Rush Equipment - Geddy Lee

Geddy Lee

Geddy Lee's main bass is a black 1972 Fender Jazz Bass he bought from a pawn shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan for $200. It was used to record the albums Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, Counterparts, Test for Echo, Vapor Trails, Feedback and Snakes and Arrows. Since 1994, it has been Lee's main bass for live and studio work. Lee modified it with a Leo Quan Badass Bridge, and the original neck had to be replaced before the Snakes & Arrows Tour. In 1998, Fender began production on the Geddy Lee Signature Jazz Bass, modeled after his 1972 Jazz Bass. It is still in production, and sunburst was added as a color choice in 2009. Another prominent instrument of Lee is a black Rickenbacker 4001. It was used for live and studio work from 1975 to 1984. It was recently played live for the song "A Passage To Bangkok" during Rush's 2007 and 2008 Snakes & Arrows Tour.

Pre-1975

• Fender Precision Bass was used to record the first album.

Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, & 2112 Tours

• Rickenbacker 4001

A Farewell To Kings

• Rickenbacker 4001
• Rickenbacker 4080 (Double-neck, 4001 bass & 12-string guitar with humbuckers)
• Rickenbacker 3001
• Fender Teardrop Bass (the Precision bass from above, but at this point given a makeover with the body cut into a teardrop shape, a blue "watery" paintjob, and an extra pickup added.)

Hemispheres

• Rickenbacker 4001 (2)
• Rickenbacker 4002
• Rickenbacker 4080
• Fender Teardrop Bass

Permanent Waves

• Rickenbacker 4001 (2)
• Rickenbacker 4002
• Rickenbacker 4080
• Fender Teardrop Bass
• Fender 1972 Jazz Bass

Moving Pictures Tours

• Rickenbacker 4001 (2)
• Rickenbacker 4002
• Rickenbacker 4080 (Double-neck, 4001 bass & 12-string guitar with humbuckers)
• Rickenbacker 4080 (Double-neck, 4001 bass & 6-string guitar)
• Fender 1972 Jazz Bass

Signals Tour

• Rickenbacker 4001
• Fender 1972 Jazz Bass
• Steinberger L2

Grace Under Pressure Tour

• Rickenbacker 4001
• Fender 1972 Jazz Bass
• Steinberger L2

Power Windows

• British Wal Bass
• Steinberger L2
• White Steinberger XL2

Hold Your Fire

• Wal Basses, Steinberger L2 and white Steinberger XL2

Presto, & Roll the Bones Tours

• Wal Basses, Steinberger L2 and white Steinberger XL2

Counterparts Tour

• Fender Jazz Bass
• Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass (Sunburst in D-A-D-G Tuning)

Test For Echo Tour

• Fender Jazz Bass
• Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass (Sunburst in D-A-D-G Tuning)
• Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass (Red in Eb-Ab-Db-Gb Tuning)

Vapor Trails Tour & R30: 30th Anniversary Tour

• Fender Jazz Bass
• Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass (Sunburst in D-A-D-G Tuning)
• Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass (Red in Eb-Ab-Db-Gb Tuning)
• Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass
• Taylor Acoustic Guitar

Snakes & Arrows Tour

• Fender Jazz Bass
• Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass (Sunburst in D-A-D-G Tuning)
• Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass (Red in Eb-Ab-Db-Gb Tuning)
• Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass
• Fender Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass (Fretless)
• Fender Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass (Fretted)
• Rickenbacker 4001

Other gear for the Snakes & Arrows Tour

• 2 Avalon U5 Tube Direct Boxes
• 2 SansAmp R.P.M. Bass preamps
• 2 Palmer PDI 05 Speaker simulators
• Trace Elliot Quatra-VR power amps
• Sampson UR-5D wireless amp jack

Vapor Trails Amps

• Maytag Coin-Operated Dryers (3)

R30 Amps

• Maytag Coin-Operated Dryers (2)
• Snack Machine

Snakes & Arrows Amps

• The Henhouse (3)

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