Tool - The Pot - Guitar Percussion Cover

[@Johnnythefirst]

Officially the sickest shit I ever saw someone do with a guitar.

[@seuthee5082]

who is better, this guy or that asian kid "Sung Hajung"???

[@zachinthehat1]

Check out Keller Williams. The dude's been around for years and has a small dedicated following, but is mostly unknown. He's a fucking beast.

[@Johnnythefirst]

This guy basically uses the guitar as a drum kit, while he plays the whole melody at the same time. Looks incredibly complicated. Sungha is a great player, but he's much more conventional at first glance.

[@seuthee5082]

Johnnythefirst agree on that statement too

[@AaronRiegel]

Agreed! Coolest video I have seen in years

[@casondowning4102]

I walked in on my guitar watching this and it’s been trying to convince me for hours that it settled for me for who I am and the way I perform is good enough for it

[@mattlinka2002]

🤣🤣🤣 all mine look at me similar

[@nellesgaming7334]

lmao

[@jasonrejman1956]

I just heard this...and I'm not going to let my guitar listen. Ever.

[@matthewtaggart8055]

Well done.

[@metal_mo]

Maynard: Who are you to wave your finger? Sam: Hold my beer.

[@RitaColacoNuminous]

Omg, his name is mustard + mayonnaise = Maynard

[@metal_mo]

@@RitaColacoNuminous incorrect, that would be Mustaise. lol

[@RitaColacoNuminous]

@@metal_mo okaaay, but it kinda reminds me of his name, when I think about mayo and mustard hehe

[@LornWandrr]

@@metal_mo Aah, no, don't mistake Maynard for the esteemed Dave Mustaise of Megadeth ;-p

[@metal_mo]

@@LornWandrr lol

[@that_one_momo_guy]

This is not talent nor skill, this is GODMODE!

[@silasburbank8338]

He must have been high.

[@rblfrmthewstdwn]

Silas Burbank so high

[@kingadalou]

Silas Burbank HIIIIIGH!

[@jjjr8664]

Who are you to point a finger....

[@thetonzaruberman938]

Soooo hiiigh 😊

[@FranCo-qs9kl]

so high

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

This dude is on a different planet. There's a lot of people who are really good at guitar and have been playing much longer, taken lessons, learned theory, etc and they will never touch what this dude can do. He's truly MEANT to play guitar.

[@SirSebaSeba]

He can go to the moon, with us !

[@pablo6305]

This guy makes me want to quit trying to play. His mom must have giving birth to him at a music school and he just now got to leave.

[@Dopamint]

Haha no. This is a lot of hard work, not "raw talent" or some shit like this. Please do not disregard the amount of time and the level of commitment this man has put into practicing and developping his touch on the guitar. It is kind of disrespectful imo

[@LawLinternets]

That guitar is going to be sore in the morning.

[@mkfanforever58]

lol

[@ryanjackson7453]

His fingers will still be perfect.

[@drainmudvayne27]

LawLinternets yeah nice one, 2 years on and still a great comment, hehe ;)

[@AWAKEN_MEDIA]

Lmao still a golden comment...

[@MarioCola]

This was such a mismatch for the guitar

[@Bryan-T]

Wow. Playing the vocals, drums, and guitar tracks at the same time. Dude's nice.

[@hamptonrogers4517]

Don't forget he's doing the bass lines too

[@robertidonotsharemyfullnam496]

I guess now we know why the new tool album won't come out ever, cause they are trying to compose something this guy can't play with two hands and one guitar ^^

[@hahnsmantra7276]

Robert idonotsharemyfullname Lmao !!!!!!

[@IsbeidyBei]

LOL

[@beyondtheimage]

hahahahahaaa. nice one!

[@sethappleton7628]

awesome hahaha

[@baronsonics]

After each new song they test they bring this guy in to see if it works or not.

[@irfanmyg]

Whatever string company he uses should jump on this and just say: They didn't even break after this.

