Haha thanks so much! It's never too late to start :) Deciding to take my bass playing more seriously when I was younger was one of the best decisions I ever made
Haha I was considering doing the synth parts with my pedals like on the Signals tour, but you can't play the pattern all down notes like the album (which I decided I prefer melodically). I always like doing the pedal parts when I can :D Thanks for watching as always
Revisiting this after watching StickHits' remaster of the Signals tour performance, and seeing the techniques up close here makes me wonder how Geddy (or any of the guys for that matter) was ever able to play that fast on that tour...Must've had a proper amount of caffeine ready to go! I'm excited to try and dive into some deeper cuts myself, recently acquired some Tom Brantley pickups after giving in to the hype. I'd say they made a heck of a first impression! 🤣
Absolutely superb! Trouble is I can never watch your videos all the way through …. I get so excited that I have to rush off and plug in my bass and have a go! 😂
KUDOS to the performance - But DUDE - I am sorry some might like the BASS TONE but it is simply too harsh. There is not enough BODY in that tone - It takes up the same space as the guitar - other than that - HOLY SHIT AMAZEBALLS...
Thanks! It's strange there is actually a lot more 'bass' to the tone on my headphones but something happens when you upload it to RUclips and the audio gets a little thinner on the video. Generally I lean towards a more top end heavy sound anyway (like geddys different stages era tones) but there is a bit more bass to my sound than ends up on my videos haha
Hemibass - Do you have the action set high on your bass? If I play that hard I get all kinds of buzzing. Wondering if raising that action would resolve some of that issue. Fantastic playing. Sounds like Geddy to me!
Thanks! I actually do get lots of buzzing too but its kind of part of the sound. I'm not sure how high the action is but I certainly don't have it high
Interesting, i would not have pictured this bassline as being so complicated but i def now realize it is watching you play it. Are there any other songs with surprisingly/deceptively difficult basslines like this one?
Thanks for watching! There are loads of Rush songs with tricky bits in the bass parts. I think The Big Money is always a hard one, The Analog Kid is pretty fast, Where's my Thing has some cool bass bits. Most of Geddy's playing is very interesting when you listen to it closely in my opinion. Even the 'simple' stuff has his stylistic stamp on it
Amazing playing and tone! This is definitely one of the hardest Rush songs to play, I have tried several times over the years to play it and always give up. Im always getting better though so one day i know ill get it. Roughly what are tour Sansamp settings? My problem with getting Geddy tone is it always sounds harsh and noisy in the "bedroom" and then trying to reconcile that with how it is supposed to sit in the mix.
Thanks! Yeah it's always hit or miss with some of those fills. They are pretty fast! I'll do a rig rundown video when I reach 1000 subs (kind of a thanks to everyone for watching) so can go through my settings there. I have multiple parts to my sound so hard to go through in a comment! Thanks for watching
I was considering the pedal part that he did on the signals tour but you have to play it differently since it's just 1 octave on the pedals. I prefer the studio pattern so just stuck with that:) thanks for watching
Thanks! That is my squire strat from about 20 years ago which I use for messing around on from time to time. I'm really bad at guitar though, totally limited to the basic chords etc. No rush any time soon :D. Thanks for watching
Thanks :D Glad it was worth the wait. Going to aim to do one video a month at least, but with collabs and more complex synth parts it takes a bit more work for each video.
That is one I have played quite a lot before, so definitely planning on doing it. Probably going to do something 90s next though :) Thanks for watching and the suggestion
Awesome job, dude. I dig the improv at the end! And thanks to Ian for the guitar bits! I have never learned how to play this song on guitar partly because that solo is so off-the-wall, one of Alex's more unique solos, that I couldn't even guess at what is going on during it. When I was 20 (I think), I bought my first bass (a Mexican Fender J, which I still own, though it has been very modified since), and as I recall, this song was one of the first handful of songs I learned how to play on it. I spent something like 18 hours straight one Saturday breaking down and learning how to play "Digital Man" all the way through, by ear. (This was before RUclips and the advantage of watching folks like yourself do it first!) I don't know that I've ever been more determined about anything in my life, and it paid off in the end. But god, that was a long day! Felt like climbing the Mount Everest of rock bass lines. How Geddy could play this and sing at the same time, I still have no idea. This and "Turn the Page" I still think of in terms of awe as far as playing them live goes.
