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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: gearHed289 on January 19, 2015, 03:12:34 PM
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Word on the street is Mr. Lee has been collecting basses as of late. I know he's an avid collector of wine and baseball memorabilia. I guess it was just a matter of time. I have another shot somewhere where you can see 2 rev-birds, and 2 Ampeg devil basses hanging on the wall behind him.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10920927_1536096013321418_8723984563518989633_n.jpg?oh=7550d2cfffb95f437e5381093f6bd8ef&oe=55601455&__gda__=1432461631_1025e2db1a5b1269638532847a2a24ab
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Goodness gracious me...!
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It would be interesting to see what he has collected over the years.
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That one's a surprise!
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He bought the nonrev in a shop in Holland. I know the owner quite well. It was in that shop for years for an awfull lot of money.
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Wait till he finds out it doesn't properly intonate! Scott to the rescue - maybe he'll give you one of his old kimonos in exchange for a Badbird Bridge!
(https://img0.etsystatic.com/004/1/6578951/il_fullxfull.381742806_snvl.jpg)
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That one's a surprise!
Dave knows who Geddy Lee is, gulp. I'll spend the day having to come to grips with this discovery. We live in uncertain times.
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It would be interesting to see what he has collected over the years.
Antiquarian Ayn Rand 1st publications of course!!! :mrgreen:
(http://wpl-teens.winnipeg.ca/Blog/Uploads/Post/1201/anthem_ayn%20rand.jpg)
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Dave knows who Geddy Lee is, gulp. I'll spend the day having to come to grips with this discovery. We live in uncertain times.
When Keith was in high school, Kings X and Rush were the only bands he liked that I didn't tell him to turn the volume down. Not my kind of music but at least it wasn't Megadeth.
Much later, he had a Geddy J Bass. I had it at my house when he was in S. Korea for a year. Skinny neck and skinnier tone. He sold it not long after he got back.
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Wait till he finds out it doesn't properly intonate! Scott to the rescue - maybe he'll give you one of his old kimonos in exchange for a Badbird Bridge!
(https://img0.etsystatic.com/004/1/6578951/il_fullxfull.381742806_snvl.jpg)
This was when Geddy sounded good live........ Since then, no.
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When Keith was in high school, Kings X and Rush were the only bands he liked that I didn't tell him to turn the volume down. Not my kind of music but at least it wasn't Megadeth.
Much later, he had a Geddy J Bass. I had it at my house when he was in S. Korea for a year. Skinny neck and skinnier tone. He sold it not long after he got back.
Dave, you told your son to turn the (darn!) music down? :-X Kings X and Rush make sense though as a combo. I can understand why if you like one of them, you would also like the other. I now have the most vivid images of "Closer to the Heart" blaring chez Westheimers and you tapping your foot (somewhat impatiently) to it! :mrgreen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElN-2oeG0A4
PS: I just noticed three girls :o :o :o in the audience front row of that Rush vid around 4:33. They must have paid them or perhaps they are their daughters? There are eternal truths in this world. One of them is that women don't like Rush.
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This was when Geddy sounded good live........ Since then, no.
I think people get carried away with that. Geddy is Geddy, no matter what he plays. Yes, I preferred the Ric too, but the JB today is not too far away in sound. The Steinberger was (or sounded) heavily processed. I probably liked his Wal sound best, it fitted the music they were making at that point of their career. But the Ric certainly looked best on him. It's just the best-looking bass of the whole bunch. Even beats a Gibson TB Non-Rev in my book. And just about par with a TB Rev.
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Rcikenbacker = Rush.
At least the Rush I like to listen to ;D
I really wish he'd play a reissue NR for a tour........... Can you imagine all the fanbois crapping all over themselves to get one :P
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PS: I just noticed three girls :o :o :o in the audience front row of that Rush vid around 4:33. They must have paid them or perhaps they are their daughters? There are eternal truths in this world. One of them is that women don't like Rush.
LOL.... as true as this is, there is an exception: YYZ gals (Canadians generally). ... you really weren't looking around too closely that time you visited, eh :P 2112 shirts everywhere.
