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+1 on the Electric Mistress. It's pretty much essential, along with a chorus and a good delay.

 

Hartman makes a clone of the old Electric Mistress 18v. I own both and the EHX lives in a box in my closet and the Hartman is on my pedal board. Amazing flanger, not another one on the market that even touches it.

 

So after much research and digging around I got a hold of the ($$$) Hartman flanger, and while I do agree that it's probably the best flanger around (so much better than the Boss), I actually found that I prefer my current lineup. For whatever reason I just love the warm, full tone that I have with the two choruses, the Tera Echo and distortion. It's got some shades of old and some flanginess about it, but it also feels versatile and modern. It's a lot of fun to try and figure out the next pedal but I haven't found a keeper for a while now. I also tried adaptive distortion but the 'ol DS-1 is imo a better match for the others. The quest continues...

here's part of the show... (wonder how long he was up there??)

 

Have a single in the front row at cost here: http://www.stubhub.com/toronto-sketchfest-tickets-toronto-sketchfest---hello-thunder-bay-toronto-3-7-2016/event/9533512/

 

Would love to have done this and was seriously considering it, but the flights are either too expensive or too laborious...

Finding My Way

Beneath, Between & Behind

The Fountain of Lamneth

Discovery/Presentation

Xanadu

The Trees

The Spirit of Radio

Red Barchetta

Digital Man

The Body Electric

Emotion Detector

Mission

Chain Lightning

Heresy

Cut to the Chase

Time And Motion

The Stars Look Down

Far Cry

Clockwork Angels

The work ethic and professionalism that guided them through these last four decades will remain to the end I think.

 

They'll put out a fantastic new album---like CA---or nothing at all.

What about Feedback?

 

The critical difference is where they were then and where they are now. Hard for me to imagine that they'd that the go out like that.

The work ethic and professionalism that guided them through these last four decades will remain to the end I think.

 

They'll put out a fantastic new album---like CA---or nothing at all.

If any of this is within the realm of the possible I'd rather they pick a very talented no-name drummer who acts as a designated hitter. Maybe Neil could record a new album, and then they could find someone who is willing and (mostly) able to reproduce Neil's work. If they picked a bigger name like Portnoy, that person would be more likely to change the dynamic. To some extent that's unavoidable of course, but my hope would be that any new iteration of the band would maintain the essence of Rush. And I'm with tb- if any of the guys are playing out anywhere with anyone, I'll be looking to see them.

opening chord flub on Far Cry when they had two nights of that tune (unless of course Alex did it on both nights)

 

my impression was that it was intentional... I've seen him bend things many times and it struck me as another example of that

For now I think most likely but that's a great tip, thank you

Good to know, thanks!

Yes he was saying it would fatten up the sound a bit and that the two work well together.

I gave the Phase Shifter a try but wasn't crazy about it. So would you say Overdrive in conjunction with the DS-1? A salesman at the music store floated that idea.

Hi all, I've been a drummer for 30+ years (and I have v-drums), but I've been venturing into guitar over the last couple of years. It's been great fun trying to reproduce Lerxst, and I'm very happy with the tone that I sort of stumbled into. After a great deal of noodling at the music store, I settled on the DS-1, Tera Echo, Super Chorus and Chorus Ensemble (with stereo output), along with the Noise Suppressor (wonderful, btw) and the tuner. My guitar is a strat. Understanding that I could get closer to his tone with another guitar, along with vintage pedals and/or other brands, I'm cool with just getting somewhere near the vicinity of that tone. My favorite periods are the 80s and VT through CA. I'm just wondering if there are any other Boss pedals that might be worth trying. Maybe compression?

Not at all bothered but I am very much partial to the album version... from the moment I heard I thought it was achingly beautiful.

Asked recently whether this would be Rush's swansong tour, guitarist Alex Lifeson replied: "I don't think we'd have much difficulty thinking about it as possibly the last."

 

Remind Geddy Lee of this today and he laughs. "That's not true," says the bassist and singer. "I'm having great difficulty thinking like that. Alex is not speaking for me, and I don't think he's really speaking for himself either. I think he has mixed feelings. I don't want to speak for him. You can ask him. He can tell you his own lies."

 

http://cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/classic-rock-10.2015.php

I'm just hoping for some dates at the Greek Theatre in a few years. :)

Just fyi, I wrote backstage about other sizes for the dalmatian tee, and they told me that merch from the road would be returning, which it did.

I love hearing this, but is this new information, or just a transcription of the podcast from a while back?