I have exactly the same sort of memories learning this song in my bedroom haha. I would have never been able to work out any of it without RUclips etc.. Kudos to you guys playing Geddys parts before video playthroughs were available to watch! (And ofc no live versions of this song until Snakes And Arrows tour DVD...) Thanks for watching
Nailed it as per usual! One of my favourites on Signals and always thought this had to be Geddy's most difficult/ intricate bass part. Interestingly enough, the bit of improv you were doing near the end reminds me of a lot of The Anarchist from CWA.
Thanks. It's definitely one of the hardest ones. I kind of based the outro on the Snakes And Arrows live version bass bits he does at the end. I really like that live version but just think the tempo is a bit slow in the first half compared to the album version
@@hemibass Yes I agree. Maybe they slowed the tempo a bit intentionally to make it a little easier for all three of them… Definitely still a good version for sure and glad it was played on that tour.
Mate, seeing you live in London, I would flippin love to go out for a drink sometime or something and just completely nerd out about Rush and Geddy, you're stuff is easily the best Rush cover stuff I've seen on RUclips since my 17 year Rush fandom.
Thats awesome thanks so much. I hope my rush tribute band has some gigs soon so hope you will be able to come down to one and say hi! Filming some promos soon so keep an eye out
I'll do some more clockwork angels stuff for sure. Not decided which ones to do yet though. Never learned carnies before, so that will have to be one I do some work on. Thanks for the suggestion :)
I just recently started learning Digital Man and even though I can play the song minus a couple fills, I still always wonder how the hell anyone ever can play it, especially using Geddy Lee's plucking, super cool cover!
Thanks! This one took me ages to get to grips with when I learned it. Still often get it wrong and have been playing it for 10+ years. Thanks for watching
@@hemibass If someone told me to close my eyes and listen to this I would literally say that is Geddy Lee, no question. They'd have to physically prove to my it wasn't. You're a god dude.
Thanks so much! I wish I could redo this one with a slightly beefier tone, but thats just how it came out at the time. Glad you are enjoying my stuff. Plenty more to come ^^
Good cover! Crazy thing about this song is if you watch the bootleg on youtube from 83, they play this song about 50% faster than the album version. And still nailed it 👍
Hey, wonderful job!! You're right about the 'cumbersome' finger positioning in this song, but it seems you did a great job determining the most efficient economy of motion.
Thanks. The left hand stuff always gave me problems on this song. I'm more comfortable with it now but there aren't many other songs that have the shapes from this one
@@hemibass : You know, what? When you've been playing long enough, and your brain understands all the different available variations of playing something, it also kinda figures out what's the best/easiest way to do it. 99.9% of the time it's right. Anyways, that's way too much talk about that.
Hey great cover you inspired me to play rush at age 11 and now I need to learn this so o will study this masterpiece thank you so much for your hard work.
It took me a long time to memorize them, and im not really sure I play them all the same as geddy. Pretty sure he starts the one after the first chorus with the open a but I like starting on the e string. Thanks for watching!
Excellent cover! Signals has some of the most underrated bass grooves from Geddy, and this is no exception!
Thanks for watching. I agree! Great bass playing the whole way through
Honestly. we need this as a Rush community. Please do not stop making these. We are counting on you. Keep this music alive at all costs.
I will keep playing rush as long as I live don't worry :)
absolutely, and make sure the next generation keeps our band alive!
Bro you are built different. Played this masterpiece of a bass line to perfection.
Thanks so much! It's an epic part
I don't know how to play bass, I'm just an admirer of the instrument. But if one day I play I want to sound like this
Haha thanks so much! It's never too late to start :) Deciding to take my bass playing more seriously when I was younger was one of the best decisions I ever made
One of my favorite basslines. You nailed it man!
Thanks again :)
Awesome cover of a difficult song. Love the tone of that Jazz!!!
Thanks. I do too :) Find it hard to be happy with any other bass these days
your ability to get Geddys bass sound is incredible..... next time you plays those synth with your feet young man ;) Excellent job as usual
Haha I was considering doing the synth parts with my pedals like on the Signals tour, but you can't play the pattern all down notes like the album (which I decided I prefer melodically). I always like doing the pedal parts when I can :D Thanks for watching as always
Nailing Ged's sound here and the same way he plucked it...nice man!
