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Found this- http://www.musicintheabstract.org/rush- ... il-ged.mp3 on the Counterparts website, there's a moderator over there named Mita that's always posting oddities from Rush audio recordings. The sound of that rick just brings back so many memories of my late teens, it's a sound all to it's own, nothing but a rick 4000 series can make that sound. That is all.

The rick sure sounds awesome in Geddy's hands

Amen, brother!

Alot of Geddy's tone is in his fingernails. He has the "grounded" sound of fingerstyle playing but the attack of a pick player. Simply the best of both worlds.

The way he and Neil P. mesh together helps to.

I play with my fingernails a lot too, I guess maybe that's one of the reasons I like the Geddy sound so much. Ricks tend to favor a hard attack like that too, the maple and the overtones give a lot of bite and snarl to the sound.

that was great! that bass line is so prominent anyway,but it was nice to hear it isolated,really getting the details. i enjoy geddy's playing,but there is that extra special something the rick provides....

Hah! Dry and in the middle for your studying pleasure.

I loved hearing that, thanks for sharing! Always great to hear one of my bass idols.

cheyenne wrote:Alot of Geddy's tone is in his fingernails. He has the "grounded" sound of fingerstyle playing but the attack of a pick player. Simply the best of both worlds.

I play back and forth with and without a pick. I've found that I have to play with a very thick firm pick to get it to operate properly for me. I wonder if this is typical for bass players.

Rush haven't really been my cup of tea for a long while....but Geddy is still one of the reasons I got into Rics. He has a tone like no other!

Wow! Killer. Thanks for the post. It does sound vaguely Rickenbacker-ish, doesn't it?

I also switch back and forth between a hammerstroke and a pick. When I DO use a pich though, I also need a really heavy one. I usually use a Dunlop Torex 2.0mm. They are heavy enough to take the attack on the bass...but really too heavy for use on guitar, imo.

I sometimes use a large triangluar aluminium pick on the rick for very bright attack but it dosen't work well all the time only on certain types of songs. I find on some Rush tunes it works well. on others a plastic or felt pick works best. and geddy dosen't use picks that's why he is a rock star and I'm little old me!

Thanks for posting this! One of my favorite bass lines for sure - grabs me from the beginning and doesn't let go.