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I always thought 2112 was some Cannuck encryption for 69 ... It starts with the cross total after all. And then you just add three for the next tell-ta(i)l(e) digit - just like those three minutes into the vid where this gifted countryman songsmith of yours and cunning linguist of innuendo sings "me and my baby in a 69".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg
Which is real bad English, even for a Cannuck, if you are singing about the year. Or a cuntspiracy even. Herr Adams, a scorpio born '59, was 9 years old "in the summer of (19)69", very early band founder then. :mrgreen:
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Yeah, the ladies love old B Adams hits too. That one and Cuts like a knife. Maybe Run to You (which as a kid, I always thought was a Loverboy song for some unknown reason). Nothing good after that; I blame his yank songwriting partner and commensurate anti CanCon (which y'all know/care nothing about) speech-making; forsaking of the Great White North generally.
But yeah, This Geddy guy, who's voice I can't stand, who's drummer is so fabulous and accessorised I expect him to have his own float in the pride parade, and guitarist whom I have no negative words for (and gained even more respect after guesting on a few episodes of Trailer Park Boys - a trick that didn't quite work so well for Sebastian Bach).
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Dave, you told your son to turn the (darn!) music down? :-X Kings X and Rush make sense though as a combo. I can understand why if you like one of them, you would also like the other. I now have the most vivid images of "Closer to the Heart" blaring chez Westheimers and you tapping your foot (somewhat impatiently) to it! :mrgreen:
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Yes, Closer To The Heart was blaring about that time.
I wasn't aware Rush did anything you could tap your foot to, unless you like to tap your foot to odd time signatures.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=geddy+lee+bass+collection&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=775&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6QG_VJTpEpDesATp_IGwAQ&ved=0CDoQsAQ&dpr=1
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So sayeth Geddy:
GC: What factors come into play when choosing which bass to play?
Lee: Mostly I'm always wanting to use my number one, my old Fender. There are some songs on which we use some dropped D tunings and things like that, so I'll switch to another Fender. I've got some great basses that Fender Custom Shop made for me that are also really good sounding Jazz models. A lot of the older songs that people think I was using the Rick, I was using my Fender. Like "Tom Sawyer" for example is the one song people always ask me, "How come you don't use the Rick for 'Tom Sawyer'?" I never used the Rick on it actually.
GC: Was that about the time you switched back to the Jazz?
Lee: I was using both on that album. Like a song like "Red Barchetta" is pure Rick and "Tom Sawyer" was Fender. That's when I started realizing that the Fender was capable of giving me similar sound but a better bottom end. That was the main reason for changing from a Rick. I would run a separate setup for the top end and the bottom end. It really required a lot of playing around with the right kind of compressors, the right kind of a cue, to get the sound punchy enough in the bottom end. When I tried to do that with the Fender I found it's just a lot easier to reproduce a Ricky-like top end and keep the great punchy Fender bottom end.
GC: More recently though you've used some different basses?
Lee: Yeah, but I got a little tired of it and went back to the Fender.
.... On the other hand, Geddy probably didn't spend the early 80s glued to MTV, so he didn't have this live vid indelibly etched on his brain, forever equating TOM SAWYER = RICKENBACKER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWHMZ4UZe2k
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His voice is an acquired taste and Rush aren't the Beatles songwritingwise, but he's a fine bass player with his own inimitable style and seems to be a nice enough person to boot. As unfashionable as Rush have been for most of their career, I applaud the loyalty they have engendered with their fan base through thick and thin. Plus: Which other band delivers ballsy rand'n'(11/8)roll as wholeheartedly as they do?
And the nerds shall inherit the earth. :mrgreen:
I'll now withdraw to my temple of syringes - it's where I am priest!
(http://media.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/2012/08/11434708-large.jpg)
PS: I remember an interview where he said that getting his old Ric to sound well was hard work and that the bass part of his Ric doubleneck actually sounded best "no doubt for all the additional wood". Plus how he grew tired of the aggressive Ric gnarl as Rush's music became more hifi'ish from album to album.
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Yeah, the ladies love old B Adams hits too. That one and Cuts like a knife. Maybe Run to You (which as a kid, I always thought was a Loverboy song for some unknown reason). Nothing good after that; I blame his yank songwriting partner and commensurate anti CanCon (which y'all know/care nothing about) speech-making; forsaking of the Great White North generally.
But yeah, This Geddy guy, who's voice I can't stand, who's drummer is so fabulous and accessorised I expect him to have his own float in the pride parade, and guitarist whom I have no negative words for (and gained even more respect after guesting on a few episodes of Trailer Park Boys - a trick that didn't quite work so well for Sebastian Bach).
