Wet and dry tracks?Speaking of Alex Lifeson... it's cool to hear some of the many guitar layers of guitar on Tom Sawyer in isolation. He says "triple tracked" but then presses about five buttons to un-solo the guitars.
This is amazing to hear. That bass tone is what inspired me to pick up a Rickenbacker as my first proper bass.
Prior to picking up the Rick, I learned to play on a Silvertone ES-335 clone that I strung up with 4 strings. The guitar was unplayable past the 12th fret due to the surface mounted pickups muting the strings. I learned to get more out of those first 12 frets than most, but it seriously stunted my confidence going up the neck for years.