Loved the Bearded pigtail adjustment LOL
Haha thanks for watching. When I'm sitting down it does sometimes get in the way of the high frets :)
Revisiting this after watching StickHits' remaster of the Signals tour performance, and seeing the techniques up close here makes me wonder how Geddy (or any of the guys for that matter) was ever able to play that fast on that tour...Must've had a proper amount of caffeine ready to go! I'm excited to try and dive into some deeper cuts myself, recently acquired some Tom Brantley pickups after giving in to the hype. I'd say they made a heck of a first impression! 🤣
Thats awesome! I'm getting a usa geddy jazz soon so I will be able to see them for myself soon! Very curious how they sound
Absolutely superb! Trouble is I can never watch your videos all the way through …. I get so excited that I have to rush off and plug in my bass and have a go! 😂
Haha thats the best outcome! That's exactly what geddys playing always did to me as well. Thanks for watching!
KUDOS to the performance - But DUDE - I am sorry some might like the BASS TONE but it is simply too harsh. There is not enough BODY in that tone - It takes up the same space as the guitar - other than that - HOLY SHIT AMAZEBALLS...
Thanks! It's strange there is actually a lot more 'bass' to the tone on my headphones but something happens when you upload it to RUclips and the audio gets a little thinner on the video. Generally I lean towards a more top end heavy sound anyway (like geddys different stages era tones) but there is a bit more bass to my sound than ends up on my videos haha
Hemibass - Do you have the action set high on your bass? If I play that hard I get all kinds of buzzing. Wondering if raising that action would resolve some of that issue. Fantastic playing. Sounds like Geddy to me!
Thanks! I actually do get lots of buzzing too but its kind of part of the sound. I'm not sure how high the action is but I certainly don't have it high
Interesting, i would not have pictured this bassline as being so complicated but i def now realize it is watching you play it. Are there any other songs with surprisingly/deceptively difficult basslines like this one?
Thanks for watching! There are loads of Rush songs with tricky bits in the bass parts. I think The Big Money is always a hard one, The Analog Kid is pretty fast, Where's my Thing has some cool bass bits. Most of Geddy's playing is very interesting when you listen to it closely in my opinion. Even the 'simple' stuff has his stylistic stamp on it
YOU ARE FUCKING MIND BLOWING, WHAT A TALENT,. I WATCH THIS EVERYDAY HOPING TO LEARN MORE,. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL YOUR WONDERFUL WORK,..
My pleasure! Glad you like my stuff
Amazing playing and tone! This is definitely one of the hardest Rush songs to play, I have tried several times over the years to play it and always give up. Im always getting better though so one day i know ill get it.
Roughly what are tour Sansamp settings? My problem with getting Geddy tone is it always sounds harsh and noisy in the "bedroom" and then trying to reconcile that with how it is supposed to sit in the mix.
Thanks! Yeah it's always hit or miss with some of those fills. They are pretty fast!
I'll do a rig rundown video when I reach 1000 subs (kind of a thanks to everyone for watching) so can go through my settings there. I have multiple parts to my sound so hard to go through in a comment! Thanks for watching
I clicked thinking you would play the synth with your feet or something 😂 … this is impressive too anyways, good job!
I was considering the pedal part that he did on the signals tour but you have to play it differently since it's just 1 octave on the pedals. I prefer the studio pattern so just stuck with that:) thanks for watching
Great work again! There seems to bea Stratocaster in the background: does that mean there will be a guitar addition to your Bass, and keys playing??
Thanks! That is my squire strat from about 20 years ago which I use for messing around on from time to time. I'm really bad at guitar though, totally limited to the basic chords etc. No rush any time soon :D. Thanks for watching
Been waiting for new stuff, but its been worth it, Olympic standard bass playing , i could watch Rush bass lines allday !
Thanks :D Glad it was worth the wait. Going to aim to do one video a month at least, but with collabs and more complex synth parts it takes a bit more work for each video.
DAMN man.... you killed it!
This vid makes me wish Geddy's bass was louder in the actual recording.
You're a beast of talent, thanks for sharing!
Thanks, much appreciated. It is an incredible bit of bass playing on the record... Mind blowing stuff
Exceptional playing on the bass guitar! You mastered the Geddy Lee tone as well so good - so hard to do.
