Mike Rutherford height 6 ft 3 in Mike weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
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Through the early 1970s live tours, Rutherford often used a custom built Rickenbacker double-neck that combined a 12-string semi-hollow-body guitar with a 4-string bass (now on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum). For The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and the first part of the Trick of the Tail tours, he incorporated a Rickenbacker 12-string solid-body guitar and a 6-string Micro-Frets Signature Baritone, equipped with 6-string short scale bass strings. Later he switched to another 12-string solid body/6-string bass combination built from scratch. All these double-neck guitars were made by luthier Dick Knight. A custom Shergold double-neck was made that had modules for 4, 6 and 12 strings guitars. The retunings required for early Genesis songs led to the development of Peter Gabriel’s stories and introductions.
From an early date, Rutherford also played bass pedals both live and in the studio, often playing simultaneous twelve-string guitar and bass pedal parts in order to cover rhythm and bass parts at the same time. Initially using a Dewtron “Mister Bassman” bass pedal synthesiser, he had moved onto Moog Taurus bass pedals by the 1976 Trick of the Tail Tour. Frequently Rutherford’s bass guitar, 12-string guitar, and bass pedal playing have featured in different sections of a single Genesis song, “Supper’s Ready”, “Firth of Fifth” and “The Cinema Show” being good examples of this. Sometimes Rutherford’s bass pedals are used to set up a steady drone as the basis for an individual song (such as “Afterglow”).
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