[@jharris9178]

SirfanMS elixer strings my friend! best strings on the market

[@daveoh13]

as both a guitar player & tool fan, i am impressed... bravo...

[@redwhiteblue100]

Its almost like we switches back and forth between lead and rhythm parts of the song. and he really hits all the aspects and still has room to add drums. fucking phenomenal

[@stefanjackson8203]

I wonder if any of Tool have seen this, I hope they have and are as blown away by it as we all are. Great stuff

[@ToggleSwitch13]

This kicked untold amounts of ass

[@spitfire999999]

One person got close to the exact amount of ass that this kicks, but sadly count not finish the number in his lifetime. RIP in Peace that guy :P

[@andreaskarlsson5217]

Westtwoooodd you took the words out of my mouth

[@GabrielNardinMusic]

The scratch "scars" under the bridge of the guitar tell you the long practice hours his guy should have had to become this amazing of the instrument. If by any chance the guy who played this is reading this comment: Congratulations, this was sick.

[@alecbonner8918]

Thats the brand symbol.

[@bastienmillecam3183]

That's a Maton, it's the brand logo "M". John Butler uses this brand

[@GabrielNardinMusic]

@@bastienmillecam3183 I know the logo and the brand. Tommy Emmanuel also used it, I wasn´t talking about that. I clearly used the words "scars" and "under the bridge" not on the pickguard. Look in the opposite direction from the strings and you will see the marks I talk about.

[@edweimer7903]

I'd love to see him sit down with Tool and play this for them. I wonder what their reaction would be?

[@IanAberbach]

Ed Weimer Maynard would scoff the rest would be hyped

[@GRYNGE7]

Ian Aberbach lol exactly. Maynard would walk out, Danny "The Chad " Carey would be smiling and calling this kid BRO

[@blushingfrieza]

@@IanAberbach lol this comment is still funny and probably accurate.

[@deliriousmysterium8137]

"Cool bro now write an original."

[@user-dr3et5go1p]

Ummm, the chicken or the egg? Maynard should offer Sam a cover to any of his creations as a sign of appreciation.

[@geeleeggan]

dude blows me away while reminding me to practice more

[@aleliporace]

I have no words to describe your talent Sam Westphalen. It´s very difficult to express in words the feeling i got when i heard this. Unbelievable.

[@matteopellegri8913]

This is nearly the most amazing thing I've ever heard

[@davieduckett]

Matteo Pellegri Dude is gifted beyond words, but most amazing you ever heard? Not knocking him, but the first time I heard Tool play it I was more amazed

[@jennboyermusic]

yep. added to the favorite guitarist collection.

[@conspireality44]

this is slowly becoming one of my favourite songs ever, I can't stop listening to it. Incredible work Sam, really well done!

[@peterdanner2336]

Simply incredible. The ability to express nuances in tone in the way the original does while still maintaining all the other elements. A whole different level for damn sure.

[@arminbasha]

I bet he uses his guitar instead of talking

[@YBCEsko]

Armin Basha underrated coment.

[@Patchess]

“What do you want for lunch?” *intense strumming* “One meatball sub coming right up”

[@ccchannel8909]

@@Patchess 😂😂

[@infidelcastro3515]

Comment of the Year

[@ConorCantCoast]

He does seem to be the quite type.

[@stasdekka7842]

Jesus Christ. You know that Tool has specific rhythm hard to play expecially with this percussion things. What a skill bro.! Why the fuck there r not billion views? pay attention! this is masterpiece

[@brandonjosey-wq2wv]

Evey couple of years I come back and watch these. Just f'n insane!!!

[@hersh4700]

I don't care what anyone says. This is alien level talent. You cannot teach this to people. Sam Westphalen...whoever you are, you need to teach me how to play the guitar like this. Just. Wow.

[@user-dr3et5go1p]

Muscle memory plus admiration, and just a pinch of inspiration. Instrumental of one of my favs brings me joy like no other. May I someday reciprocate this feeling sam.....rock on my fellow musicians.🎉

[@tgallant15]

Blowing my mind...insane!

