LerxstLuthier

I'm a luthier and I work on Alex's guitars!

Yeah....and he used the Hentor Sportscaster!

Don't know about the other two....but I have the inside scoop that one day outside of the SRO office in Toronto some nutcase Rush fan chained himself to the gate and threatened to start cutting off his fingers one at a time unless they met his demands. He was the "Digital Man".

This is exactly the way I hear it too. I mean come on! I've done better live recording mixes in my home studio....

Yeah, buried in th mix....just like the drums and bass

I think their performances are fine. The mix? ummmm..... I think their performances are fine.

I love it! I think it's a great record. The only thing I would change would be the mastering....too much pressure, fatiguing to listen to. It's not the mix, it's the mastering.

QUOTE (losingit2k @ Jun 21 2012, 01:15 PM) QUOTE (LerxstLuthier @ Jun 21 2012, 01:10 PM) It's the mastering of this CD that's the problem. You want to hear it the way it should sound? Get the vinyl! Yeah, you missing alot of clicks and pops when you listen to the cd. I take care of my vinyl. No clicks and pops. My point was that not only does vinyl just sound way better, it's also not brickwall limited in the mastering.

It's the mastering of this CD that's the problem. You want to hear it the way it should sound? Get the vinyl!

Well, I love this record. I've always said that my number 1 desert island record is moving pictures. This is the best thing I've heard since then.

Hi there, I have some stuff I want to sell (old Lifeson gear and such). Is there an appropriate place here to list and sell stuff? Like perhaps a classified section? Thanks p.s. the spell check flagged the word "lifeson"!

His straps are custom made by a guy in Fonthill Ontario

Hey everybody! Got such a great response when I posted the vid of my band playing YYZ and Lakeside Park I thought I'd put up some more footage. This one is of my band covering Limelight and also one of our original tunes. And if anyone is interested, I know it's not Rush, but here's another clip from the same gig where we are playing a Led Zep / Robert Plant medley. We start off with "In The Evening" and then "Carouselambra" from In Through The Out Door, then we did a Plant tune just to keep the ladies in the crowd happy and dancey Then finish off with "Good Times, Bad Times" Ice Nine - Led Zep & Plant medley Hope you like it! Cheers

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Welcome Nicole!

QUOTE (gabpower @ Aug 19 2011, 08:52 AM) Oh and forget the tabs, use your ears! That right there is some really, really good advice! When I was younger, figuring out music....there was no tab, I had to use my ears and guess what? You get so much more connected to the music that way. It forced me to listen hard and try the riff at one position and then another position. Experimentation goes a long long way towards revelation! Sometimes nowadays if I need to learn something quickly I'll look at some TAB, it seems like such a pale substitute for really learning the music. One other thing I'll add...most TAB I've ever seen has been wrong! I'll trust my own ears thank you very much!

Good Lord! I didn't say that I think Rush's music is not complicated!

yes, I have to agree. thanks for listening!

Thank you very kindly rushlady23! I've got some more footage, my band playing Limelight....even some Zeppelin stuff if anyone cares to see it.

I think you are stressing to much. You are stressing on the wrong things. You will never play solos exactly as Alex does,nor should you want to. A solo is something that comes from an extremely personal and unique place from any musician. On recording, it's just a moment that was captured, unique in time, where the immediate feeling and mood of the musician was captured. That is what a good producer does, he/she will know when that magic moment occurs. Even the musicians themselves rarely play a solo exactly the same every time, sure they might follow a basic framework but they will play with it, express how they are feeling right then at that moment. Now having said all that, I learned everything I could from Alex....copping his sounds, solos, equipment... all of it. What that did for me was teach me technical playing skills, only because I practiced a lot! Long and hard. In the end, my style is now my own, I don't play like Alex...only Alex plays like Alex. But I can play his stuff, I have fun with the technical challenge and I'm good enough to play it with my own spark and essence. Stress is not in the equation, only joy and wonderment of the beautiful music...that's the key.

I hope they are not smashing the CDs to typical 2011 single digit dynamic range masters.

Taurus pedals are something truly awesome! The analogue filters have not been replicated as far as I know. The trick is to tune the oscillators slightly out of tune from each other...that's when they sound fat and huge! Had the taurus II pedals and got rid of them immediately...not even close to the originals.

Thanks everybody! Really do appreciate the kind comments

Hey Lost In Xanadu, I sent you info...check your PM.

Thanks for the compliments everyone!