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Globe and Mail Nationwide Bestseller
“It isn’t unexpected that someday I might dive down the proverbial rabbit hollow into the arena of antique bass guitars.”—Geddy Lee
From Rush frontman Geddy Lee’s non-public choice of antique electrical bass guitars, relationship from the Nineteen Fifties to the Nineteen Eighties, comes the definitive extent at the matter.
Geddy’s love of the bass has been nurtured over a life-time spent within the limelight as one of the crucial world’s most excellent rock bassists. For the earlier seven years, he is devoted himself to learning the historical past of the software that is been so very important to his profession, amassing masses of basses from around the world.
Written with arts journalist Daniel Richler, gorgeously photographed in breathtaking element by means of Richard Sibbald, and with perception from Geddy’s depended on bass tech and curator, John “Skully” McIntosh, Geddy Lee’s Massive Gorgeous Guide of Bass profiles over 250 vintage basses from Geddy’s in depth assortment. Representing each tone within the bass palette, each nuance of the rock and roll style in addition to blues, jazz, pop, and us of a, this one-of-a-sort assortment options so-known as “good looks queens”—pristine tools by no means lifted from their circumstances—in addition to “highway warriors”—smartly-worn, sweat-soaked basses that proudly display their age and use. Entire with non-public observation from Geddy that showcases his wisdom each as a musician and an aficionado, this luxuriously produced extent is a revelatory have a look at the heavy hitters on the planet of bass—Fender, Gibson/Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Höfner, Ampeg—and lesser recognized however influential world luthiers akin to Antonio Wandr Pioli, Dan Armstrong, and Tony Zemaitis.
The Guide additionally options interviews with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin); Adam Clayton (U2); Robert Trujillo (Metallica); Jeff Tweedy (Wilco); Invoice Wyman (The Rolling Stones); Les Claypool (Primus); Bob Daisley (Rainbow); Fender professional and proprietor of the mythical Gibson Explorer, Bass Ken Collins; veteran guitar tech for The Who, Alan Rogan; plus feedback from many different nice avid gamers throughout 3 a long time of rock and roll.
Written in Geddy’s singular voice, this Guide finds the tales, songs, and historical past at the back of the tools of his inimitable assortment. Entire with an index and a graphically designed timeline of the historical past of the bass, in addition to an up-shut have a look at Geddy’s basses on Rush’s ultimate R40 Excursion, his degree and recording equipment from 1968 to 2017, and forewords by means of writer and revered antique professional, Terry Foster, and Rush band member, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee’s Massive Gorgeous Guide of Bass is without equal compendium for the consummate collector, musician, Rush fan, and someone who loves the bass guitar.
