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Another RIC in Bass Player Mag
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:05 pm
by firstbassman
Geddy Lee transcription
I would have posted this sooner but my au pair has started "hiding" my mail in a new place.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:47 pm
by johnallg
Spank her, Mark!!
Geddy at his best.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:32 am
by cheyenne
Hmmm...thats one of Ged's older ones. Any guesses on the year?
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:42 am
by markbass99
That's a 74/75 going by the neck pickup spacing.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:15 am
by rickaddict
Why not a late '73, Mark?
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:01 am
by s4001
Pre Badass.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:26 am
by kcole4001
No checkered binding, either!
The photo's from right about the time of the 'Farewell to Kings' album is my guess.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:30 am
by rickaddict
Late '73s had no checkers.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:51 am
by gearhed289
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:
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:09 pm
by dluxe
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.
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:18 am
by markbass99
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.
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 2:23 am
by prog_rockin_metal_man
it looks to me like the bass in the first pic has full width inlays. that would make it late '73 right?
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 5:02 am
by pekka
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.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:08 am
by jsod
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.
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:48 am
by pekka
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.