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TONEX Pedal“There's depth in the bottom end. There's real character.”
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Geddy Lee has said he plays a Fender Jazz Bass and Rickenbacker 4001 and uses his Tech 21 signature SansAmp and chorus. Alex Lifeson has praised his Lerxst Omega head and By-Tor pedal and his Epiphone ES-355, and Neil Peart was seen with DW drums and Sabian Paragon cymbals.
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“It's a pretty raunchy Les Paul, for sure.”
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Epiphone
Alex Lifeson 1976 ES-355 Reissue“The ES-355 has always been a really special guitar for me”
Said in alexlifeson.com: The Alex Lifeson Epiphone ES-355, June 2026
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“I'm very proud of this guitar.”
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Lerxst
Omega head“I'm very excited about the new, updated OMEGA amp. It sounds incredible”
Said in alexlifeson.com: Alex Lifeson launches LERXST amplifiers, November 2023
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Alex Lifeson: guitar
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IK Multimedia
TONEX Pedal“There's depth in the bottom end. There's real character.”
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“It's a pretty raunchy Les Paul, for sure.”
SponsoredHas said they love
Epiphone
Alex Lifeson 1976 ES-355 Reissue“The ES-355 has always been a really special guitar for me”
Said in alexlifeson.com: The Alex Lifeson Epiphone ES-355, June 2026
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“I'm very proud of this guitar.”
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Lerxst
Omega head“I'm very excited about the new, updated OMEGA amp. It sounds incredible”
Said in alexlifeson.com: Alex Lifeson launches LERXST amplifiers, November 2023
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Lerxst
By-Tor pedal“The BYTOR pedal sounds awesome and looks really scary.”
Said in alexlifeson.com: Alex's first signature pedal, the By-Tor, December 2023
Has said they use
Roland
JC-120 Jazz Chorus“It started with the Roland JC-120 on 'A Farewell To Kings.'”
Said in Rush is a Band: Alex Lifeson talks his current gear setup in Guitarist magazine, April 2024
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PRS
CE 24Seen in MusicRadar: In pictures, Alex Lifeson's live rig (Time Machine tour), September 2011
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Fractal Audio
Axe-FX Ultra“The Fractal Axe-FX Ultra is our back-up system”
Seen in MusicRadar: In pictures, Alex Lifeson's live rig (Time Machine tour), September 2011
Seen using
Electro-Harmonix
Deluxe Electric MistressSeen in MusicRadar: In pictures, Alex Lifeson's live rig (Time Machine tour), September 2011
Geddy Lee: bass, vocals and keys
Has said they use
Fender
Jazz Bass“in the late '70s I picked up a used Jazz in a pawn shop and started working it into our sound almost immediately.”
Said in Guitar World (Bass Player): Geddy Lee on the Rickenbacker 4001 and his Jazz Bass, October 2023
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Rickenbacker
4001“it was really Squire's use of the 4001 that made me fall in love with it.”
Said in Guitar World (Bass Player): Geddy Lee on the Rickenbacker 4001 and his Jazz Bass, October 2023
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Rotosound
Funkmaster bass strings“I used lighter-gauge Rotosound Funk Master strings, which allowed me to play chords without taking up so much space in the sound spectrum.”
Said in Guitar World (Bass Player): Geddy Lee's bass tone quest, January 2025
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Ampeg
SVT“I went back to using an Ampeg SVT, and I rediscovered the glorious bottom-end of the Fender”
Said in Guitar World (Bass Player): Geddy Lee's bass tone quest, January 2025
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“The GED-2112 is really a continuation of my long-time approach to bass tone.”
Said in Tech 21: Geddy Lee signature products and Fifty Something tour gear, June 2026
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Neil Peart: drums
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“The starting point for the construction of the drums was regular DW Collector's Series maple drums”
Seen in MusicRadar: DW Neil Peart R30 Drum Kit review, January 2008
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“a 14"x6" brass/maple Edge snare”
Seen in MusicRadar: DW Neil Peart R30 Drum Kit review, January 2008
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Sabian
22" Paragon RideSeen in Sabian: Neil Peart, in memoriam (Neil's Go-To Cymbals), October 2026
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Seen in Sabian: Neil Peart, in memoriam (Neil's Go-To Cymbals), October 2026
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Sabian
19" Paragon ChineseSeen in Sabian: Neil Peart, in memoriam (Neil's Go-To Cymbals), October 2026
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“Under the hood was Roland's 3rd generation of V-Drums: the TD-30 SuperNATURAL powered V-Drums technology.”
Seen in Roland: Time Machine, Remembering Neil Peart, September 2020
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Alternate Mode
malletKAT ExpressSeen in Drumspy: Neil Peart drum kit setups through the years, August 2026
Questions
About Rush's gear.
What bass does Geddy Lee play?
A Fender Jazz Bass and a Rickenbacker 4001 with Rotosound Funkmaster strings, through Ampeg SVT and his Tech 21 GED-2112 SansAmp, YYZ Shape-Shifter and Amalgamation Chorus signature units.
What guitar does Alex Lifeson play?
Gibson Les Pauls, his Epiphone Alex Lifeson 1976 ES-355 and Les Paul Axcess signatures, and a PRS CE 24, through his Lerxst Omega head and By-Tor pedal, a Roland JC-120 and, lately, an IK Multimedia TONEX pedal.
What drums did Neil Peart play?
DW Collector's Series maple drums with a DW Edge snare and 9000 double pedal, Sabian Paragon cymbals, his ProMark 747 sticks, Roland V-Drums modules and a malletKAT.
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Rush are the Toronto trio of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and the late Neil Peart, behind 2112, Moving Pictures and Hemispheres. This guide covers the band's gear as a whole: Lifeson's Les Pauls, ES-355 and Lerxst amp and pedal, Lee's Fender Jazz Bass, Rickenbacker and Tech 21 rig, and Peart's DW drums, Sabian Paragon cymbals and electronics.
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