@@zeke7634 Nahnah, listen. Playing bass is specifically all about 1. hitting the right notes, 2. playing the right notes - at the right time, 3. using your volume right, and 4. doing the right things while playing notes and 5. stuff. Oh! And 6. about making the instrument vibrate so that it plays sounds. .... And Justin nails that absolutely perfectly.
@@walterwebb1622 Ok but the producer adding compression in post is a lot different than Justin using a compressor. He doesn't use a compressor live and he sounds the same as the album
One of the things that makes them so amazing is that they are all equals. On stage even- Maynard lets the music take control, and he, like Justin, Adam and Danny combine their creativity to make the most amazing music four people can. And Justin is their second bassist.
lol, it's not the main "secret". A similar sound can be achieved using an MM bass. Th secret is in his amp+pedal setup. He uses 2 amps, splits his signal and puts different effects on each signal
Justin does lots of little stuff like this that have you thinking it's Adam, or Danny on his pads. Especially on some Fear Inoculum songs. Some say it's 'easy' or 'he's just doing ______' But the thing is: He thought of it. And I don't know any other bass player who can play so deep and hard yet so melodic. He can play so many sounds and notes. Some of it might not be 'hard' but you sure don't hear 99% of other bassists even attempting this stuff. Probably because they think they're 'just the bassist' and aren't creative enough, or perhaps daring enough. 👌✌️🤘
Of course if you hear the isolated track it sounds like a bass, but in the mix sounds like a guitar, especially because he uses a pick. I guess I should have figured out that it was a bass for the fact that the rhythmic bass disappears at the same time that the tremolo begins.....
Vance Walton You're not getting his tone unless you have a dual-amp setup or an overdrive pedal that lets you split the distorted sound and clean bass tone. Justin runs two amps at the same time, one dirty with 4x12s, and one clean with 8x10s. The closest you can get is getting something like a Sansamp VT Bass DI or Bass Driver DI. You also need to set your strings low so you get a good bit of fret noise.
+Skippy McStringStrum very good advice Sansamp Bassdriver DI + some active bass with low action (i use a sting ray, g&l tribute series will do just as well and are dirt cheap, considering the quality you get) + using a pick and plucking fuckin hard will definitely get you in the ball park... won't nail it a 100% though... add a ehx bass bigmuff for distorted parts (the blend feature is great) and there's a lot of tooly fun to be had... only thing you might miss is a whammy/pitch shifter of some sort
hey Im in dire neeed haha, Is there any way you can tell me how to do this but like remove the drums from the song so its just the song with no drums?? or at least have the drums really quiet?? Please reply thanks
@ExEurasian if you have the other tracks (guitar and voice) you have to mixing them together with a simply software and it's done, the drums will be barely audible sorry for the bad english, hope you understand
Trent Stamm They're all just men. All very talented and probably best at their instruments. But, the thing I disagree with you the most, they're all the band. Adam has the least lead parts out of the band. But, that doesn't make him any less or more important than anyone in the band.
I've seen the setup close up that's basically when he kicks in with the regular rhythm you're hearing a rat with a 7 band EQ boss bass pedal right next to it with a compressor
Fuck ! The bassist from Tool is a god. Maynard is God (APC,Puscifer,...). The drummer is maybe the best drummer I know and the guitarist is the band ! Tool.....
@@pricc-om it's because of guitar hero. or maybe it was rock band. usually when you find isolated tracks for a song, it's because that song was in a video game
@jvmc08 other than the fact that their drummers are one of the best progressive, better yet all time drummers in the world, and maynards voice, along with adam's unique guitar technique... Yeah i can see where you'd come up with that... sarcasm...
+opiateofthemasses Hi, thanks for answering This is the only answer I found when looking for it on the internet and I perfectly understand why it's impossible ("it's like getting an egg out of a cake after cooking it") but all these videos of isolated basslines make me wonder : do that many people have the master tracks of Metallica, Tool, the Who, the Beatles, and many many other bands ? And if not, how did they get the isolated bass/guitars/vocals/drums ? I've found a drummer that covers songs with drumless tracks, it's the same question. And I also found the isolated bass for Schism where other instruments were just at a very low volume. So : how !?
