RUSH - Open Secrets Bass Cover : Wal Mk. 1, Moog Taurus Pedals

[@TheMoonchild1969]

Geddy bass lines are never easy to learn. I truly admire and envy all of you who possess the skill enough to replicate the Master.❤✌️

[@gdkopinionator4356]

Subscribed. Your interest in the less well known tracks was your big selling point for me. They did such amazing work on Power Windows and Hold You Fire. It is unfortunate that many of the bigger tracks on those LP's took attention away from the pieces which were true monuments of composition and technique (not to mention lyrical content). Open Secrets, Middletown Dreams, Emotion Detector, etc (Grand Designs) were ahead of their time. When I saw them in 2012, and they played MD and GD, I was stunned. Not only because they were largely "unplayed", but because they were even more relevant musically and lyrically today.

[@mikemYYZ]

Always has been a favorite Rush song of mine. You nailed it perfectly, nice job.

[@ImpulsiveDonut]

Amazing cover. I love how the video quality makes it look like it was recorded in the early 90s.

[@66TJP]

Thanks! The gear I use is about that old and I record on VHS...

[@TheTor]

Magnificent, simply magnificent 66TJP! Every note was perfect, tone was out of this world! This song has always been my favorite track from HYF. Thank you for this, it was incredibly enjoyable like all of your other performances!!

[@66TJP]

Thanks for your compliments, The Tor...well not every not was spot on but it was close...HA!!! I switched my hand position for..whatever reason.. at 3:46, and I kinda' scratched my way through the notes a bit...and at the end I clammed the lead riff to the outro... All of my vids have mistakes that cause me to grind my teeth to powder but I just have to live with them. Thanks for watching!

[@TheTor]

LOL!! You're awesome brother- it's refreshing to see someone like you with world-class talent be as humble as you are. Thanks again so very much for sharing your gifts with us and for keeping our beloved Rush alive and well!

[@ConstantineIsslamow]

Awesome, simply awesome. You don't get to see many Wal bases on the net. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@66TJP]

Thank you Constantine. I'll be doing a few more Wal tracks now that I broke it back out so stay tuned for a few more soon.

[@jacobmonk6810]

Truly amazing! As a young bass guitarist myself, you continue to inspire me with each video, and I couldn't thank you enough for that. Keep up the great work.

[@66TJP]

Thank you Jacob.

[@ajpyyz]

Excellent Hold Your Fire tone.

[@a.s.vanhoose1545]

Every rock bassist should listen to Geddy Lee. Period.

[@oscarmike3195]

Thanks TJP for not "Holding your Fire" too long on doing yet another great performance. Love that song, and you just nailed it man. Bass pedals sounded awesome, Wal bass crackling with life, and liked the camera angle and background as well, oh yeah, and the Tee! Cool shirt. Can't wait for the Watchmaker to sprinkle you with more Rush dust so you'll give us fans more! We all appreciate ya.

[@66TJP]

Thank you for the compliments Go! I was having some issuess with the Taurus pedals during this one...they weren't all firing and I was doing a bit of a tap dance to try to keep them working. Need to clean the contacts... More Wal era stuff soon....

[@williamshepley3923]

My fav track on HYF! Great job🤘

[@66TJP]

Mine too. I wish they played it live. Thanks for visiting.

[@stephenprice3360]

Beautiful it is just what this song is grace.

[@DannyBoi2112]

Love the Wal bass

[@uketubetv4696]

Love this song and bass line. Great playing

[@66TJP]

Thanks !

[@gdkopinionator4356]

Things get real @ 2:54 The calm before the Geddy Lee storm!

[@frhorizons]

Sweet, another great KZbin bassist!

[@dsgouveia]

One of the best covers of this song that I've ever seen!! Very good!!

[@2851blowycky]

that was wonderful!! Amazing BASS performance. THis song has deep memories to me and your performance was astounding.

[@DisappearingBoy2010]

One of the best songs off HYF

[@66TJP]

Great song that I was hoping to hear on that tour. Thanks for visiting...

[@chadmcanelly286]

You are tone God and playing beast. Nice job!

[@mikecolman839]

Great job playing that bass.!! I love how it sounds!!! Beautiful.

[@66TJP]

Thank you, Mike.

[@mikecolman839]

Awesome job!! I love the sound. Love it.

[@tonyspro]

Do turn the page! That busy bass line was made for wal and vice versa.

[@Ace96x10]

One of the very few Rush tunes i love after Power Windows, nice job)

[@JohnBodoni]

This was fantastic, thanks for sharing!

[@travis8404]

great tune great lyrics good job

[@ontherunjg]

Noticed from much of your videos you were a big fan of the mid 80s and RUSH. Some great bass lines on the Hold your Fire album. Geddy was busy those days.

[@66TJP]

1977 through 1990, A Farewell to Kings through Presto. That 13 year run is my favorite.

[@The02wooley]

Outstanding dude

[@judio50]

One of my favs. Great job. Prime Mover cover, pretty please?

[@conky7819]

Love the tone of that Wal! Very distinct to say the least. Great playing, as well!

