Trujillo playing Motorbreath in the jam room.

[ISpeakWithCaps1]

Isn't this Whiplash? doesn't sound like motorbreath to me

[SLOnTheRoad]

It's James playing... what's wrong with Metallica fans? It's a clean guitar played with a pick. There is even another video related to this one... with the same tone and you see James playing his guitar. A bass can't sound that way.

[tedwilson79]

That IS A BASS PLAYER! MEtallica is too old to hang! Rob you fuckin RULE!!

[MrPooToob]

He's not playing there, it's James. The fretting and notes dontnmatchn

[solboard]

he belongs to infectious grooves :/

[Binotto]

Its funk too much. Put a cello Apocalyptica guy..........

[tholok97]

i love rob!!

[BlackxMetalxHead]

the best bass have 5 strings...

[itaygtr]

gorila is not an animal its a life style

[StivHobbyKniv]

it sounds nothing like a bass. Especially Rob's usual boomy tone. this is a guitar playing, not a bass.

[DaredDann3]

@StivHobbyKniv Does a guitar have 5 strings? Look at the tuners.

[StivHobbyKniv]

@DaredDann3 Dude. YOu might be watching Rob, but that doesnt mean you cant hear james playing. Seriously. I dont even understand your comment. It is a guitar playing, no question about it. A bass cant sound that way. Its a clean guitar being played, while someone is filming rob playing his bass, without volume. And thats a fact.

[DaredDann3]

@StivHobbyKniv i thought about and you are right:)

[fillecool2]

U cant play that on bass, atleast not that far down on the neck.

[BassSjoerd]

I lolled at everyone who thinks that Robert is playing this. :D

[tehgrim08]

Anyone who plays both guitar and bass will know that its james playing with a clean tone. You can hear his palm mutes. It's too high pitched to be played on a bass I mean come on look how low down the neck his fingers are. Lmao silly people.

[timomustpractise]

@tehgrim08 Nope. A basist CAN play it from such a low position if the bass is tuned to E standard. What he plays starts from is A#3, which can be found from a normally tuned bass' first, thinnest string.

[tehgrim08]

@timomustpractise that's true but that would be extremely hard and rob likes to play down low. it doesnt look like he's using a pick, you can hear the palm mutes and it doesnt sound anything like a bass tone

[Gamez4Lif3]

@tehgrim08 indeed man

[Guyverhoeven]

This is not impossible to play on bass, wether if this is James or Rob playing. (probably James,otherwise the basstone really sucks)

3 finger picking can get you far, just look up Alex Webster Interview/instructional video.

[METALLICAOWN]

This is James playing motorbreath.Can hear it because of the sound

[VEVOTroll]

he's the Latino Geddy Lee

[DjR4N0M]

he's the new burton

[mutzir]

@DjR4N0M he is a GREAT GREAT bass player but no one can replace cliff, he was a monster bassist! Sorry for my bad english! ;D

[DjR4N0M]

@mutzir your right NO ONE can replace burton, but since i heard him at the big four gelsenkirchen in germany playing call of ktulu, i love is bass skillz. hes better than newsted. and anyway, cliff is GOD of bass, he doesn't count cause noone can top him ;)

[coleeo23]

@DjR4N0M dave ellefson, steve harris

[koryakapelinal333]

@coleeo23 Steve Harris is a one trick pony, Ellefson is a Jazz bassist. Cliff could play jazz, metal, rock, classical especially, and he played guitar and sang backups as well. It's retarded to argue over who is best but in my opinion Harris and Ellefson don't hold a candle.

[coleeo23]

@koryakapelinal333 I guess writing songs, coming up with amazing bass/drum/guitar beats, and forming one of the best british heavy metal band is one trick. Also how is Dave a "jazz" guitarist? You're probably one of those fags who are so into metallica they feel they have to hate everything megadeth.

[koryakapelinal333]

@coleeo23 Lol. Yeah, Iron Maiden is one of the greatest bands ever but no one can say that they don't do the same thing in most of their songs. And Ellefson is a jazz player, he started out as a jazz bassist, he's said so himself. And I love both bands. Yeah, I love Metallica more and I acknowledge that Megadeth are more capable musicians (except that Dave can't sing for shit), but Cliff is one of the most talented bassists of all time. I'm not saying there's no one better, but those two? No.

[koryakapelinal333]

@coleeo23 You're probably one of those fags who's set up a false dichotomy in their minds that if someone likes Metallica they must hate Megadeth and vice versa. ;)

[coleeo23]

@koryakapelinal333 Totally because thats true because i HATE metallica... I only have their albums on their ipod so i can make fun of them. Im just saying that because you have some falsitivity about metallica being THE greatist band when there are other bands that are WAY better. Bands that created genres/bands such as metallica.

