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]

Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Merrill started playing bass at age fourteen, having traded in his train set for the instrument.^[6] Before joining Godsmack, Merrill worked as a self-employed carpenter, a trade likewise pursued by Tony Rombola.^[7]

Merrill lives in St. Augustine, Florida, with his wife Heather and 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.^[8]

Merrill uses Dunlop Clear "D" plastic fingerpicks on his plucking-hand index and ring fingers, which contributes to his distinctive style of play.^[9]

• Bass Spector Euro 4LX-35.^[9]
• Fretless Spector 4-string D'Addario XL strings tuned DADG or CGCG; Dunlop Clear "D" fingerpicks.^[9]
• (Up Through the Oracle album)-Rig SWR 750x heads and SWR 4 x 12" 12-STACK cabs.^[9]
• (Current)-Gallien-Krueger Fusion 550 head, and Gallien-Krueger RBH410 cabs.^[9]
• Effects Line 6 PODxt (studio), Line 6 Bass PODxt (live).^[9]
• Aurora Strings.^[9]
• 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^[9]

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."^[9]