EagleMoon Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Sure, as long as he doesn't Rudy Sarzo it. God how does Rudy not break all those bass necks? Great bassist but goddamn he abuses those poor basses, especially in the 80s. Peavey made some tough basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I can also say the same for Scars from Presto, one of the most kick-ass slap bass lines of any Rush song, Ged doesn't even have his bass strapped on him. It's off to the side and he's just playing the piano. It's not slap. The high mid/treble is just boosted and run through a slight flanger. I always thought the Scars bass line was sequenced, I think I read it in an interview To me it sounds both sampled and sequenced. I think they found (or perhaps created) a bass sound that they liked, sampled it, and then wrote the bass part on the sequencer. Yeah, contrary to what EagleMoon said, it does not sound like a real bass to me. Sounds real to me. Just run through effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 On the subject of Rudy Sarzo, he's actually one of my favorite bassists (obviously behind Geddy Lee, Chris Squire and John Myung) and I've always enjoyed his energetic, animated stage presence. And hell, the guy has a f***ing laundry list of bands he was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 don't like ged sampling?hire a keyboard player.hire a keyboard player?increase ticket prices to pay for said keyboard player. vicious cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 don't like ged sampling?hire a keyboard player.hire a keyboard player?increase ticket prices to pay for said keyboard player. vicious cycle. It's not that I don't like sampling, I was just pointing out the times where It's like "Why sample when you can play the part on the keyboard?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 don't like ged sampling? Arrange songs so that sampling isn't required in order for the song to sound "good" live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I mean, shit, if Neil and Geddy have to trigger guitar samples, there's just something wrong with the arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Digital Man Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) The bass in Scars is just his regular Wal bass but obviously it's been sampled which is why it sounds like a synth, surely you can all hear that tone? Geddy can't and doesn't slap, the odd pluck maybe! Edited March 18, 2015 by New Digital Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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