Gaël Servignat These tracks are from a guitar hero video game that had these songs on it. The tracks are in the game mixed like normal, and separated like this for practice mode ect... Tool gave Activision or whoever the tracks. The same with other bands. Someone then hacked the PC version of the game, pulled these out, and threw them on the Internet.
Get some new strings, lows high and treble high (everything for bass/pedals/amps), warwick basses work as good as wal basses, you wont get exactly the tone but its gonna be a really good tone :)
Justin is good on bass, good song writer, But God on bass ? I don't think so.. His tone is incredible.. Not since Chris Squier and geddy lee and dug pinnick of King's x Has there been such a bass tone... Sorry kids but the tone's been done.. Don't get me wrong TOOL is a fucking Great band hands down.... And Justin brought a lot of his band PEACH to tool in the song writing.. Check out the band Peach....
David lewis I have and I've seen geddy lee and les claypool, among others live and Justin in my opinion is one of the all time greats. Now you might not see it the same way but that's alright
I can't believe no one ever cites him
as an innovative bassist. He is too passionate to not be more recognized
Are you kidding? He’s one of the most well known bassists in rock today. Well-deserved.
I've done every tool album in either (Drums and Bass) or (Instrumental). Whole albums up on my channel. Enjoy
This is literally the best bass tone ever.
*****
Probably has to do with the fact he used Wal basses, which Geddy used from 1986 - 1994.
TheRightHandOfQaz wal, warwick I'm not sure but Justin has a lot
Took the words from my mouth
Wal.
That's pretty subjective to me geddy lee has the best bass tone
Playing bass is about playing the right note at the right time with the right rythym and Justin does that perfectly
Joshua Gordon Agreed.
@@theterriblepuddle1830 like what
Isn't that every instrument ever
@@zeke7634 Nahnah, listen. Playing bass is specifically all about 1. hitting the right notes, 2. playing the right notes - at the right time, 3. using your volume right, and 4. doing the right things while playing notes and 5. stuff. Oh! And 6. about making the instrument vibrate so that it plays sounds. .... And Justin nails that absolutely perfectly.
3:28 just perfect tone
This tone is so good but man the Undertow tone was killer too
@@trigger796 I can tell you like undertow🤣
I love that run at 2:25.
its not a run, or a fill, its just what he plays in that part
Same! It sounds pretty great
@@stopit2964 It's officially called a dick move
Really makes it clear how important he is to the band vs 99% of bassists in other bands. A lot of this I thought was guitar.
Four people just can't admit it
Alan Ward comment still relevant even after a year
Either they can't admit it or they just don't get it.
Brannigan Farnsworth holy shit you’re right, genuinely impressive that one of these comments stays accurate for so long
5*
Five
God he looks after his tone. So much mids and tops but it doesn't hurt to listen to, well balanced, well compressed, and interesting. Beautiful.
Walter Webb this man is a fine curator of bass tones
It doesn't hurt to listen to because he has a lot of bass on his clean signal. Sounds huge and crunchy
He doesn't use a compressor. He just plays THAT consistently
@@howler9171 lol David Botrill would like a word with you
@@walterwebb1622 Ok but the producer adding compression in post is a lot different than Justin using a compressor. He doesn't use a compressor live and he sounds the same as the album
The precision. The tone. The complexity. It's all blended in so well. Legendary.
One of the things that makes them so amazing is that they are all equals. On stage even- Maynard lets the music take control, and he, like Justin, Adam and Danny combine their creativity to make the most amazing music four people can.
And Justin is their second bassist.
my god that tone is amazing
So good! Easy to play but hard to learn.
The secret to this tone is called "Wal".
lol, it's not the main "secret". A similar sound can be achieved using an MM bass. Th secret is in his amp+pedal setup. He uses 2 amps, splits his signal and puts different effects on each signal
The same thing but with the stingray doesn't even come close to the amount of balls the Wal has.
저그프로토스 All effects go through both signals. His "dirt" is added to one of the signals
The secrets name is Joe Baresi ;)
Justin Mays meaning the secret to this tone is $5000 that I don’t have or want to spend
3:50
My reaction - O_O so... it's not Adam that's playing that part...shit...guess i'll have to postpone those plans for a bass cover.
