Justin Chancellor's #1 Wal Bass Guitar for Tool

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The bass legend and his tech Pete Lewis details the specs behind the instrument that has created some of the band's most iconic riffs.
“Will the next Tool album take more than 10,000 days?”
That was an ongoing (and agonizing) joke for Tool fans that awaited the band’s fifth album following the release of 2006’s 10,000 Days. (A cruel clairvoyance of a title.) For those counting, when Fear Inoculum was finally delivered on August 30, 2019, it was just 4,868 days from their previous album. All crummy jokes aside, the anticipation of the album was real for a reason: the music. And the rhythmic cog of their constant contorting of depth and darkness is bassist Justin Chancellor.
Sure, drummer Danny Carey is a living legend bashing everything his large frame can smash and crash. Adam Jones transforms his guitar into a Hans Zimmer production with varied textures, temperaments, and traits his tone expresses. During shows, singer and lyricist Maynard James Keenan prowls in the shadows adding to the band’s musical mysticism. This triumvirate core dished out the punishing EP Opiate in 1992, and their 1993 debut full-length Undertow was more complex and calculated in its rage. But in 1995, when Justin Chancellor replaced Paul D’Amour on bass, Tool immediately expanded their dimensionality. The original three continued to dazzle and dumbfound listeners, but the addition of Chancellor and his pocket-minded role unlocked a collective vocabulary previously unspoken. Simply put, if Tool was an octopus, Chancellor was the head. The others could be momentarily independent tentacles exploring the melodic murkiness of their respective reaches, but when they needed to propel forward, Chancellor was steering. His lines are the base for the band’s groove and attitude that became a focal point on subsequent releases with 1996’s Ænima, 2001’s Lateralus, 2006’s 10,000 Days, and eventually 2019’s Fear Inoculum. The former three went triple-platinum, while the latter three were No. 1 on the Billboard 200. (Ænima landed in the No. 2 spot.)
If you ever catch yourself playing air guitar to Tool, you’re probably mimicking Chancellor’s parts. “Schism,” “The Pot,” “Forty Six & 2,” “H.,” “Fear Inoculum,” “Descending,” “The Grudge,” and plenty of others feature his buoyant bass riffs.
Chancellor’s tone has had a longstanding relationship with Wal basses, Gallien-Krueger amps, and Mesa/Boogie cabs. The evolving part of his rig has been his pedalboard. At this juncture of the band’s run supporting Fear Inoculum, Chancellor’s board is larger than his guitar-playing counterparts. Yet everything has a place and purpose. Some of it is duplicity, some of it is to avoid any required knob-turning during the show, and as we find out in the Rundown, some of it is just for fun. Grab a seat and get comfortable as Chancellor and his tech Pete Lewis walk PG’s elated Chris Kies through his live setup.
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[@premierguitar]

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[@richardcyrka6682]

Wal is a British company that started in the 70s by Ian Waller. Players like Geddy Lee and Percy Jones used Wal basses to great effect. As well as amazing workmanship, there basses use a filter system similar to Alembics to produce a wide array of sounds , rather than the more common bass, mid and treble eq. Wether it's true or not, Wal do not give there basses away to top players for endorsement, if you want one then you get your wallet out, no matter who you are.

[@rosscostuart3409]

Shut up dummy

[@mufflager9065]

Yep expect to pay minimum 10k even used. You may get lucky and get one for 8.5-9 range but that’s it.

[@PersonSuit]

Man I want a Wal sooo bad. It feels like I have been on the waiting list for years :(

[@captainchunk4078]

Pre amp dials Dimed haha, love it...

[@pricc-om]

Wal gotta come on and get a production line man

[@gadymarcus2362]

Bella/Linda.❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@Toolmybass]

Why segment an already uploaded video...just to re-post it?

[@Coffeetableleg]

Because people don’t have enough of an attention span to watch anything over 4 minutes about one of the best bassists out there today.

[@overseer_grimal]

Gen Z cannot pay attention. It would be ideal if the video was 1 minute long with a Minecraft overlay

[@ileutur6863]

​@@overseer_grimal its called a highlight, lighten up

[@moshpitnirvana]

there looked to be almost ten basses in his boat when I saw them on the this last tour, wonder why they didn't show any of the others?

[@hchoe741]

Probably all identical models

[@trigger796]

I think mostly just different tuned ones and backups. He’s got a few Wal basses and some are different models. Not sure if he’s only got one stingray or more.

[@suddenlyawetrat2587]

Three Birdseye Maple (main, backup, and ?), One Walnut tuned BEDG for Parabol(a), Green MK 3 tuned Drop C for the Pot, The Stingray for Descending, and P Bass for personal pleasure. They really only need to bring out the one Wal, like someone already said they're all pretty identical besides tuning and woods

[@HC-iu1vs]

who is he?

[@ryanmiller9999]

Is this the same brand as Dingwal, or is Wal a different company?

[@erkindanger]

Different company. Wal basses have been around since the '70s and are made-to-order in the UK in very small numbers, and Dingwall basses are Canadian and can be purchased from higher-end instrument shops.

[@russellayers3408]

Different companies

[@jamesobrien8529]

Tool is the most overrated band ever. We waited 10 years for a stupid jam session its sad when a perfect circle released a better album than tool did