Rig Rundown - Rush's Alex Lifeson

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www.premierguitar.com PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location in Chicago, IL, at the United Center where she talks with Rush's Alex Lifeson's tech Scott Appleton about the gear Lifeson is using on Rush's 2011 Time Machine tour. Appleton shows off all Lifeson's gear, including Gibson Les Paul Axcess Alex Lifeson Signature models, a ES-355, a Fender reissue '52 Tele, and two '90s PRS models. Lifeson uses Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MKII Alex Lifeson Signature heads, Steam Punk Statesman 2x12 Cabinets, and a Hughes & Kettner Coreblade.
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@clinke2007 7 лет назад

The official soundtrack of "Rig Rundown - Rush's Alex Lifeson": - "Aqualung" - Jethro Tull - "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas - "Cross Eyed Mary" - Jethro Tull - "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" - Genesis Rush crew be diggin' the Prog!

@andrewpappas9311 7 лет назад

clinke2007 One iconic Progressive Rock band to another

@ThomasandrewTk 7 лет назад

You forgot the best. Dancing wit the moonlitknite

@ThomasandrewTk 7 лет назад

Oh nvm it wouldnt let me read more omg xD

@MoeSlislack 6 лет назад

I was noticing that too. I love all those songs.

@jonathanwright8802 5 лет назад

Neil actually chooses all of these songs; it's explained in one of his books. Saw them for the last time in 2015; actually, the pre concert music was terrible. Way too many b-list Tull tunes. Yuck.

@hoey2323 10 лет назад

10:26 - the 'Copy' button on the Axess floorboard is labeled "NO IDIOT STOP", lol

@sttvoyager1727 5 лет назад

Alex Lifeson is one of the greatest rock guitarists of ALL TIME. Alex and Rush provided me a lifetime of great joy and wonderful memories while watching, touring and listening to Rush thru-out middle, high school, undergraduate and graduate school, medical school, residency, fellowship all the way till now ( October 2018). My dream has always been one day that I would get to shake the hands of one or all three members of the band thanking them with most gracious appreciation for a lifetime of intense enjoyment and pure happiness. Thank you ALEX, GED AND NEIL.....you guys changed my life forever. Doc David

@TheBoonggaboongga 11 лет назад

The last note of the Limelight solo is epic enough to be processed by a dedicated head.

@terrymiller111 7 лет назад

Alex needs a damn traffic cop to route his signal.

@josemenendez4454 4 года назад

Nothing like Living Color

@fyrcrack1 10 лет назад

He has a separate amp for one note. This is insane

@NoR110011 8 лет назад

Perfection and money

@seankearns9120 10 лет назад

Bonus Points for playing 'Selling England By the Pound' at the end.

@TruthSurge 12 лет назад

So, when you've toured the world 30 years (or was born to a billionaire) you too can have all that in your rig, boys and girls! H&K are nice sounding amps. I used to own a little combo. loved it.

@TheSoxmania 10 лет назад

you should totally do a RR of Geddy Lee...

@andrewpappas9311 7 лет назад

d34n1097 They should've

@dvdfrnzwbr 2 года назад

As far as I know Geddy plays thru the house pa system. That's why you see clothing dryers and chicken rotisseries behind him on stage.

@EvilEyeGypsy 9 лет назад

Words you will never hear from Alex's tech; "It's a pretty simple set up".

@curtisgtrdaddy 12 лет назад

i used to work with scott appleton at mars music in nashville 10 years ago!!! he was neal schons tech for a while and he is an incredible guitar player himself... great guy!!!

@WarmothGuitarist 12 лет назад

$20,000 in amp heads alone. Not to mention his custom Steampunk cabinets, and all of his other gear. Ahhh, the life of a rockstar. I must say though, while I preferred when Alex was mostly playing PRS guitars, those LPs with the Floyds are pretty sick. One thing I really admire about Alex, is that his live sound has actually progressed with the times. I saw a Rush "Snakes and Arrows" tour show on TV one day, and he was using distortion tone that one would expect to hear from Adam Jones of Tool.

@nkmcfrln 5 месяцев назад

He was renting guitars and amps before A Farewell to Kings.

@johnnystieferman6527 2 месяца назад

I’m glad he went back to Gibson there is no others. Glad he shelved the PRS

@Groovetrapped 11 лет назад

that last note of Limelight is legendary!