[koryakapelinal333]

@coleeo23 My second comment was sarcastic, hence the wink. My other comment didn't show up to you. Look for it.

[Guyverhoeven]

@DjR4N0M John Myung,Steve Harris,Steve Digiorgio,Alex Webster,Geddy Lee,Geezer Butler,Billy Sheenan,Victor Wooten,Les Claypool and so on and so on......

Nobody can top him? yeah right, learn some more bassists first.

[DjR4N0M]

@Guyverhoeven orion, anesthesia, ktulu . . . check the bass solos

[Guyverhoeven]

@DjR4N0M So what? have you actually checked any of these guys? they all have bass solos..... Just because Cliff uses distortion doesnt make him better lol.

[DjR4N0M]

@Guyverhoeven they are all awesome bass players.. i think cliff is so popular because hes dead lol

[TheKirkhammett96]

Damn He's so fast !

[kingv911]

"How does it FEEL TO BE ALIVE?!!!! SHOW ME!.......WAH WAH WAHHHHHHH"

[JoMo61504]

battery s & m how does it feel to be alive

[tavonpy2day]

I know Rob can finger the FUCK outta his girlfriend. O.o

[VengeanceAfter]

@tavonpy2day He's actually married

[Denyernator]

@tavonpy2day He used a pick...

[jfkdjfd]

@tavonpy2day He chooses not to though beacuse finding another woman capable of withstanding three sessions would be impossible.

[TheImmortalmetal]

@tavonpy2day no shit huh lol

[daimesyon]

many people cant see their fingers moving

[bgangioni]

Yeah, like Rob needs to fake it.

[metallica4413]

watch robs hand it stays in the same area its to high even if its a 5 string bass its james playing

[xminator]

watch "A Clean Version Of Motorbreath" to the right ---->

from 28 seconds to 45 seconds james is playing. the same sound as on this video.

[tehgrim08]

its james playing it clean too high pitched to be a bass cant believe people think its rob

[METALLICAOWN]

@tehgrim08

Yepp youre right!! :D finally someone who understand!!

[DonnieYen91]

this is james  not rob...

[thegtagamer23]

look at the 0:16...nice ringtone

[METALSEPTER]

thousandth comment

[CorazonDelLobo]

Oh man, that fucking rocks.... the nokia tune is amazing

[tonik3030]

isnt it Phantom Lord?

[baconrules311]

@tonik3030 no it is not

[jurepure]

thumbs up if u heard nokia ! :D

[klb2000000]

I think that's James playing, not Rob.

[kels866]

Just so you all know, its wasn't the bass player you could hear. Fact.

[CutiaaNikitaaa246]

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[TheSkuLLcomedyShow]

Why was Metallica late for the concert? Because their tour bus was stuck on a Cliff.

[discohunter12]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow I'm sorry man, but that's not funny.

[losermonster]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow Wow man. That's harsh.

[ThatKrookedVulture]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow That is just unnaccepably fucked up man. Go to hell you cock-muncher.

[JBLgangsta]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow whoa, not cool man, NOT cool in a million years. DAMN.

[iiWiLlIaMsOn]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow

You deserve to die yourself.

[rattleXhead]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow is tht a joke u inbred fuck?? -.-

[RuneScapeFront]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow Seriously? Laughing with death?

[tuzito31895]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow go die :)

[schulhoff18]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow thats accualy kinda funny. good one

[texxxx2121]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow your jokes fail you fuckin queer boy

[TheSkuLLcomedyShow]

@texxxx2121...You're probably right, but at least i'll always be able to laugh about how butthurt you were. Maximum lolz!

[texxxx2121]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow "lolz"? that proves you really are gay. butthurt? Maximum lolz? is that your come back for real? im willing to bet your from goddamn san fagsisco

[blakeismaddas]

the rest of this video is also on youtube and robs bass sounds completley different its not him

[00ytumamatambien00]

rob is the one playing

PERIOD.

you can hear lars

[mattjucy]

Lars is a massive cock.

[masterquadbiker]

@mattjucy no hes not hes amazing!

[mattjucy]

@masterquadbiker Amazing but still a cock :P

[masterquadbiker]

@mattjucy amazing yes but his attitude is awesome :D

[Stackmolnband]

Hah, it's james for sure. if u turn down your volume knob on your guitar, with some overdrive on the amp, it'll sound just like that. the bass would've sounded much heavier and with a "fuller" sound...

