My Top 20 Tool Bass Lines

Here are (in my opinion) the 20 best bass lines coming from the Tool catalog (from both Justin and Paul) The position on this list is flexible as well, so I only put the songs where I'd generally have them, but they can be easily moved around.

[@lxxwj]

I agree, Intension is one of my favorites from 10,000 Days. Hugely underrated, but amazingly chill.

[@Frankrauser2]

Is hard to choose just one.....every one of this bass lines is just perfect

[@theflyfishingdipper7285]

Cristian Franco everything Justin does is spot on perfect when it comes to playing/tone/pedal usage/and all the right notes and everything in between idk honestly if you could make a list without being wrong or right

[@munnymic]

I vote for everything that is Bass in Rosetta Stoned. ;D Though, the entire song is amazing!

[@XXgraveraidergurlXX]

this is really good....it has a bunch of my favorite tool songs

[@onthespiral4759]

Intension is a good choice. Nice video!

[@euso2008]

Lateralus at 7:20. After the guitar solo.

[@michaelleonardo647]

I would have put vicarious at least somewhere on the list

[@phantomd8789]

me to

[@ilay829]

Glad you gave reflection the respect it deserves🙏

[@XnmXrXsX]

10,000 days in my opinion, has the bests bass lines

[@Sargatha]

wings of marie? :) Both part 1 and 2, but 1. has some really cool bass stuff in it

[@Vince511]

The two most distinctive bass licks from Tool's discography IMO Schism and The Pot.

[@DANnuclearrabbitDAN]

Reflection has the greatest bassline off the whole Lateralus album

[@L33M_0]

Surprised that rosetta stoned isn't number one

[@heavybass4ever]

veru good list, just i would put parabola near the first and lateralus

[@harmonylove2477]

the pot hands down.

[@carlfromchicago]

Thanks for doing this. But I can't see Intension at #1. The part is a combination of its impact to the song and the impact of the song overall. But I love all 20 of the songs so it is all good anyways

[@oboswo]

10,000 /o/

[@crazytrain58]

but is also not that hard to do on bass but that does not mean it's bad or anything I love 10,000 days

[@Staphylin]

You forgot the bass line in the middle of the song Schism ! Check on youtube "bass instrumental schism"

[@estephengonzalez9170]

wow u left out prison sex?

[@jeremysblock]

Schism should be #1 but great list and agree with all the rest

[@andrefrazao9245]

Jeremy Block schism is so overplayed

[@theflyfishingdipper7285]

Right in two?

[@nerdstark9002]

Jambi is Tool's worst song.

[@Lukelo92]

I'm not alone! Only Tool song I genuinely dislike, other than maybe Right in Two, but even that's miles ahead of Jambi.

[@CoolGuyWithShoesOn]

I like it

[@Lukelo92]

I mean, they're consistently outstanding musicians, but it just doesn't come together as it does on other songs.

[@nerdstark9002]

***** That riff in the beginning is annoying. I don't agree about Right in Two though. After Rosetta Stoned and Vicarious it's the best song in the album even though I don't personally like it's lyrics. All in all 1000 days is not a very good concept album. It's full of paradoxes. One track they say "Devours to survive so it is ,so it's always been" Another "Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?"

[@nerdstark9002]

Base yeah but the riff? I don't know.