Thanks! I've been obsessed with his 90's Jazz bass tone for as long as I can remember. Glad you liked the video
We need..Show Don t Tell😮
That is one I have played quite a lot before, so definitely planning on doing it. Probably going to do something 90s next though :) Thanks for watching and the suggestion
Awesome job, dude. I dig the improv at the end! And thanks to Ian for the guitar bits! I have never learned how to play this song on guitar partly because that solo is so off-the-wall, one of Alex's more unique solos, that I couldn't even guess at what is going on during it.
When I was 20 (I think), I bought my first bass (a Mexican Fender J, which I still own, though it has been very modified since), and as I recall, this song was one of the first handful of songs I learned how to play on it. I spent something like 18 hours straight one Saturday breaking down and learning how to play "Digital Man" all the way through, by ear. (This was before RUclips and the advantage of watching folks like yourself do it first!) I don't know that I've ever been more determined about anything in my life, and it paid off in the end. But god, that was a long day! Felt like climbing the Mount Everest of rock bass lines. How Geddy could play this and sing at the same time, I still have no idea. This and "Turn the Page" I still think of in terms of awe as far as playing them live goes.
I have exactly the same sort of memories learning this song in my bedroom haha. I would have never been able to work out any of it without RUclips etc.. Kudos to you guys playing Geddys parts before video playthroughs were available to watch! (And ofc no live versions of this song until Snakes And Arrows tour DVD...) Thanks for watching
Nailed it as per usual! One of my favourites on Signals and always thought this had to be Geddy's most difficult/ intricate bass part. Interestingly enough, the bit of improv you were doing near the end reminds me of a lot of The Anarchist from CWA.
Thanks. It's definitely one of the hardest ones. I kind of based the outro on the Snakes And Arrows live version bass bits he does at the end. I really like that live version but just think the tempo is a bit slow in the first half compared to the album version
@@hemibass Yes I agree. Maybe they slowed the tempo a bit intentionally to make it a little easier for all three of them… Definitely still a good version for sure and glad it was played on that tour.
I best all around cover I've seen of this track. Well done, and nice shirt!
Thanks for watching! Really appreciated :)
top notch by both.
Thanks. We are at rehearsal now so I will pass on the comment to Ian too haha
You know you've arrived as a bass player when you can nail this... great job bro!!!
Thanks so much! Very kind of you :)
awesome energy
Thanks for watching! I have a lot of fun with these songs every time :)
I’d love to know how you get that tone. Rig rundown video!?
Yep at some point i plan to. Lots of people have asked but I haven't got around to it yet (maybe I'll do it if I hit 1k subs :))
I was thinking how much was the JazzBass?
I got mine a long time ago, but it was around £600. And I got it around 16 years ago
Amazing cover. Wow.
Thanks for watching!
Mate, seeing you live in London, I would flippin love to go out for a drink sometime or something and just completely nerd out about Rush and Geddy, you're stuff is easily the best Rush cover stuff I've seen on RUclips since my 17 year Rush fandom.
Thats awesome thanks so much. I hope my rush tribute band has some gigs soon so hope you will be able to come down to one and say hi! Filming some promos soon so keep an eye out
I got that same Bass...the geddy lee jazz bass
They are really good basses. Thanks for watching!
You should do a Carnies cover off of CWA.
I'll do some more clockwork angels stuff for sure. Not decided which ones to do yet though. Never learned carnies before, so that will have to be one I do some work on. Thanks for the suggestion :)
Hey it’s me again can you do a cover on the pass?
Yep! Its on my list. One for the future for sure. Thanks for the request
Great to see you pop up in my feed! Great tone and playing as always. Great collab. Signals is one of my fave Rush albums; happy 40th to it!
Thanks dude! Glad you liked it. Happy 40th to signals indeed :)
Man i sure miss Rush. Thanks for keeping them alive.
Me too :( I'd give anything to go back and see them live again. Thanks for watching
Perfect tone!
Thanks for watching!
Great work.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome
Thanks for watching!
Brilliant!
Thanks for watching!
Great job and nice tone.
Thanks!
Phenomenal!!!!!!
Thanks!
