Geddy talks shop

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:18 pm

Yes, there was no Jacko bass. He was just talking about it. Jacko bass has no pickguard.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:39 pm

And Fender does not offer the fretted version anymore.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:32 am

Hmm, I guess I didn't listen close enough..So it's just a '63 RI (or an original perhaps?) It looks just like the Jazz I have.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:57 am

Geddy has at least 3 jazz basses ... possibly 5 or 6 ...

levykev · Post by **levykev** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:46 am

i don't think any of the basses in the clip are his. it's an interview for Guitar World... so, i bet they have them just lying around.
a stock jazz, a geddy signature (you can see the Badass bridge), and a red jaguar.

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:23 am

Ged said in the last Bass Guitar magazine that Fender made him at least one fretted Jaco bass.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:12 am

Very good interview regardless of who's basses they are!

I can certainly understand his interest in Jazz's, but I wonder what he would think of his old Rick if the cap was removed.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:16 am

Good point, Kevin. Somebody needs to go up there and show him the way back home!

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:04 am

He knows the way back home

jim_morris · Post by **jim_morris** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:07 pm

I'd be willing to bet that Geddy knows about the old 4001 capacitor removal trick. After all, he was, for many years, one of the leading RIC players. It seems to me he'd have at least heard of people removing the capacitors (although I suspect he may have done it to some of his own basses).

jim_morris · Post by **jim_morris** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:23 pm

One thing I noticed is how he said he used the Rick on Limelight. I had always thought that was the Fender. I suppose his memory could be foggy on that but I could be wrong too. I think it's high time we figured out just exactly which bass he used on each song from Moving Pictures. Does anyone know about that?

jon · Post by **jon** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:37 pm

I'm convinced on listening to it that Limelight is the Jazz. Not only that, but prior to that interview, Geddy had only mentioned the Rickenbacker being used on Red Barchetta and (supposedly although I've never seen him say it) The Camera Eye. TCE certainly sounds like a Rickenbacker to my ears.

Of course, the 4001 is not the only bass on Permanent Waves or Signals either.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRl62UAhexU&mode=related&search=

This angle is better.

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:33 pm

Does anyone have the Bassplayer magazine with the Geddy interview? Is it any good?

geddeeee · Post by **geddeeee** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:51 pm

I'm sure that Geddy has done the cap mod. If you listen to Exit Stage Left, his bass sounds really strong and full. Up until that point, his bass always sounded good, but a bit weedy in the mid range on the recorded stuff. Even on Moving Pictures, Red Barchetta and TCE sound a lot fuller.