[@michaelpage2245]

Now let's see this guy play Rosetta Stoned

[@crabman732]

Jesus! Is there such thing as "Compound Carpel Tunnel"?

[@BirdUpFR]

Voodoo Child ticks and leeches

[@TonyGonzales]

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking this.

[@tet2122]

Shit the bed

[@boseifrit5480]

Aka broken wrists. Polyrhythms man

[@OfTheOldWorldband]

This is what I imagine it would sound like if Victor Wooten played guitar. I am blown away!

[@YukonDemon]

My favorite fingerstyle/percussion acoustic guitarists: Tommy Emannuel, Ewan Dobson, Callus Graham, and now this guy... Just awesome...

[@YukonDemon]

Callum Graham... For all the correctors out there... Whoops.

[@jscottvillanueva1172]

Love a lot of things about his playing, cause he's great. But I love love LOVE his vibrato and bends!

[@progressivas]

I watch this every day. Blown away!

[@orijimi]

I've just realized that have spent far more time listening to this video this year than I have spent listening to Tool's entire catalog in the same period of time.

[@frog382]

+KevinG Errm i dunno, the best band ever created?

[@morgott13]

That makes u a moron

[@carolynoconnell715]

sam is what being alive on this earth is all about!!!!

[@haoestrelalp]

Amazing, I love Tool

[@hugocapelobl]

oh jizus!! i freaking love this band, song and this guy did every single part! incredible!!!

[@attilameszaros1123]

I offer my soul to this guy

[@attilameszaros1123]

I seriously do

[@ShortP1089]

im so amazed by how he always keeps on playing the singers voice too! as if the percussion and guitar/bass combo wouldnt be enough :D very well arranged.

[@silentbobvg]

I really do love you Sam

[@jenonovak]

i was going to say exactly the same thing..

[@OK-wm6qr]

Silent Bob? :L Chronic doesn't speak

[@silentbobvg]

Daire Coburn *technically* I'm not talking, I'm typing ;)

[@OK-wm6qr]

*Nods furiously along with J*

[@strife5858]

why is adam sandler so good at tool....

[@foreignlawyer2528]

Okay, so I'm not the only one who thinks he looks like Adam Sandler.

[@serjsidey7348]

He's like a love-child of Adam Sandler and Zack de la Rocha.

[@MrBunksauce]

I thought he was gunna sing a song about a lunch lady there for a minute.

[@FMXIAN]

Who needs a bass or drums? just play all of them.

[@juanchoalimana1054]

Ian Kitterman incluso la voz!!!

[@conspireality44]

utterly impeccable just love the tones he gets on the bends

[@vagranthought]

It's like whole band just fused into one person...

[@Ferdunandpieterse2209]

Joshua Adams Well said

[@ianandersen3230]

This guy blows my mind. I suppose there really aren't word to describe how amazing this is. One of my favorite songs from Tool, and when someone does acoustic versions of Tool songs they often lack the power of the original, but this brings so much to the table. Really happy I discovered this a few years ago, but I occasionally come back to get dem feelz :)

[@idanshahar]

WHAT THE HELL This is awesome!!! I thought he was using a looper when you didn't O_O

[@digurgel]

Yeah i know! This is mind blowing

[@didosification]

I've been watching this dude for a while. He had me at Pantera and Slayer covers, pretty nice you know? Talented guy n stuff. Then this shit comes along...and I AM BLOWN AWAY, period!

[@vtenort]

There's some amazing talent out there. I smile and feel good inside every time I see and hear young people carrying the torch, putting their stamp on it with new creative energy and skills. Yes! That's my final Answer. :-)

[@casperado666]

one of the mot talented guitarists i've ever seen. I like your vids before i even see them cause i know it's gonna be awesome.

