That gives it a fairly thin sound which gets me as close as I can to the Evans sound. As has been noted (in the OP and in other threads and across the web) Alexs live acoustic tones from his Les Pauls rivals the best micd up acoustic live tones heard. Alex Lifeson uses a tone match to an actual studio recording of an acoustic and his personal piezos. I use a PRS CE24 with a 5-way rotary in the 2nd position (next to the bridge position). I personally use a JTV-59 USA and a preset I created on the Axe-FX II. It's the acoustic preset from CCRoyalSenders, originally called 'Badger'-something-or-other. Variety of Paul Reed Smith guitars (CE models), including what the PRS website says is a. Discover Alex Lifesons Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Gibson Custom Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess Electric Guitars. The closest I've gotten to that sound so far is by using a preset that combined my normal dirt amp (Friedman BE I think) in one row of the grid and an acoustic sound in another row. Alex Lifeson (Alexandar ivojinovi) was born on 27 August, 1953 in Fernie, Canada, is a Canadian musician. Both in the studio and live for that tour he had a direct guitar signal included in the mix, which I think contributes a lot to the sound. I've also got a breakdown of which guitars were used for which tours and songs. Below is my compilation of all of the PRS guitars Alex has used based on YouTube, interviews and photos I've found on the Internet. But like probably all of their albums, the guitar sounds are a blend of several guitar tracks. I play in a Rush tribute and have wasted a lot of Internet time researching what PRS Alex has played over the years. This deal is for a limited time only so please contact your country. From what I've read in interviews, he ditched the Dean Markley amps and actually used a JCM800 for that album. PRS Guitars are having a Summer Sale on the SE Alex Lifeson authorised by the Factory. I agree that the Evans pickups are a huge part of it. We're doing Time Stand Still, so I'll be working on getting the HYF sound soon too. Green Key Tuners Graphtech Ghost piezo system-equipped Floyd Rose licensed double-locking tremolo system. I think your old Xanadu & Show Don't Tell clean/chorus sound isn't too far off of the Hold Your Fire sound, IMO. Your band sounds great & great guitar playing too.

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