Rush Moving Pictures (1981)

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Rush Moving Pictures (1981)

Musical gear

Keyboards & synthesizers:

  • Oberheim OB-X
  • Oberheim 8-voice
  • Moog Minimoog Model D
  • Moog Taurus 205A bass pedals

Guitars:

  • Electric:
    • Fender Stratocaster (1978, white) /w Gibson Humbucker pickup
    • Fender Stratocaster (1978, black) /w Gibson Humbucker pickup
    • Gibson ES-355 (1976) /w custom cream-coloured finish
    • Gibson ES-5 (black)
    • Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion: e.g. “Tom Sawyer”
    • Pyramid Company custom
  • Acoustic:
    • Gibson B-45 12-string
    • Gibson J-55
    • Ovation Adamas

Guitar rig:

  • Amplification:
    • Hiwatt DR-503 /w 4x12 cabinets (x2)
    • Marshall 4140 Club & Country 2x12 combo
  • Effects:
    • Advanced Audio D-250 Delay/Flanger/Chorus (x2)
    • Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble – e.g. “Limelight”, “Red Barchetta”
    • Dunlop Cry Baby Wah-wah
    • Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger
    • Loft 440 analog delay/flanger (x2)
    • MXR Micro-amp
    • MXR Distortion
    • Morley volume pedal
    • Roland Chorus RE-301 Echo

Bass guitars:

  • Fender Jazz (black, 1972): played on “Tom Sawyer”, basis of signature Geddy Lee model
  • Rickenbacker M4001: Geddy’s main
  • Rickenbacker 4080 double-neck mapleglo /w Gibson Humbuckers

Bass rig:

  • Ashly SC-40 power amp
  • BGW 750 power amp
  • Custom 2x15” cabinets

Drums and percussion:

  • TAMA Artstar kit (custom Rosewood finish) /w Avedis Zildjian & Wuhan Chinese cymbals 
  • 5 ½” x 14” Slingerland snare
  • Assorted percussion - cowbells, crotales, tubular bells, glockenspiel, temple blocks, timbales

Studio gear

Microphones:

  • AKG:
    • C12A: vocals(?)
    • C414 EB: occasional drum overheads, guitars
    • D12: bass drum
  • Beyerdynamic M88: occasional tom-toms
  • Crown PZM: “Vital Signs” drums
  • Electrovoice RE-20: bass drum, guitars
  • Neumann:
    • KM84: hi-hats, ride cymbals
    • U47: bass drum, guitars
    • U87s: tom-toms
    • U89s: guitars
  • Sennheiser MD421s: guitars, etc.
  • Shure SM57: snare
  • Shure SM-58: vocals?

Tape recorders (/w Dolby 361 and M16 NR):

  • Studer A80 Mk. II 24-track (“Hewey”)
  • Studer A80 Mk. IV 24-track (“Dewey”)
  • Sony PCM-1610 16-bit digital 2-track – borrowed for mixdown from Peter Jensen

Outboard gear (partial list):

  • Advision custom compressors
  • Ashly SC-66 preamp
  • Dbx 160 compressor
  • Eventide 1745A Digital Delay: “Limelight” solo regeneration effect
  • Eventide FL201 Instant Flanger
  • Eventide H910 Harmoniser
  • EMT 140 reverb plate
  • Lexicon 224 digital reverb
  • Neve mic preamps – used for recording Peart’s kit
  • Teletronix LA3A
  • RCA BA6A compressor: bass DI signal
  • Roger Mayer RM-57 Stereo compressor
  • Survival Projects Autopanner

Mixing console:

Solid State Logic SL4000E Master Studio System Serial No. 11 /w Total Recall, 40-channel – newly installed at Le Studio, recording & mix

Sources

Various studio photos

Music videos for “Tom Sawyer” and “Vital Signs” (?)

Paul Northfield interviews (Recording Hacks, Power Metal Point)

Alex Lifeson Guitar World 2009 interview

Music Radar

Canadian Musician, December 1981 (Alex Lifeson setup)

Guitar Player, June 1980 (Alex Lifeson guitar setup)

Guitar World, December 1981 (Alex Lifeson guitar setup)

International Musician And Recording World, December 1985 (“Tom Sawyer” rig)

Modern Drummer, April 1980 (Neil Peart drums)

Guitar Player, August 2002 (“Limelight)

Moving Pictures Tour program

Sony website (mixing on Sony PCM)

How Rush Created Progressive Hard Rock's Greatest Record: Moving Pictures by Will Romano (2022)

Terry Brown Sound and Vision interview

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