@j8ded 10 лет назад

he has a whole another amp head for one note of limelight? did i hear that right....??

@CorvetteCoonass 7 лет назад

***** When you want something to sound just right, you'll go to any lengths to make it happen.

@hazor777 7 лет назад

EXACTLY. He's made his money , who could blame him for having wanted every second of the performance to sound like he wanted it too. Just sucks that they don't tour anymore.

@artysanmobile 7 лет назад

Andrew Monias A bit of spinal tap excess. It's easy for such ridiculousness to creep into a touring act's setup.

@hazor777 7 лет назад

HOW, is it "ridiculous" ...?

@drewper73 7 лет назад

I know exactly which note he's talking about. I've always wondered how they pull that off live. It's one note but it sounds so cool being sustained while he goes back into the main riff.

@jonathanwright8802 8 лет назад

For everyone who loves the house music in the background: ALL of it is chosen by Neil (this goes back 30 years), and he is a huge Genesis and Jethro Tull fan (as are Geddy and Alex)......so that 'splains it! ps saw them June 23, 2015 in Boston, and 40% of the pre show house music was Tull. Interesting: the first time I heard "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains was on the Presto Tour, pre-show after Mr. Big played. Thaks Neil!!

@wingnutofcoolness 7 лет назад

And Kansas, apparently .

@TheExiledTexan 6 лет назад

I remember hearing a fair bit of Deep Purple too, during the pre-show on the Time Machine tour. Pleasant surprise, that.

@DjackTheDjurst 9 лет назад

I like how Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" is playing in the background to one of the greatest prog rock bands in the world.

@andrewpappas9311 8 месяцев назад

I just saw Tool in Toronto last week with my friends that I play in a band with and they actually brought out Alex for Jambi, none of us were expecting to see him (we were all staring at each other in shock like “Did Maynard actually just say that they were bringing out Alex Lifeson?”) but it was still awesome watching them go from Jambi (which is my buddy who’s our singer’s favourite Tool song) into the solo section of Passage to Bangkok then back to Jambi. Alex is still one of my favourite guitarists and Rush is one of my favourite bands, not to mention a reason why I’m proud to be from Toronto like the guys from Rush

@jgmopar 9 лет назад

They should have had the guitar tech for a day BUBBLES do the interview

@sonic-dna7742 5 лет назад

That would be fuckin DECENT!

@4spbiz 3 года назад

De hee hee hee cent!

@JamesOhGoodie 13 лет назад

I saw Rush at Madison Square last week on the Time Machine Tour! FANTASTIC show! "The Camera Eye" takes on a whole different meaning in New York, yet me tell ya!

@michael_caz_nyc 7 лет назад

Alex Lifeson is an Incredible Guitar Player. Really UnderRated ( I.M.O. ) - he absolutely: Rips Live, and is as Accurate as a Swiss Watch. Total Precision every show, every night.

@heathercollins4432 2 года назад

He's not underrated to guitar players, but I guess he would be to someone who can barely grasp the concept of proper grammar...

@stuartmiller7419 2 года назад

@@heathercollins4432 How about the needlessly supercilious, such as yourself?

@Valhalen716 10 лет назад

Aqualung, Kansas, and Cross Eyed Mary! YES

@theneovas1 11 лет назад

My favorite Rig Rundown so far. That's because I love RUSH!!!!

@DowntownScotty 13 лет назад

Wow. Great in depth explanations from the guitar tech. And the best road crew in the business.

@ClaburP 13 лет назад

Excellent interview!

@TheZxman 8 лет назад

Very well done. This man knows his stuff

@fonkamex 4 года назад

This lady and the other one that talks about basses at Thomman are a dream of every musician

@mightyV444 3 года назад

No, not *my* dream! x-))

@guitarstuffplace 13 лет назад

I've watch every single rig rundown and related video in existence, and i think alex lifeson's is the most complicated.

@N7CAL 2 года назад

Fitting that Genesis, Dancing with the Moonlit Night was closing out the interview for me, my two favorite bands ever

@zosojplp 13 лет назад

rush is so nice about sharing their rig with everybody

@RogueReplicant 11 лет назад

People forget that Rush were influenced by great old school bands: Jethro Tull, Kansas, Yes, Pink Floyd, The Who, Cream, Led Zeppelin, etc. They were also influenced by other styles (Ultravox, Talking Heads, The Police).

