Justin Chancellor's Amps & Cabs for Tool

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The band's backbone details some of his oldest gear pieces from Demeter, Gallien-Krueger and Mesa/Boogie and that have helped formed his signature thunder.
“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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[@northman1388]

Met Justin before…. great guy!

[@cbsaulren]

Justin has one of the best bass sounds I've ever heard, recorded and live. It's punchy, articulate and warm all at once. Tool has no shortage of talent, but the rhythm section is immaculate.

[@marki7661]

I’ll keep watching this no matter how many times u break it down, shuffle it around and re-upload it… BUT!!! if u EVER manage to get Adam on here, or even his tech, there’s a good chance that after watching on repeat for days and days on end I will probably be the first person in history to die, exploding into dust due to running dry from the result of a hero’s gear induced ultragasm. 🔥💥💥🔥🔥💨💨💨💨

[@andrewpappas9311]

Me and my friends I play in a band with saw Tool back last November and it was absolutely awesome (Alex Lifeson joined them on Jambi, which was absolutely fucking awesome since nobody was expecting it, plus our guitarist, drummer and I are huge Rush fans and Jambi is our singer's favourite Tool song, so we were all happy), loved getting to hear Justin and Adam's tones live and I highly recommend going for those who haven't seen Tool because they put on an absolutely killer show

[@dzendek11]

One of the first here. Love the band go see them live if you can.

[@youpeopl_music3220]

I haven't seen them since Lollapalooza '94! I've gotta get updated!

[@jamescassidy4045]

That Mesa Cab looks like it has two 12's, and two 15's to me. Look that way to anyone else?

[@chrissears9912]

Keep experimenting Justin!!

[@ileutur6863]

Mic on cab + DI. For bass, accept nothing less.

[@spitfire666bassist]

any idea what mics he's using on the cabs?

[@ileutur6863]

​@@spitfire666bassist Last time I checked it wa the Heil PR40 or PR30

[@Shiloh7377]

AWSOME, justin liked one of my coments on facebook the other day....

[@kingfisher7960]

You couldn't go talk to Adam could you? The only rig rundown the internet would break for....you blew it.....😢

[@an032nv]

What could you do in a home setting for an amp + cab that would get you relatively close to this tone? I've never really seen anyone nail it when doing covers.

[@RumpleStiltzkin-bu5he]

Who cares...tool was big in the 90's, not nowdays.

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

Every show I went to lately was sold out

[@youpeopl_music3220]

What?

[@youpeopl_music3220]

Huh?

[@RumpleStiltzkin-bu5he]

@youpeopl_music3220 theyre irrelevant these days. What do you mean, huh???

[@RumpleStiltzkin-bu5he]

@Vor_Tex_Sun cause theyve been around for 30 years, and ilder people luke them. Doesnt mean i need to know what their rig setups are. Theyre not producing a tone special enough to need an explanation of the gear. ...who cares.