![Rush's Alex Lifeson playing his red Sportscaster, flanked by Geddy Lee on a Rickenbacker bass](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5nZE5QAjqG72KzgcCRrKq4-320-80.jpg)
“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