Si sente. Bene il basso non si capisce tanto le note che fai
I don't know Spanish! (I assume that's Spanish)
§=0)p Awesome! I was just talking about this song today very cool I can't wait to hear the end §=0)
Thanks for watching! It's a great bass part
@@hemibass I love that song especially the end outro, Thank You for doing it right. are you sure You're not Geddy in disguise? §=0)p
@@Spgeddylee Haha that is a great compliment! But I am certainly not Geddy in disguise :) He is my musical hero though
@@hemibass mine as well §=0) \/m
Amazing
Thanks!
I just recently started learning Digital Man and even though I can play the song minus a couple fills, I still always wonder how the hell anyone ever can play it, especially using Geddy Lee's plucking, super cool cover!
Thanks! This one took me ages to get to grips with when I learned it. Still often get it wrong and have been playing it for 10+ years. Thanks for watching
You're are truly unbelievable. I'm speechless man. It's literally perfect...
Thanks so much! Really glad you liked it
@@hemibass If someone told me to close my eyes and listen to this I would literally say that is Geddy Lee, no question. They'd have to physically prove to my it wasn't. You're a god dude.
@@jakeb934 The highest compliment you could pay me :D Thanks a lot. He is my bass hero
Great cover! Especially happy to see your playing up int the mix which is something a lot of covers bury.
Thanks for watching! Plenty more to come :D
Insane bass cover. As close as it can be to the real thing. As a Rush head, i'm enjoying all your videos. Keep up
Thanks so much! I wish I could redo this one with a slightly beefier tone, but thats just how it came out at the time. Glad you are enjoying my stuff. Plenty more to come ^^
Rockin'! You guys would be the ultimate roommates. Rocking out to Rush daily. Keep it up guys. Thanks for the great channel.
Haha thanks. Glad you like it :)
Outstanding playing! You nailed Geddy’s tone with that right hand technique. 🤘🏻
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Omg. So glad I found you. Huge Rush fan and Guitarist.
Thanks for watching! Thats awesome, hope you like my videos then :)
Good cover! Crazy thing about this song is if you watch the bootleg on youtube from 83, they play this song about 50% faster than the album version. And still nailed it 👍
Yeah I've seen that bootleg. I'm glad there isn't a high quality version of that tour so I didn't have to try and learn it at the live speed haha
@@hemibass yeah i hear you. I wouldnt want to play this bassline at that speed. The album speed is about all i can handle lol
Hey, wonderful job!! You're right about the 'cumbersome' finger positioning in this song, but it seems you did a great job determining the most efficient economy of motion.
Thanks. The left hand stuff always gave me problems on this song. I'm more comfortable with it now but there aren't many other songs that have the shapes from this one
@@hemibass : You know, what? When you've been playing long enough, and your brain understands all the different available variations of playing something, it also kinda figures out what's the best/easiest way to do it. 99.9% of the time it's right. Anyways, that's way too much talk about that.
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Thanks :D
Absolutely nailed. Tone and playing. Great job man.
Thanks for watching!
Hey great cover you inspired me to play rush at age 11 and now I need to learn this so o will study this masterpiece thank you so much for your hard work.
That's great to hear! So glad you like my videos. Feel free to hit me up if you need any tips on any bass related stuff :)
@@hemibass thanks
I love this song. I think this is my favorite Rush song.
Glad you liked it! I hope I did the bassline justice
seriously its seems impossible to memorize all those crazy runs
It took me a long time to memorize them, and im not really sure I play them all the same as geddy. Pretty sure he starts the one after the first chorus with the open a but I like starting on the e string. Thanks for watching!
I’ve been playing and singing Geddy since 1981. I’m glad to see younger guys like you keeping RUSH Alive. Great job on the bass.
Thanks!
Keeping Rush alive is an understatement. Have you seen this guys work? This is a different level than just Rush covers..
@@jakeb934 thanks. Really kind of you. I'm very happy you enjoy my channel
Amazing cover as always!!
And my thanks for tuning in as always :) Glad you liked it
Amazing Cover !!!!
Thank you!
Killed it yet again!
Thanks as always :D
Fantastic playing
Thanks!
Outstanding!!!!!
Thanks for tuning in as always :)
Here we go! Nice work fellas!
Thanks dude!
OMG! Love the bass tone!!!
Thanks! Jazz bass with a sansamp is a great combo :)
Wicked cover as always! Always love some Signals goodness.
Thanks. Signals might be the first one I end up doing everything from 😊