So I gave up and went away thinking EJ=cool dude, Rush=dick heads. Then a voice from behind the curtain said "Alex isn't here". At that point Geddy Lee walked by me and gave me nasty look. Not wanting to intrude, I called for him from the outside "Is Alex there? I have a cool guitar pedal I'd like to give him". When Rush was done with their sound check, I saw that Alex went into a little area behind some black curtains. Then I decided to try and track down Alex. He was very gracious, it was a pleasure talking with him. When Eric was done with his sound check, I introduced myself and we chatted for a while and I gave him a blue FF. Crest was still doing the Fuzz Face reissues back then, so I brought a couple with me intending to give one to Eric and one to Alex. My wife and I drove up to Rochester, I got my backstage credentials and spent the day hanging around with Rob, enjoying the sound checks. When the tour started I was invited to come see them up in Rochester NY. In early 1990 I spent a couple months building the two main Front-of-house mixing consoles for Rush's "Roll the Bones" tour (Rob Scovill mixed on a pair of Crest-Gamble EX56's linked together). Those old tones are iconic (to me anyway). No way a guy can do that with just his guitar's volume knob.Ģ) With the lack of channel switching Marshalls, is he using a second amp for clean sounds? Maybe a Twin or Super Reverb with an A-B box? It sure sounds like he cannot be simply riding his volume to jump from clean (PS-1 phased for the most part) to cutting dirty. I've heard that Alex didn't start using those H/H amps or the HiWatts until the next tour (after A Farewell to Kings), so the Marshalls were the thing back in the ATWAS days.ġ) Is he just using the Marshall for his dirt, or is there a pedal too? It sure seems like there are times when his dirt goes "up a notch" for parts of songs. And the one effect that seems to be everywhere is that classic Maestro PS-1 Phase Shifter.īut I'm at a loss with regard to his very distinctive dirty sounds, and in particular, what he's doing live on ATWAS. To me, we are talking 335s, 355s and Les Pauls. I think I understand most of the guitar and effects parts of the recipe. I've become a bit enamored with those old tones. I've been listening to the first four Rush albums and the first live album (All The World's A Stage) lately. His tone has changed so much during the years but that era is my favourite as well.
That was the first thing that came to mind. the first time I heard my DR-103 through an attenuator, I immediately thought, this is the Hemisheres tone, nailed.
#ALEX LIEFSON SOUND ON AMPKIT MOD#
I don't know if Alex's are the Canadian Mod versions but I would suspect they are.
#ALEX LIEFSON SOUND ON AMPKIT MODS#
I've talked to Keith Scott about his Hiwatts and he met the guy in Montreal who was doing the mods, he kept his mods intact and said he liked them. They're not high gain, sort of JCM800 territory but with that Hiwatt clean slicing through the middle. What I can say is that they have more than enough clean headroom. I've never played a non-Canadian Mod version so i can't say how they compare. I have a DR-103 and DR-504, both with the Canadian Mod. Hiwatts must have been quite popular in Canada because I use to see tons of them around and picked up a couple for myself years ago. Manufacturer's suggested Audio Masterclass is $2,799.įor more information, visit their web site at called that the "Canadian Mod", it was done by the Hiwatt importer in Montreal, apparently to compete with higher gain Marshalls at the time. The Alex Lifeson Signature Amp hits US stores in April 2005. To support this cause, UNICEF will receive a donation in the amount of $50 for every Alex LifesonSignature TriAmp sold. Opting for his fave tolex and groovy purple backlighting to illuminate the plexi front panel, he kitted out a new line of amps featuring precisely the specs of the TriAmps he played on Rush's world tour.Įvery Alex Lifeson Signature Amp ships with the Rush Tour book, an original Alex Lifeson pick, a special release Rush CD, and a certificate signed by Alex.Īlex is known for his commitment to children's health, well-being and education, particularly of impoverished kids in the third world. Now he has tricked out a TriAmp to design the amp of his dreams. Hughes & Kettner zenTeras and TriAmps have been Alex's first-choice amps for years. And the legendary threesome's virtuoso axe-man Alex Lifeson, with his jawdropping arsenal of distinctive sounds, is the driving force behind Rush's eclectic blend of genre-defying classic rock with a cutting-edge attitude.
For decades, the powerhouse trio Rush has been the standard bearer of progressive rock.
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