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Alex Lifeson’s Rush reunion live rig has been revealed – and there’s not an amp in sight on the Fifty Something tour

Tube amps remain sidelined for the band's reunion tour as Lifeson leans into modeling gear

Guitar World

“If you thought Godin only did lower-end ‘functional’ guitars, this might make you think differently. We certainly did”: Godin 5th Avenue TL Gold Foil and Lerxst by Godin Grace review

Few, if any, major guitar manufacturers offer Godin’s extensive range of guitar styles. We catch up with a couple of new additions that couldn’t be more different

Guitar World

“We wanted to pay tribute to Grace Under Pressure by building off of my favorite guitar from that period”: Alex Lifeson celebrates 40 years of a Rush classic by launching a next-gen Sportscaster replica

The Lerxst Grace is inspired by Lifeson’s original Hentor Sportscaster, complete with a red finish, mirror pickguard and HSS pickup configuration

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“One of this year’s most versatile electrics – and you don’t need to be a Rush fan to appreciate it”: Godin Lerxst Limelight review

Alex Lifeson's signature HSS S-style is a classic of the genre with tones to burn and a world-class vibrato unit. Yes, do all rush out at once and try it

Guitar World

“One of the most unique wah pedals ever designed”: Alex Lifeson’s Lerxst partners with Morley for the Blah Blah – a wah pedal that ushers in “a bold new world of classic and avante-garde sounds”

The Rush guitarist has joined forces with the esteemed wah maker for his latest pedal, which is filled with features for modern- and vintage-minded uses alike

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“We certainly achieved the ‘Blah-talkie’ sound, but what surprised us was how versatile this pedal turned out to be”: Alex Lifeson’s Lerxt Amps and Morley team up to bring you vocal and synth-like tones from the Blah Blah wah pedal

The Rush legend's gear brand expands its pedal lineup with a limited edition optical wah offering a wide range of expressive filtering sounds, available exclusively through Reverb

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“I hear depth in the amp that’s mic’d – I hear so much that I don’t hear in the digital plugin, which seems almost pasted onto the screen”: Alex Lifeson explains why digital amps can’t match up to the real thing

The Rush guitarist-turned-gear-manufacturer feels there’s one crucial element that plugins lack – and makes real amps sound superior

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“I gave it to a tennis pro friend years ago. That was a mistake, as he’s left-handed!” Alex Lifeson might have given his Sportscaster to a sportsman, but not before he wrote it into rock history – here’s how a Strat became his go-to for his Rush sound

The Sportscaster is one of the classic Superstrats and is now in production under Lifeson's Lerxst brand. Here, the Rush legend takes us back to the beginning, explaining why he needed it in the first place

Guitar World

“I was able to dial in tones that came damn close to Lifeson’s late ’70s/early ’80s sounds”: Lerxst CHI head and 1x12 cab review

A lower-powered version of Alex Lifeson’s superlative Omega tube amp, the CHI could facilitate your guitar’s passage to Bangkok

Guitar World

“I strongly believe that if you give a guitar to five different players – same guitar, same amp – each one of them is going to sound different”: Alex Lifeson takes us behind the scenes at Lerxst to talk gear, tone and the possibility of new music

Time will tell whether Lifeson and Geddy Lee will work together again, but in the mean time the Rush icon has lots of new gear to show us, developed in partnership with Mojotone and Godin

Guitar World

“The magic is easily achievable”: Give your guitar a Hentor Sportscaster makeover and nail Moving Pictures-era Rush tones as Alex Lifeson’s Lerxst debuts the Limelight pre-wired pickguard

Nail Alex Lifeson’s Moving Pictures-era tone with the Lerxst Limelight pre-wired pickguard

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“The original Hentor brought a mix of tone and playability that empowered me to explore sounds I had never attempted before”: Alex Lifeson’s LERXST Limelight pickguard provides the transferable tones of one of his most iconic instruments

Lifeson’s Hentor Sportscaster was used extensively throughout the ‘80s, and featured on numerous Rush records and tours

Guitar World

“It can produce the most horrific fuzz in the universe”: Alex Lifeson debuts his second stompbox, the LERXST Snow Dog – paying tribute to the fuzz tones championed by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck

The Rush legend continues his advance on the gear market with the LERXST brand, which already has a guitar and drive/boost pedal to its name

Guitar World

“My introduction to fuzz was before I had any on my face”: Alex Lifeson takes his pedalboard journey back to the start with Lerxst’s The Snow Dog – a limited edition octave fuzz with bark and bite

Who wouldn't want to take this Snow Dog for a walk? But be warned: “It can produce the most horrific fuzz in the Universe!”

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The best of the past, the best of the future: the hottest guitar amps and amp pedals coming out in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Amps of all shapes and sizes, with some offering vintage features and others completely futuristic…

Guitar World

NAMM 2024: the 10 biggest things we discovered at this year's show

From a new wave of star-studded semi-hollow signature guitars, to the AI invasion, these are the things we saw, heard, and thought at the music-making event of the year

Guitar World

NAMM 2024: “It’s not just a reissue of that very special instrument. This was an opportunity to showcase 40 years of evolution”: Alex Lifeson partners with Godin for the LERXST Limelight – a new take on his legendary Hentor Sportcaster

The Rush icon has teamed-up with another forward-thinking Canadian export for his new S-style signature guitar

Guitar World

Just days after launching his own amp brand with Mojotone, Alex Lifeson gets his teeth into the pedal market with his first stompbox – the LERXST By-Tor

The second announcement from the Rush guitarist and his collaborators at Mojotone aims to offer the Marshall-like tube tone of his $2.5k head in a $300 pedal

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An Alex Lifeson signature pedal has arrived much sooner than we expected: you can get the Lerxst By-Tor Drive pedal right now

"By-Tor is a British-voiced amp in a box pedal designed to capture the sound of the 50-watt Lerxst Omega in pedal form"

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Alex Lifeson reveals signature LERXST amp line with MojoTone ahead of writing sessions with Geddy Lee

LERXST amplifiers could be just the start – guitars, pickups and pedals might be coming next

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“There has been an explosion of guitar music in the past 5 years… LERXST amplifiers provide a platform for these players”: Alex Lifeson unveils LERXST amp range in collaboration with Mojotone – and there are new guitars, pedals and pickups to come

The Rush guitar icon’s previously limited-edition Omega amp build is now available to all, alongside a new Chi head and combo – with more to come…

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