TOOL - Invincible (Guitar Cover with Play Along Tabs)

[@MaxNiessl]

Recording this again was actually not as easy as I thought. Memorizing when to slide and when not to is annoying as hell :D I'm very proud of the tone I got here so I added my _isolated guitar track_ in the zip-file for this one. The synced guitar tab (gp, gp5, pdf) is in the description for you to grab. I've redone this tab with much love, paying attention to every last note here. If you find some mistakes, feel more than welcome to comment. I'll add the corrections in the description where other details are already noted :)

[@MaxNiessl]

@@behnamdabestanizade Hey, you're welcome! I'm doing it in Adobe Premiere Pro. Unfortunately, Guitar Pro does not feature a dark mode :(

[@xHUSTLER4LIFEx]

Bro....smh god damn you freakn ROCK!! Absolutely Amazing!

[@rebelduck9077]

Let me know when you’re ready to come to the US. I’ll be the first to fund it😎

[@samgarbo]

Lol I got the album version down pretty easy cause I kinda listened to it over and over before the album came out and I love that part when he plays 12 and 14 towards the beginning

[@FFWorldHD]

b e a ut i f u l

[@CameronWinters]

Max = WARRIOR Me = STRUGGLING Much love dude, wonderful job.

[@MaxNiessl]

Haha thank you, bro! :)

[@aranasaurus]

You guys both lead the pack on these covers. And it’s so great to see you both popping up in each other’s comment section every time. ❤️ Bless this community ❤️

[@Aaronius_Maximus]

You're great Cameron!! Love your videos!

[@gustavomazonave8536]

@@aranasaurus Am I the only one who read "Bless this community" with the same voice as "Bless this immunity"?

[@aranasaurus]

Gustavo Mazonave that’s how I said it in my head as I wrote it, so I hope you’re not the only one who read it that way ;)

[@genkimonkeygaming3027]

The first time I heard 11:58 on the record I almost cried...bringing that intro riff back in during the crescendo is just magnificent

[@zaydhamdan6758]

Its even more amazing when you witness it live

[@longluck8490]

Yeah, it blows me away every time... And I listen to this song every single day. It just brings it all back round again, so beautifully. Feels like the end of the greatest story ever told. 🤯 When I heard it live it was borderline a religious experience 😂

[@rayanhack9417]

@@zaydhamdan6758 agreed, I remember watching them at the O2 arena.

[@NytronX]

Just heard this song live on Halloween. Life changing.

[@HanoobKen]

That's the most beautiful Epiphone LP I have ever seen.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@beefmomma]

Agreed

[@CC-ks3tj]

HanoobKen haha that was my first thought when I saw it. Amazing color and finish

[@jeffreybailey2558]

I agree quite mesmerizing

[@todheath1]

Looks like Spalted Maple

[@rohitchandarkar7875]

No need to hide your face Adam Jones....you've already have absolutely killed it!!

[@darkySp]

The guitar in this song is just other-worldly. Lots of people say that for Tool as a whole, but i really can't compare this to anything else that i've listened to, not even another Tool song. I've been replaying the first third of the song for hours now, i can't get enough of this psychedelic, progressive riff.

[@MaxNiessl]

I agree, the sound is so unique in this song :)

[@darkySp]

@@MaxNiessl It really is. Also, at 0:40, when you have the first slide at the end of the 12th bar, did you do the slide louder on purpose or was it a lucky accident ? Because i REALLY like this sudden increase in volume when you slide, only to fall back down and continue to the 13th bar. Not sure if that's what you call an accent, but i really, really like it!

[@bplusstudios9031]

That tone is MAGESTIC

[@ap-qn9hw]

best tone cover for the first solo

[@timothypepin2549]

I sitll remember the first time I listened through this album. It had been a long 13 year wait for new Tool. This song quickly became my favorite. When I heard the intro riff resurface in the outro at 11:58 I had tears in my eyes. Still gets me to this day.

