Bass - Rush - Red Barchetta (Cover)

Just a fun Rush song to play.

Bass - 78' Fender Precision
Strings - DR Sunbeams
Effects - Light Distortion
Audio Recording - Creative SB X-Fi
Video Recording - Cheesy Webcam

Geddy's sound is hard to emulate with my equipment, but a little distortion helps in this song. Geddy's distortion is smooth and subtle, and I would guess he used a Rick for this song, but I don't know for sure.

Still room for improvement, but I kept my first take and went with it. Thanks for watching.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bass
• Guitar
• Rush
• Red
• Barchetta
• Geddy
• Lee

[belial1237]

woah nice tone and do you have a bad ass 2 bridge on that p-bass?

[BassManOnTheHill]

yes, its a badass II, I'm glad I added it. got it on ebay new for a great price. thanks

[joe97yo]

hey I've been looking for a new brand of rounds to put on my jazz and p bass. I'm looking for a warmer sounding roundwound string, still retaining round characteristics but without the nasty high end. Is this DR sunbeams or should I keep looking?

thanks and nice vid btw : D

[BassManOnTheHill]

I like the DR Sunbeams. They are nickel roundwounds, which make them smoother to the touch and easier on fretboards, with a good life-span. They have great warm tone and a deep low end. The high string is 45 gauge, which shouldn't be too high-end sounding, I prefer them over same gauge steel roundwounds like Rotosounds.

[germatrix]

because of you, i am dying for a precision bass maple neck with a badass bridge.

[BassManOnTheHill]

you can't go wrong with a vintage P Bass, and the bridge really made a difference. I'd like to upgrade the pickups next.

[radcam69]

My next bass is a Mocha '78 like yours. Currently using a '78 SB. Nice tone and presentation.

[eknivsnikta]

wanted to hear DR Sunbeams again (used to use them myself) and found your video here. beautiful bass, nice tone - good work :)

[moochierocks]

Hey.. Exco version u can't be ever tired playing this riff, yeah.

" keep it live" says the MOOCH

[TRJBASS]

@BassManOnTheHill , After playing flats for years ,I started using Sunbeams 6 months ago ,really like them. By the way good playing.

[TRJBASS]

@BassManOnTheHill , After playing flats for years ,I started using Sunbeams 6 months ago ,really like them.

[Javic2112]

NIce tone !!! Great cover !

[mothernaturecockbloc]

Nice bridge. I built a bass a couple months back and put a Badass II on it as well.

[Annonymus121]

Nice P bass I'm partial to Jazz bass and Ibanez myself I find the neck a little big for my small hands lol. But damn thats one nice tone on my favourite song off moving pictures, cheers to you good sir! *edit*

[Annonymus121]

Nice P bass I'm partial to Jazz bass and Ibanez myself I find the neck a little big for my small hands lol. But damn thats one nice tone on my favourite song off moving pictured, cheers to you good sir!

[AppleSauceInvasion]

Dude, how do you get that tone??