Slipknot - Before I Forget (guitar cover)

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Decided to make another version of Before I Forget cover for those who don't want to spend a lot of money on guitar equipment, but are aiming to achieve the best possible sound. This cover is made with simplest setup ever!
Drop B tuning.
Recorded using:
* Fender Jim Root Telecaster (Dunlop strings 10-60)
* Washburn Force-5
* M-Audio ProFire 610
* BIAS Professional
The preset I'm using is available in ToneCloud under 'Slipknot (Before I Forget)' name.
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[@jesn8770]

Your tone sounds more like Slipknot than Slipknot

[@MijuOFFICIAL_]

True

[@A7XKoRnRocks1]

Guitar tone like this is to die for.

[@gamerboyzeke]

3rd World Gamer its the motherfucking tele its is awesome

[@GabrielTheGuitarist]

@@gamerboyzeke false. those are just EMGs. they sound the same in anything. 90% of your tone is your amp/effects and mostly, the speakers/enclosure. this is proven science.

[@machine1066]

Check out rammsteins tone

[@Alphaaussiegaming]

GabrielTheGuitarist it’s starting to become a meme that emgs make tome sound good well yea they do but it’s what emgs are known for the thick active sound while pickups like Seymour Duncan are known for the jb and 59 which is aimed at more rock/blues yea they made the blackouts and active pickups but when I Seymour Duncan I think of those and that genre saying emgs sound the same in anything is like saying the modern channel of a dual rectifier sounds like a vox ac30 it’s completely false I put some in my Ibanez and sounds nothing like a bands tone even if I use bias for the “tone” yea bias captures the tone of the album but it will still be different tone doesn’t start with pickups it starts with u and your play style hard picking soft picking down picking alt picking that sort of stuff I’ve play many pickups in many different guitars and none of the emgs I played sounded the same for me every pickup designed by any company is made for a reason not just to sound similar on lower cost type thing I get what your saying but it’s not true my friend

[@thesadsquatch]

@@Alphaaussiegaming yes, emgs sound good, but there are other pickups that sound good. Fishman sounds amazing. You mentioned SD blackouts, Mick Thompson uses those in his sigs. Also, that's one long run-on sentence.

[@Mavvyd96]

Your wife must be lucky to have married a great musician.

[@TragicMaster]

youre not a musician if you only do covers

[@Mavvyd96]

TragicMaster That's pure bullshit.

[@ZoWings]

+TragicMaster Jim Root, Brad Delson and much other musicians said that if u are able to play covers, you are much better guitarist than a guy that knows all music's history

[@Yellowjacket307]

TragicMaster How? What if he writes his own songs? Who are you to judge him and tell him what he is and isn't.

[@dg8878]

Robert Claar just that one person in the KZbin comments section

[@MosiuRC]

It was good to hear only your guitar. Still very impresive

[@AntonKhoff]

Thanks a lot

[@BigBoss-nn2hg]

+Anton Khoff Always fun watching you play man. I cant remember if you've already done Slipknot - If Rain Is What You Want, but if you havent, could you possibly do it?

[@ScottScott12345]

+BigBoss 1225 He's done it.

[@travisbennett3332]

You really gon flex on us with a jim root tele

[@avidcracksmoker]

shicken yea

[@unassumingpotato1666]

Is it weird to think that this song is 11 years old?

[@unassumingpotato1666]

I want to be a kid again :(

[@alyssamanthey899]

I was about the same age when i started listening to Slipknot ^-^

[@farizkimaulana1657]

now its already 13 years old

[@lilboombox4277]

Unassuming Potato 13*

[@Epiidevvy]

Fuck, how old am I again? 😂😂😂

[@shaggysodazed7025]

2:34-3:00 is such a beauty, well played

[@experimentality1856]

I thought it turned original omg

[@emperorvitiate1844]

i love that part

[@ienvy_l1xm199]

Shaggy SoDazed not 2:34 - 3:00 It’s the whole song

[@-Batou-]

Nice, but I prefer the (original) tapping version (available on Jim's master class video). This completely changed my way to approach this section !

[@andremouraajr]

@@emperorvitiate1844 me too

[@cemerdugan4321]

31 people forgot

[@deadraven7366]

More and more people is forgeting

[@rockstarsmg3632]

161 now

[@yese1697]

@knightmare91 super frog its easy but its great.