[@benjaminrosen5274]

It’s people like you that get me so excited about Tool. The community around them is dedicated and when the new record landed I came straight to KZbin for stuff like this

[@MaxNiessl]

That's great to hear man, this community is awesome! :)

[@erkierkierki]

@@MaxNiessl It's been 2 months and no-one has dropped it yet. So here it is: BLESS THIS COMMUNITY

[@Denny_Boi]

The riff at 9:45 never fails to get me headbobbing and smiling..

[@outis01123]

I can relate. An absolute masterpiece this song!

[@tomb2577]

ah someone else appreciating this part finally

[@twodumbcats390]

I can't imagine the amount of work that went into scoring/tabbing this with all the changing tempos and bizarre rhythms going about. Great work dude, this is my go-to channel for Tool tabs.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! Appreciate it :)

[@trafficking2596]

Seconded.

[@Nick-dp4wk]

Been waiting for this from you. I appreciate a straight up play through with tabs instead of 30 minutes explaining how to play the opening riff.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed, man! :)

[@NyraScarlet]

That honestly the best way to learn imo and way too few people do it like that.

[@rickychardzz]

The tutorial is just explaining how to play it.... when really you just need practice

[@animal1439]

I feel like that's when you know that you're officially an intermediate level guitarist, when you'd rather just have a play along cover in one ear and a tab open on another monitor as opposed to a full blown song tutorial. It's a much faster way of learning (at least for me) than full on lessons/tutorials.

[@elijahprotzman1913]

9:45 favorite part of the song

[@megadethmofo2001]

Danny in a rare 4/4 moment.

[@lathumpipe]

I still play pieces of this everyday so I never have to relearn this monster. Thank you Max.

[@MaxNiessl]

Awesome! You're welcome ☺️

[@courdell7426]

Intro C from 0:55 to 1:03 is my most favorite part of the entire intro. Such a beautiful transition.

[@tool4811]

I literally can't find anyone better at doing tool covers with such efficiency. I'm really amazed!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@Slormer]

7:50 The pull-thru returns! I like things that are nice, and fitting names for guitar techniques are nice. Thanks Uncle Ben! Silky playthrough dude, you killed it.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thanks man! \m/

[@ameersbeih6777]

Ive been analyzing some Tool songs, and Ive noticed its not just in Jambi. Adam does that triplet pull-thru a lot. But riffs like this, and Jambi, of course its more noticeable lol. I think he does it in "The Pot" if Im not mistaken. Or at least Ive heard it. (Or maybe it was another song, I forget)

[@Iwantamansonguitar]

@@ameersbeih6777 A little bit in Vicarious as well.

[@denisblack9897]

There are a few videos that cover his usual techniques, helps a lot to get the hang of then before attempting full songs) I picked them up to impress my boys at jams, but now I’m a total Toolhead and boys are acting weird, cause I’ve progressed too much for them to catch up. Even just listening to Tool levels you up, weird!

[@carlkellner1310]

Great job. And I really love the stuff Adam Jones came up with for the new album. Hearing it played so clearly makes it obvious what a great guitarist he is.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! I agree :)

[@N8TeK]

He’s insane

[@jeffreybailey2558]

That was phenomenal. That riff is so challenging to play correctly it teaches you to place your fingers in very odd positions but whatever works to fret these notes. Beautiful thank you for this masterpiece

[@68dsuding]

That part at 3:55 when you split into 2 people and the lower one plays that melodic interlude... total toolgasm! One of my favorite parts of the record. And Max, you are... a... god! High priest, no less!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you so much! I agree, very nice part :) PS: My own mitosis :D

[@KodeLiMe]

That just might be Tool's best moment of all time. I'll never forget when I first heard it.

[@68dsuding]

@@KodeLiMe I can't write with you. I do like the end of Salival Pushit, when MJK sings "There's no love in fear!", and then "It will end no other way!"

[@Dannyk-jh8lv]

@@MaxNiessl Now that I think about it, that split-screen multi-tab is a glorious thing and I need MOAR. So could you please whip up a quick video with mutli-tabs/multi-guitars for Turn It Again by RHCP? Thx. /s

[@jaspersmuck330]

My favorite part of this song is at 11:01 , it has so much power in it and it all comes together.

