Parabol/Parabola (Tool) - Bass Cover (With Tabs) by Leo Düzey
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2019
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"Parabol/Parabola" from Tool's "Lateralus" album (2001).
I can't believe it. I've been struggling for months with this tuning. I cut the lowest two strings to move them up a string, but they were too thick so I ruined the first pack of string. The second pack was the other way around. Cut the higher strings and moved them down, but they were too thin so the strings kept buzzing like crazy. Then I took some strings from another bass to make it work, only to find out that it was a different scale, so I also ruined that bass. I finally managed to make it work by cutting off about 10% of the strings. I definitely don't want to do this again.
ANYWAY, Parabol/Parabola.. We've all been waiting for it, but here it finally is. I was actually hoping that CoverSolutions would do it, but he seems to be very busy with his Patreon requests, so I just had to try. I'm pretty happy with how it sounds. Oh also, the notes are 99,9% correct because I used the original bass recording as a guide. Some positions might be wrong, but the notes are definitely correct.
Some important information that nobody is going to read.
Tuning : B-E-D-G
Artist : Tool
Bassist : Justin Chancellor
Album : Lateralus (2001)
Song : PARABOL/PARABOLA
Bass : Warwick GPS Corvette 5A Ash
Parabol sounds soooo beautiful with the louder bass
Honestly, I almost cried ❤️
It's so mesmerizing to watch the A (Tuned E) string as the open notes are struck and just see it move slowly move up and down
Ikr😂😂
^The E and the A string (tuned B E )
How do I get this tuning it's so hard on fender
@@AlienX281 You need thicker gauge strings.
These aren't tuned down. It's litteraly a 130 and a 105 he uses
You providing tabs and so much insight into songs has contributed a lot to my playing ability over the years. Thank you man.
Glad to hear! No problem :)
This has to be the best and most accurate cover of this song on YT
Glad you think so :)
Was very sad when your previous upload was taken down. Such a perfect cover! Awesome work!
Thank you!
What was it?
Why was it taken down
You literally helped me learn how to play this song (granted, not quite as good as you) solely with this video and nothing else I needed to even use as a reference! Thank you!!
That's great! No problem :)
@@LeoBassCovers2 UA-cam needs a Heart React button... Anyways thanks for appreciating my comment and I am so eternally grateful for this video once again!! Cheers :)
I second that. I just wrapped up learning it solely thanks to this video!
Parabola starts at 2:25
The bass in this song makes me jam so hard... Good job!
Oh man, how did I miss this one? This is so much fun to play, thanks so much for this! Really well done!
Literally one of the best songs they made
thats absolutely beautiful
Dude that part at 3:08 is just perfect
Your MJK love is showing. Nice shirt and cover, thanks for the post!
May be one of my favorite bass lines ever.
No comments? WTF? you´re great BTW
Thank you! This video had like 200 comments, but I had to move channels because of some copyright issues.
@@LeoBassCovers2 Would it be easier to just use a 5 string and tune only some of the strings?
@@thesuperballer9 Justin plays on a 4 string so why would he?
I love it...its number1 on my must learn next list
Good luck! :)
Your covers are fantastic .. thanks bro
Thank you so much!
Thanks for those videos, Leo!
My pleasure!
God bless you. You saved my life.
My favorite song from tool. I love the slow buildup and then the blast of the whole band being active. Respect man, great ass bass playing!!
Thank you! :)
Jesus oh lord almighty why does this sound so great
Oh my, this is sooo good! 😍😍
Thank you!!
LeoBassCovers ☺️
Well done, that was so so good
Much appreciated!
6:21 is very hard part and badass with the open powerchords.
Bro you're the best fr, Ive learned bass mostly from you im not even lying. I love your videos man lots of time was put into you playing bass and it sounds awesome bro.🤘😎🤘
That's amazing man, I'm glad I could help!
Thank you for this video!
You're welcome!
awesome work mate !
Thanks man!
Just got back from my first Tool concert, got to see them perform this song!
@6:13 you hit those double pull offs so cleanly
Damn, this sounds great. Thanks for sharing your tabs and talent, really inspired me to learn it for myself.
Excellent
Spaziale 😍
Shit that sounds so acid man. Love that
Damn. That was Metal AF! 🤘🏾☕️🍩
Bellísimo
Excellent!!!
Thanks!
