RUSH -The Body Electric Bass Cover : Wal Mk. 1, Moog Taurus Pedals

[@tritti96]

Wal basses have such a character that no other bass has. Playing this song with any other bass would not sound the same. I loved this cover

[@66TJP]

I used to own a Steinberger XL2, just like Geddy's, and just like all the rest of them too. They all sound alike. That bass, of course, sounded dead on with all of the Grace Under Pressure stuff and it was fun playing all of the Power Windows stuff on that bass as well, just as Geddy did on that tour before he received his Wal. I also like how the Wal fits in on this track and think it sounds better than the Steinberger does on it, if that's possible...

[@connerstines1578]

It's a little bit the string gauge as well. Geddy used very light strings on the Wal, so it had a bit more spank and brightness with that in mind.

[@davidtaylor4975]

@@connerstines1578 Yep the Rotosound Funkmasters.

[@66TJP]

@@connerstines1578 That too.. he used the "Funkmaster" strings and they were 40-90. Way too light for me. I tried them and they were like rubber bands.

[@fcamiola]

@@66TJP Do you guys know the exact string/gauge on his Steinberger during the Grace Under Pressure era? Cheers.

[@oreally8605]

I think Rush fans ( especially talented ones like you) keep our favorite songs alive long after it now has been concluded.

[@Wm.]

Wow, seeing all the great nuance Geddy put into this bassline gives me new appreciation for this song!

[@markritchie7059]

I think you've just shown me I have under-rated Geddy Lee even though I always thought he was the best. Hm. Apparently Geddy is even better than I thought:)

[@arsxxmoriendi]

Go listen to Emotion Detector. Great understated Ged lines.

[@menom7]

Sort of gives a brand new perspective on just how TALENTED Geddy Lee is with his bass,after watching THIS Amazing Gentleman play his bass with such Endeavor!!! : >)

[@sean---the-other-one]

Grace Under Pressure and Signals are a little sub-set of albums from Rush that I think of as complementary works, and I frigging love them. Countdown just gets me hyped.

[@franksrok5843]

Both favorite albums. Countdown is goose bumps. Power Windows album is awesome too.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@franksrok5843 100% agreed.

[@fcamiola]

I'm with you...two of my favs!!

[@gabrieledwards1066]

I love 80s Rush.

[@BMxcoconut]

Nice deep cut song choice. Fantastic cover. Never a dull moment with Geddy Lee,

[@michaelb.42112]

Hell Yeah !!! My favorite song from G/P. The bass line during Al's solo is my favorite part. This song is more relevant as time goes on. Power Windows and Hold Your Fire are my favorite era. That is THE Rush sound to me. Yeah, Hemispheres is a given....

[@66TJP]

Great time for Rush and the fans. Geddy was really on his game then.

[@ibanezman1025]

Me too! Love those albums!

[@DufferOne-k8j]

❤ 'New Wave' Rush , ❤ the Black Wal , ❤ 66 -- thank you, sir

[@66TJP]

You're welcome ! Happy New Year !

[@DerekTJ]

Fantastic job here - wow! The lyrics are awesome though; always loved that a robot is scared out of its wits.

[@UncommonEphemera]

One of my all-time favorites. Flawless as always. Thank you for doing it!

[@66TJP]

My pleasure. Thanks for taking time to watch.

[@Lacquerhead-ec4db]

Yeah! This cover was amazing, like always! I love that Wal tone.

[@BillRouck]

Great work The Body Electric is one of the most fun Rush basslines to play. I liked the 4:35-4:37 bit, I'm going to try that!

[@Gorbyrev]

My favourite Geddy tone, wonderful!

[@ConstantineIsslamow]

Beautiful execution once again. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@menom7]

EXCELLENT COVER my RUSHIAN Friend!!! Well done!!! : >)

[@TheDevnul]

That really was exceptional. The tone you put in with the shear force like Geddy does is fantastic. You play with purpose.

[@frankfossaceca9616]

I can't give you anymore compliments you are insanley good. !!!

[@brentheathersimons7042]

Holy poop that was amazing! :) You even have Geddy's "pop and hop" down! AWESOME! I need a Wal! -Brent, VT

[@davidbaron8330]

Cool. Always felt the Wal gave Ged one of his best bass sounds.

