My Own Hentor Sportscaster Tribute!

Long time readers of this blog will know that I'm an absolutely huge Rush fan and that Alex Lifeson is one of my favorite guitarists. I love trying to learn their songs - not only because I've loved listening to them for many years, but because of how technical many are. It forces me to really expand on and develop my technique as a guitarist. As a pedal builder (who has ventured into amps and building guitar kits), I'm also fascinated by the gear that Alex has used over the years. My goal in developing the Dimetrodon Distortion pedal was to take the MXR Distortion+ as used by Alex, and update it a bit so it would work with solid state amplifiers to really nail his tone at the lower gain settings - which it does amazingly well! In terms of guitars, Alex used a wide range over the years starting out mainly with Gibsons (and ending up with Gibsons), but during the 1980s when Rush began to experiment more with synthesizers, Alex changed-up his guitar of choice. In the early part of that decade he used modified HSS Fender Stratocasters - which after a few iterations became known as the Hentor Sportscaster. As I enjoy playing Strats as well (given that David Gilmour is one of my other favorite guitarists), I thought it would be really great to have my own Hentor Sportscaster.

Alex's "Limelight" Hentor - a steal at $187,500!