Geddy Lee's best tone?

[lowendblues]

"Farewell to Kings". The man had the Rickenbacker gank and clank and honk down cold.

 

[kdemello1980]

Moving Pictures for me. Mostly because Ric/Jazz split, though I think his best pure Jazz tone is on Snakes and Arrows (Far Cry & Malignant Narcissism).

 

[Spectrum]

Ok, Sorry for resurrecting this one but Geddy's tone on Fly by Night- the song, not the album as a whole- has really perplexed me. It's probably one of my favorite tones but it sounds smoother than his usual Ric sound. How do you think he got that tone! It's been driving me nuts.

On Fly By Night, he was using a 1973 Ricky with the 1/2 inch neck pickup spacing. Plus he wasn't overdriving the bridge pickup like he did later on. Just a smoother, bassier sound....

Didn't he still use the P bass for a few tunes on that album? Maybe the title track was one of them?

 

[Christian Joseph Allbee]

My favorite Geddy tone is on Power Windows, Hold Your Fire and Roll The Bones.

These are with his Wal bass.

 

[Taurusmoo]

I love all of his different sounds pre-Test for Echo, but my absolute favourite is Hemispheres - not too clanky and not too slick, with a great gnarly bite.

 

[cronker]

Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals era for me. Just the most growly, fat tone and great bass playing.
I'm not a huge fan of his later flamenco playing style, which is also becomes prominent in the clanky, high end tone.

 

[Rnr..........4]

Didn't he still use the P bass for a few tunes on that album? Maybe the title track was one of them?

Fly By Night was all Rickenbacker. The first Rush album was a Precision.

 

[Swamp_Ronin]

It’s been fun revisiting all of Ged’s tones.

 

[woodyng2]

Just relistened to The Camera Eye, that bass sound (and the song) really do it for me.
Was that the 4001?
I’m definitely a fan of most of his bass sounds up to and including Presto.
After that, it seems like it’s just oversaturated sansamp buzz.

 

[BigJohnAZ]

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.

The already remixed VT because of compression overuse.

 

[Les Fret]

I’m definitely a fan of most of his bass sounds up to and including Presto.
After that, it seems like it’s just oversaturated sansamp buzz.

I agree, his later Rush period jazz bass sound after he dumped the Wal doesn’t do it for me either. Too bright and clingy. All bass sounds before I liked.

 

[nick g.]

I'm tickled that even after 13 years, not a single person has voted for Vapor Trails. Some things truly are still sacred.

 

[pcnnrs]

Roll the Bones for me.

 

[5StringBlues]

Carrots of Steel