[@hamzakyads9631]

31 çok komik

[@cemerdugan4321]

@@hamzakyads9631 oha hort

[@ashtonwilkins363]

I like that Tele, that thing is awesome.

[@MetalHeadAZ]

i love that guitar too

[@Pixelman16]

+James Wilkins I love guitars too

[@maddog788]

+Ashton Wilkins it even kicks my JEM77P's Ass. pretty sick guitar.

[@somerandomarmydude]

+Ashton Wilkins It's the Jim Root Signature Model.

[@ulyssessait]

normal tele wont give u the same warm tone... it need this jim root! hell yeah

[@Drew.DrivesYT]

Love how simple yet aggressive Slipknot riffs are, also thanks for the quick demo on the sound matching within Bias

[@littleregina8822]

Wow! Looks/sounds like the real guitarist of Slipknot is playing.

[@benadamson8958]

Little Regina there is 2 guitarists of slipknot in this song

[@Jk-zv6tz]

@@benadamson8958 He's playing Jim's parts. So OP was more than likely referring "guitarist" as a singular because or this. But keep correcting people needlessly on KZbin

[@Joe.Howard11]

Really good tone on this one! Really like the album!

[@AntonKhoff]

Thanks man!

[@DavidFunable]

***** когда в майнкрафт перестанешь играть

[@punk2200]

***** лол,рок гитара :D

[@RyanGates4960]

Never knew a telecaster could get this kind of tone! This is awesome!

[@tedkaparelos487]

it has active pickups

[@Cleavatr0n]

Well it is the same Tele that Jim Root (Slipknot's rhythm guitarist) uses lol... Not to mention its a mahogany body, and has active pickups (EMG 81/60 setup).

[@tedkaparelos487]

I think theyre actually the seymour duncan blackouts, as those are the ones on his signature, but im not sure.

[@tedkaparelos487]

nope, theyre not

[@Cleavatr0n]

Ted Kaparelos Those are on Mick Thomson's, Jim uses EMG's.

[@lafera310]

Holy shit, If your height is 198cm, You are also Jim Root.

[@AleLGB]

2:10 - 2:34 Can't stop listening

[@arunrun7012]

2:34 amazing man, you definitely could get into Slipknot easily.

[@C0ffeeKing]

Slipknot and fender.....lol dang

[@jeremiax1]

Adam Lewis It's just a Jim Root Signature model... But that's none of my business.... ! ;)

[@TowedDub]

Jim root of slip knot uses a telecaster...

[@tkoehler10]

No he uses a jazz master

[@TowedDub]

he uses both and strats

[@SkyColdv23]

He started with the tele then went to the strat, and then came out with the jazzmaster. The tele is still his favorite though...

[@Luis7Vazquez7]

Telecaster with EMG's? I have never seen one in my life, until now. The tone is flawless man, great cover!

[@tony.guitarplayer]

EMG 81/60 maybe. I have les paul and using them too. sounds brutall

[@Luis7Vazquez7]

+Tony Serven Les Paul with EMG's? Fuck, I have never seen one haha To be honest, I've only seen EMG's in ESP's and some Cort's and Schecters And yes, probably sounds brutal

[@tony.guitarplayer]

+Luis Calvo If you notice, Zakk Wylde using them too. Zakk is using 85/81. I have an old Epiphone Les Paul. And thoose original pickups is suck. So I decide to change thoose pickups with EMG. And I never regret it.

[@Luis7Vazquez7]

+Tony Serven Is it a LP? I always thought it was another guitar, like an ESP or something I just have some months playing (around 5) but if someday I start playing really sick I think I might be getting some EMG's man

[@tony.guitarplayer]

+Luis Calvo Yes, 2002 Epiphone Les Paul. With Gold Hardware. I forget the type. But I think it is Les Paul Custom.

[@djake1743]

You are one of the few people that actually play the opening riff right! Awesome cover man!

[@ZockerBruderschaft]

product placement :D but it sounds very good!

[@AntonKhoff]

Exactly :) Few months ago some man wrote me that anyone can achieve a great guitar sound having the same amount of money spent on equipment as I did. No big deal. I'm not arguing with this, but here is my example of what you can get with much less spendings and efforts. Basically I'm telling that my videos are not about having tons of stuff... you can have just a sound card to start recording.

