The Bass of Doom Sessions

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

Earlier this year, bassist Hadrien Feraud messaged me saying he was about to borrow an instrument from fellow bass player and Jaco Pastorius fan Robert Trujillo to record and film new material. It was not just any instrument, but the legendary Bass of Doom. The bass was used extensively by Jaco, both live and in the studio, until it was stolen in 1986. Decades later, the Bass of Doom was found in the hands of a collector in New York City, and after a lengthy legal battle, it was purchased by Trujillo. A couple months after Hadrien first told me the news, I got to hear it in action. My jaw fell to the floor as I listened to the newly recorded demos. I'm sure Jaco was there in spirit through the whole process. And now, a little over 6 months later, the public finally gets their first glimpse at this awesome body of work. This one's called "You". Enjoy. linktr.ee/jacoarchive

[@spenceremmons6200]

Bravo Mr. Ferraud!

[@spenceremmons6200]

Mr. Trujillo, that was quite a purchase I'm sure.

[@grooveattitude06]

la basse de Jaco dans les mains d'Hadrien : Elle pouvait pas tomber mieux... L'esprit de Jaco est respecté dans ce morceau. Merci !

[@Jeff-o-Lee]

That douche bag collector that kept the bass & wouldn't give it back to the Pastorius Estate is a piece of garbage. Taking it to court & finally selling it to Robert Trujillo for an astronomical amount is just absurd.

[@PeterBracic-b8r]

But it most literally is the same instrument, rebuilt. Priceless cars are restored and they are still the same car. As if he started playing the moment Jaco played his last note, there is no better player in the world to pay tribute.

[@altrogeruvah]

Absolutely stunning composition, it has Jaco nuance all over it

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

Agreed. Hadrien did this bass so much justice.

[@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422]

It’s great that Jaco’s soul is still in good hands!

[@weepeee]

This is SO INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL there’s no words to describe…🔥🎼💚🎵🌹🎶😇🌻🙏❤️♥️💜💗⭐️☮️

[@magicmusic6698]

The Bass Of Doom in the better hands!! Thank you Hadrien for bring to us the spirit of Jaco again and feel the vibe!

[@J-Bass63]

Fantastic playing. I've heard plenty of covers and tributes. But that bass - it is just, unmistakable!! Beyond the tone & technique - there are just characteristics I've not heard coming from any other instrument.

[@pierrepicot3706]

Thank you for upload Hadrien Féraud : one of my préfère bass player with Percy Jones...

[@johnb2476]

love how they brought that in for the ending

[@JonnyProsser]

Sounds amazing! Sweet tone.

[@rabbirelax]

This is wonderful!

[@kennethschweighardt4920]

It does not get more 'Golden' than that. Such beauty in composition, such excellence and emotional content, It brings your soul into a bit of heaven for a while. Thank-you.

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

Well said

[@Markperna1]

That sounded awesome! I’m looking forward to seeing and hearing the rest of the project.

[@hbeejay]

Fantastic !!!! ❤ looking forward to more of these sessions…..

[@musicuniverse1986]

Amazing! The bass of doom couldn't have been in better hands! In addition to being one of the greatest bass players in the world Hadrien has a rare passion and love for Jaco's music. He knows it inside out. Thank you so much for sharing :)

[@JonHop1]

It should be Jaco's families hands, and Robert should just relinquish ownership to Jaco's son... I get he paid for it, and got the bass, but, it should just be given to Jaco's son with no strings attached.

[@Oiak1086]

@@JonHop1 And here we have the inevitable comment trying to denigrate the band or a member of Metallica, even having easy access to information. Anyway, this is what Robert Trujillo said a long time ago when all this happened: ‘I’m not a collector, but I felt at that moment that it was important to help, so we recovered the bass. I am its legal owner, but a clause was made to ensure that any decision that is made about the instrument must be made with the family. For them, it was like the family pet that used to be anywhere in the house, not even in a case. Felix Pastorius [the son of Jaco and twin of Julius Pastorius] has it at this moment. I’ve played it and it’s amazing, it’s in very good shape.’ However, you say exactly the opposite of what REALLY happened, anyway…

[@JonHop1]

@@Oiak1086 Not sure what your point is... Robert should relinquish ownership to Jaco's son, whether his son wants him to or not.. Jaco's family is just too nice.

