Tool - Lateralus (Bass Cover) (Play Along Tabs In Video)

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- Playing Technique: Played next to the bridge pickup most of the time except for strummed parts, they are played mostly on middle and next to the neck pickup. Dynamics are applied to the song. Intro goes in crescendo. Try listening to the drums and follow the intensity within them, replicate that onto your instrument. Played with both pickups, full tone
- Gear Sound: Fresh strings. All digital. Not quite happy with this, is always a difficult tone to replicate
First channel is used for the cleaner quieter parts. Includes high gain amp, good amount of high mids, little bit of treble, then raised low and high end.
For the second channel (used on choruses and heavy parts) i add some fuzz and cut some bass to the same channel, then blend with less amount.
For the effect part (i'm not very happy with it) i used fuzz, then distortion on chain (low tone, high gain) then a whammy pedal set to octave. Each time you hit the note you go 0 to 100 with the pedal gradually then back to 0. Hit the pedal after the attack. You will have better luck with real analog pedals. This wasn't that good. I'm not sure this is the original way of doing it, but definitely uses whammy.
For the final "spiral out" part i left the 3 channels on the switch to 2 channel for the end
- About The Song: Transcribed from studio version with help of live videos. For some reason the software notates brackets on the rhythm notation badly, most of this is ternary time so you should group 8th in 3s, not 2s, that would make it easier to read
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*All the tabs in this channel are created by me, if you have any advice in the transcription feel free to comment!
*Gear: Taurus t-24 Washburn 4 String Bass (D'addario .045 Standard Strings or Dunlop .045)/ Ibanez SA 120 Guitar/ Alesis Dm6 Drums - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Interface - PC (Digital Processing)

[@CoverSolutions]

BECOME A PATRON TO GET SONGS/TABS: www.patreon.com/coversolutions Please read the description for comments on gear and more (i'm never happy with the tone for Tool, is quite difficult to get, well engineered and the sound of the Wal is really present). For some reason the software notates brackets on the rhythm notation badly, most of this is ternary time so you should group 8ths in 3s, not 2s, that would make it easier to read, so sorry about that. I followed the originally thought 9/8/7 8th time they refer, but i think there's easier ways to think of that main riff. I don't think is necessary to notate harmony here. You have mostly a riff based song and ALL notes interpreted by the bass are based on D minor Pentatonic (D F G A C) and a litte bit of D minor (D E F G A Bb C). So maybe is important to discuss there, that to get most of the Tool sound you need those 2 elements, Pentatonic Riffs applied to rhythm and polyrhythm. You can check that on the intro, with 6/8 for bass and 4/4 for guitar, with many other exapmples throughout the song. The nice thing about playing with this is that most of those notes go really well with each other in harmony (more of a primal, natural or even seminal way of seeing music, pentatonic scale is found in natives all over the world, China, Andes, Native American, etc, etc) Anyways, if you have something else to add or opinions to make, please use the comments wisely. Also attend on streams on fridays for more info on whatever you want

[@DTB1752]

Hype for anesthesia x50

[@KissingMaiden]

Awesome work as usual. Any chance we can get Disposition next? Or maybe some more Rush with The Analog Kid?

[@aaronveikley1454]

Solid. Keep em coming.....

[@elavieraelv]

CoverSolutions Tool Cut in two

[@hasanarslan5805]

at the breakdown maybe you can make bends?

[@drazlet]

These comments are either requests or backhanded complements in order to get you to do their song, so can we just stop for a moment and appreciate how fierce of a bass player you are? Can’t wait to see you on an international stage man

[@mynameismud7436]

Amen to that! I am just starting to learn the bass. I thought Tool was entirely out of my reach right now, but your Vicarious video has inspired me to ATTEMPT to learn my first Tool song - start to finish. Your videos are all immensely helpful. Thank you for sharing so much of your time! Rock-on!

[@BenMcDougall]

These are just plebs that can’t afford to blow a few dollars. All that aside, Sebastian is a great player.

[@lmcc8798]

He's not sweating it, either.

[@kathypetrovitch2124]

When Maynard says “SPIRAL OUT, KEEP GOING” I get an adrenaline rush

[@Fungusonmydinglingtoes]

I love Maynard

[@jackb3724]

Me too!! It gives me chills

[@metallurgico]

keep going!

[@lucasqueiroz3799]

you have the best bass tone i've ever seen on youtube, man. i mean, i play guitar. this is not my neighbourhood. but i still love it.

[@seb5542]

Well it is tools bass tone. So it is bound to be very good.

[@cameroncalkins5935]

It really is amazing, I’ve tried so many settings and petals to try and match it😂

[@jordanh806]

@Davian Jordy yeah no one gives a shit. Fuck off you hacking fuck.

[@vtautogrow6096]

No this is our neighborhood don’t be shy I play bass guitar and drums music is open territory for all artists if you have any flamingo or classical playing under your belt the bass will come naturally

[@vtautogrow6096]

@Davian Jordy I hope your girlfriend see’s this it’s probably a randomly generated comment from a permission you accepted you fudging TOOL

[@MERS03]

Parabol/Parabola by Tool!!!!

[@markrichardson2512]

Nathan Haynes I really fucking hope he does this. Such an amazing piece of art.

[@CC-ks3tj]

Nathan Haynes He didn’t do it but also Leo Bass Cover just made a pretty good cover of those two songs on his channel. I would recommend all his Tool covers, he’s nearly as good as or on par with CoverSolutions.