@daleburkett4141 2 года назад

Please explain since they have played together since the late 60's????

@RogueReplicant 2 года назад

@@daleburkett4141 Played together since the late 1960's? Who? Rush? Alex and Geddy might have, but Neil joined in the mid-70's. I don't understand your request. Explain what?

@LifeProducersofNewJerseyLLC 6 лет назад

She did a good job. She did what more interviewers should do (but don't) and let the expert talk.

@RByrne Год назад

She actually seemed to know what she was talking about, too. They should bring Rebecca back.

@Razzics 12 лет назад

I'm trying to get a similar bass tone to his, but with a little more drive and metallic high end while maintaining a good low end. You've been a lot of help. Thanks a LOT.

@JimijaymesProductions 11 лет назад

CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SONAHHHON -Love having Kansas in the background! Got a bit distracted by it though

@TruthSurge 12 лет назад

@MrWilly2204 it was good. I liked all those midrange smoother tones he used on like Limelight and such. Did he use Gallien-Kreuger for a while? (sp)

@carlosescudero9845 10 лет назад

i like to pretend I know what they're talking about.

@urianger 10 лет назад

haha same i wish i knew what they're talking about

@omnipop4936 6 лет назад

I like to pretend I care about anything other than watching Rebecca.

@lerxstcire 3 года назад

@@omnipop4936 lol

@lerxstcire 3 года назад

Shout out to Garrison Mandolin! Wooooo!

@ryj44 Год назад

😆 I’m still pretending

@sweenykim 12 лет назад

All this inboard gear is mindblowing! Ah, the days of a simple MK II and some pedals...

@OZRIC1985 7 лет назад

Alex's guitar tech definitely knows his stuff!!! Very cool rig rundown! :)

@KeeperOfPoops 7 лет назад

but it kinda defeats the point of this rundown, it's supposed to be an "Alex Lifeson" rundown, not a "Scott Appleton" rundown therefore in my opinion this rundown sucks

@garya7893 2 года назад

Its was a white Gibson 355 that gave Alex that sound in the early years that i fell in love with in the late 70s . You will notice a change in his sound in the 80s I like the raw sound of the early days up to Moving Pic. album It brings me back to my teen years

@GuitaristAidan 13 лет назад

This rig is like friggin' mission control... so much stuff!

@jimmydodopage 9 лет назад

11:00 you can hear "dancing with the moonlite knight"

@199ALBO 9 лет назад

Edoardo Papa I was just going to wright this XD

@hamishgiec2062 8 лет назад

+Edoardo Papa Love Aqualung at the start as well :3

@ThomasandrewTk 7 лет назад

Genesis and Rush are my favorite bands this is great

@patrickthometz6365 4 года назад

One of the greatest guitarists in history

@teejay8662 6 лет назад

The fractal is just a backup! Yesssssss!!!

@ProffAndy 13 лет назад

5:39 onwards could have been done in about 5 seconds......... "Alex plugs his guitars into the Large Hadron Collider"

@liu3kang 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jman890202 13 лет назад

I hear Genesis in the background near the end of the video!! Steve Hackett and Alex Lifeson are my favorite guitarists!

@celestelongway7315 2 года назад

Wow. nice gear!!! From mtw - jam night guitars in L.A.

@BoeyChar 13 лет назад

This video is awesome. Great and complex set-up, great tech, great interviewer..

@hamwerd 7 лет назад

It's amazing that if you think about two great players, as far as tone & dexterity, you think of Alex & Steve Howe; Alex has one of the most complex & extensive stage setups and Steve has just a digital floor console & SS/digital modeling combo amp (see PG's Yes Rig Rundown)...oh, and they both kill it live, guess it really IS all in the fingers...

@eph1223 11 лет назад

Such complexity yields awesome sound. I saw Rush live a couple months ago and Alex's sounds were very good. I think the complex rig is a necessity to cover all the textures of Alex's guitar parts over the years. The proof is in the pudding!

