What kind of bass guitar do both Geddy Lee and Sting play?

What-A-Mess

Fender. Washburn. Wal. (Geddy Lee) It does not appear that Sting uses any of these brands. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Sting3.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Sting3.jpg Geddy Lee has varied his equipment lineup several times during his career. Gigging around Toronto, Geddy used a Fender Precision Bass. From the RUSH album and onward, Lee favored Rickenbacker basses (particularly the 4001 model, which he used extensively in studio and live shows during most of the 70's and early 80's up through the Signals album and tour), and the Fender Jazz Bass (which is heard extensively on Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures). For recording Grace Under Pressure Geddy switched to a headless Steinberger bass, which he would use for the Grace Under Pressure Tour. After this, he began using British Wal basses, which he would use to record (and tour) Power Windows, Hold Your Fire, Presto and Roll The Bones. He switched back to Jazz Basses for the recording of Counterparts, and has been using it, both in the studio and live, since then. In 2002, Fender released the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, a Jazz Bass based on his original mid-seventies model, that Geddy bought in a pawn shop. In addition to a few cost-saving changes, the instrument features vintage-style pickups and a BadAss II bridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Geddy_Lee_Milan_2004.jpg Jul 16 06, 11:54 PM

gdec1

Sting has his own signature Fender Precision Bass, but over the years, has played a variety of basses, including a fretless Fender Precision Bass, a 1960s Fender Jazz Bass, a fretless Ibanez Musician Bass, a Spector NS-1, and several others. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sting&oldid=63281054 Jul 17 06, 1:21 AM