[@Oiak1086]

@@JonHop1 this bass is still around literally because of Robert, NO ONE ELSE, and I will quote it for you again, Robert's words: ''...Felix Pastorius has it at this moment...'' wtf else you want him to do?? This is maybe the most expensive bass around, he surely spend a bunch of money FOR THE FAMILY asking nothing for it, read the story! Is all around the net! Those are not my words!

[@JonHop1]

@Oiak1086 Bud, the bass woulda been found eventually. I don't care who found it it's Jacos bass.. Do the right thing, and give it to the family. Relinquish all ownership. It's the right, ethical, and moral thing to do..

[@olavisaksjoflot2932]

Totally Amazing! No doubt a Great instrument, but in the capable hands of a Fantastic Bassist & instrumentalist! 🤗🙏

[@landonrolfe3516]

Fantastic!

[@gallolibre3815]

If you were in high school as I was back in the 70s Jaco was a soul taking bassist . I couldn’t figure out why he haunted me so. Some younger listeners may never feel the excitement and context of that time. It was Stanley and Jaco in the down beat readers poll. It was heavenly. Bass of live on.

[@Bassiturra]

Ferocious Hadrien! glad to see and hear "the holy grail of basses" in your hands.

[@loiseaunoir1021]

Good playing here by Feraud.

[@mattfoley6082]

That's Jaco's voice. Almost makes me cry.

[@jandy6869]

끝내주네

[@travel_and_explore_with_BIP]

Awesome, that’s Jaco right there!

[@Oldscoolify]

Its so strange hearing a perfect blend of Hadrien and Jaco tones.

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

I agree

[@lucasmelle1903]

incredible

[@Syreljazz47]

The spirit of Jaco Pastorius still alive..Thanks Hadrien Feraud

[@aurelio_scala]

Grazie a Dio c'è chi suona ancora...per quello il mondo continua a girare...

[@RiveBassCovers]

Glad to see the bass is still alive and well. Jaco’s spirit definitely still lives on in his bass, it sounds amazing like it always has 🔥

[@JonHop1]

Not even close to the same bass sadly...

[@b2meb2meb2me]

​@@JonHop1Same bass, different finish and headstock.

[@JonHop1]

@@b2meb2meb2me I mean, hard to call that the same bass lol... The entire thing was in pieces, even the body had to be redone... I still think Robert should relinquish ownership to Felix.. Robert is rich enough. He already has every bass he could ever want. This is the last memento of Jaco, and Jaco's family should have full ownership of it.

[@b2meb2meb2me]

@@JonHop1 I don't think the family cares about its ownership as long as they have access to it. If the family cared so much, they wouldn't have sold Jaco's other basses.

[@JonHop1]

@@b2meb2meb2me in my opinion, its not about anything other than doing the right thing... And the right thing, is giving Jaco's family Jaco's memento that was lost for so long. Its the right thing to do, end of story. Jaco's sons did not sell any of his basses.

[@absoluteunit8628]

Impressive pursuit here, the determination in the players is really magnificent!

[@WoutvanKlooster]

Straight to the hart! ❤

[@junbu8958]

Beautiful tone

[@martinturco3668]

Very nice material!!! I'd like to hear the bass of doom with the amp of doom, the Acoustic 360!!!!

[@robtrapani5239]

This is beautiful!

[@agyemanboaten4385]

The Stradivarius of bass guitar. The holy grail.

[@ianpeterson6357]

SUPERBE !!

[@rnemchev]

Sax player is a beast!

[@endreengelhardt975]

That was nice.

[@dorszslowacki8450]

That one bass sound to rule them all... I can't stop wondering what would Jaco be playing these days, with all the new tech etc?