[davonkwwlx00]

it's Rob playin da bass...defo !

[MetalGuitarEdi]

Rob was playing...Note that James guitar was Off when he started playing and it has a totally different sound....

[meatballminer]

he aint playing that with his fingers is he

[MrJro2]

Listen people. That sound is not a bass... Learn your instruments. Geesh!

[carl206rc]

@MrJro2 guitar can't sound like that so what kind of instrument do you think he is playing? ukulele?

[MrJro2]

@carl206rc Hey carl206rc. Guitar CAN sound like that and does sound like that. I'm a musciain and recording engineer and have been for 25 years. Trust me this is a guitar... It just doesn't have distortion on it. It is someone in the background playing. If you have ver been in a jam room. Musicians practice like Robert. T with their volume knob down so others can speak without having to battle the instrument to be heard. This NOT the bass and is someones un distorted guitar. Trust me.

[carl206rc]

@MrJro2 ok I was wrong sorry anyway it's a cool song

[MrJro2]

@carl206rc No problems man. Take it easy.

[smartfit]

@MrJro2 25 years you should know the sound of a bass.

[MrJro2]

@smartfit I do smart guy. HAHA! Still fooled by this hey? Trust me it's not the bass guitar. Why would you question me after 25 years of experience? The sound is a guitar coming from someones guitar. It actually sounds like James Hetfield les paul with little to no distortion. Sorry, but you've got this one wrong. HAHA, so funny.

[rickeymedlocke]

Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz is a genius

[texxxx2121]

@rickeymedlocke whats america without racism right? lmao

[mankepierdasss]

lars the best

[tehgrim08]

My guess is that it's either james or kirk playing in the background. It sounds like a pick hitting the strings on a guitar w/o distortion.

[marcussilvamgs]

James is playin', rob is just following the riff with no volume on his bass. Basses don't produce such tone. That's a guitar;

[13ole37]

@marcussilvamgs

[xOBenzo92Ox]

It's Rob playing, look and listen as he pulls off the string at exactly 0:39 .

[maidenfer05]

is a guitar the 5 strings bass have one more string but is a lower string tuned in b nota higher string

[xsodrummer]

Is this a music video or a commercial for nokia cellphones ?? hahaha

[mike1ooo]

The Netherlands!! THE place to be \m/ :)

Metallica i luv you :D XD Metallica Rocks \m/

[VinCeXMS]

Haha they were in holland. They were probably stoned haha.

[DarioLosso69]

that sounds like a freaking guitar.

[maidenfer05]

@DarioLosso69 because is a guitar the 5 strings bass have one more string but is a lower string tuned in b nota higher string

[G3LEBEL]

Wow you guys must sucks at music.... THIS IS JAMES PLAYING HERE! Look at the related video ''Clean version of Motorbreath''=Related to this video. Rob can surely do this but this is a GUITAR with EMGs playing in this video. Get over it kids.

[daafiedos]

/watch?v=X28vT3IrOB8&feature=r­elated its james;)

[baranthalas]

can't you hear james, lars and kirk saying "rob you are giving us a headache" ? no need to brainstorm about bass strings and how they are tuned, just listen what they are saying.

cant believe you guys are still talking about this shit..

[ShdowSora]

@baranthalas

Listen to this man.

Holy shit, I play bass. It's obvious he's playing. God fucking damn. And if it's not obvious enough, read what this guy wrote.

"can't you hear james, lars and kirk saying "rob you are giving us a headache""

Holy fuck guys you're retarded.

[5StringRevoloution]

EDIT: To be fair, Rob still isn't playing that. James is playing on another bass.

[DirtyBeastsBand]

@5StringRevoloution not on a bass but on 6string guitar

[5StringRevoloution]

FUCK. WE ALL LOOK STUPID.

I just picked up my bass, played along to that song....

And it's a bass. Top G string. Tabs would be (Partially): 3h5555 3 5 3h555 3 5 0

GOOD GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE?! ALL OUR ARGUMENTS HAVE BECOME MOOT.

[tehgrim08]

@5StringRevoloution so you can play that fast with your fingers can you?

[5StringRevoloution]

@tehgrim08 Well, yeah. I use all 4 fingers to strum, and if I dont do that, I double-strum with my index and middle by moving them back and forth, giving 2 plucks per finger.

[tehgrim08]

@5StringRevoloution even so its a too clean sound to be played on bass therefore james is playing it

[Viriatus]

it's Trujillo not Heatfield.... but it's not easy to see it because it's out of sync

[Odiin666]

@Viriatus its hetfield, dont you know how a bass sounds and how a clean guitar sounds??? and learn how to spell hetfield..