[@AntonKhoff]

***** Thanks for kind words! Yes, I use Macbook Air as it's more than enough for me to work with Logic and Final Cut

[@AntonKhoff]

***** I'm not considering myself as a good teacher mainly because I didn't ever take lessons on guitar. And also I would need to take some english language lessons to speak fluently :)

[@AntonKhoff]

***** I learned these song by watching how Slipknot plays them live. Just keep practicing. I started to play guitar 14 years ago and since than playing guitar for me is like a hobby and I didn't ever want to kill it by making myself going for lessons :)

[@AntonKhoff]

***** I recommend you to buy a good guitar from very beginning to avoid 'upgrading' to a better one at some point later. I would go with ESP LTDs.

[@TheIceCube2]

Wow! Your awesome! maybe ill start learning how to play guitar :D

[@trosyzspel9908]

Telecaster?!

[@Johnny2Drinks]

Is he playing a Jim Root signature model?

[@theinfantfinite6667]

Amazing as always \m/

[@AntonKhoff]

Thanks :)

[@alexanderbezlepkin8954]

Парень,очередной крутой кавер!В соц. сетях так и говорят о твоих роликах.Не пора бы тебе сделать разборы песен slipknot ?Просто в России до сих пор не таких каналов... А смотря другие видео с других известных людей которые разбирают порой раз не понятно.Я буду очень рад посмотреть такие видео. Надеюсь ты подумаешь над этим,думаю меня поддержат.

[@dmitryfoobar42]

I'm 22 and started to learn to play the guitar only certain months ago. But I don't have enough time because of my work and etc. Almost crying when see such videos understanding that wasted so many years and won't be able to play with such skill and clear sound..

[@Vigilante311]

Are you still playing?

[@V8SlayeR6661]

Amazing sound wow... and what a fucking guitar cover.. huge! And what a beautiful Fender Telecaster 🤩🤘🏻

[@JackChartol]

Please make a cover of Metabolic-Slipknot

[@varazdatstepanyan5207]

Не понимаю людей которые говорят что он лучший гитарист и тп, ну да он очень хорошо играет, но он не лучший вообще понятие лучший немного не корректно

[@adibekenov9010]

Все гитаристы на одинаковом уровне, нет такого понятие быть лучше разве что тем что ты освоишь лист быстрей.

[@varazdatstepanyan5207]

+Adi Bekenov играть на гитаре и быть гитаристом разное дело, эт во первых во вторых, есть люди которые никогда не освоят лист, и в третьих тот же лист можно играть хорошо или плохо например соло Michael Amott-а в песне Nemesis очень легкая, но играть как он никто не может до сих пор

[@protivogaz7420]

pls play this at my funeral

[@palopaluca]

Protivogaz you mean a full playlist of the top songs 😂

[@andy_182]

Aye bruh I’m tryna find this tone patch in tone cloud but can’t find it

[@resfxranner]

Чувак,это просто великолепно!Продолжай,пожалуйста.Желаю тебе найти какую-нибудь группу или создать самому,если ещё не сделал этого)

[@TodosABordoTrip]

How do you get this sound? I mean, what pedals and effects are you using?

[@omg432111]

Legião dos Opalas via bias fx

[@GabrielTheGuitarist]

he literally demonstrated it in the video, dude....

[@chasing_dragons]

Absolute perfection. You have it sir, great talent. Keep playing. Happy holidays.

[@Chives1797]

Could You Do A Killpop Cover Eventually? Great Work By The Way!!!

[@trys9262]

holy crap finally someone who plays the intro right XD another nice cover man. oh and do u know how the boss ac3 performes when tuned down to like dropB / C#standard as im wanting to do a vermilion pt 2 cover butdont know how good the acoustic sims out there are.

[@Markyman29]

You should do lift me up by 5fdp that would be awesome!!! :D

[@antonionsfw]

thAT TONE

[@nicks2169]

can you do nomadic skeptic and lech guitar covers i would love to see that :)

[@PAHA_069]

Очень классно) Я большой фанат slipknot Ты бог гитары!

[@repairize]

I must say your guitar sounds a bit better.... i like it c: good work!

