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Which Geddy Lee bass tone do you prefer, distorted or clean?


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For me personally, I think Geddy's bass playing style works good for both sounds. You can clearly indentify Geddy's stule in both tones. Either the poppy, clean Wal and Steinberger bass sound or the gritty, distorted, almost Lemmy Kilmeister-esque sound of the Ricky and the Fender Jazz.

 

In terms of what I personally prefer, as I'm more partial to 80s Rush, I gotta go with the clean tone, especially with the Wal.

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Nova, you can like both!

 

I prefer the Ric and the Jazz. I found the red Wal to be the least appealing.

 

Also, the Precision on Roll the Bones on the R40 tour should be mentioned.

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For me personally, I think Geddy's bass playing style works good for both sounds. You can clearly indentify Geddy's stule in both tones. Either the poppy, clean Wal and Steinberger bass sound or the gritty, distorted, almost Lemmy Kilmeister-esque sound of the Ricky and the Fender Jazz.

 

In terms of what I personally prefer, as I'm more partial to 80s Rush, I gotta go with the clean tone, especially with the Wal.

 

Yeah, Geddy Lee was trying to match Lemmy’s bass tone. :LOL:

 

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Nova, you can like both!

 

Drat! Okay, if we're just talking bass tones, it's the Rick for me. Plus, it just has that classic "look" that my mind's eye summons up when I think of Geddy.

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For me personally, I think Geddy's bass playing style works good for both sounds. You can clearly indentify Geddy's stule in both tones. Either the poppy, clean Wal and Steinberger bass sound or the gritty, distorted, almost Lemmy Kilmeister-esque sound of the Ricky and the Fender Jazz.

 

In terms of what I personally prefer, as I'm more partial to 80s Rush, I gotta go with the clean tone, especially with the Wal.

 

Yeah, Geddy Lee was trying to match Lemmy’s bass tone. :LOL:

 

I know you're being sarcastic, but you can't deny how heavy Ged's bass tone got in those 2000s-2010s tours where he played nothing except his Jazz. It almost does sound Lemmy-esque at times.

 

You can tell that was his favorite tone though, as he tried to replicate it on the various other basses he played on R40, such as the Thunderbird, the Les Paul bass, and even the Canora bass from the 60s.

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I will further say this: you lot know much more about Geddy's gear than I do, and I bow to your superior knowledge and discretion! :notworthy:

You don't really need to know that stuff to know what tone you like the best. Your ears and brain will tell you what you like.
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I will further say this: you lot know much more about Geddy's gear than I do, and I bow to your superior knowledge and discretion! :notworthy:

 

Although I suck at playing (mostly because I'm too busy with IRL stuff to practice), I am a bit of gearhead ;)

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I will further say this: you lot know much more about Geddy's gear than I do, and I bow to your superior knowledge and discretion! :notworthy:

You don't really need to know that stuff to know what tone you like the best. Your ears and brain will tell you what you like.

 

And that's why I went ahead and had my say, but I certainly couldn't fake my through a conversation about Geddy's basses for very long!

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I will say that the one problem I had with the modern bass tone was that it always sounded very weird when it came to the 80s songs. Listen to Clockwork Angels Live and you'll definitely hear what I mean

 

The Lemmy tone+songs from Power Windows doesnt really go well

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I like his crunchy Ric tone, especially on the Exit Stage Left video. But on the other end of the sonic spectrum I also really liked his poppy clean Wal tone which sounded great on the instrumentals like YYZ & La Villa.

I never cared for the Steinberger either aesthetically or its plastic thin tone

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