taken the effects and overdrive too far on the very recent albums. Counterparts was a nice raw jazz tone with a little drive; perfect for their music.
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ctrotier said:
It's not on your list, but my favorite Geddy tone is the opening riff off of My Favourite Headache, his solo album.
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I agree; similar tone as on Counterparts, IMO. What he's done since sounds a little too saturated for my ears.
 

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