[@mkenny17]

my setup is way more simple Yamaha Pacifica 112J (EVH Strings .10-.46) USB Guitar Link Guitarix (Ubuntu Studio) here's a sample soundcloud.com/mkenny18/cover1. sorry for shitty tone and playing.

[@sydaball9882]

I just learn this song by watching Anton. Most of the KZbin instructors go way to slow a pace and that makes it confusing for me, I need to learn at the speed of the song and move it along. And the tabs for this song online are missing lots of parts or are different from what Anton is playing. This is much more accurate and you can watch him while playing along and go back at your own leisure

[@FierceDeityAndrew]

That tone is so spot on. Amazing job!!!

[@lokomotor09]

"Академичность" исполнения просто поражает, как всегда прекрасно!

[@ИльяЖуков-ю4к]

Согласен

[@ToniusCarl]

Вот если бы все ковры были такими как твои по качеству всего: звука, видеоряда, скилла игры на инструменте и "правильности" самого интструмента, мир был бы чуточку прекрасней ^_^

[@ahmetballyyew9723]

согласен

[@avi3243]

its so easy i played this on an acoustic guitar THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH !!!!1

[@arielsegovia6768]

2:34 so damn nice

[@jedthawne8106]

Ariel Segovia I Cree With U...

[@ethansblue3studioscreat134]

seriously.. this guy is playing with original music in back ground while I played the whole thing with all instruments but I'm a poor class so I need to stop.. wtf.

[@ssmechanical1]

Sounds great,I really dig your sound. Thanks again I always look forward to your vids.

[@user-htmn-html]

Отлично! Чувак, всегда смотрю твои каверы, они реально крутые! Продолжай радовать нас в том же духе! Спасибо от меня))

[@ethansblue3studioscreat134]

i play all instruments when making covers.. hit by all means. the rich class get views.. how dare I huh..

[@ChristopherBlake596]

How did you get rid of the drums, vocals etc. in order to have the guitar track from the album play alone? What did you use?

[@omg432111]

TheAmalgamut he didnt

[@SomethinWild]

Awesome sound, but I think you're playing the chorus riff wrong. The slide you use there ain't correct - its 0-0-2 on the low string. Apart from that, good job!

[@LordOfTerra]

should upload the tab for all your songs so people can learn the proper version and where did you learn to play these or see how to

[@alexw09]

Bias amp is not that great compared to other amp sims. I think his eq skills made that guitar sound that close to the original. It's all about how good you can mix i guess because i tried bias amp and the tone is not close at all..

[@professorakbar]

Nice crafting! :-) Now i´we got a clue! But i´m still slightly comfused about how you tune your guitar. Sounds like B on the bottom? (Or am i just imagining notes here?) Thanx for shareing. :-)

[@kibagami25]

Would you ever create a how to video with how to get popular band tones only using a guitar and a PC/MAC? Like the software you showed?

[@ethansblue3studioscreat134]

awesome jam.. but dude.. I'm way better than you and your fellow humans that try to be me..

[@gabrielpierriknives]

very amazing sound! is this some kind of effect software my friend? if yes, whats the name of this software? umbelievable sound to hear

[@gregparadi]

sounds great ! What amp did you start with in BIAS ? Did you switch off Cab sim when tone matching ? thanks

[@christiangreen4843]

I was a creature before i could stand lol

[@oscardiaz-ym7gx]

"simplest setup ever" all that thing costs like a LOT were im from

[@killa771000]

Tabs?

[@michaelwaters6461]

Killed the tone! Spot on! Great cover 🤘🏻

[@ivanprolcacabelos6093]

could you do guitar lessons too? would be awesome if you teach us how to play deftones, Korn or Slipknot.!

[@はるチカ]

めっちゃかっこいいです！！！ very cool !!!

[@ANGELO123993]

awesome cover :0 👏👏👏👍

[@hulakuladajefula2818]

Great Cover! And awesome guitar :P I got squier that squier tele. But i will change my passive for EMG :P BTW. Do you know how to make a brutal sound on before i forget lesson? (search on yt: jim root masterclass - its on 4:42 )

[@ethansblue3studioscreat134]

whaaaattt... so I'm trash because of my skin color and where I live . what..

