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RUSH Last night

#21
I am sure most signature lines marketed to the public are probably developed to make a profit. Be it a 70's Jazz reissue with a Badass bridge it is still a great playing/sounding bass IMO.

there was this really really strange set up behind Geddy that was full of roasting chickens or something
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Since Geddy goes DI with his signal he has no amps on stage. He started with 3 wasing machines on his side so fill up the space where his amps wuld go, then he had 2 washing machines and a candy machine, and now the rotisaries.

It's esentially just a joke but it balancs out the stage :D haha
 
#22
Poor Tom said:
They were sooooo amazing! Not sure if the setup of the stage was the same every show they played, but in Orlando there was this really really strange set up behind Geddy that was full of roasting chickens or something...there was a chef looking guy who periodically came on stage to maintain them. LOL, can anyone shed some light on this for me?
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Geddy likes to run his rig very hot...:smug:

Seriously, since I believe the "Counterparts" tour Geddy has split his signal three ways (Direct box, Palmer Speaker Simulator, and SansAmp RPM) and all three are sent to the Front Of House board where they're submixed if each particular song - more SansAmp "dirt" for "Driven" for example, less for "The Pass".

However, having absolutely no amp onstage makes it visually "unbalanced" with Alex's massive stacks, so for a while Geddy had dryers on his side of the stage (where Roadies would toss out shirts saying some variation of "I Got This Shirt From Dryer #3 at Rush" :) ) Lately Geddy has replaced the dryers with Rotisserie Cookers full of chickens, which make the shows not only sound amazing but smell as well. :D
 
#26
GianGian said:
I don't get why people make signature instruments if they are not going to use it. And I don't get the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass at all. It is just an early 70s reissue with a badass bridge. They probably made it just for $$$.
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Maybe lots of people love it and would like to have something similar to one of their bass hero's? And, the neck is thinner than the 70's model which to me is what makes this bass. What dont you get about that? Its an awesome bass, especially for the price.
 
#27
jgroh said:
Maybe lots of people love it and would like to have something similar to one of their bass hero's? And, the neck is thinner than the 70's model which to me is what makes this bass. What dont you get about that? Its an awesome bass, especially for the price.
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I can't see why the neck is thinner since his neck was an original when the signature bass was designed. Also, I think that signatures things make sense when the players make a lot of modifications to the original thing. Like the Marcus Miller bass, or even the Stuart Hamm, which is a new model made for him, but a different bridge and legendary basslines are not enough to justify a signature instrument IN MY OPINION.
 
#28
GianGian said:
I don't get why people make signature instruments if they are not going to use it. And I don't get the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass at all. It is just an early 70s reissue with a badass bridge. They probably made it just for $$$.
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Errr so where do I find CIJ 70s RI Fenders jazz basses for $850 new? How about ones with shaved necks and badass bridges?

edit: NM, just saw your most recent post. Well yeah it is to make money. That is what companies are there for. I personally don't care whose screen printed signature is on the back of the headstock, the bass is a great deal at $850.
 
#32
GianGian said:
I can't see why the neck is thinner since his neck was an original when the signature bass was designed. Also, I think that signatures things make sense when the players make a lot of modifications to the original thing. Like the Marcus Miller bass, or even the Stuart Hamm, which is a new model made for him, but a different bridge and legendary basslines are not enough to justify a signature instrument IN MY OPINION.
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The neck was thinner when Geddy bought it in the pawn shop..

Seriously; Find me a 4 bolt Fender Jazz bass with black inlays with the 70's logo, 70's pickup spacing.. All the reissues with these features is 3 bolt and have that ugly late 70's logo.

I serriously love my Geddy, it is a GREAT bass.

Yes, he use one of the CIJ necks on his main bass. It have satin finish and Schaller Tuners.
 
#34
We all have different preferences, I like the neck, but I also like the neck on my P bass and my 5er.

I dont think it was geddy whom got the neck shaved, I think that was done before Geddy got it, and it was certainly done a long time before Fender even considered to give him a signature bass.
 
#38
Me and my mom flew all the way from edmonton alberta to Houston Texas to see them, and we ended up meeting up with the head of secuirty for rush (we were looking at thweir tour busses and what not the day of the show, and met up with a police man outside of the area, who told us we couldnt go any further. We ended up talking to him, told him that this was my 18th birthday present, and we flew from canada etc etc etc....) He wrote down our names for some reason. Later that night we went thgrough the security and someone finds us and says "yeah, a man has described you two to a tee. Are you here for his 18th birthday?" Mom says "yeah, why?" "oh well I have a guy who wants to see you." So we follow him through the back by the tour busses and meet up with the policeman we met earlier. He tells us that he was talking to some of the people from Rush's road crew and telling them about us and that the head of security for Rush would like to meet us! So we went to our seats (around the back, which was alot nicer than going out there again to fight through thousands of people) We find our seats, sit down and about 5 minutes later, the head of security comes out and we get to chatting and he tells us he's from Calgary and all this stuff. He says "ill tell you what. I'll take your names and number and since you have crappy seats for Edmonton, i'll try to get you better seats and meet and greet passes. Oh, do you want some drumsticks?" and he whips out USED drum sticks (used as in the best drummer in the world played with them!)
 
#40
Travisx2112 said:
Me and my mom flew all the way from edmonton alberta to Houston Texas to see them, and we ended up meeting up with the head of secuirty for rush (we were looking at thweir tour busses and what not the day of the show, and met up with a police man outside of the area, who told us we couldnt go any further. We ended up talking to him, told him that this was my 18th birthday present, and we flew from canada etc etc etc....) He wrote down our names for some reason. Later that night we went thgrough the security and someone finds us and says "yeah, a man has described you two to a tee. Are you here for his 18th birthday?" Mom says "yeah, why?" "oh well I have a guy who wants to see you." So we follow him through the back by the tour busses and meet up with the policeman we met earlier. He tells us that he was talking to some of the people from Rush's road crew and telling them about us and that the head of security for Rush would like to meet us! So we went to our seats (around the back, which was alot nicer than going out there again to fight through thousands of people) We find our seats, sit down and about 5 minutes later, the head of security comes out and we get to chatting and he tells us he's from Calgary and all this stuff. He says "ill tell you what. I'll take your names and number and since you have crappy seats for Edmonton, i'll try to get you better seats and meet and greet passes. Oh, do you want some drumsticks?" and he whips out USED drum sticks (used as in the best drummer in the world played with them!)
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Awesome!! This is not the first story I hear about the Rush road crew beiong really nice to the fans. Hope yuo have a great time.
 

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