http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTb9G6kbRtg

how would i go about getting a tone similar to that? i fink new strings is obvious but how do i eq it in?

Hang your bass at about knee level and you will achieve a similar tone! :D :ninja:

hmm.... for once he used his signature Zon bass

Just ask James and Lars what they want you to sound like... :smug:

But seriously, everything I've heard of him in Metallica no matter Fernandes nor Zon generally sounds like bolt-on + active EMG Js + Ampeg. It's a shame that IMO his tone is as "commanded" to fit the guitars as Jason's was for a good portion of his tenure (his switch to Sadowsky in '96/'97 was the the most audible change in his sound, and very much for the better) and he doesn't use his old-school ST/IG-era Tobias'. :scowl:

Wow! It's Metallica and I do hear the bass...doesn't happen too often....did it ever happen in the past..?
Apart from whatever amp (probably Ampeg) and his bass, it sounds like fresh strings and a lot of high-mid attack.
Works pretty good.

Long Live METALLICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bassist::bassist::bassist::bassist:

Sorry this is a little late, but I think you can get Trujillo's tone with a Dunlop MXR-80 DI/distortion pedal. In fact, they have setting suggestions in the manual to get Trujillo's tone since he used to (does?) endorse them. He may use SansAmp now. The setting calls for the mid to be cranked up. I can dig up the exact settings if you want, but a lot of the tone comes from the MXR-80 itself with its "color" button. Also, I use the MXR with a Fernandes Gravity Deluxe 4 (with EMG jazz P/Us) and I can get really close to the Trujillo tone he uses with Metallica. Trujillo also endorses Gravity basses. His look a little different than the stock models, though. It looks like his neck his not painted like the body and headstock, still neckthrough, though...BTW, the Gravity is an awesome bass, I've had a lot of people play mine and also give rave reviews of it.

In that vid he is using his Zon signature bass, which he seems to only use for "Sad But True". It might also help to have an Ampeg rig. :) But of the gear I've mentioned, I'd look for the MXR-80 to get close to Trujillo's sound without spending thousands. Then again, you could get lucky and find a cheap Gravity Deluxe, like I did.