Another RIC in Bass Player Mag

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:05 pm

Geddy Lee transcription

I would have posted this sooner but my au pair has started "hiding" my mail in a new place.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:47 pm

Spank her, Mark!!

Geddy at his best.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:32 am

Hmmm...thats one of Ged's older ones. Any guesses on the year?

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:42 am

That's a 74/75 going by the neck pickup spacing.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:15 am

Why not a late '73, Mark?

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:01 am

Pre Badass.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:26 am

No checkered binding, either!
The photo's from right about the time of the 'Farewell to Kings' album is my guess.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:30 am

Late '73s had no checkers.

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:51 am

He bought his first Ric with advance money for Fly By Night. That was what, 1975?

Looks like the CoS or 2112 tour. He had the Badass by the time of Farewell.

From the Farewell tour book:

dluxe · Post by **dluxe** » Fri May 18, 2007 12:09 pm

Inside the sleeve of the Farewell To Kings LP was the first time I saw the photo of the Ric with a Badass bridge. It was just like the photo above. I guess later he went with the black surround for the bridge.

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:18 am

Jeff, I based my guess on the fact that I had heard the 74/75 before, never heard of him owning any 73's, that's all.

prog_rockin_metal_man · Sat May 19, 2007 2:23 am

it looks to me like the bass in the first pic has full width inlays. that would make it late '73 right?

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:02 am

He bought that bass before "Fly By Night". It was the 30th of July, 1974. Neil had just joined, the band had got an advance from the record company and they needed new equipment for the tour.

Also, the black surrounding with the badass is on his other JG4001, the one which has 1" spacing.

jsod · Post by **jsod** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:08 am

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I kinda recall the inside sleeve of "Caress of Steel" having a picture of Geddy playing a checkered binding 4001 with full-width inlays.

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:48 am

Here's all the pics from CoS:
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/imagedb-caressofsteel.php

I also checked out from my vinyl and it looks like it's the same bass discussed earlier in this thread.