@MrUltraworld 12 лет назад

The H&K amp sim out is really good (as are the amps). I've been a Luthier/Amp Tech since 1980. I traveled for almost 9yrs. till the wife said no more. He has a ton of gear onstage. But his signal out is dry out from the Palmer to an AFX at the FOH. He has nothing onstage mic'd up so he's switching effects for his in ears and the AFX out front. I have a lot of customers I try to get their recorded sound live. Some pretty eccentric set ups, this one's right up there. Geddy uses one Sans Amp.

@TheyLetMeOutOnSunday 12 лет назад

Brilliant selection of background music.

@fafnesbane 10 лет назад

Aqualung my friend!!

@ChickenatorJr 10 лет назад

lol 2 of my favourite songs in the background!

@andrewpappas9311 6 лет назад

This band makes me happy and proud to be Canadian, most specifically Toronto :D

@mikecronis 6 лет назад

I would love to see those Fractal settings he uses. For Limelight, I use a Electro-Harmonix Freeze pedal for the "infinite note".

@spider62able 12 лет назад

I agree with going with the Fractal for his FX . It could do all of his effects exept maybe the Wah and his piezos. I think he's just very comfortable with this setup.That's all I can come up with!

@sgtpepper1138 9 лет назад

I hope Premier Guitar is going to do a Rig Rundown for the current RUSH tour.

@snapascrew 13 лет назад

Wow alex has got an axe fx! He's so up to date on his gear... awesome!

@itsallinmyh3ad 13 лет назад

Finally a Guitar Tech that KNOWS what he's talking about. Haven't seen one of those in a long time.

@TheDelboyoelmundo 8 лет назад

can we have a Mark Knopfler Rig Rundown....

@czinck1 13 лет назад

Great questions.

@bob733333 6 лет назад

Highly underated player!

@madderbass 12 лет назад

Genesis "Selling England By The Pound" is also playing in the background.

@givemeajackson 11 лет назад

pdi 03 are awesome units. i'll have to get either one of those or a two notes torpedo.

@memalley 10 лет назад

nice Genesis, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight in the background.

@simonmastromatteo5692 11 лет назад

Great gear tour ! Anybody noticed Carry On Wayward Son in the background ?

@soothslayer21 13 лет назад

I like the songs that are playin' in the background. :)

@kundalinipsych 11 лет назад

Can't believe he's using those Palmer Speaker Sims! I used to have one in the eighties I think...

@spider62able 12 лет назад

Just a note on that 52 reissue Tele, It has brass replacement bridge saddles. Definately not stock!

@grazzly1 11 лет назад

Dancing with the Moonlit Knight by Genesis at the end. Good song to dial a PA to.

@patrickthometz6365 4 года назад

A tour of his pedalboard would be mind blowing

@charliedendulk3564 11 лет назад

Kansas and Genesis in the background nice! (: Great rig btw...

@moogmanXanders 12 лет назад

man the Piezo equipped Les's remind me of my epiphone Les paul Ultra II with the dual outputs and the black shadow nanomag cept mine dont have a Licensed floyd just regular Stopbar Tuneomatic

@alexmurphy5289 4 года назад

I remember reading online how Alex used 9 gauge strings, which I'm sure he did at one point but people change through the years and here he is using 10s. I knew it lol

@xguitar123 13 лет назад

I WANT ALEX'S GEAR JUST TOTALLY AWSOME

@brunoweb4 11 лет назад

Epic Rig with Epic Background Music \m/

@crucify40 11 лет назад

Actually Neil Peart selects the playlist/music that's played before the concert starts. Read that somewhere..

@prsplayer210 12 лет назад

@jacobdallen1 they brought back the neck heel , for 2011 called neck pattern regular

@omfg51 12 лет назад

@ProffAndy the rack is an important part of any good band's performance. lots of mic and wireless systems need to be kept track of and the rack equipment does that.

@0Heavy0Metal0 12 лет назад

I suppose this rig has evolved as Alex has. This is one of the more complex rigs I have seen. Only the tech and Alex fully understand it.

@mac-doien9298 9 лет назад

Good job..! ps "NO IDIOT STOP" can't believe there was no mention of this effect...? smh

@johnstoner666 8 лет назад

OMG Rebecca for life

@MARSHOMEWORLD 12 лет назад

I've used the SansAmp Bassdriver DI Box before and even it by itself (playing a Fender Precision ) could deliver a very close growl similar to the "Counterparts" -era bass tones Geddy had. I think that the true tone start in the player himself when it comes down to it, so you won't sound exactly like him, but that would be a good start.

