Metallica -> MM SR Fan?

[ooglay]

I thought all of you Metallica fans might get a kick out of this. I was searching through the internet at some slap bass techniques and came across this book for some reason. I myself am a huge Metallica fan and was in SHOCK when I saw which bass was on the cover of the Master of Puppets tab book. Cool stuff - Enjoy GuyS!

Larger pic: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/089524408X/ref=sib_rdr_zmout/103-8316943-6043868?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S001#reader-page"]Amazon.com: Metallica - Master of Puppets* (Bass Guitar): Metallica: Books[/ame]

 

[Wasabi]

I remember on that documentary "Some Kind of Monster," when Robert Trujillo auditioned (and got the job), he picked up a StingRay 5 they had in their band aresenal. He totally smoked the audition, and they literally gave him a check for $1 million to join the band.

 

[oddjob]

Not to burst any bubbles but that is pretty much a stock layout for the series (I bought the GnR Appetite for Destruction in 1989 and has the same 3 basses)

 

[syciprider]

It's an 8 string Ray at that.

 

[ooglay]

Yea, i thought it was 8 string for a second too, but upon closing inspection they just outlined the bass strings - pretty sure.

 

[Dr Stankface]

I once was a Metallica-head. I still have every album of theirs but they don't get much air time. I'm too wound up in Dave Matthews and The Fray.

I still have that book around here somewhere though. Probably in the attic but I do have it somewhere!

 

[phatduckk]

i learned bass by playing to metallica ...

i would save up, buy one of those tab books, learn all the songs inside out, then buy the next book. for a while there i knew every song from kill em all to the black album

i miss the highschool woodshedding days

 

[jongitarz]

We recently built a fretless SR5 for Robert

 

[Randracula]

We recently built a fretless SR5 for Robert

So then he's come to his senses and put down the Fernandes

 

[hankSRay]

All I have to say is that anyone who saw the "some kind of monster" movie knows how good the EBMM's sound compared to all those other basses the other guys were using during their auditions. Everyone else had a F*nder or Warwank, but the guy holding the EBMM got the gig. Could be that he was just the most talented, but I like to think it was because of his tone

 

[Dr Stankface]

I owned 2 Ferandnes basses. They're absolutely amazing basses. I bought them both after I got my SR5 and well, you see what bass I still have.

 

[bth88]

All I have to say is that anyone who saw the "some kind of monster" movie knows how good the EBMM's sound compared to all those other basses the other guys were using during their auditions. Everyone else had a F*nder or Warwank, but the guy holding the EBMM got the gig. Could be that he was just the most talented, but I like to think it was because of his tone

From the video you can't get a good idea about's the tone of each guy. But he got the gig for two reasons. All the other guys seemed to look like they were having a hard time keeping up with the band, Robert looked like he wanted more and they were not giving it to him. The other reason was Robert was playing using his fingers not a pick. They said they have not heard the songs sound that good since Cliff Burton and remarked that it was the use of finger technique over the use of a pick.