The former singer of my band is Bubbles cousin. He plays the Don/Donna character in the new TPB season. We played the season 8 wrap up party....a good time.
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The former singer of my band is Bubbles cousin. He plays the Don/Donna character in the new TPB season. We played the season 8 wrap up party....a good time.
OMG that's hilarious; that story arc was pretty good and I liked that character. Musta been a fun wrap.
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Not sure if you can see these..
https://www.facebook.com/CarrytheLostBand/photos/t.588106528/591241370914020/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/CarrytheLostBand/photos/t.588106528/591241370914020/?type=3&theater)
https://www.facebook.com/CarrytheLostBand/photos/a.341904732514353.78154.140344652670363/590250384346452/?type=1&theater (https://www.facebook.com/CarrytheLostBand/photos/a.341904732514353.78154.140344652670363/590250384346452/?type=1&theater)
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Geddy contacted the former owner of my '65 Ric 4005 BlueBoy, interested in it back around when I scored it.
I wonder how many guys jack up the price on name players when they sell to them ?
That must be the sucky part but I guess the trade off of being able to get big companies to build you anything you want.
I've bought/sold to a number of name guys but never changed the price. But I have heard of some dealers doing it.
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Not sure if you can see these..
2nd one works. Neat!
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I wasn't aware Rush did anything you could tap your foot to, unless you like to tap your foot to odd time signatures.
Yes, that's the one that used to be a P-Bass...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgTQv8erbh8
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And the nerds shall inherit the earth. :mrgreen:
I'll now withdraw to my temple of syringes - it's where I am priest!
Lol Uwe! How do come up with stuff?! ;D
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You know your Rush stuff all too well, Veronica!
"We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx ...". I devoured that album when it came out, admittedly. Much as I disliked Ms Rand's views - sorry, George! - I found it fascinating that a band would make a concept piece around one of her (lesser) books. Rush introduced me to Rand (which in Germany never had any standing either as a serious writer or philosopher, she's regarded as a libertarian nutcase).
LOL, as I'm writing this, my shuffle modus on the office hifi plays Rush's Subdivisions - Neil Peart is watching me! Exquisite bass playing though.
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The local classic rock station was spinning Rush on it's "classic record sides" segment last night on my drive home from the studio. I thought of you lot and endured it all the way home. The track without vocals was not even that objectionable.
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Much as I disliked Ms Rand's views - sorry, George! -
I was more apt to make fun of your linking a photo of a 100th anniversary edition when referring to a first. I only have first editions of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, but I was tempted to post a photo of one of them; alas, I'm too busy today. :mrgreen:
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Well, it looked kind of old, forgive me! ;D I have Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged too (the latter in impossible small type, gotta read that one quickly before nature catches up with me!) plus assorted explanations/apologies (of her own and of her disciples) of her, uhum, "teachings". Even a DVD of the 40ies film version of Fountainhead where she could never make up her mind whether she liked or despised it. That was hard to get!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swOxKu80JpU
For all her cerebral exhortations, Auntie Rand was always kinda obsessed with the rougher side of sex, dontcha think?
Mention the word "Rand" once and watch Herr Carlston call an immediate halt to his more profane chores and voice up! :mrgreen:
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And who knew that the mom from The Waltons pilot was so freakin' hot in her day?
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.... Rush introduced me to Rand (which in Germany never had any standing either as a serious writer or philosopher, she's regarded as a libertarian nutcase).
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Rand hated libertarians with a passion. Ask any hardcore Objectivist and you'll get an earful (DAMHIKT).
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This was when Geddy sounded good live........ Since then, no.
The answer to that mystery is visible in the photo. That's an old Linden-made SVT behind him.
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And who knew that the mom from The Waltons pilot was so freakin' hot in her day?
That is her? I never knew!!! As the saying goes: There's prayers in old chapels too.
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You know your Rush stuff all too well, Veronica!
"We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx ...". I devoured that album when it came out, admittedly. Much as I disliked Ms Rand's views - sorry, George! - I found it fascinating that a band would make a concept piece around one of her (lesser) books. Rush introduced me to Rand (which in Germany never had any standing either as a serious writer or philosopher, she's regarded as a libertarian nutcase).
