Rush R40 Geddy's New Rig?

[MovingPitchers]

Actually, Hitler didn't smoke or drink, and he was a vegetarian. Reichsmarschall Goering was the one with the huge wine and spirits collection.

Oh derp I forgot. Yeah I forgot it was Goering who liked to drink. The wine cellar in Eagle's Nest was humongous according to the books I've read and researched but hey, most of it were taken by the Allies. Geddy still has his.

 

[maverick49]

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.

He's Geddy Lee and he can play any bass he wants! Lol

Saw them in Irvine and pretty much the Fenders and the Ric sounded the best I thought. I think I counted 20 different basses but about half were Fenders. Since they were rolling back in time with gear, he probably should have pulled out the Steinberger and Wal.

 

[JimmyM]

Man, switching basses that often would make me suicidal. The work that has to go into making so many different basses sound somewhat consistent must have taken a couple weeks, and as some of you are saying, it still wasn't all that consistent. And that's with a personal tech helping him out. The rest of us wouldn't have a chance in hell!

I remember seeing Heart in 81 or 82, and Steve Fossen did a similar thing, changing basses after every song almost. He didn't have much consistency, either. Fun idea on paper, but for the most part, I'm quite happy sticking with one bass all night.

 

[MovingPitchers]

He's Geddy Lee and he can play any bass he wants! Lol

Saw them in Irvine and pretty much the Fenders and the Ric sounded the best I thought. I think I counted 20 different basses but about half were Fenders. Since they were rolling back in time with gear, he probably should have pulled out the Steinberger and Wal.

He mentioned in a bass rig rundown a couple of months ago that someone has been begging him to play the Steinbergers, but he said and I quote, "One tour on those was enough for me."

So, no Steinbergers. Nothing on the Wals but I would've loved to see the Wals in action live.

 

[BassikLee]

I wonder what his issue with the Berger was

 

[BrentSimons]

I've read that he didn't find the tone satisfying on the Steiny. Convenient yes.

 

[eightyearsapril]

I see the video was done in Tampa. Would *love* to have seen them there, but alas, the show date was also the date of my first anniversary. Would have been an *extremely* expensive show for me to have attended...

The Philly show was a first anniversary present for my wife and me. I made sure to marry a Rush fan.

 

[CGremlin]

I made sure to marry a Rush fan.

Wish I could say the same, but she can't stand Geddy's voice. That's okay though - she's a big Metallica fan, and I'm not particularly fond of Lars' drumming.

 

[R Baer]

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.

Forgot about the P bass and yes, it did sound rather awesome on Roll the Bones. I'm sure a lot of crowd preference had to do with the venue and where you were sitting. At the show in Los Angeles, the basses with the deeper lows definitely didn't have the definition of the Ric. The Thunderbirds were pretty much mud in that mix.