FunkySpunky91 I see. I kind of felt the opposite. I thought he was a perfect fit in Metallica. Are you a Metallica fan overall? A pre black album fan? Post?
mrhoffame I guess it's all personal opinion really. His style of playing has completely changed since he became a member of Metallica. I'm a bass fanatic and I loved his style in Infectious Grooves (one of my favorite bands) and then him playing a different style for one of the most mainstream bands in the world. I did like Metallica at one point, which was definitely pre black album. My opinion is that he isn't able to play the way he truly likes due to Metallica.
Hi there, Nick. Why do you think so? :-) The bass Robert is playing is indeed the same bass as Andy is playing - the RockBass Artist Line Robert Trujillo bass. If you check the website, you can easily see that the German-made Robert Trujillo models are neck-through instruments, while the RockBass model is bolt-on, as you can easily see in this video.
I saw him using this bass on the metallica facebook page. I spent a minute wondering if he was using the artist series one, as it looked a BO and it had the 2 piece bridge, as compared to the bad ass he has on his German model. Thanks for the video warwick! Keep it up!
The bass Trujillo plays and the one the other guy demonstrates are different...at least in what they have printed on their headstocks and what is printed on the trussrod covers.
Couldn't help but notice that the bass Robert was playing at the beginning was a German Warwick, whilst the one Andy was playing was the Rockbass line. Didn't Robert want to touch the cheaper ones :P
i got one a few months ago from dana b goods. they gave me a fair price, and had it in my mailbox 2 days later. give them a call and see if they still have some.
I am really intrested in buying this bass but too bad non of the shops here in Cyprus have it. Ilooked it up online but i dont really trust amazon to ship a bass all the way to Cyprus cause i had problems with other basses i ordered. Any help from Warwick?
Absolutely. You can play a bass many ways. Including slapping it like Rob does, using your index and middle fingers ect. But you can use a pick. A lot of bassists use a pick. Better control over the notes and it's louder.
Have a Warwick thumb bass, great bass, can drop it, pop it, slap it. Always get asked to sell them my bass, but nope, never will part with my Warwick, CT and Birdsong
I don't know about you guys but the first thing I'll do when I have some money is to buy a 6 warwick bass. If they don't make perfect instruments they're pretty close.
just sounds that way bro because Jason uses a pick. All pick players sound cleaner but I am talking about skill in general, Rob is far superior with incredible range
I like Rob. I mean damn you ever hear Orion played by Jason? Its damn aweful but thats just one jam, The only thing I give Jason is back up vocals, but bass Ill go with Rob even playing metal
Hello Uziel, you can find all information about Robert's signature basses here shop.warwick.de/en/Instruments/E+-+Basses/Warwick+RockBass/Artist+Line+-+Robert+Trujillo
***** Well it's pretty hard to find a decent cataloque of warwick lefty instruments anywhere. I mean I've googled the shit out of it and all I get is misc stuff. Warwickbass.com doesn't have one pic of a lefty streamer bass.
This is like Warwick doing the lowest common denominator. Alder body, EMGs, nickel silver frets. This is a Warwick Ibanez. Nothing wrong with it. Just not a Warwick.
The price tag of this rockbass is a ripoff. Why buy an instrument made in china when you can buy a solid Lakland, fender, Ernie ball ect. Made or assembled in the USA for the same price
I'm tired of hearing this response from beginner to average bass players. I own all 3. The person playing the bass is the #1 thing that makes the bass sound the way it does. After that the pickups in the American series far better than Mexican & Squier. The neck on the American Jazz bass needs to be adjusted every 4 months, Mexican every month and Squier every couple gigs. Woods and Fretwork are different. But you have fun with the mediocre bass player trend of cheaper is better.
***** it's shit though, and you know it. He does that often, when he is "testing" lol. Going from his funkiness in infectious grooves to metallica was such a sellout move...
Michael Treas He's right though, I'm not primarily a bass player but I can tell when something is sloppy as hell, and my bassist in my band can play well above Robert's level