[@rodrigomartinso.s.9902]

I have a Squier Jim Root Telecaster. I used to use the strings come from factory and they sounded good. I decide to try new strings 12-60 and I found it too uncomfortable to play. Today I just bought 11-56 and I still feel uncomfortable. Do you think I should try 10-52??? I don't know the original strings I had before.

[@toromi.h]

you probably just arn't use to heavy gauges. But the factory strings on that tele are probably 9-42 or 10-46. If you are want to try the 10-52s, its a little too floppy for me though

[@malikihiggs4369]

what kind of effects are you using such as foot pedals ect . please reply rele like the cover also what is your tuning

[@cccmusicality]

Nothin personal, but u lack color in your life, jk lol. u rippin rock bud, love watching you.

[@JackCarver10]

So did you take the Guitar Hero tracks for this song?

[@ethantaylor3718]

Hey, what do you use to plug into your Macbook? (Without mixer) because I'm always back and fourth between houses and can't bring my mixer to both houses. Thanks.

[@ethansblue3studioscreat134]

are you joking.. this is Not a cover... its a guitar kaeoke play.. seriously.

[@dtoxdeathcore]

You should do tutorials too. Amazing cover I must say

[@bigrigmuhammad3676]

One of the best guitars I've ever seen. Great work by the way.

[@theventouse5232]

Really good, I love your Slipknot's cover! And I have a question about your guitar (because I want the Jim Root signature too): have you played with the stratocaster (or the maple fingerboard) and what are the differences? And why did you choose this one?

[@jonahkaiguam]

Great cover....this guy does an awesome job with his covers. I would love to see him make a cover for Jotun by In Flames and Food For The gods by In Flames

[@yandube5883]

hey man i have an ibanez with emg 81-85 and i was wondering if buying those dunlop 10-60 strings would be good for deathcore, and metalcore... would you recommend them?

[@williamdeely7836]

What about nintendocore

[@joaoVitor-re4ui]

Anton Faz cover de Gehenna ? adoro essa musica ^^

[@bizling]

What 'part' would this be? I.e James or Mick? Newbie here! Cheers!

[@manos333]

What's the name of the preset for bias FX 2?

[@taylor236]

Ну вот что ты за человек? Я теперь другие каверы смотреть не могу, только твои)) Делай почаще, если есть возможность...

[@manospitsis]

Holy "tone"! Of the best covers of this song! Awesome

[@SsamirD]

Very clea, perfect effects, nice picking, Loved it

[@Steven.Stovall]

Great cover. Amazing tone! I decided to try Biased on my computer, and can say it is a hell of an application.

[@mukmusicdiary]

Absolutely love the way you play this!! By any chance do you have the sheet music or guitar pro for this? I am having trouble learning this via ear... Sharing this video :)

[@AlejandroZarza]

Awesome cover!sounds really good, bro which program do you use tu record your guitar?im looking to do the same but I don’t know which programs are good.

[@forgetmenotofficial6821]

I'm picking up on guitar so what is this set at? Metal Crunch or Insane on the amp?

[@luccapelosini8473]

I have a Stratocaster Memphis with a Meteoro ampl. how could I make a good distortion? (I don't have money for new equip.)

[@DreadlordSyn]

I don't know if requests are really your thing but could you do a cover Through the Shadows by Insomnium? it's an epic track

[@Zero-ho3kx]

Афигенно играешь. Хотел спросить как записываешь звук через ноут ,если можно в личку

[@Cleavatr0n]

The Bias Amp matching is fucking spot on.

[@ayrtonmickromerovilca2333]

Hello! Un favor !! Dime como te grabaste ... Que programa usaste y como lo hiciste !! El viendo esta chevere... Gracias :D

[@IsabellaModas]

Here in Brazil this guitar is very expensive :(

[@caetanojose9335]

vdd

[@IsabellaModas]

+Caetano José uma pena!

[@caetanojose9335]

brasil e um vexame

[@R.Portela]

Nem o rim paga 😂😂😂

[@luisalejo55]

Mr. Khoff. good evening, can you make Vermillion - Slipknot guitar cover, i´ll appreciate it, thank you.

[@johnsguitarmusicanddemos]

Yeah, I like how you played having it being only your guitar. Another great cover!

[@colbytanner9071]

How much was the guitar when I look there are different prices

[@avidcracksmoker]

colby tanner they’re $1200