@brandondavis6105 8 лет назад

Aqualung is playing in the background!

@MrUltraworld 12 лет назад

It's pretty amazing what it can do. I still prefer a real amp, love it effects all in a small light package. It's the only piece of gear in Chris Broderick's rig. A laptop for programming & a power amp to power a pr of cabs onstage. He sends a mix of mic'd cab & the Ultra's DI to the FOH. It's a simple but very powerful rig. It saves a lot of $ too. Much less weight to ship, it costs a fortune to ship all that gear worldwide. It's a big consideration

@MARSHOMEWORLD 12 лет назад

For over a decade now, Ged's rig has been a blend between a Trace Elliot Quadravalve all-tube power amplifier and a SansAmp RBI rackmountable preamp.No more amps in a traditional sense.This why he has clothes dryers, chicken roasters,etc on his side of the stage now instead of big stacks of bass amps.

@joejoe3011 13 лет назад

@hellsing1983 That too. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" by Genesis starts around 10:17

@Lexcoaster 10 лет назад

Jethro Tull in the background. Yeah!

@wesmatron 10 лет назад

Yea man! A bit of Aqualung :)

@Im2Old4ThisShite 3 года назад

I'd love to know how they rigged a footswitch to activate the piezo on his les Paul's. The push pull knob on mine makes switching during a song, completely impossible.

@fredN71 12 лет назад

This is similar to what i had in mind with using speaker emulators/load boxes.

@HermanSays 4 года назад

Can anyone help identify the brand of guitar strap Alex has on his guitars in this video?

@brendanwilson4876 8 лет назад

How do I learn about all this stuff?

@iamchristianlopez 13 лет назад

@amarr11 The new '52 reissue has that stock. Plus no ashtray bridge and has tone bypass, I think.

@gnarwhale11 11 лет назад

This dude is an awesome guitar tech.

@KeeperOfPoops 6 лет назад

i disagree, it's so much more shit when the fuckboy techie does the gear how about we rename the video "Rig Rundown - Rush's Scott Appleton" cos that just rolls of the tongue DUH!

@MrWilly2204 12 лет назад

@TruthSurge He used a GK rack preamp sometime during the 80's. Not sure exactly when though.

@mr.breakfast_3theoneandonl25 7 лет назад

i would like to see what green day's using on the revolution radio tour

@LiberTBo 8 лет назад

Looks almost identical to my guitar rig....

@UnspokenEthos 11 лет назад

Aqualung, Carry One Wayward Son, Cross Eyed-Mary and Selling England By The Pound. Nice choices.

@ScottFairley 12 лет назад

It's a bit more complicated than that, but barely. For the Vapour Trails/R30 tours, he was splitting the bass signal to an Avalon DI (for a pure clean) and a Tech 21 preamp (for a dirty sound) and just running those two signals to the PA with the Front of House guys adding echo every now and again. I read he used an Orange amp setup for the Snakes and Arrows and Time Machine tours, but he's still not using any effects as far as I know.

@ohhhrayos_esjulio3323 9 лет назад

Ok seriously how did Geddy Lee get left out of this rig rundown?? Does not compute ._.

@babayaga1767 6 лет назад

he doesn't use a rig. sans amp geddy lee pre in ear monitors. i do the same

@Grayham4 6 лет назад

general mayhem he also has at least three basses and keyboards

@robgreen1818 5 лет назад

He doesn’t really run a rig, it’s just Ged’s crazy fingers-Bass-sansamp-front of house.

@snapascrew 4 года назад

On this tour he had 4 inputs to foh/monitors. 1: A sansamp RPM, 2: a Palmer speaker simulator (used as a DI instead of a speaker simulator), 3: a Palmer speaker simulator fed by an orange bass head and 4 an Avalon tube DI. On tours previous to time machine he had the same setup sans the Orange head. Sources: I asked their sound guys. And it’s also on the internet in a few articles. Look hard enough and you’ll find it. It’s not until recently that he started attempting to use only his signature sansamp unit. That thing didn’t exist back when this video was shot.