[Viriatus]

it's Trujillo not Heatfield....

[mynameismudddd]

@Viriatus

That's a guitar. Not a bass. Look at where Rob's hands are on the bass. Would it be playing a note that high?

Also, I can tell the difference between fingers and pick. And the video isn't out of sync.

[Viriatus]

@mynameismudddd It isn't out of sync? Just look at Robert and Lars lips when they are talking!

[mattjns]

This thread will go on for eternity with SO many people thinking they hear Rob. Please people, PLEASE just watch the next part of the video entitled 'A Clean Version of Motorbreath'....at :28 seconds in, tell me what you hear...? That's right....listen carefully....correct....Single picked notes from James' guitar, identical in EVERY way to what you hear on this clip. It's James playing. All the evidence you need. Please watch the other video before attacking me with your foul mouthed diatribe.

[juandiegometallica]

NOKIA TUNE!!!

[romoisabiyatch]

Fuck all of you! I'm playing this!!!

[dan11009]

doesnt sound like a bass

[DonnieYen91]

that`s james ;]

[troeteimarsch]

it is rob playing :)

[tatunyman]

rob the magic finger :D

[rockstardrum1]

this was played on my 14th birthday.

[dontbro]

Did Lars say someone is peaking?

[jartor666]

Is the sound of the bass, in second 43 you can hear James guitar

[TrashMetalMusic]

Sounds like sped up version of Motorbreath xD

[MushroomDisorder]

@5StringRevoloution Well just to be fair,yes,the 5th string that is added is usually a low B string.

But,there are people who do add a high C string...but I'm sure that the chimp adds only the low B,so yes IT IS JAMES!

[5StringRevoloution]

@MushroomDisorder If the bass has 5 strings and is strung EADGC, then it becomes a tenor bass guitar, and I KNOW Truj won't play anything that high.

I'm not going to even bring up the fact that I personally know Lars and have met Truj multiple times and even played his bass...

[bassguitarkeybordwiz]

@5StringRevoloution

You have your bass tuned BEADG where you can go the other way and tune it EADGC, it can have lower or higher tuning depends on what you want to do.

[5StringRevoloution]

@bassguitarkeybordwiz Actually, I'm tuned DEADG, because it's convenient, and looks cool.

[darkgothic8]

@5StringRevoloution

wtf? that sound bad dude =(

BEADG

or AEADG

[5StringRevoloution]

@darkgothic8 I never use my low B, and I hate tuning to drop D, so it works out perfectly.

[RecklessDrift]

@5StringRevoloution Yea, alot of people tune a 5 string EADGC.

[panikattak14]

@5StringRevoloution technically it all depends on the string configuration. you COULD set up the strings EADGC instead of BEADG...just splittin hairs

[Hudzan]

@5StringRevoloution Its a choice

Either BEADG

or EADGC

[5StringRevoloution]

@Hudzan I can tune my bass how ever I want; there are no "set guidelines". There's a band that has their bass tuned to GCGCG, and still there is another that is tuned DGBEA. You don't tell others how to tune their instruments. I like how DEADG sounds, and that's how its going to be tuned.

PS. This isnt just yelling at you, but all the others that try to tell me how to tune my bass.

[Hudzan]

@5StringRevoloution Okayyyy calm down, I'm a guitarist but I also play bass (5 strings) and yes usually its tuned BEADG as standard tuning but there's also a jazz solo standard tuning which is higher not lower but yeah you're right you tune it the way you want

[5StringRevoloution]

@Hudzan Sorry, but if you look at how many comments there are saying "TUNE IT THIS WAY HURR" you can understand why I was upset.

[Hudzan]

@5StringRevoloution Yeah I understand, thats like one of the many positive things about guitar/bass, you can tune it the way you want unlike piano or whatever.

But yeah still there are standard tunings and thats probably what everyone meant

[uberbassdude]

@5StringRevoloution it is possible to tune a 5 string e-a-d-g-Hc instead of Lb-e-a-d-g. witch is the most usual, and rob plays the usual way.

[5StringRevoloution]

@uberbassdude I know how he tunes (I've met him multiple times) and I know how many ways there are to tune a 5 string bass. FYI, it's more than just those 2 ways.

[vinnie01]

@5StringRevoloution theyre basically tuned from 5 - 1 e a d g b like a guitar

[5StringRevoloution]

@vinnie01 No, usually it is BEADG

[cheesey422]

@5StringRevoloution there are some with higher strings and some with lower strings

[pingpongpung]

@5StringRevoloution 0:43-0:46 is James playing. The rest is Rob. Both his hands are moving, and why would the camera be on Rob if James was playing? Who's the noob now?

