Editing 2112 (album) (section)

== Writing and recording ==
Rush put down musical ideas for ''2112'' in backstage dressing rooms, hotel rooms, and in their van while touring ''Caress of Steel'' in the second half of 1975.<ref name=guitarworld2013/><ref name=RPM1976/> Peart had already started writing lyrics, to which Lee and Lifeson would develop songs on acoustic guitars that complemented the mood of what Peart was writing about. This was a departure from the pair using their acoustic guitars to write heavy rock arrangements that were eventually recorded on electric instruments, although some passages were written on electric guitar using a portable [[Pignose]] practise amplifier.<ref name=40theditionnotes/><ref name=circus1976/> Lee and Lifeson composed with little overdubbing in order to recreate the music on stage as much as possible.<ref name=RPM1976/> Lifeson recalled developing "The Temples of Syrinx" backstage at a gig in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]] in front of their opening act [[Mendelson Joe]].<ref name=40theditionnotes/> The "Overture" was the final piece to be written on the album.<ref name=radar2016>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/geddy-lee-talks-rushs-2112-track-by-track-634713|title=Geddy Lee talks Rush's 2112 track-by-track|first=Amit|last=Sharma|publisher=Music Radar|date=15 February 2016|access-date=14 October 2017|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015094827/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/geddy-lee-talks-rushs-2112-track-by-track-634713|url-status=live}}</ref> Lifeson said ''2112'' was the first Rush album that "really sounded like Rush".<ref name=guitarworld2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20130400guitarworld.htm|title=Big Time Rush|first=Richard|last=Bienstock|magazine=Guitar World|date=April 2013|access-date=14 October 2017|archive-date=23 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823110234/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20130400guitarworld.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 1976, the band entered Toronto Sound Studios to record with their longtime associate [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]] assuming his role as producer, operating a [[Studer]] [[Multitrack recording|24-track machine]].<ref name=LPnotes/><ref name=RPM1976/><ref name=40theditionnotes>{{cite AV media notes|url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/211240anniversary.html|title=2112 (40th Anniversary Edition) booklet|publisher=Anthem Records|date=2012|id=0602537150168|first=Rob|last=Bowman|others=Rush|access-date=14 October 2017|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225645/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/211240anniversary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lifeson plays a 1968 [[Gibson ES-335]] for the majority of the electric guitar parts, with some lead parts played on a [[Gibson Les Paul]] Standard. For the acoustic sections, he plays a 12-string [[Gibson B series|Gibson B-45]] and a six-string [[Gibson Dove]]. His amplifiers were the [[Fender Super Reverb]] and a [[Twin Reverb]].<ref name=lifeson1980>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19800600guitarplayer.htm|title=Alex Lifeson - Rush's Kinetic Lead Guitarist|first=Jim|last=Schwartz|date=June 1980|magazine=Guitar Player|access-date=14 October 2017|archive-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015708/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19800600guitarplayer.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> A section of "Discovery" features a [[Fender Stratocaster]] that Lifeson borrowed from a friend.<ref name=guitarworld2013/> Lee used a [[Rickenbacker 4001]] bass with stereo output; Brown fed one channel into the mixing board and then into a compressor, and the other was channelled into Lee's Electro-Voice speakers turned up to the maximum.<ref name=40theditionnotes/> Upon completing the album, the band expressed an interest in recording in another studio to explore different sounds.<ref name=torontostar-jul1976>{{cite news|url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19760700sound.htm|title=A Headlong Rush To Stardom|first=Jim|last=Smith|date=July 1976|magazine=Sound|access-date=14 October 2017|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221504/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19760700sound.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>