Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee

[Wayjurn]

Anyone know this one?

[johnny]

alex lifeson is playing hughes and kettner on the road i believe, what model i'm not sure, he has a ton of guitars that he uses, ranging from prs, to strats, tele, his old white 335, geddy uses his signature fender jazz bass and occasionally a ric, but what amp i can't say

[AndyLES]

http://www.rush-signals.com/rush/alex_gear.html

This link will answer your question. There are also links to the gear pages of Geddy and Neil.

[Greyskull]

He is nuts !!!
So much stuff !!!
Argh !!!
Rush is bad ass...Red Barchetta is amazing.

[Stewart Gilray]

Hi, I'm new here, but have been in a couple of Rush tribute bands here in the UK over the past 12 years or so, here's my rig....

http://stew.t-n-m-s.com/gfxbin/pedalboardv2.jpg

1. Space for volume pedal 1 - This controls the volume for my Acoustic Signal path.

2. Volume pedal 2 - This controls the volume for my Electric signal path.

3. Latching switch, that enables the POD Pro's "Boost" mode, handy for solos.

4. A--B switch, this switches my two signals paths on and off.

5. Ground Control Pro. Top line of switches control the POD Pro, and the ones below it control the FX units.

http://stew.t-n-m-s.com/gfxbin/rack.jpg

A. Furman - Power distribution, I just plug a single wall socket in, and it gives me power to 10 units, inc pedalboard, with power conditioning.

B. Space for my Rack mounted Nady Wireless unit.

C. Korg DT-1 Tuner

D. Line6 POD Pro - Modelling Amp.

E. Space for Acoustic signal path FX unit.

F. TC-Electronic G-Major FX unit, for Electric signal path.

G. Behringer Splitter / Mixer Ultralink MX662 - Used to mix the 2 Signals paths into 1, before being fed through H, into I.

H. Behringer Compressor Pro

I. Marshall 8008 80/80 watt Power Amp.

Er, think that's it :-)

[Classic Chav]

http://www.rusharchives.com/gear/alex.shtml

he also used a Marshall Town & Country i think it called. A brown 40w 2x12 combo if im right at some stage. JubileeMan had one and has soundclips, i think he sold it to somebody on this board, mayb RushVFan?

[Misc Debris]

They have everything listed on their website.

[DavyBoy721]

All i know for Alex is this amp (http://www.hughesandkettner.com/) and various guitars....but I'm not a real big Rush fan or I would know more.

Geddy used to use Ric basses and now uses Fender passive J-basses...that's all my info..

[Granty Boy]

You could check out www.rush.com for the full bands gear on the R30 tour.

[RUSHFANnLV]

Wayjurn???who brought up this old thread? That guy hasn't been around in a long time.

Anyway, you can check out my rig. It's similar to the stuff Alex used during the moving pictures/signals/grace under pressure albums.

When asking about Alex's gear, I feel it's important to reference the era for which your are looking at: Pre moving pictures era, the moving pictures era and the post hold your fire era.

[Petary791]

All I know is that Geddy plays a Sansamp RBI.

[fiveways]

Originally posted by Wayjurn
Anyone know this one?

I miss you man.

[Stewart Gilray]

Originally posted by RUSHFANnLV
who brought up this old thread?
I brought it up as I'm stunned that NONE of Lerxst rigs are on this site in the database :-)

When asking about Alex's gear, I feel it's important to reference the era for which your are looking at: Pre moving pictures era, the moving pictures era and the post hold your fire era.

Personally I'm interested in his current, in particular ...

1. How it's hooked up.
2. How it's controlled, NOT what is it controlled with, but how it all works together.

[Jasoncap]

This link gives you Lifeson's rig tour by tour, album by album.

http://www.musictoyz.com/articles/chopalex.php

As I'm a 2112, Caress Of Steel fan, I'd love to be able to afford a Gibson ES-335. If you're a foountain of knowledge when comes to affordable, decent Semi Solids, please reply to my ES-335 thread.

Cheers.

[james teh OG]

Alex plays mostly PRS guitars into Hughes and Kettner Triamp and Zentera amplifiers, respectively. but he still has a collection of his old guitars, among them a few Les Pauls, an ES-335, a Telecaster, and his old SG Doubleneck.

for effects, he just has three G-Forces and a Dunlop Rack Wha run into a GCX Audio Switcher. he also uses a TC Electronic Spatial Expander for chorus sounds and a Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere.

Geddy uses his signature Fender Jazz Basses, and has a rig that runs right into the PA system so he has no amps on stage. i think he uses a SansAmp pre-amp into Trace Elliot power amps.

[Sobot]

I'm not a Rush fan at all, but I do know that Geddy has a few Wal basses.

[Petary791]

Originally posted by Sobot
I'm not a Rush fan at all, but I do know that Geddy has a few Wal basses.

Indeed. The basses that I know he plays are Rickenbackers, Steinbergers, Wals, and Jazz Basses.

[Stewart Gilray]

Ged uses Jazz Bases exclusively now.

He was recently asked if he'd ever use a ricky again, to which he said he wouldn't as he loves the Jazz way too much,