[@Devalu3d]

I think that he probably more would have seen electronic music in the 90's and probably have been inspired by the likes of all the warp records musicians back then and he probably would have noticed the influence he had on squarepusher specifically but that's just me jaco always seemed from what I've seen at least to be a very forward thinking guy and I feel like he probably would have liked to move with the times but sadly we'll never get to know 😔

[@rasolzamini8678]

Sounds amazing, David Binney is very good

[@etsuchika]

🙏💞

[@TonyCarsenti92]

Well. Think we can all agree that this piece of wood hasn't been played to sound like "THAT" since 1986 I guess. "THAT " sound. "THE" sound . Very reminiscent of tunes such as "Chair in the sky" or " Goodbye porkpie hat" from Joni 's Mingus album. Or even WR's Speechless or Current affairs. Or Jaco's Work with Michel Colombier. That's what I call "the Deep Jaco" and that's quite a great job at channeling exactly that while playing your own lines, H. la classe T.

[@SenyaBelashev]

Just 😳

[@niwdeeel]

Amazing how every time this bass appears on KZbin the horde of Jaco snobs and purists come out of their caves to brandish their pitchforks and opinions on everything and anything Jaco, because everything except "4 string bass of doom" is apparently a cardinal sin to their great bass god. The bass was destroyed and restored, get over it. Jaco was always a rebel and literally made his name on the foundation of going against the norm. His son plays a 6 string. His nephew plays slap bass with Tech9. Jaco would have loved this video and Hadrien Feraud is probably THE authority on studying and channeling Jaco's spirit of playing. And any bass player worth their weight in salt knows 90% of tone comes from the individual players touch and fingers, not whether or not it has a flame maple top or whether its legally owned by Metallica's bassist. Anyone who has a problem with those factors is a pointless snob with nothing constructive to offer in terms of opinion. End of story.

[@nunyabidnez7857]

People feel how they feel. You think and feel in gross exaggerations and more than a little of the righteousness you're decrying. If the subject of Jaco inspires fanaticism and strong emotions, even juvenile ones, it's a testament to how personal it is to so many people. Few artists --few humans at all-- could ever hope to have that effect.

[@Oiak1086]

Agreed whit every single word, they don't care that this bass is still able to EXIST thanks to Robert, they just HATE that he owns the bass, we can hear this music on 2024 thanks to him and no one else

[@martinturco3668]

A great job, period!!!!

[@jakemf1]

I’m very confused that looks nothing like Jacos bass? Has it been refinished new pickguard?

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

Jaco's bass tech rebuilt it. There's no pickguard and never was.

[@catboyzee]

Story goes that back in the mid-80s, Jaco threw the bass down a concrete stairwell in a fit of rage and the instrument was broken into pieces, presumbly beyond repair. He took the instrument to luthiers Kevin Kaufman and Jim Hamilton who managed to restore it to playability using wood veneers (such as the lovely Quilted Maple top you see on the body now) to hold the broken pieces together. IMHO its a miracle that after such a major reconstruction the instrument still retains much of its distinctive voice and sonic character.

[@weepeee]

I’m just curious 👀 wouldn’t Hadrien have borrowed it from the Pastorius Family? I thought They acquired it thru Robert after being miraculously found and beautifully restored?

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

No. Robert is the legal owner of the bass.

[@RogerBaysinger]

The bass needed considerable repair at one time. The decision to completely change/refinish the body of the bass was a very bad one. The mystic, the battle scars, the Jaco scars, are gone forever. There are a million bass enthusiasts that would’ve loved to have seen and heard the real Jaco bass…

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

This is the real Jaco bass. It had to be refinished, and I'm sure Jaco liked the new look. None of the tone was lost either.

[@Mileke]

jaco destroyed the bass before it was stolen, and yes, he loves the job make by the luthier

[@enoslayuk7580]

IMO Jaco's spirit is not in the bass sir 🙏🏼

[@waltzguy14151]

Nonsense. None of those things have any impact on the sound of the instrument. The tone is clearly there. Also you have no idea what state the collector who bought the stolen bass kept it in. Just because it’s refinished has zero ZERO ZERO impact on the tone.

[@mr_bassman6685]

Jaco used the rebuilt bass on Mike Stern's "Mood Swings" before it was stolen.

[@davemilnes1147]

Curious to know - was it easy to get the authentic Jaco sound out of it? Lovely playing by the way.

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

I can't speak for Hadrien, but probably relatively easy after years of studying Jaco's bass lines and technique.