LOL, as I'm writing this, my shuffle modus on the office hifi plays Rush's Subdivisions - Neil Peart is watching me! Exquisite bass playing though.
I was at one point a very avid fan of Rush, having seen them at least 5 times thru the early years of their success - 2112 remains my fave album from them, I lose interest in them after "Farewell to Kings". When I graduated High School in 1976 I managed to buy my first "real" bass - it had to be a black Rickenbacker 4001, mine was a N.O.S. '73 that I paid $880.00 for. I have to admit to trying to learn as much of 2112 as I could, I was still pretty new to the bass at that point, it was about as Prog as I could stand 8)
For me, Geddy with anything other than a Rick isn't Rush as I best recall - One thing I remember distinctly in seeing them so many times was how well they sounded live not just that they could perform their complex music live - (a couple Aerosmith shows sure were disappointing!)
I've read "Atlas Shrugged" a couple times, my english teacher suggested I give it a go, Rand is rather dogmatic, but for me at the time, and still, I found it a good read.
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That is her? I never knew!!! As the saying goes: There's prayers in old chapels too.
George is correct - Patricia Neal was only in the pilot - It was simply called "The Homecoming", and was actually a Christmas TV special, IIRC. "Miss" Michael Learned played Olivia Walton in the series.
I remember Patricia Neal most for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kAlraWdS5g
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Klaatu barada nikto.
This is a good thread, unconfined by the banalities of a bass type and mirroring effectively the eclectic interests of the members of this forum of fora.
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"One thing I remember distinctly in seeing them so many times was how well they sounded live not just that they could perform their complex music live ...".
Absolutely, they are probably the leading, continuously working rock trio. Others might have been more inspirational (Jimi Hendrix Experience), more groundbreaking (Cream) and creators of a more original type of music (Police), but seeing Rush play together on stage even after all these decades, you cannot help but be impressed about their musicianly prowess and the intensity of how they work off each other. No one in this band really holds back or serves the other(s), but it's not a show of individual egos either, they become this bustling organism of driving instrumental collective might. Ayn Rand wouldn't approve! :mrgreen:
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No one in this band really holds back or serves the other(s), but it's not a show of individual egos either, they become this bustling organism of driving instrumental collective might. Ayn Rand wouldn't approve! :mrgreen:
There's no government or anyone else forcing them to do it, so I doubt she'd have a problem with it. ;)
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Absolutely, they are probably the leading, continuously working rock trio.
Hmm who else is even a contender?
For longevity, the only one that leaps to mind is ZZ Top ... they've been going since 1969 and it's been the same three guys all along!
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Hmm who else is even a contender?
For longevity, the only one that leaps to mind is ZZ Top ... they've been going since 1969 and it's been the same three guys all along!
Three guys, and three chords ;)
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There's no government or anyone else forcing them to do it, so I doubt she'd have a problem with it. ;)
Ah, good to know, by that definition
collective +
might +
no government force +
no one else forcing +
Ayn was a friend of labor unions! I'm beginning to reappreciate her. 8)
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I have already contacted a good friend of mine who knows Geddy quite well. ;D A badbird is being sent to Geddy next week. :mrgreen:
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Hmm who else is even a contender?
For longevity, the only one that leaps to mind is ZZ Top ... they've been going since 1969 and it's been the same three guys all along!
ZZ Top is more of a household name even among people who do not listen to rock much, but they don't engender the type of fierce loyalty Rush does. Nobody hates ZZ Top, nobody obsessively collects them, they draw a smile of appreciation from basically anyone. And, in Germany at least, Rush miraculously now sell out larger halls than they did in the 70ies and 80ies - where do all those musicians come from? :mrgreen: ZZ Top can still draw in Germany too, but more as a family event and not quite in Rush's league, which is surprising given how much more accessible ZZ Top is.
For some reason, I did not think of ZZ Top when I thought about working rock trios. Maybe because they are essentially a platorm for Billy Gibbons' guitar playing (though on some of the older stuff Frank Beard's drumming is decidedly proggish!) or maybe because of their cartoon image. But you're right, they should have been mentioned. I still think they never bettered Deguello.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9WTlP08LEg
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I have already contacted a good friend of mine who knows Geddy quite well. ;D A badbird is being sent to Geddy next week. :mrgreen:
No joke?!!! That's great, congrats!!! Scott has molded a new reality, closer to the heart (of proper intonation). :mrgreen:
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Just got my tickets for Rush in Chicago, June 12! As the press release says, this may be "the last tour of this magnitude". Really, how long can Neil keep playing like that? And when you're Rush, you GOTTA play it like the record!