[@pwnedshift1]

time to burn my guitars

[@MrRockIsAwesome]

Lmao

[@blehlast3639]

bro mine need burning too after seeing this

[@alexinioful]

It's time to threw my guitar from the bridge

[@v5u7sulh2]

time to play more!!!

[@deepandjon]

Jimi Hendrix beat you to it by seeing the future! 😋

[@manuelmachado7850]

No words. Just perfect acoustic fingerstyle cover.

[@SDSOne]

If Tool let this genius open for them everyone would show up 2 hours early.

[@robertlewis9243]

pure talent and hard work at its finest

[@Dhieen]

he can play bass, guitar, and drum at the same time... hahahahah

[@theanonymousmrgrape5911]

Don't forget vocals.

[@milltenn1422]

Dhieen HE. IS. TOOL

[@jasonandtyler1]

This blew my mind. Best one man cover of this Tool song I've seen! Very good musician.

[@KingAlpaca]

I really miss this guy.

[@imalright2837]

Where is he now?

[@morganfarlie]

+David Dwayne I just checked his FB page and he posted in December about traveling somewhere. So he appears to be alive...but not very active on social media. I AM HOPEFUL HE GETS TO IT...because holy CRAP is this guy talented!

[@bennyray979]

+Morgan Carlie He will be back, I went to school with him, He's an introvert, and will likely be conjuring up some brilliant idea!

[@morganfarlie]

+benny shimano that is GREAT news. It fascinates me that so many talented and intriguing people are introverts. I eagerly await his next work, as he certainly has the interest of this fellow guitarist!

[@errebnacion7584]

A fan of Tool, and now a fan of Sam. Keep up the great effort and passion, may life tread lightly with you Beast.

[@boomer8201]

This makes me happy :)

[@chrisbyrne1335]

This is just incredible. Could never tire of watching these video. Bravo Sam

[@kc8639]

Dear people giving this the "thumbs down" - what do you need to hear?

[@BirendraGabadamudalige]

IKR. smh.

[@yeartyhety8586]

his timing is all over the place...granted he is amazing...but speed isnt everything

[@Nicolas1909_]

They must have been out their mind.

[@puikinsh_]

I gave thumbs up JUST BECAUSE i'm jealous of how good he is

[@shrimpsizemoose]

were you completely unable to recognize this song due to that?

[@ashleymoreton]

Seriously the most amazing playing I have seen

[@MrTamendez]

Anyone outside my apartment watch out! Because I'm chucking my guitar out the window.

[@ginoportolesi406]

MrTamendez hahahahaha same

[@refurgance2604]

Magnificent in interpretation and performance, IMO.

[@321321Arturo]

damn that melody

[@Rupamforever]

year after year I keep coming back to this.

[@JasonZimmerman1980]

Amazing as always!

[@conspireality44]

You've made this song your own. Possibly the best cover I've ever heard. Pure genius, awesome inspiring

[@jesseversluys2757]

his thumb must feel like cement

[@yackyfishbone3143]

Cemen

[@augustgreig9420]

This is the way the acoustic guitar was meant to be played in my opinion. It is how both classical and blues guitar are played. And as for the percussion, this is something I always found it very natural to do when I was playing some songs that whee written for a band with an electric guitar, and I have original compositions with percussion in them. This is the only Tool cover I have ever liked,and they are my favorite band since like 1996.

[@thomasdanielsiii2307]

Sick!!

[@hhhhaaaar]

unbelievable ... how you play that beautiful amazing cover ... killing me

[@phillagettie]

Dude - just...... god!

[@zackwhite1]

Sam Westphalen. Thank you for working so hard to share such art :-) excellent in all aspects.

[@leonrider313]

3:50 He starts to set his guitar on fire

[@heisenberg8547]

That was the most amazing thing I have seen or heard in a long time

[@wishuhadmyname]

Now that I think about it, Maynard Keetan's voice sounds a lot like an acoustic guitar. Wait, that's wrong. Acoustic guitars sound like Maynard Keetan's voice

[@Forbelicious]

Or neither.

