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Rob Trujillo crazy sound

#23
From the videos I watched the tech 21 VT actually has a closer sound than the XXL but the XXL clips i've heard weren't good ones. But seeing Rob's rig setup and equipment from numerous sources it can only be the XXL because Rob doesn't even use a VT.
 
#25
bassman1185 said:
His bass has EMG pickups, so that's going to have a pretty big effect on the tone. Beyond that, it does sound like an XXLB to me, combined with maybe a clean blend, fresh strings and a LOT of fret noise.
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+1. It definitely sounds like the XXLB to me, but either blended with clean or more likely biamped with clean and dirty rigs.

metallibass95 said:
From the videos I watched the tech 21 VT actually has a closer sound than the XXL but the XXL clips i've heard weren't good ones. But seeing Rob's rig setup and equipment from numerous sources it can only be the XXL because Rob doesn't even use a VT.
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It really sounds like the XXLB is part of that sound, but obviously there's a lot more going on (technique, bass/pickups, rig, processing etc)

Soloshchenko said:
I never fail to be underwhelmed by that guy's bass playing in general. Personally I think that sounds horrible.
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I don't care for his tone or his playing with Metallica but I feel like in fits in with what they do just fine.

That said, I LOVED Rob's playing with Suicidal Tendencies but especially Infectious Grooves:

Violent and Funky
Punk It Up
Therapy
 
#29
gahd, what a stark contrast to his tone (and playing) from ST and Infectious Grooves -


Rob in Suicidal Tendencies - "blingidy dingidy booaawhh!"

Rob in Infectious Grooves - "plinkity biggity spraink!"

Rob in Metallica - "Nwahg dugguh dnuwh nwah!"


... your onomatopoeia may differ ...
 
#33
KingOvHell said:
Are his strings extreamly close to the fretboard or is it just me?
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Yea they are and the good thing about low action his how effortless it is to play it. Raising the strings high off the fretboard just creates that much more work for your fingers to do when you want to press the string to the fretboard for a note. But as you can probably tell from Rob's playing, everynow and then a buzz or something may be heard and that might be that his action is a bit too low. In that case action being a lil high might be better off than action too low.
 
#34
I'm over my very low action phase. Just raising it up a 64th of an inch made my basses sing a lot better and doesn't bother me in the least to play. Has nothing to do with Rob, but I don't care...forget him anyway!

;)
 
#35
JimmyM said:
I'm over my very low action phase. Just raising it up a 64th of an inch made my basses sing a lot better and doesn't bother me in the least to play. Has nothing to do with Rob, but I don't care...forget him anyway!

;)
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I always like low action because of how easy and effortless it is to use, even though it is all based on personal preference. My strings are as low to the fretboard as you can get without the string buzzing from being too low.
 
#38
metdistortion said:
:confused:

If Metallica didn't have a bassist it would sound awful. Just because you can't hear the bass very well doesn't mean that it doesnt need to be there.
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I've never understood why metallica bothered with a bass player. James Bass heavy guitar sound especially on the early albums makes the bass player unnecessary.
And justice for all is basically bassless anyway and people seem to like it.
 
#39
crazyBassClown said:
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I've never understood why metallica bothered with a bass player. James Bass heavy guitar sound especially on the early albums makes the bass player unnecessary.
And justice for all is basically bassless anyway and people seem to like it.
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Although you can't hear the bass on ...And Justice For All, it is still there and you would notice if you took the bass away completely. In metal such as MetallicA's early music, the bass is like the foundations on a house, you don't notice them that well, but if they disappeared, the whole thing will fall apart.
 
#40
metdistortion said:
Although you can't hear the bass on ...And Justice For All, it is still there and you would notice if you took the bass away completely. In metal such as MetallicA's early music, the bass is like the foundations on a house, you don't notice them that well, but if they disappeared, the whole thing will fall apart.
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I don't totally agree,... in AJFA (on my original cd this is) most parts all I could hear was a boomy sound when the bass came in, no bass line was memorable or anything decent and barely made a sound through the EQ of the rest of the band, that whole album was just guitar and drum work to me... the rythm guitar was very cutting and kirks solo's and harmonies / crazy drums made it the epic part...

earlier stuff I would agree with you, alot of the time the bass and drums are definitely the foundation of the song on songs from kill em all...
 

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