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Thank you, I went back and edited my original document with all of NP's gear from the Rush years, (as well as added missing information from this post, I got too excited and published an unfinished list.) I'm hesitant to update this thread (or upload anymore gear lists) due to the content being...
The Candy Apple Red Artstar Prototype, (CAR Tamas,) was the 4th drum set used by NP. It was used to record Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire***, as well as being used on all tours starting with the Deep South Spring Training Tour through the last date of the Power...
I've come across this one, it definitely throws me off to see the CAR tamas with the crotales above the tubular bells and the old mounting system for the percussion. Seeing the increased activity in these threads has made me want to continue them after a year LOL
The Tama Rosewood Superstars were the 3rd drum set used by Peart, used to record Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and Exit... Stage Left, as well as being used on the Semi Tour of Some of the Hemispheres (Summer '79 Tour), Permanent Waves Tour, Moving Pictures Tour, and the Exit... Stage Left...
The Black Slingerlands are the second drum set Neil Peart used in Rush, using it to record A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres, and used near the end of the All the World's a Stage Tour, the Farewell to Kings Tour, and the Tour of the Hemispheres...
Chromey is the Chrome Slingerland drum set that Neil had purchased from Long & McQuade in Toronto in Early August 1974. It was used for the Rush, Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, 2112, and most of the All The World's a Stage tours. It was used to record the following albums except for Rush, which...
That was me that asked Geddy at the BBBOB signing event in Los Angeles on Jan. 30th 2019! His exact words were, "I only know of one of them, it's in the garage somewhere." (Referring to their warehouse, unknown if it's the Toronto warehouse or the Nashville warehouse.)