[@10thlevel80]

its keenan dont mean to be a spelling nazi but the more you know :)

[@LolindirElros]

Forbelicious Or both.

[@Forbelicious]

LolindirElros Naah, neither

[@milltenn1422]

wishuhadmyname Keenan. Keenan with an n

[@hoverboard1000]

Just...chills. Incredible!

[@AGeekNamedRoss]

I don't dislike pop music because it's popular. I dislike pop music because music like this exists and pop is a distraction.

[@hakichiki]

***** Please please can I quote you? Epic statement for answering the "other music-loving crowd"

[@AGeekNamedRoss]

hakichiki Please do ;)

[@brianpatrick6102]

Hahaha right on!! I just may quote you too. Perfect.

[@NeoWick]

***** too good :)

[@AHOY_MATEY]

Thats so painfully acurate!

[@markchinnery7834]

Never seen anyone with ability to translate these complex songs! ❤

[@oniwhitewidow4991]

To all 28 haters....this is what "talent" looks and sounds like. Keep drinking that cold bottle of Hatorade :)

[@justinchancellorlegod8057]

OniWhite Widow no this is what practice looks and sounds like

[@zachpak6579]

I pretty sure hatoraid is always warm.

[@dfhellraiser4td]

@@justinchancellorlegod8057 this goes far beyond practice. This is a level of inventiveness very few humans possess.

[@beaner2907]

Watching this guy instantly plugs me back in for a quick charge of the soul! Damn dude!

[@felipefrango]

Damn, had my jaw dropped for the entirety of the video. D:

[@christinavaely8869]

that was the BEST Pot cover in the history of the pot!! omg!!! that rocked my world! THAT WAS GOSPEL!! I got a feva and the only prescription is more TOOL!!!

[@discusdog]

I got nothing......Oh wait "For sale one guitar" After seeing that what's the point...lol just blown away again ....amazing

[@fredrikguttman9328]

simply amazing

[@kevinlong4657]

Can you tab this for me? JUST KIDDING. Awesome though, wow.

[@davidjenson1570]

Well, that was an incredible performance! The guy is awesome!

[@Jason_Abadi]

This dude uses guitar string would from a combination of hair from the beards of Chuck Norris & Stannis Baratheon.

[@wishuhadmyname]

No, the strings are made from Maynard Keenan's own hair. Where do you think it all went after he shaved it?

[@bdragon254]

Stannis doesnt have a beard.....

[@Jason_Abadi]

He's got one growing at the end of season four.

[@bdragon254]

Jason Scott ;) barely.. little nubs

[@Jason_Abadi]

I'd bend the knee to those nubs

[@lukemcbrearty2079]

Absolutely Amazing

[@WitchDoctor87]

What the fuck! This is AMAZING!

[@JoseManuel-ue7en]

This dude's from another galaxy, officially the most sick thing I've seen someone perform

[@anlbaysal6047]

My first reaction to Lateralus cover was “wtf dude”, and I’ve just watched this cover and I will burn my guitars..

[@maxadrums]

This is friggin WONDERFUL.

[@papajake3]

The dynamics and finger strength he must have calus on top of his calus

[@michellependergrass8479]

Ive played guitar for iver 20 years and this is the most amazing thing ive ever seen. I dont even knkw how hes doing half of the shit hes doing.

[@calebcrist1857]

This guy is hacking

[@trishythorls6832]

Very easy listening. Love your style, amazingly talented.

[@UndeadSasuke34]

well, those were 5 minutes well spent

[@cheezhat]

Everything this dude does is amazing.

[@Mindrex327]

Why does this guy NOT have a Record deal for covers??? Really?

[@SkullScoper]

copyright, or either tool will get half revenue or something since it is their song.

[@vincentbar484]

TurkeyRaider well. If they got written consent from the creators, they wouldn't need to pay royalties. I think.

[@SkullScoper]

Credit Onion yeah