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The Robert DeLeo Worship thread.

#24
The best way to look at it is as the DeLeo brothers as a unit. Rob is a technician and a guy that didn't just play bass in a band, but did a lot of arranging and guitar work for the STP as well. Dean is an "ideas man." You really need to look at them together to really appreciate the DeLeo brothers to their fullest.
 
#25
Definitely underrated as a bass player and songwriter (and the entire STP catalog for that matter), but he's a great guy too.

I'm probably 10+ years late, but after breaking out my Model-T bass for some more recording tonight, I figured I'd chime in.

I met Robert and Dean back in the 90's. My buddy's band was opening up for them when they were on the Talk Show tour (pretty great album too, give it a listen!). Super genuine dude. I had the opportunity to hang out with him for a little while after the show. I'm a huge fan of his tunes. STP is definitely under-appreciated for what they contributed to back in the day, and their new album is fantastic as well. Without question, they we're right up there with PJ, Soundgarden, etc. with their tunes. They just don't seem to get as much airplay as the others these days. Maybe it was Scott's substance abuse issues throughout their career, bad timing, who knows.

Long and short of it....
Robert hooked up my entire band w/ a Schecter endorsement when we signed w/ MCA back in 96'. It was all based on my 5 minute conversation with him after the show. He volunteered to give me his Model-T after their show, but he only had 3 or 4 basses on the road with him and couldn't spare it at the time. He gave me a number to call when we went out to LA to record the CD.

Our first stop off the plane was Schecter. They were tremendous, and gave us a boat load of guitars to borrow for the sessions. Shortly after I returned to the East Coast, my Custom Model-T arrived in the mail for our tour. That bass (the only bass I've kept, and always will), has seen studio's, the Warped Tour (w/ my buddy's band), my following band's CD release, and still beats out every bass in the locker when it comes time to track. But I digress:hyper:......

Just a huge thumbs-up for a tremendous songwriter/bass player to go out of his way to do something like that. He went on to co-write/produce my buddy's band, and continues to put out great music to this day. I'm thrilled that Schecter has grown to be such a huge company (although their US Custom Shop models don't get as much recognition as they deserve). From a human standpoint, this guy couldn't rank any higher. I hope STP continues to put out great albums, and I hope the newer generation of bass players can appreciate how great a bass player he was, and continues to be. He's not super flashy, but he wrote/writes some phenomenal bass lines (and songs!), and should be recognized for his continued contributions to R&R......
 
#26
whsteve said:
Definitely underrated as a bass player and songwriter (and the entire STP catalog for that matter), but he's a great guy too.

I'm probably 10+ years late, but after breaking out my Model-T bass for some more recording tonight, I figured I'd chime in.

I met Robert and Dean back in the 90's. My buddy's band was opening up for them when they were on the Talk Show tour (pretty great album too, give it a listen!). Super genuine dude. I had the opportunity to hang out with him for a little while after the show. I'm a huge fan of his tunes. STP is definitely under-appreciated for what they contributed to back in the day, and their new album is fantastic as well. Without question, they we're right up there with PJ, Soundgarden, etc. with their tunes. They just don't seem to get as much airplay as the others these days. Maybe it was Scott's substance abuse issues throughout their career, bad timing, who knows.

Long and short of it....
Robert hooked up my entire band w/ a Schecter endorsement when we signed w/ MCA back in 96'. It was all based on my 5 minute conversation with him after the show. He volunteered to give me his Model-T after their show, but he only had 3 or 4 basses on the road with him and couldn't spare it at the time. He gave me a number to call when we went out to LA to record the CD.

Our first stop off the plane was Schecter. They were tremendous, and gave us a boat load of guitars to borrow for the sessions. Shortly after I returned to the East Coast, my Custom Model-T arrived in the mail for our tour. That bass (the only bass I've kept, and always will), has seen studio's, the Warped Tour (w/ my buddy's band), my following band's CD release, and still beats out every bass in the locker when it comes time to track. But I digress:hyper:......

Just a huge thumbs-up for a tremendous songwriter/bass player to go out of his way to do something like that. He went on to co-write/produce my buddy's band, and continues to put out great music to this day. I'm thrilled that Schecter has grown to be such a huge company (although their US Custom Shop models don't get as much recognition as they deserve). From a human standpoint, this guy couldn't rank any higher. I hope STP continues to put out great albums, and I hope the newer generation of bass players can appreciate how great a bass player he was, and continues to be. He's not super flashy, but he wrote/writes some phenomenal bass lines (and songs!), and should be recognized for his continued contributions to R&R......
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AWESOME story! Gotta say, I'm super jealous. I've met some pretty "famous" people and have only really gotten tongue tied once (Dan Henderson, professional fighter and US olympic wrestler..), but I think I would fall over if I had a chance to chat with R. DeLeo.
 
#27
Thanks for chiming in! I'm glad someone can enjoy my stories from the glory days ;)

I never would would have posted, except for the fact that he was a genuinely great guy to do what he did for me. That was my 5 minutes of feeling musically important. When I walked into Schecter, the president of Schecter came out and introduced me to all the employee's as Rob's "buddy", and told them to to hook us up with whatever we need. I swear to God.... I tried to tell him that we weren't really "buddy's", but I really didn't have the chance :) Great dude, period. For a nothing like me, that was one of the highlights of my unsuccessful (still trying) muscial career.

Maybe I'll post my other cool story about my one night with hanging out with Leon Wilkeson (RIP) from Skynrd :bassist:
 
#34
Count me in as one of his biggest fans ever!

I went to see STP in the summer of 2008, I couldn't believe I was actually seeing them live! I got excited as a 14 year old boy (was 27 back then).

DeLeo is a genius Rock bass player, both in attitude, musicality and tone.

A few months ago I had a custom overdrive made for me that is inspired by his dynamic aggressive midrange rich overdriven tone. The effects guy has modeled an overdriven Marshall Plexi guitar amp with presence control that I dial in and blend with my clean tone. I use it as an "always on" aggressive Rock'n'roll time machine:) Will be happy to post some clips if anyone wants.
 
#36
Definitely one of my top fav bassists. In the lase few weeks I'm been playing a bunch of STP stuff and his lines are insanely AWESOME!!!!

Here's an old Model T Body I have. The truss rod popped through the fretboard on the original neck. I bought a Mighty Mite neck, BAII, EMG PJ's D-Tuner:
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And then there's this that I just bought off TB today:
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