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I have already contacted a good friend of mine who knows Geddy quite well. ;D A badbird is being sent to Geddy next week. :mrgreen:
Nice one, bud
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It's funny I'm even one degree of separation from McCartney, I have a friend that knows him quite well.
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Regarding ZZtop, El Loco has become my personal favorite. Hasn't Cheap Trick been around as long as Rush?* Happy Birthday Robin Zander btw. Gary Cooper was a great one too. I much prefer his role and the movie of Sergeant York compared to the Sniper movie America is being fed today.
*I forgot Cheap Trick isn't a trio. My bad. Must be because Tom's always in the background.
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Not a trio and definitely not continuously playing, but The Sonics are back (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/garage-rockers-the-sonics-return-with-new-rager-bad-betty-20150121) with a new album and tour. The new soundcloud track in that article sounds just the same as if it were recorded in the early 60s.
Yeah, I'm old. Deal with it.
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Yes, that's the one that used to be a P-Bass...
It's a blue P, or was... used it over here for encores in '77...
I er... also have Anthem, as well as the other two... Who Is Uwe Hornung...?
George... must admit a slight envy over your admission to having those two 1st ed's...
My favourite 1st edition is Dune (book club copy, but same artwork and same year - much cheaper though) ... I have a signed 1st ed of 2010 (Clarke) and a 1st in the Dune series signed by Herbert... several signed by Bob Sheckley... lost of other 1st ed sci-fi stuff...
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George is correct - Patricia Neal was only in the pilot
Patricia Neal lived here in Knoxville for a large portion of her life and her battle with stroke led to the founding of the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. (http://www.patneal.org/)
Really, how long can Neil keep playing like that? And when you're Rush, you GOTTA play it like the record!
My friend (also a bass player BTW) is a tour bus driver who was driven Rush many times and is good friends with all of them. He told me that after Neil's family was killed in the car crash, he took up cycling, both for physical and mental reasons. He said that on every tour stop where the terrain was permitting, they'd stop the bus 100 miles out and Neil would ride his bike into the city in order to keep his strength and stamina and that because of that discipline, his playing has improved in his later years. Watching them be inducted in the RRHOH a couple years ago, he was still amazing, and I'm only a casual Rush fan who prefers their more modern output.
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I'm a rush fan from way back when - I'm fairly certain I wore out at least one, if not two copies, of 2112. From all evidence the three guys in Rush seem to be decent, kind people that are genuinely fond of their band mates.
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Hmm who else is even a contender?
For longevity, the only one that leaps to mind is ZZ Top ... they've been going since 1969 and it's been the same three guys all along!
Golden Earring has been around since 1961 with George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen. They've had the current lineup since 1970. Almost as long as ZZ Top!
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Well before I could get a Badbird to my buddy Geddy's guitar tech got a hold of me! A Badbird is winging it's way to the province of Ontario as we speak. :)
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Very cool Scott!
Geddy needs to take that 'Bird out on the current tour.........All the 7ender fanbois would shit themselves.
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Very cool, Scott!
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Somebody sign him up and show him there's more to life than baseball and 7enders... :mrgreen:
(nice to see a contact for an "original" and not an imitation... an endorsement would be a nice tribute... ;))
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Somebody sign him up and show him there's more to life than baseball and 7enders... :mrgreen:
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Like hockey and Rickenbackers? :P
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... and tanks and Hellcats... oh, and cross-dressing... :mrgreen:
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Or craft beer and Gretsches! ;D
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And Monty Python sketches.
:)
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Like hockey and Rickenbackers? :P
I maintain that's when Geddy sounded best live, a pile Sunn amps and a Rick.........All went to shite after that.
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I maintain that's when Geddy sounded best live, a pile Sunn amps and a Rick.........All went to shite after that.
Actually, half that rig was Ampeg.
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I don't know... the Henhaus and the Maytag rigs were pretty good... :mrgreen:
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Actually, half that rig was Ampeg.
It was dark, and I was stoned - whaddya want :o
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I don't know... the Henhaus and the Maytag rigs were pretty good... :mrgreen:
It would be fun if Maytag had made bass amps. Maybe they'd have had white porcelain cases....