[@erictasker2516]

Even some one who is so stoically focused on getting this cover right in one take couldn't resist head banding to the nastiest drop on the album at 9:45! Cover is amazing dude ill definitely be checking out the others!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thanks man! Yes, it's almost impossible to contain yourself there :D

[@chingythingy]

I love how the tempo keeps climbing throughout the composition!

[@jarrettmaier8626]

That breakdown!! So simple, yet so badass!!

[@tonybaroneee]

Absolutely nailed it man. Very clean signature pull-off triplets of Adam's as well!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@DodeyPotroast]

This is absolutely perfect! Video quality, production, backing track volume, your tone, the tabs, all of it... perfect. You’ve set the bar very high for others to create tutorial videos. Thank you!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! I'm always trying my best :)

[@RosettaStoned1992]

Such an incredible song and a joy to play! Adam’s chugging is such an endurance test... at least for me lol. Very good playing bud!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! Love the song :)

[@tetsusiega2]

This song has been so hard for me to turn my attention to…not because I don’t like it of course, but because it was such a hard hitting emotional song. Kinda like 10,000 Days, it was almost the main “chore” of the album to sit through, like confronting mortality face to face.

[@Nyarlahotep]

You've single handedly renewed my love for guitar. I've been practicing this song and followed along to your video probably a hundred times and I'm 99% there. The section at around 7:30 with the up/down picking pattern is too fast for me but I'll get it one day soon!

[@MaxNiessl]

That's amazing, man! Feels good to be able to help. Rock on 🤘

[@tristanwright9733]

This song was much much easier than I thought. Learned it before I watched this though. You hit it spot on.

[@totolelapino]

The more i work with your videos, the more i realize what an enormous amount of work you put in writing these tabs so precisely. Thanks a lot !

[@TheShaolinMonk_s550]

Mate, this is my favourite song, and because of you, I can now play it. Thank you, so much.

[@rockfordrocker8971]

fantastic. Perfect playing, that guitar and that TONE. Gah.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@callumday5277]

Dude, is that bit at 7:03 actually done with a bass? It sounds crazy.

[@MaxNiessl]

Yep, it's crazy. I'd love to see Leo covering that bit sometime :)

[@LeoBassCovers2]

@@MaxNiessl :D

[@schism8286]

It is, I saw them live 2x this week. 100% BASS

[@kaesekrustechannel]

Callum Day sounds like bass whammy

[@temporarymomentary]

Yes, I hear it live. Justin played that part on a bass. It's insane.

[@ThePortal101]

Just when I was getting ready to give the album a break... This came up in my KZbin feed. 🤘🎧😁

[@MaxNiessl]

Haha not so fast my dude! :D

[@scottweiter2477]

damn you nailed this one also tone and perfect notes. I'm going through all your tool videos tool always seemed so hard but you make it look so easy with lots and lots of practices! Wish I would of had this available to me 45+ years ago when we had to learn songs on a turn table and keep picking up the arm to figure out what we just heard! I would of been a much better player now. Thank you so much for putting these together for us! love your technique such a clean player!

[@skeezerpleezer8623]

Awesome job! Your Epi is beautiful and so was the tone! I enjoyed watching the low D pull offs. A trick/ technique I've yet to master. Tabs are great, keep the vids coming!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! Glad you enjoy my stuff :)

[@posthuman1373]

Dude! Your tatoo explains everything :D

[@MacPac78]

SPIRAL OUT. KEEP. GOING...

[@trigger796]

MacPac78 OVERUSED. SONG. LYRIC...

[@Dannyk-jh8lv]

@@trigger796 Do you need some calming down? Orange slices? Fetal spooning?

[@trigger796]

Dannyk 8232 I’m calm?

[@pioneerman8467]

Where??is it

[@analogman9697]

Stellar job! The way you tabbed it out and animated it throughout the video is very impressive. 5 thumbs up!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🤘

[@lieutenant-llama6950]

You even get all the little embellishments correct that I completely missed. Thanks mate!