5:00 - 5:30 is so fucking awesome. I love it.
gj on all your covers. just came back to see covers again, and now im a bassist instead of a guitarist. this helpes me out a ton! you have somewere i can donate alittle for all your good job and help with tabs ?
Thank you! From guitarist to bassist, I like that hehe. If you reaaally feel the need to donate, there's a link in the about section that leads to a paypal donation thing. I would VERY much appreciate it :)
encontré muchos errores en mi cover y soluciona excelente muchos detalles, te agradezco !!!!!
thats one Heck of a piece. .
awesome bassplaying man ! 🤘🏼
Thank you!
pure...nothing else needed.
I love these covers, im learning parabola i just struggle with the parts at 6:12 those pull offs are tricky
Dude! Always killen it and making it look easy! The song Umbilical by Temple of Thieves has some really sick bass lines I bet you might like.
as a gamer myself, the parabol intro reminds me of the Dead Island pause menu theme.
That was outstanding mate. I'm not that in tune with timing and other factors and with so much going on this helped me appreciate what Justin was doing.
Thanks man! It's definitely not an easy song to play though!
@@LeoBassCovers2 nothing from tool would be.
Hmm.. Stinkfist is not that difficult. Same goes for some of the songs from Undertow.
Very very cool. I just jammed along with you. I don't suppose you have 'bass only' version? This will be my next guitar cover. It would be great to mix them.
ua-cam.com/video/1GpZnG9mFT8/v-deo.html
@@LeoBassCovers2
Hey check it out here;
ua-cam.com/video/tumN1YrNinA/v-deo.html
Hello Leo, another amazing job! Could you please share the bass only version for this track? Cheers
Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/1GpZnG9mFT8/v-deo.html
Whew, this one’s really hard 🥵 But I just bought a new set of strings to put on my old bass for the sole purpose of learning how to play this song. Can’t let my money go to waste though, so I’d best start practicing... a lot.
On a side note, it’s kinda funny how this is definitely one of the easier sounding songs on Lateralus, but when you actually listen closely and try to play it, it’s much harder than some of the songs that sound much more difficult to play (i.e. Schism, The Grudge).
Good luck with that! definitely agreed though. I'd say this one, The Patient and Triad are actually the difficult songs.
Just perfect....
Dude you are amazing, i’ve never played an instrument before I got a bass two weeks ago. Tool is my favorite band ever which is unheard of for a 16 year old to like Tool lmao, but watching you play my favorite songs is just so inspiring. I watched one of your videos and i’ve been working on playing the intro for Pneuma for two days now. Hardest part for me right now is building up the calyces and finger strength. I barely put my bass down and my hands feel like hell, but nothing can kill my drive to pick it up and play😂 Just wanted to say thank you for doing what you do because you help so many people like me. Rock on brother 🤘
You are very welcome :)
You're gonna be a great bass player if you keep that up. Just keep playing things that you like (like Tool) and you'll get there!
@@LeoBassCovers2 thanks again!
wow !
Top 5 tool basslines
Hey Leo! So I came back to this song today, after recently completing my pedalboard. I’ve pretty much matched all of Justin’s pedals, except the impossible to find vintage lot (Guyatone trem, Colorsound Fuzz, Fox FuzzWah, Rx OD), but I just noticed there is no reverb pedal! Does he actually use reverb here? Would you happen to know what kind, and if not, what kind did you go with? I know it’s kind of a persnickety question, and I’ve already been hounded for replicating his board, but I can’t help it…it’s what I like. Anywho, thanks again Leo! Hope you’ve been well!
Hmm, maybe it wasn't a pedal but just some post-processing. Reverb is something that almost always gets added after a recording so for the studio album, it probably just got added on top of the track. Not sure about the live settings. A reverb pedal is something that most bassists probably don't have or use.
@@LeoBassCovers2 thanks man!
Holy crap.
Nice vid, but can I recommend you make it so the yellow highlight in the tab move slightly less early? I feel like it would sync with the song/your playing better that way.
