Does Justin Chancellor need a 5 string bass (Tool)?

[basst scho]

this thread is tb reading comprehension at its finest, once again...the question is if JUSTIN CHANCELLOR needs a 5string...

the answer is no

 

[Geri O]

If the 4 remaining originals in Chicago had no issue with a 5-string at any point during Jason's tenure with the band, then the bandleader of a Chicago cover band being so pedantic is even more hilarious.

Well, kinda, but not really.

This bandleader was a hardcore fan and even flag bearer of all the Chicago music before Terry Kath was lost. I’m trying to remember if there was anything we played that was post-Kath. I just don’t recall any.

I was a hired gun for the band. I enjoyed the gigs (not many) and the nice checks (enough to make it well worth while).

Call it what you will, I guess. No matter to me.

 

[meisi]

I'm hesitant to ask because it's just gonna drag out the life of this thread. But.....

Please explain.....

(what follows is irrelevant to the question)

I'm not a fan, don't know the music, but if there was ever a group with music explicitly written for 4-string bass, it's Chicago music with Peter Cetera. I played off and on for 2 1/2 years with this Chicago tribute group using either my 5-string Lull or a 5-string Stingray.

The bandleader, a trombone player and arranger that wrote out the horn charts, was a stickler for details and authenticity. "I don't care what bass you play, just be true to the parts on the record". Which I have a repuation for anyway. Fine, happy to do it. And it was a good Chicago tribute band, if I say so myself.

Somewhere later on, in a rehearsal, I got to wondering, is the leader really paying attention to all the parts. So where there was a third-line D, or the open D string, or the 5th-fret D on the A string, you get the idea, I grabbed the 3rd-fret D on the B string instead. Oh, man, you'd have thought he heard a gun go off! He stopped the band and his head snapped around and before he coujld say anything, I quickly said "Just seeing if you are paying attention". We all had a good laugh, after I promised to never do that again.....

You gotta appreciate consistency of the discipline here.

Crazy but consistent much better than crazy and erratic. lol.

 

[ravlin]

In the context of the the original question and considering Justin, he would just use a 5 string pedal. There, everybody wins, we're all stupid, etc.

 

[JazznFunk]

Well, kinda, but not really.

This bandleader was a hardcore fan and even flag bearer of all the Chicago music before Terry Kath was lost. I’m trying to remember if there was anything we played that was post-Kath. I just don’t recall any.

I was a hired gun for the band. I enjoyed the gigs (not many) and the nice checks (enough to make it well worth while).

Call it what you will, I guess. No matter to me.

If it was only Kath-era tunes, I can see his reasoning.... but still.

 

[FRoss6788]

Well, kinda, but not really.

This bandleader was a hardcore fan and even flag bearer of all the Chicago music before Terry Kath was lost. I’m trying to remember if there was anything we played that was post-Kath. I just don’t recall any.

I was a hired gun for the band. I enjoyed the gigs (not many) and the nice checks (enough to make it well worth while).

Call it what you will, I guess. No matter to me.

Such great bass lines in Kath era Chicago, must have been a really fun gig.

 

[JimmyO]

I'm hesitant to ask because it's just gonna drag out the life of this thread. But.....

Please explain.....

(what follows is irrelevant to the question)

I'm not a fan, don't know the music, but if there was ever a group with music explicitly written for 4-string bass, it's Chicago music with Peter Cetera. I played off and on for 2 1/2 years with this Chicago tribute group using either my 5-string Lull or a 5-string Stingray.

The bandleader, a trombone player and arranger that wrote out the horn charts, was a stickler for details and authenticity. "I don't care what bass you play, just be true to the parts on the record". Which I have a repuation for anyway. Fine, happy to do it. And it was a good Chicago tribute band, if I say so myself.

Somewhere later on, in a rehearsal, I got to wondering, is the leader really paying attention to all the parts. So where there was a third-line D, or the open D string, or the 5th-fret D on the A string, you get the idea, I grabbed the 3rd-fret D on the B string instead. Oh, man, you'd have thought he heard a gun go off! He stopped the band and his head snapped around and before he coujld say anything, I quickly said "Just seeing if you are paying attention". We all had a good laugh, after I promised to never do that again.....

He sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[Geri O]

Such great bass lines in Kath era Chicago, must have been a really fun gig.

Sorry for swerving off-topic, but it really was!

And challenging, to boot!. Peter Cetera is most under-rated.