How to Get the Geddy Lee Sound
In this video, Ian explains Geddy Lee’s aggressive plucking technique and demonstrates how it can be used to achieve a similar sound.
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Originally posted by UCWTj3vCqkQIsrTGSm4kM34g at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXVU0zZDkA
It's such a both pickups Jazz Bass sound
I just started playing bass and I sound a bit like that, kinda blew my mind ????
Geddy attacks the thing….
Don’t be afraid. Attack attack
Every once in a while, a person comes along that is so talented at what they do, it’s better to just leave it be. Trying to explain it brings it down to a level that you hope others can understand. I appreciate that. There are some things so great, it doesn’t require or deserve explanation. Geddy Lee’s bass play is one of them
Guys dont forget about think that sound also came from sans amp and propably some compression in it but of course bass tone definitly geddy right hand ^^
I learned how to play bass by watching geddy and his aggressive funk with the right hand. People say i play hard but i cab get his sound so im happy.
Great explanation of how to get that sound…not
People don't believe me when I say the same thing about my right hand attack. Very close tone to Geddy's and they insist it's my amp settings or soundman. Nope. Hit the strings like you're trying to break them.
I grew up playing like this. Never understood why everyone plays so soft. Much better tone by hitting hard. Unless you're going for a warm tone obv.
You might wanna get those notes right as well
I don’t think a lot of people truly appreciate what it takes to continually dig in to those strings the way Ged does. Very taxing to the plucking hand.
This is way misleading. Notice the cut in the video between techniques. He clearly activated a preamp of some kind. Geddy Lee is skilled… not a magician or holder of black magic powers
Geddy also sends his signal through at least 3 separate channels. The sansamp rackmounts he uses are actually just one third of the total product yielded.
You never hear him discuss the Avalon U5 DI rackmount or the Palmer PDI-03 rackmounts. Those manufacturers also don’t market through endorsements like Tech 21 does. Think about it
I also believe wholeheartedly that all of his entire band of signals are then fed to to a MIDI interface where the signals are combined into 1 and then converted to digital. He also very likely uses software amplifier simulators on top of the Palmer
I know Ampeg makes that very software. And no, Geddy will never discuss using MIDI for his bass, just like how Neil would never admit that much if his drum sound I believe was MIDI. Not just the Roland Vs
The Fender sound was his worst. The best tone for clarity, articulation, and punch was between the Steinberger and the Wal. The Fender was muddy trash
Almost like a mix of slap bass and picking
Be Geddy Lee
I’ve got to ask…if you can play it the way Greedy would play it, why the hell would you ever play it any other way??
Who the hell plays their Bass so softly?
Geddy plays super heavy handed. I didn't realize for a long time after getting a lot of the same gear he had and still sounding nothing like him how much technique plays into sounding like someone else. You don't always want to play like that though depending on the music/band/song there's a time and place for everything.
Anyone know what Jazz bass dude is playing? No, not Geddy, but the dude in the video. Thank you.
Ya think? ????
His playing inspired me so much that I can only play like this now. I do not like soft picking for the life of me
I wish I knew that your action needs to be pretty low to achieve that iconic growl/bite months and months ago. I started playing Bass about 1 year ago, and I thought I was doomed from ever getting that sound from my attack. Turns out all I needed was lower action… that may be silly to vets, but I finally got it:)
Tone is the hands
Dang! You're absolutely right!
Geddy was the influence that got me playing bass.
Super Cool
Wow
The way I play finger style it often sounds like slap when I'm putting bass at the center of the music instead of doing rhythm with it. I hit very hard and in a very specific way.
Fuck what song is that
He abuses the strings like Tim Commerford.
PICK HARD
That’s how I naturally started playing bass. Much closer to the neck and heavier handed… then you hear all this about “buzzing” or making the note out of tune by playing too hard… it’s nice to get that reminder of the way you initially approached the instrument before people influence you into other sounds .
“I hit the bass so damn hard that you can hear the frets whack and the string hitting the pickup. I’m a bit of an animal!” ~Geddy
I don't like Rush much but I respect the hell out of him as a bassist
You should do Paul McCartney Sargent peppers tone