[@66TJP]

Thanks, Conky! Yes, a very distinct tone for sure.

[@DethThrasher1]

frigg off conky

[@xanderdaniels8284]

barfyman362 bubbles, what the fuck is that

[@pgiolo]

Very cool. Great job!

[@66TJP]

Thank you, Paulo.

[@bongiolo]

Good job 👏👏👏

[@daviddevillers6790]

"I was looking out the window...." I shoulda been watching this video instead! Rock on!

[@66TJP]

There's always rewind.....;^) Thanks. David.

[@hopefullycynical641]

That Wal bass is just begging for a Big Money or Roll the Bones cover. The tone is flawless.

[@johnsnow4555]

you can get the same sound from the geddy lee jazz bass

[@medmac2112]

@@johnsnow4555 Actually not really. The Fender is great for the 70s and post-1993 material, but the thin and poppy Wal sound can’t quite be perfectly replicated on it. You can get close but it won’t be exactly the same.

[@MannyGonzalezReyna]

You are amazing.

[@karlheppard9057]

Dude, great job!

[@justinandsheba]

Man... I miss my Wal. Had it for 21 years and had to sell it...............

[@rumourhats]

that is an insane bass line

[@rodri.c.5620]

Que Buen bajo amigo saludos

[@andrzejmackiewicz6750]

awesome!

[@izatkumarbekov302]

Если кто-то скажет,что Рок музыка не богата басоыыми партиями,покажите это виде.Автору респект! ❤❤❤

[@Cristian-Barker]

Increíble

[@AStrangerInTheAlps]

Great job!

[@66TJP]

Thank you Kevin. Thanks for watching.

[@ThePsychicSasquatch]

Fantastic.

[@HaroldGoodfortune]

On it🚀👌

[@Archim31]

Superb!

[@joelllamas3367]

you have to re make this video showing the taurus pedals please !!!!!!!

[@ramacabral4399]

Play this bassline, while singing, while playing a synthetizer with his foot, it's one of the many examples that Geddy wasn´t human. Or in any case, an evolved kind of human lol.

[@nickhalden9220]

He might be a alien

[@davidvector]

Another excellent Wal-era cover. (Haven't seen you post any on CP in a while but I stumbled across this by accident.) One thing I was a little curious about...I recall Geddy saying in regard to the Wal's active electronics, "I don't really use them much." I was wondering if he meant that his tone was achieved with the lowpass filters wide open and the resonant boosts disengaged. Do you use the lowpass filters at all and/or pick attack for your Geddy tone?

[@66TJP]

Thanks for watching Dave! I run my Wal full out on everything but I do not use the push pull pots. I keep the pickup knob center. It's just the Wal, Rotosounds, my fingers, amp settings and some luck.

[@029132]

nice tone

[@burningxdimx]

I've been watching your videos for years, 4001. Do you think there's some chorus on the bass on Hold Your Fire?

[@66TJP]

I don't think so. I could be wrong but I really don't think he used any chorus on that album...Geddy rarely used effects. At the end of LaVilla, the very last lick..Vital Signs solo section, a few other things maybe but I think on the HYF album, you're hearing the Wal pretty much as is.

[@oscarmike3195]

Superconductor next? Maybe?

[@mattstuart2071]

NICE!!!!

[@ryangriffith3729]

That wal tho damn what a bass ever play any tool with it ? Was this song recorded with a wal on the album ???

[@66TJP]

Geddy recorded it with the Wal..

[@ryangriffith3729]

@@66TJP dude your spot on its unreal man

[@meephead6636]

I suspect geddy watches stuff like this. Why on earth didn’t he break out a wal on R40. His was the only bass that cut through a live mix at their shows. It’s a shame

[@fa18superhornetpilotcessna75]

Come to Los Angeles.. let’s for m a band

[@justicedead3538]

Tabs please🙏

[@stephenprice3360]

What is there to be said..

[@davidmadras721]

Ahhh... I bet you can’t play ‘Red Sector A’ on bass; eh?

[@66TJP]

Wouldn't sound the same but it's no huge challenge... only thing would be keeping the same consistent sound and meter to make it sound like the synth... Great song. I really enjoyed that one live. Neil's drum work was always stellar..

[@davidmadras721]

66TJP Was trying to be facetious - I didn’t even think there was any bass on RSA?!?! Point being there’s nothing you couldn’t play and you have all the best and proper equipment that kind of puts the dagger into things. I don’t even play bass (not a musician at all) but could listen to you all day!

[@davidmadras721]

66TJP I love that song live on the GUP tour with the lasers and that huge crack right after “shouting guards and smoking guns...” The whole song and story gives me chills.

[@66TJP]

@@davidmadras721 You're correct..there isn't a bass guitar on RSA but I'm sure I could ad-lib something good and the Taurus pedals could be used in there somewhere I think.... anyways.. thank you for your compliments and for taking the time to watch. Glad you like my vids...Thanks, David !

[@johnsnow4555]

I like the way you play but it's not that easy to see what you are playing. If you are trying to do this for a teaching tool you need to fix that