El Go it's actually really easy:)
El Go it's just distortion and tremolo picking
Justin does lots of little stuff like this that have you thinking it's Adam, or Danny on his pads. Especially on some Fear Inoculum songs.
Some say it's 'easy' or 'he's just doing ______'
But the thing is: He thought of it. And I don't know any other bass player who can play so deep and hard yet so melodic. He can play so many sounds and notes.
Some of it might not be 'hard' but you sure don't hear 99% of other bassists even attempting this stuff. Probably because they think they're 'just the bassist' and aren't creative enough, or perhaps daring enough.
👌✌️🤘
omg this song is the bass,fucking love it!
3:51, that wasnt a guitar!? all my life is a lie...
JAC Galitzien
It doesn't even sound like a guitar tbh.
It's pretty easy to separate a high string bass riff from a guitar one by the amount of string noise. There is way more clicking and rattling on bass.
Of course if you hear the isolated track it sounds like a bass, but in the mix sounds like a guitar, especially because he uses a pick.
I guess I should have figured out that it was a bass for the fact that the rhythmic bass disappears at the same time that the tremolo begins.....
never heard of cliff burton I guess, turn some nobs on most modern setups and its hard to tell the difference.
What made you even think that?
Truly a master and the bass tone only comes second. Wow
6:15 that part gives me chills every time I intend to it his bass tone is just absurd at this part god I've this man 😂😂😂😂
I heard this song for the first time last June, and at 6:33 with the bass and drums--my god I could lift a car it's so powerful.
Always amazing
What a Masterpiece!
Thanks for these vids. Not having any musical training or the dexterity to play these make it much easier to understand.
This is quite literally...heaven
I've been playing the chorus all wrong this whole time. Thanks for posting this
This helped out a lot man.
1:28 IMO, most powerful moment in this song. Its short, but its absolutly amazing!
What I like about tool is the dark tone the bass player brings! The rest seem to follow his rhythm.
thanks for this!! gracias'
This is fucking awesome.
You can hear how it kick your ass 3:28
Il basso è uno strumento bellissimo.
A master
Vance Walton You're not getting his tone unless you have a dual-amp setup or an overdrive pedal that lets you split the distorted sound and clean bass tone. Justin runs two amps at the same time, one dirty with 4x12s, and one clean with 8x10s. The closest you can get is getting something like a Sansamp VT Bass DI or Bass Driver DI. You also need to set your strings low so you get a good bit of fret noise.
+Skippy McStringStrum
very good advice
Sansamp Bassdriver DI + some active bass with low action (i use a sting ray, g&l tribute series will do just as well and are dirt cheap, considering the quality you get) + using a pick and plucking fuckin hard will definitely get you in the ball park... won't nail it a 100% though...
add a ehx bass bigmuff for distorted parts (the blend feature is great) and there's a lot of tooly fun to be had... only thing you might miss is a whammy/pitch shifter of some sort
Fractal axe fx 2 or 3
hey Im in dire neeed haha, Is there any way you can tell me how to do this but like remove the drums from the song so its just the song with no drums?? or at least have the drums really quiet?? Please reply thanks
@ExEurasian if you have the other tracks (guitar and voice) you have to mixing them together with a simply software and it's done, the drums will be barely audible
sorry for the bad english, hope you understand
oh i see,thanks anyway for posting man,cheers
grazie,buongustaia =)
Every Tool album in instrumental up on my channel. Enjoy
Niceee , thank you so much, you have problems with copyright?
noice!!how did u get this man,i need the seperated bass and drum tracks from tool and apc,can u help me?
Nice, did you get all these off GH:WT or something?
@stevo946 it's a pleasure :D
Dove hai preso questa traccia?
2:46 🤯🤯 Why the fuck has it taken me so long to find this?
@jothiganeshv i got this and the other tracks from a forum.. they're from guitar hero.. the only songs available are vicarious, parabola and schism
...This song just got harder for me. And here I thought I had the bass parts down. Guess I was wrong!
and now?
Wait so it's the bass that's making that crazy wobbly riff sound? Sheeeeeeit
iz it pozzible to do thiz with Rosetta Stoned?
Man I wizh i had thiz for every zong...
@stevo946 Well, i got it from a dude in a forum.. i think he got all the songs from GH
which forum ? say us !
