Justin Chancellor

Bass player magazine May 2001 "When I joined TooL, the band already had a few songs written, and I wanted to get Paul's sound and style-I loved it. WHen I auditioned, my approach fit what they were already doing. My MusicMan sounded good in rehearsal, but when we started recording AEnima, the StingRay didn't really work. The Music Man has a lot of lows, but some mids were missing. A friend recommended Wal basses. I tried one out and it was great. "

As recalled by his guitar tech Chris Schlyer, Justin Chancellor uses the Wal Mark III Bass on "Right in Two".

At 2:33, the package that Justin Chancellor is opening is a gold color package of Ernie Balls with strings ranging from 45, 65, 85, and 105. This is the 4 string Hybrid Slinky Round Wound set.

As recalled by his guitar tech Chris Schlyer, Justin Chancellor uses the Wal 4string fretless Bass on "Lateralus" and in "Rosetta Stoned".

In this 1995 live Oakland performance of TOOL, Justin Chancellor also known for his repertoire in Peach, ISIS, and M.T. Void, is seen playing a Gibson Thunderbird Bass for the song "Prison Sex".

According to the Dunlop website, Justin Chancellor uses 1mm Tortex Triangle picks.

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, we see that the over-all board is in 3 sections. On the far left of the middle section is a bright purple pedal with chrome topped knobs. This pedal is the BOSS BF-2 Flanger Pedal.

As can be seen in the DunlopTV source, Chancellor uses the Gallien-Krueger 2001RB head.

He states in this interview that he used it on the track "Culling Voices." He can also be seen using this bass in the studio with Death Grips when working on their most recent album, Year of the Snitch, here: https://twitter.com/bbpoltergiest/status/974390662081667072/photo/1.

During current live shows when playing for Tool he uses his Wal MK 2 bass mainly

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, we see that the over-all board is in 3 sections. On the right of the center section is probably the most iconic pedal in Chancellor's collection.

The DigiTech Bass Whammy (First Generation) is a rare pedal and likely due to the popularity brought to it by famous TOOL songs such as Forty-Six & 2, Schism, Right in Two, Jambi, 3rd Eye, Lateralus, Eulogy, and many more where this pedal us used in major ways.

As seen on a screenshot of a Tweet from Ernie Ball from Sept 3 2015:

Famously Slinky. @Tool's Justin Chancellor plays Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom Cobalt bass strings #iplayslinky

"Streamer Stage II built for Justin Chancellor (Tool) with Bubinga Pommelé body, Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard and custom made @nordstrandaudio MM-style pickups" - Official Framus and Warwick Instagram.

Justin recieved this bass in September 2017 and many theorise it will be used to record the 5th Tool album which at the time of writing has yet to be released or officially confirmed. The bass has a Bubinga Pommelé body, a Wenge neck with Afzeilia stripes and a Tiger Stripe Ebony fretboard. The bass also has custom made Nordstrand MM style pickups.

In the DunlopTV's source, it's explained that the Demeter Amplification VTBP-201S Bass Preamp runs directly to the PA system.

As can be seen at DunlopTV's source, the Mesa Boogie M-Pulse is part of his amp system.

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, we see that the over-all board is in 3 sections. The camera does a tightly zoomed pan of the board and shows the BOSS CE-5 Chorus Ensemble.

He uses the .110 from this set in conjunction with the .045 .065 and .085 from the Hybrid slinky set, ditching the .105 He's been quoted on this multiple times and it many interviews.

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, we see that the over-all board is in 3 sections. The camera does a tightly zoomed pan of the board and shows the Tech 21 SansAmp GT2 Pedal.

He talks in this interview about Ernie Ball building him a custom Stingray special HH with a brass pickguard and 12v preamp. He states that he used it for the intro of Descending and he can be seen using it live for the song as well.

rigrundown during 2010 showing justin using dd3 on his live pedal board. at 1:09

This video on Rig Rundown at 3:21 you can see the RAT plain as day

The pedal is KHDK's unique bass overdrive Abyss

As can be seen at DunlopTV's source, the Mesa Boogie M-2000 Head is part of his amp system.

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, we see that the over-all board is in 3 sections. The camera zooms in tight on 2 of these pedals, one being the MXR Bass Envelope Filter.

In a photo published by Bassplayer, Justin Chancellor is seen with a Rickenbacker 4001CS Chris Squire Signature bass, positioned as the fifth bass behind him.

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, a close-up shot of the Guyatone Vintage FLIP Tremolo is seen.

Carey Nordstrand built Justin a custom J bass with a pair of Big Blademan pickups as a prototype for the custom Warwick bass Justin was having built. According to the video posted by Carey, Justin liked the prototype bass so much that he kept it (at the 03:26 mark on the video)

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, we see that the over-all board is in 3 sections. On the left section is has an MXR Bass Octave Deluxe Pedal.

Justin used these amps when he first joined Tool. It is stated here in this article "These go through the full amp artillery of a Mesa/Boogie M2000 and a 400 head, and two cabinets.."

This video from DunlopTV features the guitar tech of TOOL's longest acting bassist, Justin Chancellor. As he runs through some of the pedals within Chancellor's pedal board, a close-up shot of the BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner.