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04-05-2012, 06:50 AM
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"I ran into Robert Trujillo and Armand Sabal-Leco at a restaurant in LA. Robert ran back home and brought back Jaco Pastorius' "Bass of Doom" for me to check out. Pretty cool." [Marcus Miller on Facebook]
Can someone please tell me the whole story? I read somewhere Trujillo found Jaco's bass but why did he bring it to Marcus?
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04-05-2012, 06:54 AM
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04-05-2012, 07:01 AM
| | | | I thought he'd already given it to Jaco's family!
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04-05-2012, 07:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ankara Turkey. TX USA. | | | I heard he didnt give it back. No idea why... I also read on the internet that he uses the bass onstage, although I think he would use a replica custom shop version if he is not out of his mind. Marcus also uses the jaco pastorius signature model as his fretless bass so maybe Trujillo new about it and wanted Marcus to give it a try, Or he was just showing off.. |
04-05-2012, 07:09 AM
| | | | I bet Trujillo paid lots of money to have Jaco's bass. Still I thought he would give it to Jaco's sons!
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04-07-2012, 12:01 PM
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Endorsing Artist: MXR Devices, Jim Dunlop Strings | | | | | Greetings, gentlemen. If I may interject here, I'd like to post a pic and tell a teeny bit of my experience with this.
Last year, Robert asked me to be interviewed for the Jaco movie he's involved with. Of course I agreed.
I drove down to the illustrious Fillmore where he was conducting his interviews. I met and watched Anthony Jackson interviewed. Nice, smart fella. Obviously.
Robert disappeared while the director set up my shot to drive Anthony back to his hotel and 'get a present'.
As the 30-minute interview drew to a close, Robert popped back in and stood by the camera, smiling all the while (he's a happy fella).
I finished and he said "hey, check this out" and he pulled out Jaco's bass.
I have a pic of Robert and I 'playing' it (I'm trying to upload it but the TB server is giving me a 500 error. Yes, it's under 2mb) Right before this, I'd mangled "Donna Lee" (which I'd 'practiced' for a couple of minutes the night before... more like took it out of the mothballs and shook it out, rather than 'play' it.) right on this bass. It was historical/hysterical. Felt pretty good.
As far as I am able to discern, Robert has taken care of the family and the pawn-shop owner, and to my knowledge, all are happy with the arrangement. |
04-07-2012, 02:49 PM
| | | Nice story 
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04-08-2012, 05:16 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia | | | I'm willing to bet my hands, that nobody on TB has ever done anything more epic than play "Donna Lee" on Jaco's Bass. |
04-08-2012, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by PSYCHOTIC  I heard he didnt give it back. No idea why... | Why would he give it to the family?
He paid for it, no?
It's not like he'd give it "back" anyways since they never owned it in the first place.
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04-08-2012, 05:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: alabama | | | It`s my understanding that Trujillo is I guess you would say "curator / custodian" of the bass. He has sole possession of it, and has an agreement with the family to never sell it - I think they technically own it. Likewise, they have access to it if they want, but they can`t just take it home for the weekend. As it was, the family didn`t have the scratch to buy it when it was rediscovered. Rather than it falling into unknown hands, Trujillo snapped it up and voluntarily made the arrangement with the family. Class act, imo.
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04-08-2012, 06:17 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario, Canada | | | Robert is a class act in my opinion...
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04-08-2012, 06:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: manchester nh | | | Robert is one of the best Unknown bassists. I know people know him but if you don't know him from infectious grooves then You have no idea how amazing he is. Class act for sure.
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04-08-2012, 10:38 AM
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Rather long story about him and the bass. Good reading.
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04-08-2012, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by devilman666 Robert is one of the best Unknown bassists. I know people know him but if you don't know him from infectious grooves then You have no idea how amazing he is. Class act for sure. | Thank you for bringing Infectious Grooves up. So many people only know him now for being in Metallica, but I cannot state how impressive this guy is on the bass. He gave Les Claypool a good run for his money in the days when Les was revered like God. |
04-08-2012, 10:56 AM
|  | Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | Robert bought the bass back, at least financed the legal team, so he legally owns it. The Pastorius estate technically still owns it as Robert states he won't keep it he just currently possesses it.
Why did he bring it to Marcus? I dunno, maybe cus he is a bass player? Who wouldn't die at the chance to play that bass? Let alone a guy who was so heavily influenced by Jaco people initially wrote him off as a clone... |
04-08-2012, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oslo, Norway | | | Imo Robert should let Marcus Miller have that bass for a while. The bass should make music and i cant think of a more worthy player than Marcus. |
04-08-2012, 11:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX | | | Although I point to Trujillo as one of the major influences that made me start playing bass and noodling around with his crazy funk/rock style he had with Suicidal Tendencies & Infectious Grooves back in the early 90's, I have to say I am very much against him using the bass of doom on stage for, of all things, Metallica songs. Yes, instruments are made to be played but in this case I take exception. It's a shame that Jaco's bass had been refinished and not in original condition. I am glad however that it's whereabouts are known now and in the hands of someone with a Fort Knox type of vault to keep it safe. As for Robert's "class act" persona, I think he was more humble and fan friendly before Metallica fame got to his bank account...er, head. Just sayin'...
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04-08-2012, 11:07 AM
| | | any one else think Trujillo is being wasted in Metallica? I really want another Infectious Grooves album  Pretty awesome he has the bass, i remember reading about 2 years ago in Bass Player that it was found by some other guy, and Victor Wooten and Victor Bailey and someone else got to play it that time to(wasn't Trujillo). Wonder how he managed to get in before the other guys.lol |
04-08-2012, 11:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX | | | Will Lee was the other guy in that trio
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04-08-2012, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by devilman666 Robert is one of the best Unknown bassists. I know people know him but if you don't know him from infectious grooves then You have no idea how amazing he is. Class act for sure. | I totally agree on Infectious Grooves- Very good indeed.
But I still don't get why the family would have a right or claim to that bass.
Well... never mind. 
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