Trent Stamm They're all just men. All very talented and probably best at their instruments. But, the thing I disagree with you the most, they're all the band. Adam has the least lead parts out of the band. But, that doesn't make him any less or more important than anyone in the band.
4:50
@2:43 blows my mind
@Mattex995 mi è stata data.. credo provenga da guitar hero o qualche gioco simile
I've seen the setup close up that's basically when he kicks in with the regular rhythm you're hearing a rat with a 7 band EQ boss bass pedal right next to it with a compressor
@arayablood Nice haha, either way it's really helpful, thanks
Questo è un 5/4?
sí
Fuck ! The bassist from Tool is a god. Maynard is God (APC,Puscifer,...). The drummer is maybe the best drummer I know and the guitarist is the band !
Tool.....
it's really weird that this exists and the drum track doesnt
im confvzed how thiz exiztz bvt no other bazz trackz do from thiz band
@@pricc-om it's because of guitar hero. or maybe it was rock band. usually when you find isolated tracks for a song, it's because that song was in a video game
@jvmc08 other than the fact that their drummers are one of the best progressive, better yet all time drummers in the world, and maynards voice, along with adam's unique guitar technique... Yeah i can see where you'd come up with that... sarcasm...
Does anyone know how to isolate a bass line like that ?
It's impossible unless you have the masters to work with. That's why there's only like 3 songs isolated like this from guitar hero.
+opiateofthemasses Hi, thanks for answering
This is the only answer I found when looking for it on the internet and I perfectly understand why it's impossible ("it's like getting an egg out of a cake after cooking it") but all these videos of isolated basslines make me wonder : do that many people have the master tracks of Metallica, Tool, the Who, the Beatles, and many many other bands ? And if not, how did they get the isolated bass/guitars/vocals/drums ?
I've found a drummer that covers songs with drumless tracks, it's the same question. And I also found the isolated bass for Schism where other instruments were just at a very low volume.
So : how !?
Gaël Servignat These tracks are from a guitar hero video game that had these songs on it. The tracks are in the game mixed like normal, and separated like this for practice mode ect... Tool gave Activision or whoever the tracks. The same with other bands. Someone then hacked the PC version of the game, pulled these out, and threw them on the Internet.
opiateofthemasses Thanks a lot
I have to listen to 3:28 like twice daily
Had my first crack at playting this the other day. Failed miserably. More work needs to be done...
How are you doing now, 8 years later?
Justin
Tremolo picking isn't hard. Just practice at tempo for a while, you'll get it eventually. Honestly, it's all the other fills that are tougher.
@jvmc08 Not quite lol
@4:47 alv
Ironically, Geddy Lee said in an interview that Wal basses aren't good for rock.
Maybe if he used heavier strings on his Wal
yes, but with a metal track sounds perfectly
4:48 😳….. 😂 let it rip dude
Dopest tone deep low crunchy not compressed that much ratio is all the way up treble all the way up a little bit of drive
Io sono Americano, ma la miei genitori sono da Italia. E io parlo Inglese anche.
4:33 fail xD
Get some new strings, lows high and treble high (everything for bass/pedals/amps), warwick basses work as good as wal basses, you wont get exactly the tone but its gonna be a really good tone :)
I'm Italian. Where are you from?
Assland
Tu parli Italiano? Io parlo Italiano anche.
@jvmc08 Can't even remember what I'm disagreeing with, to be honest
Was going to like this but its at 666 and I didn't want to wreck that!
Jundge
He could record an hour of himself just noodling, price it at $20, and make an easy couple million bucks.
ummmm........no
Justin is good on bass, good song writer, But God on bass ? I don't think so.. His tone is incredible.. Not since Chris Squier and geddy lee and dug pinnick of King's x Has there been such a bass tone... Sorry kids but the tone's been done.. Don't get me wrong TOOL is a fucking Great band hands down.... And Justin brought a lot of his band PEACH to tool in the song writing.. Check out the band Peach....
David lewis I have and I've seen geddy lee and les claypool, among others live and Justin in my opinion is one of the all time greats. Now you might not see it the same way but that's alright
After Wings for Marie/10k Days, it was clear to me that Justin is a magnificent bass player.
@Dnich1001 No one cares for tabs, they pollute the skills...
That bass is heavier than a neutron star