[@MaxNiessl]

You're welcome, brother! Really tried to nail the tab completely here :)

[@petisowc]

Nailed every note man, awesome job

[@UndeadSasuke34]

I actually feel way more comfortable (and it feels more natural) to play pull offs in the main riff, even if if it s not on the recording. I ll keep doing those just for myself. And thanks for the video, this was the best source on the internet to learn the song

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! No one is judging you on the pull-offs, keep doing what makes you happy :)

[@tobias5740]

Very impressive! Not only the attention to detail, but also your command of the whole range of dynamics in this song, brilliant! Also nice to see the intro riff without pulloff as on the record.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you very much :)

[@lkellermann]

As a beginner guitarrist I love you

[@torjones-7]

You are Invincible. Thank you so much for the dedication.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you, you're welcome! :)

[@me.rafaelbenjamin]

My limited human brain cannot understand the timing on the riffs at the end of this song. All sounds so perfectly chaotic. Great cover!

[@toolfrk1991]

The inverted or variation on the main riff at 1:39 is what gets me. Can’t decide on picking pattern. Very impressive cover.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you :)

[@Dannyk-jh8lv]

Same happens to me. If I actually think about it while playing, it trips me up a little every time. The worst for me is 0:34 - 0:43. Especially :36 with the skipped string. It's like it's in my head and prying open my third eye.

[@MaxNiessl]

@@Dannyk-jh8lv You guys can do it!

[@Dannyk-jh8lv]

@@MaxNiessl Haha thanks, Max. Just need to hit the few speed bumps that are in my way over and over for a few minutes and I'll be good. I'm improving at/burning through this song at warp f*%king speed compared to learning Rosetta Stoned the past 2-3 weeks. I can't believe how addicting this song is to play! I thought it would just be a repetitive marathon so all this time I hadn't bothered. And it may be the most addicting song to play ever imo.

[@toolfrk1991]

I’m back....and I’ve practiced it enough now that I’ve got the inversions down. 🤘🏼 Proof in my IG/jcvAudio feed somewhere.

[@MrRonnie268]

You inspired me to take my guitar again and learn this song!

[@MaxNiessl]

Awesome!

[@TheJML1975]

This is fantastic! I’m not really a “Tool fan” but I bought their new album as a stop gap till Opeths new album came out... and this is my favourite track by miles 👌🏻 very impressive 🙌🏻

[@Zippo1969]

Thank you for putting this out - - - deaf as a post here and I was having difficulty separating the bass from guitar...got it nailed now and can't stop playing it...this song is like crack for my guitar. Awesome work!

[@maximiliangruber8641]

Super fun to play and I realized the killer tone is due to a Diezel amp! My favorite! As always killed every particular aspect of the music, legit you are the best transcriptionist I have ever seen

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you so much, man! :)

[@TheSuperBehemoth]

Forgot I was listening to a cover for a few minutes there, good job guy.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thanks \m/

[@thenextgreat8652]

Incredibly impressive man. Absolutely nailed it on the tone!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@JackChurchill101]

Nailed it. And the ending is much clearer now that it's the studio version. I'll admit the liver ending was pretty frustrating to follow. Thanks!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@cccs777]

I think this is my favorite song on the album. Great job and thank you!

[@LilMac0025]

Dude, you fucking NAILED it. There were times during the intro that I had to ask myself, “is he muting the audio of him playing and just edited the original track over the video to show how to play it….or is he just nailing it THAT solidly?” Answer: you just nailed it that solidly!!

[@BasementGAS]

You did it again Max! Well done. Great work. You're a great asset to all of us Tool fans. This is probably my favourite song from the new album.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you, man! Yes, Invincible is amazing :)

[@flashbak01]

Max, you're a machine with how you churn these presentations out! Another wonderful job! You have a great ear there Max! :)

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@DogLoverMusic]

Just spent a good solid hour and a half or so sitting down with this sitting down with my guitar and playing it over and over again and I allllllllmost got it, just not quite. I'm getting it tho!!!👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏼🤘🏼I'm learning the entire album in order and I literally couldn't have gotten this far without your videos man. Thanks a lot!!!

