Robbie Merrill
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Robbie Merrill (born June 13, 1963)[1] is an American bassist, best known as a founding member of the rock bands Godsmack[2][3] and Another Animal.[4] He was featured in the Behind the Player interactive music video.[5]
Biography
Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Merrill started playing bass at age fourteen, having traded in his train set for the instrument.[6] He was inspired to pick up the bass by watching his father, a guitarist, and his uncle, a bassist. He began playing entirely by ear, gradually gaining musical versatility by performing in a variety of genres, including country, 1950s and 1960s cover bands, and wedding bands. This broad experience laid the foundation for his adaptive playing style. His first bass was a Fender Precision, which he used to record the early Godsmack demos that would form the basis of the band’s debut album.[7] Before joining Godsmack, Merrill worked as a self-employed carpenter, a trade likewise pursued by Tony Rombola.[8]
Merrill lives in Florida, with his three daughters. Although he is righthanded, Merrill plays lefthanded due to a birth defect that renders him unable to move the middle finger of his left hand.[9]
Musical style
Merrill uses Dunlop Clear "D" plastic fingerpicks on his plucking-hand index and ring fingers, which contributes to his distinctive style of play.[10]
Discography
Godsmack
- 1998: Godsmack
- 2000: Awake
- 2003: Faceless
- 2004: The Other Side
- 2006: IV
- 2007: Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack
- 2010: The Oracle
- 2012: Live & Inspired
- 2014: 1000hp
- 2018: When Legends Rise
- 2023: Lighting Up The Sky
Another Animal
- 2007: Another Animal
Gear
- Bass Spector Euro 4LX-35.[10]
- Fretless Spector 4-string D'Addario XL strings tuned DADG or CGCG; Dunlop Clear "D" fingerpicks.[10]
- (Up Through the Oracle album)-Rig SWR 750x heads and SWR 4 x 12" 12-STACK cabs.[10]
- (Current)-Gallien-Krueger Fusion 550 head, and Gallien-Krueger RBH410 cabs.[10]
- Effects Line 6 PODxt (studio), Line 6 Bass PODxt (live).[10]
- Aurora Strings.[10]
- On the back cover of the April 2010 Bass Player magazine issue, Robbie is now an official Gallien-Krueger user. It shows him with a Fusion 550 amp and a NEO412 cabinet[10]
According to Merrill, when he is in the studio, he runs a Line 6 guitar POD direct for growly, midrangy distortion, and he blends that with miked cabinets."[10]
References
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External links
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- Robbie Merrill bass solo – YouTube
- IMV Trailer: Robbie Merrill, bassist for Godsmack - YouTube
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