[@seaskiff20]

This album brings back so many great memories. Played the crap out of the cassette during my senior camp out 1984. IIRC, I had to purchase a replacement cassette lol. Great tone brother!

[@66TJP]

Same here. Played it all the time when it was new. Still sounds as good to me these days as it did then. Thanks for stopping by.

[@BassmanDan66]

Hey, good to see you're still out there, cheers!

[@66TJP]

Thank you, Dan. Still having fun.

[@Tumamagringa1]

Gracias 66tjp por darle a la canciones de rush ese toque personal es maravilloso,ahora que el gran trío canadiense se ha retirado, nos toca a nosotros mantener su legado,y que mejor modo que tocando su trabajo de esta gran banda ,saludos

[@66TJP]

Thanks ! I try my best. Thanks for visiting.

[@Jpistag]

Well you nailed another one !! Amazing skills! Such a great to see this.. keep them coming

[@66TJP]

Thanks Jon !

[@andresdulcet7983]

Hi Tom. Congrats!!! I think your performance is AWESOME on each and every track. Keep it up!

[@66TJP]

Thank you very much for your compliments and I'm glad you enjoy my videos. Thanks for stopping by.

[@geoffroubik5273]

Outstanding job. Very well executed

[@fredf1912]

Awesome work as always…just an absolute pleasure too experience. One request, if I may: would love to hear and see this song and “The Enemy Within” done on a 4001 Rickenbacker like was shown in the videos for both. Something about Geddy on the Ricky…maybe it separated “Old Rush” from “New Rush”, but I still think the bass sound was just better.

[@tonyspro]

Amazing work as always!

[@66TJP]

Thanks !!

[@JR-vc3lq]

Killin it, really well done🤙🏻

[@66TJP]

Thank you !

[@inether]

words cannot describe

[@markritchie7059]

Holy moly you've outdone yourself. I've admired your tone and technique for years and this is fantastic. For tone are you using more than just the GK and Wal tone controls? The GK 700RB sure have served you well. Bravo.

[@66TJP]

Thanks Mark... For this one I used a slight bit of a very quick delay that Geddy uses on this track. It's like a real quick slapback echo that I have on my little Yamaha mixer that I use. Other than that, it's just the Wal through one of my 700RB II's and right to the mixer and I also added a bit of compression too. Thanks again for your compliments and thanks for watching.

[@saveriocartularo]

Killer tone good job!

[@robertgolden4436]

Beautiful, well done!

[@66TJP]

Thanks, Robert !

[@ATCDave1]

Wow, fantastic cover. Tone!

[@smarty7713]

this bass sounds ripped right off the recording. amazing.

[@jorgebravo1362]

Grandioso !!!!

[@Harmonic-Distortions]

Great tone amd playing.

[@66TJP]

Thank you !

[@RickNBacker]

Great job, one of their quirkier and more unique songs... even though their sound and arranging had changed quite a bit by this time, the solo was in their older signature style where they kick into hyperdrive.

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

Great job!

[@70-Semanas]

Marvellous, excelent palying, the sound of the Wal Mk. 1 is amazing for the higher notes. The notes at the very end, are not in the original, but they sound really good! Congrats

[@66TJP]

Ahh.... yeah, the end notes are there... they are hard to hear.... and... I went SHARP on the fourth note when I slid up to it... I decided that I was happy enough with the rest of the song, so I kept it there... A warts and all thing I guess..

[@70-Semanas]

Yeah, you paly it amazingly, loved everything you did. It is nice ti hera The Body Electric with the Bass louder and clearer, and so well played. Very good job! I've seen other of your videos too and enjoyed your playing also. Keep it up!!!!!!

[@Toolmybass]

He's alive!!!

[@PeterCiesla]

That's so funky!

[@mauriciosegundog]

sencillamente GENIAL, saludos desde CHILE.

[@66TJP]

Thank you ! And hello to you in Chile!

[@mauriciosegundog]

@@66TJP GRACIAS, Rush es la mejor banda !!!

[@tw5139]

We are all so lucky to have been alive in the age of Geddy Lee. I would love to just see him on the street and shake his hand.

