Justin Chancellor using a... P bass?

[I am Soma]

Just gunna leave this here for the Tool fans.
http://loudwire.com/funniest-new-tool-album-memes/

I am a die hard Justin Chancellor fan and in my opinion his tone is top notch but these are some other notable artists for bringing out that sound. Geddy Lee (as mentioned, Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree, Failure (90's stuff only), Paul McCartney has used them live, Flea used one to record BSSM but found them to be "too ugly to play live", Don't quote me on this but I believe I saw a picture of Roger Waters with one a couple years ago. I love the sound of Wal basses there's nothing quite like them. Only way to replicate it is with a multi-coil pickup and a low pass filter preamp.

<3 Porcupine Tree

 

[Up the dose]

At least it was a P. A J bass would have been truly awful. I don't think I could go on living.

 

[Kurtis Marleau]

As for the photograph, its worth a thousand words. Maybe it was him. Maybe he was recording something. Maybe someone in the band just said "Hey, play this for a second and see how you like the action on it". I also believe that Justine Chancellor is the marketing behind Wal basses and their prices. Of course he's not the only Wal user, but I hadn't even heard of Wal until I started looking into his tone.

Haha that'd be funny. Maynard: "Hey lets f**k with your fans! hold this while we take a picture, then continue with the Wal" I could see them doing that too...

 

[eligilam]

It's starting to sound like wals entire marketing system is based around Justin chancelor. Kind of like carl Thompson and Claypool in the 90's

Remember in the mid-90's when Les Claypool was on the cover of Bass Player playing a ---gulp----Jazz Bass? Same sort of reaction as the current scenario...

 

[Eidolon0274]

Hey, carl Thompson and wal make beautiful basses for sure, im sure they know how much rides on their small handful of endorsers

 

[Skeptismo]

I think it's cool that the musicians can draw upon the reputation that they build with the tools of their craft to earn their living, and then the luthiers can draw upon that reputation to do the same. Synergy.

 

[mikeswals]

clearly a wal P bass

They made such a sort,

the passive Pro 1 was available from the 70's thru early 90's:

 

[ninjaaron]

I was under the impression that all P basses were built like this.

You liked my post, and I got an alert that said, "Nobody liked your post."

 

[davy4575]

They made such a sort, View attachment 541352 View attachment 541353 the passive Pro 1 was available from the 70's thru early 90's:

clearly a wal keyboard its sitting on

 

[Boom762]

Anyone have an idea what make and model of P bass that is?

 

[Dan B]

Well, Justin Chancellor was the one who brought me into basses, but if there's anything I learned from him, Tool, or anyone really, it's to come up with your own sound, regardless of what the musician plays.

I wouldn't mind having a Wal Mk II 4 string in this finish though; that, red, or green.

 

[Jazz Ad]

The notion that famous musicians would use one bass for all things is suprising.
Most people on this board have several basses and they constantly switch. Why do they expect famous musicians to do otherwise?

 

[Panther]

That is not just any P bass. The wood is from a tree grown in magical soil where the last unicorn on earth died and decomposed and the hardware was forged from metal recovered from the wreckage at Area 51.

That WOULD be good for metal!

 

[Thir13teen]

Whew! Good thing Justin doesn't really use a P-Bass. That guy "ToolBassPlayer" on YouTube would have to go run out and buy one ASAP.