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Cygnus X-2 
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:23 |
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I was watching the Rush Chronicles DVD yesterday, and the Limelight video, when I saw at one point Geddy was holding a double neck bass, one was a guitar, and one was a bass. What songs live did he play this instrument on? Does anybody have a clue?
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:24 |
Xanadu
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:25 |
 Reed Lover wrote:
Xanadu
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That's what my first thought was. Thanks Reed.
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:41 |
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Not the first - Danbo get your Hellborg photos out again. And the great jazz bassist Miroslav Vitous during his short jazz rock/funk period in the late 70's was photographed for the front cover of his album Magical Shepherd
(reissued on CD 2003r, and also featuring Herbie Hancock and Jack
DeJohnette) with a double-necked lead/bass guitar. And even Mike
Rutherford.......................
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 18:52 |
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Besides Xanadu, I think a lot of their early material he had a double neck guitar/bass too. At least from 2112 to Hemispheres he used one.
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 19:01 |
^Not so,the first time he used the double-neck was on A Farewell To Kings.
Geddy was the first to have a Rickenbacker Double-Neck,I believe.
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 19:27 |
Hey reed, you seem to be up on Geddy and his bass stuff, I had a quick question. The bass solo in the Trees, after the 1st verse, is one of my alltime favorite bass solos. What kind of aeffect is he using there?
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 20:34 |
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^ sounds like a phaser to me, but I could be wrong. Reed, can you clear this one up?
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 20:56 |
Dick Heath wrote:
Not the first - Danbo get your Hellborg photos out again. |
You must mean this one:
Strange? They both appear to be 4 string basses. Must be alternate tunnings.... both are fretted too. 
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 20:58 |
Is this the picture?
Maybe the one in the stand?
Ah ha, this is it, eh?
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 21:02 |
More Jonas Hellborg:\
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 21:03 |
Ain't this one purty?
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 21:40 |
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That was the guitar that he was using, different picture (it was a moving picture, really- no pun intended though- because it was a clip in the Limelight video) though.
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 22:43 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
Xanadu
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That's what my first thought was. Thanks Reed.
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Actually, on 'Xanadu' Geddy plays a double neck bass and 12-string electric guitar. During the very last section, he plays some arpeggios on 12-string while Lifeson delivers the final melodic lines.
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 23:03 |
Cesar Inca wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
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That's what my first thought was. Thanks Reed.
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Actually, on 'Xanadu' Geddy plays a double neck bass and 12-string electric guitar. During the very last section, he plays some arpeggios on 12-string while Lifeson delivers the final melodic lines.
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Thanks, I was just about to ask in which part of Xanadu does Geddy play the guitar.
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Posted: April 19 2005 at 23:50 |
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cool pics
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Posted: April 20 2005 at 00:18 |
I do believe that Mike Rutherford had one of the first Rickenbaker double necks. Check photos from the Gabriel era!
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Posted: April 20 2005 at 04:42 |
Reed Lover wrote:
^Not so,the first time he used the double-neck was on A Farewell To Kings.
Geddy was the first to have a Rickenbacker Double-Neck,I believe.
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Actually , I also think that Rutherford had one before him. It was a 12 strings and bass too.
I saw recently a fun foto (but the comments were depicting prog) of both Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson playing double nech guitars (Lifeson's was a white Gibson SG if I remember well)
How about John Paul Jones's triple neck guitar?!?!
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Posted: April 20 2005 at 05:54 |
Don't make me bring Rick Nielsen into this! 
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Posted: April 20 2005 at 06:03 |
James Lee wrote:
Don't make me bring Rick Nielsen into this! |
That would a cheap shot!
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