Cover of Rush's Freewill on Lifeson Axcess Les Paul

[wretcheddog]

hey bro, does it lose sustain due to the floyd rose??

[BigDancin]

@wretcheddog Not at all, it has great sustain. Alex read my mind and rejected any chambering on this Les Paul -- mostly because the electronics, Floyd, and thinner profile take away enough wood. Chambering on the regular Axcess models turned me off, as they were already thinner. The Lifeson Axcess is still heavy -- around 9.5 lbs, and it sustains Nigel Tufnel style. :-)

[mshannoncarver]

Awesome. Beautiful guitar. Would share your Amplitube preset. I have Amplitube 3 but can't find a good rush preset

[totalcontrast]

Great job mate!

[donottawaguitar]

sounds perfect bro

[Spazmaztic]

god that's such a gorgeous guitar :(

[kingdong001]

how the shit did you afford that guitar lol :)

[dvdfrnzwbr]

You have to be a working man to own that piece of lumber.

[matheusvasconcelossp]

muito bom gostei apesar dessa correia orrivel e brega

[fasionroadkill]

such a beautiful guitar

[caressxofxsteel]

great job lerxst!! oh wait.......where is my man lerxst?!?  did he see this?

[tonage13]

very cool stuff man. beautiful guitar to boot as well!

[MySecretWeapon77]

sweet man

[TonySkyRush]

Wtg! That Rocked.

[BuzzCuzzz]

ahhhhhhh!!!! MMMANNNNNNNN!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!! BADASS IS THE WORD ON THIS TUNE!!!

[jofartknocker]

Totally badass

[Marshmanification]

Impressive playing. Now you just need to locate some guys with mad bass and drum skills to complement your playing, and you have a band.

[BandRipper]

BEST FREEWILL GUITAR COVER ON YOUTUBE!

[TheIrish63]

That ROCKED, Bro!

Excellent job! Lerxst would be proud-

[kamaboko1]

I just saw the price on those. I've got to know. What was the out-the-door price?

[alphasxsignal]

I also have the Amplitube III with StompIO unit. What setting are you using for

the RUSH sound. It sounds great.

[BigDancin]

@alphasxsignal It is a custom preset I created using the Orange OR-120 amp model. I am having serious difficulties with my music computer at the moment, but if I can get past that, and you could leave an email address, I will save the preset and email it to you.

[alphasxsignal]

Very nice. That is my next Les Paul.

[BigDancin]

Just thought I'd acknowledge the special milestone of 2,112 views!!!

[Baku6000]

I am 100% jelous. That is a beautiful guitar.

[RockAMole2011]

As usual, you're the man! Aah, The days of you and me jammin Rush tunes in my mom's garage brings back alot of great memories. Remember when we learned the power windows album and were able to play it by the time it was realeased. The good ole days when advanced screenings of albums were played on the radio. You freaking Rock !!!

[BigDancin]

@RockAMole2011 YOU are the man! Yes, those were great times, flying chairs, sodas vibrating off amps, Pete Townshend antics, the eternal Crazy Train solo, etc.! You need to fire up that bass again and one of these days we'll pull off an "online jam" even if we can't stack 'em up in mom's garage again! I'm itching for the rebirth of "Flight Of The Brundlehime!"

[mcfadyenyyz]

@BigDancin cool cover mother trucker.rush rocks.



[hamb0ne70]

@JoviBlink Stunning playing! Really enjoyed it. Glad to see the younger generations appreciating the virtuosity of Rush.

[JohnnyGila]

Absolutely blinding playing, Alex would be proud!

[cgrinna]

Dude can play man. Nuf said!

[MrJonsmile]

wow , not a single error !

[BigDancin]

@JoviBlink Thanks to you and others for the nice comments. There are definitely moments in that solo where a deep breath is in order. I have learned in recent years the importance of relaxing during fast playing and trusting the finger muscles to do what they're supposed to. But the key to this solo is to dial in to the odd timing of the bass and drums behind it and feel those grooves as you play through it. The solo sounds very loose and free-form but it is anything but that! Thanks again.

[Satosuke]

That tone is so good it almost made me cry.

[RADLADRICK]

So freakin cool dude. both the guitar and your playing!

[BarrettFamilyHomeVid]

Great job on the solo. You do justice to such a fine guitar.

[remosier]

Great job playing a great song! The tone is excellent too. I've been trying to learn this album and this solo has been a challenge for me. You'd be doing a lot of Rush fans a big favor posting a solo lesson. Either way, nice playing.

[snapascrew]

I hate gibson because they are greedy bastards. This guitar you're holding should be sold for no more than 2500 dollars. and how much did it cost you?

[paltieri11]

Thinking of getting a LP....wonderig if to go with this one or the Standard...or 59 R.....although the 59 is way more expensive

[paltieri11]

Compared to the LP Standard and Custom....anyone any idea?.....and great playing!....saw them twice this year.

[BigDancin]

@paltieri11 AL is much more versatile than either, and lighter (but still weighty). My LP Standard is a whopping 10.5 lbs, the AL LP is 8.5 lbs. But I still love the standard when I'm in a darker, fixed bridge kind of mood. The neck on the AL is wider and thinner than the 50s style neck on my Standard. I like both necks for different reasons.

[astrophysics123]

Great playing, incredible guitar!!!

[esgsu13]

uuuuhhhhuuuu hehehehehehe, is that Neil Peart's Sand-o-which in the background?

[Elwood1701]

awesome guitar and playing, man!

[BigDancin]

@Elwood1701 Thanks -- I had fun making this one.

[skate456park]

Thts epic! :D

[kevinl2048]

Top work there!

Still waiting for AL39 to come home :( should be this Wednesday :)

[BigDancin]

@kevinl2048 Thanks. I hope your AL39 comes back perfect. You've endured a long enough wait and enough hassles!

[kevinl2048]

@BigDancin She's been at Gibson Europe for the past 3 weeks. It's out on the Fedex truck for delivery this morning, but nobody's home. Tomorrow then...

Yours looks beautiful and sounds awesome. Quite possibly something to do with your fingers as well!

[Carthsgtr]

@BigDancin

Loving my AL 316 in the Brown Burst. Probably going to stick a tremel-no in though set to dive only for unison bends and better tone.

[axxran]

Sweet axe! And great job ... big Al himself says this is one of his hardest solos to perform.