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Toploaders maaan... 8)
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It was dark, and I was stoned - whaddya want :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R83rWVIyJY4
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Just think Uwe, you got to meet the "normal" grow up me! :o
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It's so long ago, a lot of grass must have grown over it.
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For some odd reason I had a Cheech and Chong moment... shortly after I found my FFFBro's collection, not forgetting the cat too...
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Geddy Lee and Thunderbird??
Damn! There goes the neighborhood... :P
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More basses and stuff...
http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-02-23/rush-geddy-lee-bass-room-rock-icons/?xrs=CLASS_2pm
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Geddy Lee and Thunderbird??
Damn! There goes the neighborhood... :P
Welcome Michael!! Good to see you here!
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Geddy Lee and Thunderbird??
Damn! There goes the neighborhood... :P
It's about time you popped your cherry over here! :toast:
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there was an hour long show on tv the other night. it was documentary about getty. they showed part of his collection and it has a bit of everything but heavy on the fenders.
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Here are a couple of shots from what I believe is the new tour book. I don't see any of the Ampegs on the list. I also don't know which, if any, of these are going on tour with him.
(https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/10641201_10205389710776373_2568599444620786347_n.jpg?oh=dfd736b081bc6bd3b2f3efffb212a847&oe=55E41B7C)
(https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11164587_10205389913421439_5631039724021117237_n.jpg?oh=467150d567787df390cc9e7e20bff860&oe=55DDA78B)
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Very nice...
One of my ambitions is to own a 1959 instrument, to go with my vintage... but a ways off yet... ;)
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Very nice...
One of my ambitions is to own a 1959 instrument, to go with my vintage... but a ways off yet... ;)
I suppose a '64 T-Bird would be nice, but I could settle for an Embassy.
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An electric bass of my vintage would have to be one of the very rare Tutmarc Serenader basses made by Paul Tutmarc's son Bud.
That's Bud on lap steel.
(http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/elroyjetsn/2AF5D713-00E1-4B6C-98FB-42992BD4D8F0-2674-000002A1ECBE70D0.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/elroyjetsn/media/2AF5D713-00E1-4B6C-98FB-42992BD4D8F0-2674-000002A1ECBE70D0.jpg.html)
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Birth year basses, I almost sorta got mine.
I have always fancied a blonde single coil P Bass from my birth year, 1957 or a TBird II. When I retired just under a year ago, my wife said she wanted to buy me a special bass. Exchange rate was (still is) deteriorating in Australia so I thought I would look locally or this could get prohibitively expensive. In any case, I would want to carefully check out and play a bass like that first before buying, if at all possible. So put feelers out in Australia, not really expecting to find anything.
Well, no joy on either front, although I did hear of a TBird II that a guy has had for a very long time but wasn't parting with. Good news is, I did find my "conception year bass", a wonderful absolutely original ash body 1956 P Bass, although not a blonde, a very hot brunette. It's the one in my avatar.
BTW It will be a hoot if Geddy gigs one of those T Birds or the Paisley Tele.
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For me born in 1950, a birth year bass would be a Kay upright. I pre-date Leo's inspiration and post-date AUdiovox's experiments.
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I might not limit myself to a bass as I'd also contemplate a mandolin...
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I might not limit myself to a bass as I'd also contemplate a mandolin...
Yes I have been seriously thinking about getting a Mandolin to muck around on.
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We were over in Ky (the better half's home State) back in '03 and nearly got a decent locally made one but funds were stretched... I've had a budget one for quite a few years but she's not up to much... good enough, but the tone's not quite there... Scott's got one... not sure if there are any other players here...
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I have a cheap one that i mess with on recordings but i don't know how to play it "properly"
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For me born in 1950, a birth year bass would be a Kay upright. I pre-date Leo's inspiration and post-date AUdiovox's experiments.
I was born in 1950 too. The first P bass was commercially available in 1951 so surely Leo was inspired before that, maybe sometime in 1950. Anyway, I have no desire for a first generation P. I am quite happy with a Thunderbird from my high school years, I don't need anything as old as me.
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I had a 1969 Thunderbird II bass but sold it to Scott.....however...recently I picked up a mint all original 1969 Fender Telecaster bass.....iIm the second owner!! Just waiting to get it back from having a level and crown on the fingerboard....