[@MaxNiessl]

That's so great, dude! Hope you're having fun learning the songs! And thank you :)

[@DogLoverMusic]

@@MaxNiessl Thank you!! 😊🤘🏼🤘🏼👍🏻👍🏻

[@MrSulfor]

Makes me feel good that I wasn't off at all on working this one out. Your tone is so very much on point. Great cover.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you!

[@vladavasiljev]

The best tutorial I've ever seen... of the best song I've heard in this century... from the best album since the dark side of the moon.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you :)

[@goessbo]

Top-notch cover in a very professionally produced video. Thanks!

[@porterhelfer3053]

Watching these play throughs with tabs is so much easier than sitting through a tutorial. Thank you.

[@MaxNiessl]

Glad to help!

[@tyutyu9331]

Listened to this song so many times I was not planning to stay, just check if your cover is good or not. I stayed. It was great to listen and watch. Looked, sounded great :)

[@benjim_]

The master has returned!!!! Yess!!!!

[@frayedsanity]

I am giggling with amazement! You are such a smooth player! I really love this song and Pneuma too! Hell...the whole album! But I am interested in learning this song. Thankyou :)

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! Glad you dig it, have fun learning 🤘

[@jackwatsonj2]

Mastered the art of the "triplet" AJ pulloff... NOICE

[@MrDarksoldier321]

I would love to see you do the whole tool catalog. I love what you have put out so far your my go to when learning songs from tool. Love you post the tabs as well makes it easier for me to learn.

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you so much! Very cool my videos are helping you! I'll definitely do more Tool videos in the future, but I urge you to check out Cameron Winters videos if you want to learn something from the Tool catalogue. He made a cover for every song by them :)

[@MrDarksoldier321]

@@MaxNiessl I'll look him up right now thanks.

[@xXAtom11Xx]

How does one keep up with all of this, it's mind boggling you managed to do this for most of the TOOL songs. Great cover and effort as always, much love

[@MaxNiessl]

@@xXAtom11Xx Thank you! :)

[@sirhc210]

fuck yeah dude you got that Adam Jones groove, most people cant pull off his rhythms. I grew up and only learned Tool songs shit helped me tremendously with playing any groove . he plays very organic there sound is very alive with timings and shit.... Kudos man! best so far from any cover videos, they just play the notes and nah you cant do that with Tool. you gotta feel that shit.

[@MaxNiessl]

Haha thanks man, you're right! :)

[@Aaronius_Maximus]

This is God-level effort. THANK YOU DUDE! :)

[@MaxNiessl]

You're welcome, thanks man! :)

[@jaseborn5474]

this guitar tone is incredibly hard to replicate

[@dictent3343]

That "Mhmmm" part at 9:45 is tasty as hell. I bet you had to hold back a bit there.

[@MaxNiessl]

Haha yes! That's why I labeled it like that ^-^ tongue-biter for sure, but I had to contain myself there not to fuck up :D

[@nickameen]

This was absolutely incredible. Thank you for making this!!!

[@ChRiiDDaY]

Flawless as always. The tone from the last cover already was pretty good but this is as close as it gets!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you so much, again! :)

[@alexsosa266]

Been learning this recently, I'm just an average bedroom guitar player. It's not a difficult song technically speaking, but to try and memorise the different patterns and more to the point, where to play them, is so difficult 😆 I guess that's what makes Tool what they are though....great cover, really appreciate the work!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! Have fun learning 🤘

[@546Scott]

2024 and this is still one of the best covers out there!!!

[@psytron939]

at the 8:00 min mark I kept hearing 3-2-0 or even 3-2-1 instead of that 3-0 pulloff but the downward slide to the deadnote makes so much sense now.

[@gueikian]

That’s awesome! I play it this way to - all picking - and the crazy part is Adam sweeps down the drop D and A strings on all the riffs. Very well done man! 🤘

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you very much, Cesar! 🤘

[@LeakyBucketHandle]

Great tone, great production, great playing and I feel confident the tab is quite accurate. Good job.