[5StringRevoloution]

@pingpongpung You, for taking my comment out of context.

[TheCrappycovers]

@pingpongpung it's not the sound of a bass, man. The people telling you are bass players. You know what this probably is? James is showing Rob how to play it and Rob is just trying to catch what James is doing on the fretboard. Plus I recognize James's tone from other videos. The camera man can film whatever he wants, and Rob learning a song looks okay. Or maybe they're just warming up/excercising, Rob would know the song by then. And those hand movements don't add up to what's being played.

[DamageIncM]

@pingpongpung

No, it's James all the time, because it's a regular guitar that you hear.

Also, Rob is just warming up his hands because he simply has his volume down.

Plus, where his left hand is on the neck, he couldn't even sound like that, period.

Besides, the camera doesn't necessarily have to be on anyone who plays music, this was just following Rob or Rob and Lars in the background.

Doesn't matter, it's about what they're doing, not what they're playing, in these videos.

[PSNxXSaNcHeZXx326]

@DamageIncM STFU!! It's ROB!

[DamageIncM]

@PSNxXSaNcHeZXx326

You're deaf...

Been listening too much Deaf Magnetic?...

[PSNxXSaNcHeZXx326]

@DamageIncM Nope, Motorbreath is from the kill em all album dumbass

[DamageIncM]

@PSNxXSaNcHeZXx326

What are you being such an asshole for?!?!

You didn't even get that I meant that Deaf Magnetic probably made you deaf.

I didn't even say that Motorbreath is from any album.

Learn to read you imbecile, before you call someone anything.

Go back to playing COD on your PS3...

[PSNxXSaNcHeZXx326]

@DamageIncM I dont play that you dumbass, just shows how ignorant you really are

[DamageIncM]

@PSNxXSaNcHeZXx326

I'm not going to give this guy any more credit by directly responding so him...

His reactions are ridiculous.

[PSNxXSaNcHeZXx326]

@DamageIncM THEN FUCK OFF

[Anghorn32]

@DamageIncM dude, that is played an octave lower than you would on a guitar. i play guitar and bass.

And jes not using a pick, im pretty sure about that. have u seen him live??

[al6s2491]

@5StringRevoloution so the lower string on the 5string is probably a B and which you can downtune to A in order to drop tune right?like guitars...

[logicalbass]

@5StringRevoloution because on a five string you may have a lower B or a higher C. Actually the first 5 string basses had a higher C. So, buy one!

[bloodshreded]

@5StringRevoloution but u can have a higher 1, right? if u put one there?

[guitarmexikanguy]

this video was reocrded on my birthday(Y)

[Gamer21gll]

0:16 Nokia 3310

[uofm97]

Ok, for the last time people.......that is a guitar played at low volume WITHOUT distortion. They do that all the time when they are running through chord changes before shows. That sound is too bright even for a bass. Hell, even I can make my guitar sound like that. If ya need proof, watch the St. Anger DVD or Some Kind Of Monster. James plays in that fucking mode all the time.

[miessnerchild3]

@uofm97 I'm not trying to piss you off but depending on how you set up the amp and which pedals Rob was using you can make a bass sound like just about anything.

[baranthalas]

cant you hear "rob you are givin us a headache" comment by kirk ? this is rob playing motorbreath.

[aflemilsponer]

lol the guy in the white in the croud sticks out like a sore thumb nail

[fuckinbit8]

obviously it´s james

[oye2a2000]

@dfg87

can you send me the tabs so i can upload a vid proving it's bass.

if you have it?

thanks

[newoaklandlocal]

@oye2a2000 the bass never plays like that in the song...so if it is...its not the original bass line.but i agree...a lot of mid and treble could make this tone easy.it even sounds like the strings are being plucked tensely...james...or kirk...idk why people dont suspect kirk....is obviously picking quite a bit if its them..bass duznt have to have a thick sound if u kill the tone for it...people on here act like theyve done so much with bass...the D in EADG is the same as a D in drop tuned guitar

[oye2a2000]

@newoaklandlocal

i kno but live version are usually different, nd trijilo usually changes up cliff's basslines the fact the camera is on him kinda proves he is playing,

it wont make sense to film trijulo when some else is playin

[RIVR2319]

HEY DUMSHITS! Watch A Clean Version Of Motorbreath.James has a switch on the guitar to turn it off n on listen to his tone on the video.ITS EXACTLY LIKE THIS VIDEO'S NOW STFU