Red Barchetta

Digital Man

The Body Electric

Emotion Detector

Force Ten

Mission

Secret Touch

Far Cry

Clockwork Angels

The Anarchist

I think a solo instrumental from Alex would be wonderful. I've often thought about that. Peke's Repose really got me, particularly the very first version in Manchester, and it was so interesting to hear the evolution through the tour. And O'Malley's Break and Hope were lovely. His acoustic work reminds me in many ways of Michael Hedges, who was similarly inventive.

I'm sure Neil wants to be a dad now. Be thankful he has a second chance at a family life!!

 

Of course, that goes without saying. Just think it's a tad early to be categorical, that's all.

One thing I know for pretty darn sure I will be forced to travel much farther and make much more effort if I ever want to see them again and I am ok with that. They deserve to play where and when they want and it's up to us to get there. They did the hard time and made it relatively easy for most of us to see them for so long and now its their time... :codger:

 

Totally agree with that... btw, I grew up in Greenbelt/Silver Spring, and the first song I heard was TSOR, on, fittingly, a little portable radio tuned to DC101.

I've been reading this sort of flag-planting in the land of never again, and while I do think there are compelling arguments to be made for a retirement from live outings, I think that it's vitally important to remember how little we have to go on at this point. What do we know for sure? We know that there's been some discussion about health and family, which are of course not small things, but we also know they've made some comments about residency shows. And we know that they decided to use open-ended terminology to describe the R40 tour, though it was also transitory, and may have been weightier than it sounded.

 

Then of course there was Saturday. Clearly, it was something different from what we've seen in the past. But what do we really know? We know that Neil's playfulness and photo shooting and coming out front was out of character, and there were certainly wisps of finality about that. But we don't know precisely what it meant, and one could argue that the end of the show, while unusual, was not particularly drawn out, and could well have been a sort of hedge; that is, they don't know what lies ahead, and maybe they thought it prudent to do something, just in case it was the end of performing live.

 

I would posit that we have almost nothing to work with. We know that they've had a very long career and we can speculate that they're ready for a new phase, or that at least that some of them are, but what's really important is that we don't know what they're going to be feeling a little farther down the road. They're playing so beautifully now, and we can guess as some have that they would want to go out on top. But couldn't we also think about that exceptional playing in different way? Would you be inclined to quit something when you can do it so well? And for decades they've had this consistently wonderful outpouring of positive energy at the shows. Though they’ve more than earned the right, can we be so sure that they'd be happy to let that go? As long as we're speculating, I believe that great performers are more likely to be reluctant to close that door for good, unless they have to.

 

Maybe I'm too optimistic. To be honest, Saturday hit me like a ton of bricks, and I'm sure that that pain is coloring my outlook. This band has meant so much to me for so long---35 years---and it's been difficult for me to come to terms with any level of transition. I know it's coming, and I do feel an enormous sense of gratitude for what we've been given. It's amazing to think that the one band that has been more important to me than any other, since I was 12, has been going strong for all of this time. I've had so many opportunities to see them live, and I enjoy each new album more than the last. I know full well that anything that happens after this is, as my Rush bud describes it, "gravy on top of gravy". If this was indeed the end, I'd be devastated, but I'd also be incredibly grateful.

 

I would however like to put off that devastation until we hear something more definitive. Perhaps we could keep the door cracked ourselves. I think there's a good chance that we'll hear some new music, and for me that's huge. As to anything more, I think about the documentary, when, in talking about their return in 2002, and that first show in Hartford, Neil says that "I remember saying to Ray afterwards, it would have been a shame if that never happened again". Is it possible that he just doesn't feel that way anymore? Maybe... but I wonder. :)

Really enjoyed the op but just want to say that, while I have no doubt that there was a profoundly different feel about the show, I think that more than one thing can be true; i.e., I think that it could well be that the door is open to another outing in some form or fashion in the future, but it won't be what it's been---for decades---and that still makes for a huge transition. They have very compelling reasons to leave the grueling nature of a national tour behind. So maybe it's the residency thing. Some time passes, they get plenty of rest, I suspect they'll start to kick it around a bit. I hope so anyway.

I'm right there with you. They've been "my" band for 35 years. I've been all over the place to see them in recent years and it's been a wonderful run. I agree that this is a sort of pivot point, and I too think (unlike some others) that there is a lot of potential for at least limited future outings. I imagine that as a performer you draw enormous amounts of positive energy from audiences, and if you've been enjoying that for decades it's probably not very appealing to just suddenly walk away from it all. Perhaps the Gilmour model is indeed a glimpse of what lies ahead. But right, even if it's not the very end, it does feel transitory... and it's tough. Still, I feel very lucky to have had them for so long. And I'm sure there's new music coming our way---and that's extremely important to me. So begins a new phase, with I think plenty to look forward to, from the best band in the world!