Thanks! I can't do anything about it now with the videos that I have. The weird thing is that on different browsers and systems, it shows different syncing. On my PC in chrome, it seems in sync. When I open it in let's say windows media player, it is not in sync. In VLC it is slightly too early. But I will try to be extra careful
@@LeoBassCovers2 yeah theres always a latency inconsistency between what programs you play the videos with. Cant do much about it. Though it may be more extreme of a difference for me since I watch these with bluetooth headphones so it may not be much of a problem for others
Oh that is a good point. And then within the video editing software, everything is fine too. But yeah, I try to test it with multiple software to see if it is in sync. I have had comments about the same issue from people who also used bluetooth earbuds/headphones who had the same latency issues. So who knows, it might be connected
never tuned that low fckn fun
Sounds very close to a Wal :)
Really cool! Love this song!
But thing is unclear to me. How in 4:59 do you start play a riff and then THE SAME changes to 6/4? I also becomes a little slower
Do you mean like, how do I know when to suddenly play the riff at 4:59? Cause that is quite difficult. It's technically just 2 beats until the riff kicks in, but it's very difficult to time it.
@@LeoBassCovers2 extremely difficult because the accent is very different from standard 4/4. But how does the same riff change to 6/4? And why does it become slower? I'm asking about the change in 5:03
Tempo changes I guess. Happens all the time with bands that don't record with a click track. And about the 6/4, it could technically be any time signature there. All depends on if 4:59 is a new bar or not.
what stringe gauge do u use for parabola? awsome cover btw
045 - 065 - 085 - 105 - 135 :)
Is 105 and 85 really enough for BE?
Could you share your tone settings? 🙏
When i tune down fo b my strings just rattle like crazy. I have fhe tension set for e a d g . If i change the setup up then the action goes out of wack. It feels like i need a separate bass just to pu this song in our set list. 🤔
You definitely need a different bass for this tuning. Justin also brings an extra bass on tour, just for this song..
This is dope. What pedal effects do you have here?
Thanks! Depends on which part really. But I mainly used digital plug-ins for this video. Not the best answer ever..
@@LeoBassCovers2 mostly the tone you’ve got going in the opening part. I’ve been searching for that tone for a long time as a TOOL fan lol.
New strings, lots of treble and flanger :)
Hey Leo, is it possible to know what pedals are you using for the Tool covers?
They're all digital plug-ins really... Only physical pedal I used for Tool was the DigiTech Bass Whammy
Crunchy
Hey dude, how do I tune my e string to b, it won't show up on my tuner. Do I need a different gauge of string or does my tuner just suck?
Hmm, not sure which tuner you're using but it definitely works on my Boss chromatic tuner. I don't have much experience with other tuners
honest question: why tune the strings down when you have a fifth string-- presumably tuned to B in the first place?? is this possible to play otherwise?
For accuracy's sake :)
But during the actual recording, I did actually use the fifth string because it's more steady. Justin however, did actually drop his low D to a B so it is possible.
I also made a 5 string cover of this song to show how you could also play it with the fifth string :)
Did you pre recorded or you shoot it at the same time? For your all bass covers
It's always pre-recorded which is why you are typically able to see that the bass isn't even plugged in. I explain more about this in my "Behind the Cover" series, but doing it like this actually allows me to create more covers.
@@LeoBassCovers2 thank you
3:29
How did you get that tone during parabol?
Flanger I assume, as it says in the video. Although I have no clue what's flanger. Probably an effect pedal or something
So deep
how do you make this crazy sound?
Which one?
Two of the three tool songs that use B tuning... and you don't even use the 5th string!! haha great cover though, thanks man
Thanks! While that's true, I did actually make a 5-string version for this song :)
What's the third? :D
@@santapoca Prison Sex is in drop B, that's the other song.
@@mataldrake5621 it is actually in BADGBE not drop B, drop B would be BF#BEG#C#.
Basically drop D with just the low D dropped down to B
People with chorus pedals: it’s showtime
@04:59 Wow, for years I have played that part live without the open notes and always wondered what the hell I was missing cause it never sounded right but I knew I was playing the right notes. Oh well there were no tabs had to learn it by ear.
How did you even play it without the open string? :o
2:26
Amazing cover , gonna be practicing this one for a minute 😂they’re moving in this one ! Either way still fun to learn with your help !💯
Thanks a lot! Happy to help :)
I'm so confused on why he didn't just keep the regular tuning and use his b string. Am I missing something?
Edit: Actually now that I think about it, the strumming would probably be the reason.
Well actually, Parabola is the only song on the channel where I made a 5-string version and a 4-string version. ua-cam.com/video/H71fylWrJUg/v-deo.html (5-string)
@@LeoBassCovers2 holy crap, you actually responded yourself, you're really attentive. Also I think that you are really cool and I used your covers all the time to practice songs. (this is next part is really cliche but) Keep up the great content man, we all love it.