[@theycallmejpj]

It’s not really the same bass at this point, but it’s a lovely song

[@johanolsson87]

This is how it looked when Jaco recorded the Mike Stern tune «mood swings» Allegedly the same day he got it back from Kevin Kaufman.

[@BigSunn0]

How does the bass of doom look brand spanking new??

[@BigSunn0]

ok, the bass was smashed to pieces and rebuilt late in Jacos life.

[@loremyster3631]

Why does the bass of doom look different? Was it refurbished?

[@ToddBrittain1963]

From the first note...

[@subbbass]

real great music these guys are playing and Hadrien is such a Master ..... But this bass does not look in any way like Jaco's bass. Can anyone explain this to me ??? this flame maple top on the body ??? who would repaint a legendary bass like this ?

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

After an incident in the mid '80s, Jaco had it repaired by his friend Kevin Kaufman. This was the result.

[@RogerBaysinger]

I totally agree with you. It was a terrible move to refinish the body of Jacob’s bass.

[@Mileke]

@@RogerBaysinger it was necessary, the was in 6 pieces, search for broken bass of doom on google

[@mr_bassman6685]

@@RogerBaysinger Well, Jaco approved of the result.

[@WTHFX]

Interesting. The bass's voice unmistakable but the phrasing and lyricism is entirely Hadrien's.

[@MrDerfLange]

I enjoyed this, well done. But isn't anyone worried Hadrien will suffer the fate of doom now?

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

No worries, Hadrien isn't 35 anymore. ;)

[@ileutur6863]

Amazing session, shame about the decision to use the markbass amp

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

I disagree. The Bass of Doom sounds great with a MarkBass amp.

[@dh-_1011]

Totally. Some big ol Acoustics with some folded horn cabs would’ve nailed it. The biggest problem with all this Jaco bass nonsense is that that neanderthal Bob Trujillo has something to do with this. Edit: spelling

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

@@dh-_1011 Learn the facts before insulting someone, Robert has not made a single change to this bass.

[@dh-_1011]

@@JacoPastoriusArchive Never said he did. If I remember right, Jaco smashed it up in a fit and his tech(s) put it back together and had to put a veneer on it. Jaco got it back and didn’t like it anymore or some such. I’m not a fan of Trujillo, it’s cool that he got the instrument back into the hands of the Pastorius family, the bummer is that he’s the one who did it. If I have done off the details wrong, I apologize. I’m going for memory still on my first cuppa. Nice video otherwise, sir.

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

@@dh-_1011 The bass was stolen in 1986. Still, insulting Trujillo is highly unnecessary.

[@JAK0449]

people don tknow hadrien if they did they would hate that

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

I couldn't possibly think of a reason to hate Hadrien.

[@fusionfan6883]

What on earth are you talking about, what nonsense?!

[@HADRIENFeraud]

You talk like you know me tho .. ? The ones that know me specifically actually love that btw. Also what s there to hate besides my playing on that, uh? 😂 Dont I look damn fine ? And boi did I smell good on that session too..Ask your girl. 🫶

​​@@HADRIENFeraud😂😂😂😂 You're and amazing player and also have a great sense of humor. And you've honored Jaco with that piece by not copying him but using his bass with your own voice to deliver such quality music.

[@AlbertoCaneva-r5j]

Milioni di esemplari nel mondo ( fatti bene e fatti male che riproducono fedelmente l' aspetto fedele del basso di Jaco... E Voi avete snaturato l' ORIGINALE impregnato del suo sudore della sua sofferenza... E Voi lo avete " ripulito ?!". Non valete neppure i miei insulti peggiori. Non credo che Lui vi perdonerà.

[@StewartGartland]

Hadrien is a cat!!

[@JAK0449]

hate that

[@fusionfan6883]

Are you a bot or some sort of troll??? Let’s hear you do better!

[@knucklevision]

Spending your time spreading the hate... says a lot about you.

[@Us-Pocus]

I don't like the mixing🙉

[@vergus45]

bored

[@chrislinhares7311]

Is this recording available anywhere?

[@chrislinhares7311]

Why does everyone have a chart but the drummer?

[@JacoPastoriusArchive]

He's just so good

[@chrislinhares7311]

I guess. There are a lot of hits there.