[@TheWindshopfurn]

Man thats insane that you can play it that perfect >. SO JEALOUS

[@xUpTheIrons666]

Well now I know what I'm doing today! Thanks dude🤘🏻

[@MaxNiessl]

Have fun! You're welcome :)

[@mike0928]

It has to be made so incredibly by the guy with a Golden Ratio tattoo

[@knurdisms]

I love how well you cover these songs. I love your guitar and its tone. I love how you provide play-along tabs. I love Tool. I love.... you, Max. Yup. Facts are facts America. But the duration of that pull-through bit has my index finger turning an interesting shade of purple. I thought Jambi was a pull-through nightmare but...damn you Adam Jones!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you so much

[@CruxalYT]

If anyone could help me with this it would be greatly appreciated. Got my guitar a few weeks ago and learning this song since its my favorite off the new album, 11:04​ - Drone Riff (N) has me stumped, I can't seem to get the A string to ring out over the D string that I keep strumming throughout that part, I see in the tabs he notes that it seems to be double tracked so is that the only way to get that noise to be louder? I'm trying to turn up the treble and mid on my amp (using digital setup with irig hd2) but I seem to be strumming the first string way too hard. Sorry I'm bad at explaining it but wondering if there's a technique to strum the 2nd string harder and I just need to practice that more to get the sound that adam gets on this part of the song. Amazing lessons btw thanks for the vids man

[@stidd1]

the Fibonacci Sequence tattoo is dedication!

[@benjaminrosen5274]

stidd1 duuuuuuude I didn’t even see that. What a legend

[@NoobMB2]

Great cover, this is arguably Tool's hardest guitar track imo

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! You actually need a lot of stamina for this one, yes :D

[@Rossdink]

I’d say it’s the easiest tool song. It’s the only tool song I can confidently play all the way through, perhaps cause I’m obsessed with it.

[@Rossdink]

Yes to the stamina. That part is a pain in the ass

[@anuman99ful]

Your tone is other-wordly

[@MaxNiessl]

Thanks :)

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Max Niessl can you give some tips on how to het a similar one?

[@MaxNiessl]

@@2yoyoyo1Unplugged Diezel amplifiers are very unique in their sound. I used an older Marshall '69 Plexi for the Fear Inoculum cover. I think Marshall JCMs would do to :)

[@doksmislim]

ffs how hard this is to remember.. so easy to make mistake! It's really a ride over neck! Good job Max!

[@Douglas_I]

Max this is incredible as every one of your videos has been! Thanks for all your hard work, it helps people like me so very much! Beautiful LP too! I am just blown away with the Epiphone LP tributes tone, quality and price! Thanks again!

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you so much! Glad you like my content! I'm really happy with my LP as well 🤘

[@patrickmckay6621]

Perfect tone! Clockwork playing!💪👍

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@milkiway.galaxy]

I want to learn this song so bad!!

[@belesh5666]

It's been 9 months I've been playing after over a decade thank you brother thank you. a lot. Beaituful Epiphone by the way

[@MaxNiessl]

That's awesome! Have fun! And thank you 🤘

[@ripcord93]

dude the TONE man... !

[@cupparuppa]

I'm having a blast learning this one, some of these riffs have me tongue-tied! Specifically the riff that appears at 1:04, and the Drone riff later

[@thebreakfastman4638]

My favorite song off the album

[@robhs]

Dude you are amazing, you should have more subscribers

[@MaxNiessl]

Thank you! :)

[@delta9izationable]

Thank you for this video! Learned it start to finish in a few days and it is a blast to play with the album track! Every note spot on, you are awesome!

[@delta9izationable]

Im also playing on an Epiphone custom pro silverburst ,glad to see Epiphone get some love the tone is there for sure. Dont have enough or feel skilled enough for a 5 thousand dollar guitar right now.

[@MaxNiessl]

@@delta9izationable Thank you! Glad this video helped you, dude! Epiphone brothers unite ;)

[@tsingtsai1416]

best tool cover on youtube

[@beginningofchaos]

I WANT THAT TONE, AWESOME MAN!!!