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Rush R40 Geddy's New Rig?

#25
Teddy (he is named after the teddy bear in AI) is a former business associate's dog, a very laid back 120 lb. long hair Shepherd. He is a great dog, and constantly dreams of being able to play bass as well as Geddy, hence, the relevance to this thread :D!
 
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Just saw the Boyz in Montreal on Sunday. Unbelievable! I really hope it isn't their last tour but...
Geddy was definitely using a Fractal Axe FX and his tech was using the Fractal footswitch. But it looked liked most of his old gear was still in the rack. Tech 21 Sansamp, Palmer, etc. and one piece I haven't seen before...it had these read and white retro looking knobs like LEGO pieces? Does anyone know what they could have been?
Brent
 
#30
Just saw their final show in Los Angeles and it was awesome. Can't say however that I felt all those racks full of gear actually make for a better sound this tour. Could have been the venue for sure, but I wasn't super impressed with Geddy's tone on this tour. Felt like there was too much deed lows and not quite enough mids going on. I'm always a big believer in keeping it simple and can't but wonder if Geddy couldn't get just as good a tone plugging into a good direct box and a mic'ed SVT and calling it good.
 
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I wasn't at any of the shows, but from what I've heard watching videos, all the bass switching didn't serve him well. IMHO, play the black jazz for everything it'll work on. Pull out the doublenecks for Xanadu, use another bass for any drop tuned stuff, and have a good, CONSISTENT tone.
 
#32
I don't think he really cares for tone anymore. This is the last big your they will ever do and he probably wanted to play the millions of basses he has live at least once instead of using his 72 and other variants of the Fender Jazz. He showcased some sick Precisions, a Hofner, Rickenbackers, and Gibsons.
 
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#34
I thought it was cool getting to see all the different basses he used on the tour. Have to say that tone wise, the Ric was my favorite. Very similar to the black jazz with just a hair more upper mid clarity and a bit less deep lows. Was just perfect in the venue we saw them at. The Ric definitely had the best note definition and not surprisingly, the Thunderbirds had the least.
 
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Well Im not gonna have a chance to see them, so Ill never know what the end result is of that complex "amp" set up Geddy uses. I'M quite sure that Geddy and his tech know more about getting a great live bass sound than I'll ever know but to my uninformed mind that set up seems way too complicated. Fractal-Palmer cab sim--- sans amp--orange ad200--rivera cab sim. Im guessing that signal gets split somewhere with one feed to the stage and another to FOH, but like Roger said ,I can't see how all of that could sound muck better that a DI / mic'ed cab, but what do I know.
 
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R Baer said:
I thought it was cool getting to see all the different basses he used on the tour. Have to say that tone wise, the Ric was my favorite. Very similar to the black jazz with just a hair more upper mid clarity and a bit less deep lows. Was just perfect in the venue we saw them at. The Ric definitely had the best note definition and not surprisingly, the Thunderbirds had the least.
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There is a reason why a whole lot of us prefer/love our Rickenbackers. :bassist:
 
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#37
The Jazzes did have more lows than the Rickenbackers but the Precisions took the crown for booming low end. Obviously. It was weird to see Geddy rock a Precision Bass but it sounded fantastic for Roll The Bones and one other song he used a P on.

I wasn't impressed with the Thunderbirds either or that red Hofner. The white 72 Jazz was killer though.
 
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