micgtr71

My mother was a music teacher and had a huge influence on how I listen to music and she is why I listen to so many different types of music.

Superconductor... Stupid riff that doesn't fit with the rest of the song. Dull chorus. I think Presto is where the intricacy slowed.

Wow...bass players are silent. I have a couple of new basses, but I can't seem to post photos anymore. Anyway, I have two new modulus basses, a quantum 5 and a 6. Productive summer.

Man, I can't remember. Every one from Power Windows forward on release day. I heard Signals, PeW, and pictures all around the same time. I was 11 or 12. It could have been E..SL...

Fantastic record. Alex's best clean sound in my opinion. In fact, this is my favorite clean Gibson sound period.

As a guitar teacher, I would not totally disagree with you. A good teacher is the key to having a good lesson. The issue is that the guitar is a different instrument to learn because there are so many types of guitars/guitar music that teachers usually skip over the fundamentals and the pre-requisites and get right into teaching songs that the students want to learn. Many teachers do not know these aforementioned facets of music/guitar. There may be other reasons as well. The student wants to learn certain things and the teacher wants to retain the student. When teaching a student to play the intro solo to Fade to Black, I informed him that it was from a b minor scale and began to teach him the scale so he could improvise and write his own solo if he wanted. He told me to just teach him the solo. At the end of the day, he is the customer. My advice to an aspiring guitar player is to find a teacher that will teach you what you want to learn...and that should be how to play music, not just how to play guitar. If he or she won't do that, move on. There are a lot of us out there. I do have a few openings...

I sound the same regardless of the string gauge or bass that I use. Active does add something. I read that on the RTB tour Geddy was using the same rig he had been using for years. It must have been the production and not the bass. Trevor Jones made a Wal sound massive.

Favorite was Iron Maiden. I'm surprised to see Rattle that Lock mentioned so many times. I love David Gilmour, but find this to be the biggest musical disappointment of the decade so far.

Most of Roll the Bones and most of Presto but if I had to pick one, Superconductor. I still remember watching them play Xanadu on the RTB tour and blasting into that piece of excrement halfway through. Superconductor, by a country mile.

Cool, I didn't know Steinbeck was a Rush fan. ;) excellent ! I was thinking the same thing!

It was also the name of Steinbeck's RV.

Circumstances with Open Secrets coming close

Hemispheres has been my number 1 since I first heard it.

I think you misunderstood me. This album is in my top 3. It always has been. I just thought it should have a deeper sound. I'm sorry Mic. I did misunderstand you. No worried. It's in my Top 3 too at the moment. 1. Hemispheres (Will always be my number one) 2. Grace Under Pressure 3. Hold Your Fire If you replace Grace Under Pressure with Signals, you have my top 3. Grace is up there for me.

I think you misunderstood me. This album is in my top 3. It always has been. I just thought it should have a deeper sound.

Geddy's sound on his Wal bass gets a lot of flak around here...from me as well. I listened to this album today and while I have always thought this was his most creative effort for bass lines, today was the first time I listened to the sound to consider why I always criticized the sound of his bass. I don't think it's his fault. The production those days (late 80s) was very bright in the bass department. His sound is different from the Rick, but it's not the fault of the bass. He is playing in a very staccato style. This changed halfway through Presto. This was before he started strumming. Anyway, I think the bass would have sounded that way had he used a jazz, the Rick, the Steinberger, or whatever. I can get a similar sound on my jazz and my modulus. I just wish I could play and write like him.

All the best freaks are here. Love the version from The Thieving Magpie

Clutching over Misplaced by just a bit. These 4 albums are fantastic.

Snow storm yesterday...3". 42 degrees by evening so it's almost gone. 68 on Christmas Eve... I live at the bottom of the Adirondacks.

Countdown has a lot going on. Alex plays the bass line with his feet when Geddy is playing the keys. Geddy triggers keys when playing the bass. And, it is in changing time signatures. May not be their toughest, but it looks hard to me.

Rush.. Superconductor Yes.. The entire Heaven and Earth album

Sad day

Open Secrets is my favorite tune of that era

Jacob's Ladder by soooo much. CA is a great tune also

Signals by so far that FBN is not even visible in the rearview mirror.