Robert Trujillo
Robert Trujillo's Gear
In this Instagram post Robert Trujillo is seen playing an Olympic White Fender Mustang Bass with PJ pickups
This image is taken from Geddy Lee’s big beautiful book of bass, where Robert shows his Ibanez musician, nicknamed “facelift” which is equipped with a gold kahler trem
At 0:01 you can see clearly see Robert Using an Epiphone Viola
In this photo (taken by my phone 'cause Paramount+ won't let me take screenshots), Robert is holding a black Gibson Thunderbird. This was shown during Geddy Lee's show "Are Bass Players Human Too?".
Robert Trujillo used the Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI during Metallica's "Madly in Anger with the World" tour and the recording of the "Death Magnetic" album. This is evidenced by the video from Which Bass titled "Robert Trujillo Conspiracy: Did His Bass Rig Hold the Key to Metallica's Success in the 21st Century?" between the timestamps 7:00 and 11:35.
Robert Trujillo used the Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Plus during the recording of Metallica's album Death Magnetic. This is confirmed at the 12:47 timestamp in the YouTube video, "Robert Trujillo Conspiracy: Did His Bass Rig Hold the Key to Metallica's Success in the 21st Century?" by Which Bass.
Robert Trujillo used the Boss OC-2 Octaver during the recording of Metallica's "Death Magnetic," as detailed at the 12:47 timestamp in the YouTube video "Robert Trujillo Conspiracy: Did His Bass Rig Hold the Key to Metallica's Success in the 21st Century?" by Which Bass.
At 12:47 in the video "Robert Trujillo Conspiracy: Did His Bass Rig Hold the Key to Metallica's Success in the 21st Century?" by Which Bass, it is confirmed that Robert Trujillo used the Morley Power Wah PWO during the Death Magnetic tour and in the studio.
Robert Trujillo used the Tech 21 XXL live and on the recording of "Death Magnetic," as detailed at 12:47 in the YouTube video "Robert Trujillo Conspiracy: Did His Bass Rig Hold the Key to Metallica's Success in the 21st Century?" by Which Bass.
Robert Trujillo used two Hiwatt DR504 Custom 50 Heads while performing with Ozzy, as evidenced by the provided image.
Robert Trujillo used two Hiwatt 4x12 Cabinets while on tour with Ozzy in Japan, as evidenced by a screenshot image.
Robert Trujillo used Dean Markley SR2000™ Bass Strings throughout his career until 2009, at which point he switched to using Dunlop bass strings. This information is supported by a source image available on Equipboard.
Robert Trujillo uses the Shure Super 55 Limited Edition microphone for live backing vocals, matching the one used by James Hetfield. The band initially utilized a version with a black and red accent prior to the M72 tour and later switched to a version with a yellow accent to align with the album's primary color.
In this photo of a custom Warwick Streamer CV made for Robert, a pair of black and white EMG PJ pickups can be seen
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