[@josephkushnir1376]

Excellent

[@kylerush7948]

I think with the bass boost we see how good geddy Lee was while singing and playing keyboard

[@ALSNewsNow]

Have you tried to find a BGW amp and original SANSAMP? The DIP switch setting are out thre. I owned a Mk2 Geddy model for about 10 years.

[@66TJP]

@@ALSNewsNow I've seen lots of BGW 750C's and Ashley SC-40's for sale throughout the years but never pulled the trigger on that stuff. Had an old Sansamp but didn't like it. It wasn't the Geddy model though. At this point, I'll just keep my GK's.

[@ALSNewsNow]

@66TJP Thanks for the quick reply. I actually meant the Palmer DI, sorry. The SANS came later- after Geddy started to play like Claypool, ugh. LOL. There are some super nice BGW's on Reverb right now for good prices. One thing I can assure you is that the Mk2's just don't sound like the Mk1's do, and that's why I think Ged dropped Wal cold and went back to the jazz after he tried the Mk2. They just aren't the same as the Mk1. The larger body and top horn ruined this exact tone. So the Mk1 Wal is the only bass that can make this exact sound.

[@66TJP]

@@ALSNewsNow Ahh, didn't know there was such a difference between the two in terms of tone. I like the body style of the MK.1 more.

[@ajpyyz]

This song really needs the Steinberger but very interesting to hear on a Wal. Nice job!

[@66TJP]

If I didn't sell it back in 2003......

[@ajpyyz]

@@66TJP yeah I don’t blame you really

[@MarcoAGJ]

Good stuff.

[@distilt1238]

I’m learning the guitar and bass, can only play pieces of songs right now, I just started playing on and off as a hobby a couple years ago, but my room is turning into a tiny studio now, and I’ve got all the things I’d need to record myself, which I definitely want to do…If I could just play! I gotta learn how to pick the bass, getting clear notes with those big stretches, and all that good stuff. I’m curious how much practice it took to get to this point! Also I’d love to eventually get a set of Taurus pedals, they sound so rich and I can probably noodle around with them in the background and build some 80’s-esque tunes, but man are they expensive..

[@williamclementsonbass1795]

🔥🔥🔥

[@newtonjr6644]

Yo do u still have the double neck.Huge fan of that instrument

[@66TJP]

Sure, I still have the 4080/12.

[@newtonjr6644]

@@66TJP Wow!! Love to see u bust it out again on another Rush tune, not sure how much Geddy used the double neck but it’s so cool! Keep up the great work man!

[@pedkfuri]

we all know who is behind that camera Mr Lee :)

[@ricklee993]

A++++

[@tonypabon8971]

Ufffffff!!!!!

[@kfhulme]

1984 - when Rush was RUSH.

[@Sheehy223]

This was recorded on a Ric but the Wal also suits it very well.

[@66TJP]

Actually, Geddy recorded it with the Steinberger XL 2. I used to own one but I sold it years ago. The Wal has all of that tone plus...

[@Sheehy223]

@@66TJP Common misconception but nope, it's 100% a Ric, he just has more bridge pickup dialed in than usual to try to make it sound different. during the instrumental part it gets a lot more obvious. I actually also thought it was a Steinberger for a long time but Geddy says he used a Ric on parts of Grace Under Pressure in his book and to my ear this sounds like the only song unless it's buried under synth somewhere else in the album. The more isolated tracks I've listened to, the more it seems like Geddy uses more basses in the studio than one would initially assume.

[@4fit816]

@@Sheehy223 "Common misconception"? Let's see your SOURCE that this is a Ric on original recording. I own both Rics and a Stein. Sounds like a Stein to my ears. I'll get my big bag of popcorn, while you come up with a witty "retort".....all while completely avoiding my question by providing a link 😉

[@Sheehy223]

@@4fit816 😂 What's your problem man? My source is my ears which I trust. I don't care if you believe me or not. We're all Rush fans here dude, relax, jesus christ.

[@4fit816]

@@Sheehy223 Only thing I believe is you need your hearing checked. You're "nope it's a 100% a Ric" shows you're a 🤡.....you dont walk into a VERY experienced "Rush" guy's video, who obviously has a better ear than you..... he says it's a Stein, you essentially tell him "no it isnt"... and the only thing you're going by is your ear? Golf Oscar Oscar Foxtrot

[@escargotomy]

Can't believe Geddy traded the sweet Rickenbacker tones for this active pickup crapola. I mean its 38 years ago and i still can't believe it.

[@conshohockenpleadsthe5th478]

Show some respect for the Wal,.....they are much harder to find than most common Rickies.

[@davidames8980]

Bravo, again!!! 66... I want to get me some Moog's to supplement the bass for my keyboard hobby. How do you program the different sounds and toggle between them? Easy to learn/do? Play -- I think even I can handle that :) Thanks for another awesome video -- you're the best!!!

[@xCHOCOxx]

What bass do you feel more easy and comfortable to play fast? Wal,rickenbaker or the jazz 70's?

[@66TJP]

I'd have to say the Fender Jazz Bass. Having that narrow neck, plus my Geddy Lee Jazz Bass' neck is nice and flat on the backside as well, so, it feels small in my hands and I'm able to move around a bit easier. The Wal has more of a "V" shaped neck and takes a little getting used to, The Rickenbackers are no problem either. I guess to play "fast" really comes down to constant practice on what it is that you consider to be "fast". You'll find that after some time the movements and fingerings you thought were "fast" are so much easier to perform after playing through them many times. Sure, the neck has some effect on playability but once you learn a certain part, I'd bet that you could play it pretty well on any bass.

[@patrickkillilea8159]

Very nice playing Tom. I was just wondering at what age you started playing bass? I myself just turned 20 was gifted a bass for my birthday. I have been playing the bagpipes competitively since age 13 and for whatever reason have been thinking that I’m “too old” to learn the bass and develop into a great player. Again, great playing & I really enjoyed the video.

[@66TJP]

Hi Patrick.... I started playing at 15 years old. You're never too old to start playing. You just have to want to do it. Thanks for your compliments and good luck to you.

[@66TJP]

And I should have added that Rickenbacker made about 500 or so of the 4080 and 4080/12 doublenecks. The one I have is one of only three or four like it with the black pickguard and truss rod cover plate.

[@JulieRoberts-g9g]

I was scrolling thru the comments trying to see what the signal was to record your part so was hoping for a little grace if I’m asking you to repeat yourself: was this thru your GKs or direct? I had a RB400 years ago in the early 90s and sold it a few years after. Bought another used one last year just to see if I’d made a mistake and now it’s the same result, sounds like cardboard, not my sound. But maybe I need to give her another try? I also rebought an old GK MB200 and she’s in the hallway next to the RB400 ready to be sold at the local music store. After hearing your Wal (my Mach 1 is a midnight blue 1987) I don’t want to cast these pieces out if I can salvage a good tone! Thanks for any info!

[@66TJP]

The signal is direct out (post EQ) of the GK 700RBII and into a small Yamaha mixer. That also has a basic bass/ mid/ treble EQ. I usually roll off almost all of the bass on the amp and the mixer EQ and I do add some slight compression that is also built into the mixer. I adjust the mids to my liking and the highs are pretty much rolled off... around 8-9 O' Clock on the dial... I used a RB400 at a gig once, It was backline and I just plugged into it. I adjusted it as good as I could but I do remember it having a ton of growl compared to my 700RBII. But it was going through a GK 410 cab and I was pushing it hard playing War Pigs using my Burgandyglo 4001 and that Ric has some growl of it's own....

[@JulieRoberts-g9g]

Thank you.

[@conshohockenpleadsthe5th478]

Didn't Geddy originally play his Steinberger for this track?

[@66TJP]

Yes, he did. The video they did for this tune has him with his Rickenbacker but he recorded the album with the Steinberger XL2.

[@Sheehy223]

The Jam part is definitely a Ric. But I'm not allowed to say that because it offends people 🙃

[@winstonschwarz1636]

I can't be the only one who plays air Moog Taurus?

[@world_of_max.g]

Haha I do!!!

[@AllbeeHivezChristianAllbee]

This song actually sounds better with the Wal. Your recording improves on the original in that regard.

[@66TJP]

Thank you.

[@antilusion6960]

its the same geddy lee bass from that power windows and hold your fire era... please you got do a video playing songs like "marathon" or "turn the page"

[@66TJP]

I have several covers from those two albums...

[@franksrok5843]

1 00 1 00

[@TPCoz]

It kills.....