Cliff 'Em All

[lowend1]

Metallica is VERY BIG on getting paid, why shouldn't the quack have been?  Being with those guys wasn't a fun time.

That's not what I'm saying - it seemed that as soon as they felt they didn't need a therapist, HE started to need one.

[SKATE RAT]

the first 3 Metallica albums rule. justice is ok every thing after that sucks big doo doo. cliff ruled! jayson was a good dude too. but trujillio is a scab.he always joins bands long after their prime. only the first 2 suicidal albums are any good and i'm being generous on the second. he played with ozzy  after  he was over,infectious grooves should never be mentioned again. and the guy playes a Fernandez for chrissakes! then again i love tuneless thrash. now where's my Extreme Noise Terror record? and Zep? boring! give me Sabbath any day.

[dadagoboi]

That's not what I'm saying - it seemed that as soon as they felt they didn't need a therapist, HE started to need one.

Sorry for the mistake, been a while since I saw the movie.

[Freuds_Cat]

Welcome back Bryan

[Psycho Bass Guy]

the first 3 Metallica albums rule. justice is ok every thing after that sucks big doo doo. cliff ruled! jayson was a good dude too. but trujillio is a scab.he always joins bands long after their prime. only the first 2 suicidal albums are any good and i'm being generous on the second. he played with ozzy  after  he was over,infectious grooves should never be mentioned again. and the guy playes a Fernandez for chrissakes! then again i love tuneless thrash. now where's my Extreme Noise Terror record? and Zep? boring! give me Sabbath any day.

It's good to hear from someone who gets it.  Metallica was a different band before 1991.  THAT was the band I wanted to be like. This quote here:

They defenitely were a high energy band tho. They played it like they meant it.

...lets me know I've been there a time or two.

BTW, Fernandez basses aren't bad. Case in point: Pete Steele. I'd love to have one like his.

[Basvarken]

What's wrong with Fernandez basses? The ones I've seen were excellent instruments...
And I happen to like Infectious Grooves! (I came here to do back ups, Back ups for who? For this Infectivibian thang man!)

[SKATE RAT]

It's good to hear from someone who gets it.  Metallica was a different band before 1991.  THAT was the band I wanted to be like. This quote here:

...lets me know I've been there a time or two.

BTW, Fernandez basses aren't bad. Case in point: Pete Steele. I'd love to have one like his.

eh.i knew Pete Steele. he had Rollerblades,eeeeewwww! Carnivore was ok but i never liked Type O Neg.

[Hornisse]

I thought Pete played Washburn basses right before he died.  I like the 70's Fernandes basses, before they stopped making Lawsuit basses. 

[Psycho Bass Guy]

Never heard that Pete played Washburns. Fernandes gave him a signature model in the 1990's which was identical to his stage bass, Sustainer and all, but I've never seen one for sale anywhere. BP reviewed one, IRRC.

[uwe]

I thought he was known mostly for playing Esh? (German boutique bass)

In any case, if a player chooses a certain brand (whether cool or uncool, upmarket or budget) and has something to say with it, I don't have issues. You can be wildly innovative or plain boring on a Squier or an Alembic, it doesn't matter.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

BTW, I just realized I may have given the impression that Pete Steele's stage bass wasn't a Fernandes. The black and green blocked-neck painted bass was initially a Fernandes custom job for Pete. When Type O got famous with his Playgirl spread, they supposedly started offering it as a regular model. It's basically a Rick copy with a 34" neck and a built-in Sustainer. I seem to recall him also playing Esh basses, but don't know if there was a signature model or anything. Uwe, do you know any model details? All the pics I've found of him live show the Fernandes.

BTW, I have buddy who had a hookup with Fernandes custom shop in the mid 90's and some of the basses he got from them were outright phenomenal. The Robert Trujillo model is basically a stripped-down version of one of the ones he had. I think he may still have one. I'll have to holler at him and see.

...and back to topic, Cliff Burton played an Aria Pro II, also an otherwise poo-poohed Japanese bass.

[nofi]

aria seems to label almost everything they make as aria pro 2. even some guitars. i have owned three different basses wirh that aria pro 2 designation.

[dadagoboi]

aria seems to label almost everything they make as aria pro 2. even some guitars. i have owned three different basses wirh that aria pro 2 designation.

Maybe they should have been called 'Aria Pro Also'

[Chaser001]

I thought he was known mostly for playing Esh? (German boutique bass)

In any case, if a player chooses a certain brand (whether cool or uncool, upmarket or budget) and has something to say with it, I don't have issues. You can be wildly innovative or plain boring on a Squier or an Alembic, it doesn't matter.

Even Glenn Worf sometimes plays a Teisco Spectrum. 

[Chaser001]

BTW, I just realized I may have given the impression that Pete Steele's stage bass wasn't a Fernandes. The black and green blocked-neck painted bass was initially a Fernandes custom job for Pete. When Type O got famous with his Playgirl spread, they supposedly started offering it as a regular model. It's basically a Rick copy with a 34" neck and a built-in Sustainer. I seem to recall him also playing Esh basses, but don't know if there was a signature model or anything. Uwe, do you know any model details? All the pics I've found of him live show the Fernandes.

BTW, I have buddy who had a hookup with Fernandes custom shop in the mid 90's and some of the basses he got from them were outright phenomenal. The Robert Trujillo model is basically a stripped-down version of one of the ones he had. I think he may still have one. I'll have to holler at him and see.

...and back to topic, Cliff Burton played an Aria Pro II, also an otherwise poo-poohed Japanese bass.

For a moment there, I thought you were saying you knew Robert Trujiillo.  I have a bassist friend in Antwerp who would have been very interested, since he is a big Trujillo fan.