Thank you very much man. No worries about it being cliche, I really appreciate it :)
I don't see the point of ignoring messages and especially questions.
You're a really cool dude, and one of the only ones that pay attention to everyone, no matter how high you go.
Anyway, enough of your time taken, have a great rest of your day.
Can you tell the effects and order of them? (and some general settings for them, if possible) Please?
Just try a chorus/flanger and an overdrive and figure it out. Some bits might have a different EQ, so unless you got a pedal for that and you dont wanna use it as a volume boost, outta look there. Use your bridge pup and mess around with your amp. Youre never gonna get the original sound, unless you have like 7000 dollars lying around and like 6 months waiting time, and all of justins pedals. So just try.
During the chord part (this holy experience) he uses some fuzz or heavy distortion, and turns it off for the “choosing to be here in” part
@@trentkraemer7109 yes. By the time he gets to the 1 to 8 to 3rd fret, Justin has it off. "This Hoooooo...
At the beginning of the word after "this", the distortion comes on.
Soooo, on your 5 string, are you actually tuned B-B-E-D-G and not using the fifth string? I noticed the tuning right away but then got thrown off once you started playing.
So, I recorded the song in B-E-D-G-G behind the scenes. In the video I'm making it seem like I use the bass as a 4 string bass because well, Justin also uses a 4 string bass. But I get what you're saying. I could've just done the playback on the low B and not the 4 higher strings.
This is something I do differently these days :)
@@LeoBassCovers2 excellent job, nonetheless 🤘
Much appreciated!
Does anyone know how to tune E to B and A to E? I can’t seem to find out how
It is a very big change really. You have to tune down 5 semi-notes in order to drop all the way down to a low B. if you bass isn't adjusted for that, it won't sound very good.
@@LeoBassCovers2 I see, thank you :)
Why didn't Justin just use a 5-string in standard tuning?
He probably never will touch a 5 string in his life
@@LeoBassCovers2 I think he said he was thinking about using one someday for something. I don't get four-stringers. Bass = low. You can't hit the chocolate frequencies on a four.
What gauge of string do you use?
045 - 065 - 085 - 105 - 135
Five string bass is normally tuned as BEADG. So you could play the song on your five string bass by simply ignoring the middle string, isn’t it?
Yes and no. It's possible to string skip your way through this song, but some of the riffs become quite challenging. I uploaded a "Parabola 5 string version" a few years ago. That one is slightly easier :)
5 strings???
You don't need 5 strings. I only touch the regular 4 strings in this video.
@@LeoBassCovers2 Please excuse my stupidity from 3 years ago
How you feel when you perform this song? I 'm very curious.
Hmmmm, focused but hyped?
Nice cover!! But I can’t seem to find a tuner that has BEDG? Help! 😂
Hmm, that is odd. I typically use my Boss pedal or the tuner inside my interface so I wouldn't know about any other tuners.
Do you know GuitarTuna? The App? It has tons of tune options.
LeoBassCovers My Tuning pedal does the trick 😂
Pano tuner
It's a really good app
I wonder why Justin didn't just use a 5-string bass to get the low B sound...
Do 5 string Wal basses exist? I actually have no idea
@@LeoBassCovers2 I have no idea either. It seems weird to drop the low E string down so far. I think it would be 2 1/2 steps right?
It would be yep, cause the 5th fret of the lowest string is always the octave with the next string. in standard tuning at least. So yeah.. Maybe he really didn't want to get a 5 string or something
@@LeoBassCovers2 Who knows, I just thought it was weird to see that tuning. By the way you kick ass! After watching your videos, I kind of want to get a bass now haha.
Thank you! You should totally get a bass if it won't set you back too much
this is an awesome cover/tab but i think you may have made a slight mistake on the chorus. When he goes up to that f chord and does the little fill i think you are adding an extra note. Maybe this is just how he plays it live but here is my reference. ua-cam.com/video/Sn4g24_YGBQ/v-deo.html
how tf do i tune this for 4 string or is that just pointless
I mean, I also played it as if it was a 4 string in this video. But ehm, you will need to have your bass adjusted for this tuning. You will also need some thick strings to drop this low.
Warning: regulate your bass before stick to this tuning.