[@honeybadger1810]

@@CC-ks3tj yeah but his tone doesn't compare to cover solutions

[@connormcdonald5075]

@@honeybadger1810 tabs are for notes, the tone is up to you ;)

[@yesnickcarter]

i can’t believe how simple the building blocks are in this song, and what the sum of its parts add up to. 1-3-4. 3-7-1. these patterns are rudimentary. but jesus christ what they have accomplished with them. love it!

[@ejl1000]

Never clicked on a video so fast. Please do Reflection or The Grudge!

[@mikeyacton1978]

ejl1000 grudge would be perfect

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ejl1000 reflection would be perfect

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A channel by the name of Leo Bass Covers has a video of The Grudge in the making :)

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NOT_Ezra__ BASSically

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the best one of all

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Porn without the viruses

[@broganryan-byrne679]

Please do Tool - Jambi

[@brendanleuthner4851]

Brogan Ryan-Byrne i can play most of Jambi 😎

[@brendanleuthner4851]

I just dont have the chorus and delay pedal

[@thesuperballer9]

Leo Bass Covers did it.

[@ILikeWafflz]

Watching bass covers has been very interesting, as I've been learning the drums for these Tool songs, and it's cool to see how the bass and drums correlate with each other.

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Would love to see some gojira songs

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[@erwanleon6054]

Keith Telesh 04 on their first album, full bass tapping, a really good song

[@joshuahenry4218]

Tool Right in two please 🤘🏻

[@shanepettie4217]

This is actually the best tone I've ever heard in one of your videos, well done mate!

[@eadasder13]

Tool - Aenima

[@MrJohnboy613]

hell yes

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Agreed,,one fine song.,Aenima please

[@insanity1604]

ænima for the win

[@rocheman3771]

7:20 and on thank you so much I knew that was bass I had a feeling, I thought it was a fretless bass with distortion I never thought it would’ve been a whammy pedal

[@Cheeseburgerman23]

Now we just need Rosetta Stoned 😈

[@vommittt]

Holy fucking shit

[@jiggles4925]

That would make me so happy I could die omg

[@toprak3479]

Typical.

[@eliasmg9144]

Goddamn I shit the bed

[@schism46]

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[@sirgallabad]

It's been just over two months since I got my first bass, and this is the first TOOL song that I've learned all the way through! This is one of my favorites and it feels so nice to be able to play along to any part of it, or just play through the whole thing.

[@kubatrojanowski1187]

That was amazing. The bass for Lateralus seems much easier than the drums tho

[@coldwar45]

Tool -- The Grudge

[@schism46]

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[@adityatyagi4009]

I don't even play bass but feel like learning after watching this!

[@riffwars7174]

The climax towards the end is absolutely incredible!

[@JV-cr7kc]

confession time: your channel helped me alot learning my favorite tool songs, and not to mention this one, it has always been the Magnum Opus imo when it comes to me feeling completely joyous while playing, the feeling when delivering that last part always makes my hair pullup when playing

[@jamesmullen5763]

Absolutely godly. I got goosebumps when you were pedalling up to the octaves!

[@brandonrodriguez485]

Right in two !! The grudge !!

[@schism46]

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[@delih.3061]

First Tool Song i learned. That Chorus Riff and the ending. so good. The Fibonaci in this song, Genious Work

[@MrJohnboy613]

your videos get better and better. thanks for the pedal info scrolling by in the song. more Tool videos!! keep em coming!!

[@aaronbusby3752]

So happy that you did this, great video as always. Would love it if you did The Grudge or Jambi

[@drazlet]

So glad you got this back up💖

[@zachoryfostor7368]

I strongly believe you could do any song from any band!

[@umangkc2765]

I know this video is very old but the tone of your bass is so smooth amazing.😁 And your mix is perfect too , the feel is just what the song wants. Very tight cover.

[@felipefernandes9053]

Congrats! In one take you make a song with 9 minutes without a error...

[@zoetice433]

My absolute favorite song of all time. Now I can get this song down for good. Great work and keep it up!

[@Kosmic_fire]

All time favorite Tool song. Excellent work!

[@luketinel8969]

Oh hell yes I've been waiting so long for this one thank you so much

[@palobajo1]

Simply overwhelming, the great music of this band and the way to play it! Awesome, bro! 🤙🏻

[@Jack-vn8jy]

Coversolutions, just wanna say bro your covers helped me a ton when I was first learning bass. I remember learning Lateralus through this video and jamming to it in my room, pissing off my brother in the process. Thank you for all your work.

[@nicholaslloyd1216]

10/10. This is one of my favorite Tool songs to play.

[@nick.valente_bass]

Thanks for the upload. So much fun to play along with!

[@sickboy1776]

Man that was sick! Nice tone great musicality!

[@JAContes]

Lateralus has to have the best intro and outro ever!

[@kacywatson6314]

Excellent video, definitely helps me learn bass. Thanks

[@girardordway8456]

Your playing always impressed me but that was incredibly well done.

[@The.Life.of_Niff]

I've been waiting for this video for a year, I'm so happy right now

[@rainneahbenalli108]

Awesome bass cover! good job!

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Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing. Please!

[@johnmagee5664]

Wow, glad I decided to pick the bass up again, now I have something work towards. This is a goal.

[@MolnarSPeter]

Amazing man, amazing job.... Thank you a lot. Hope you like playing TOOL songs 'cause damn it's entertaining to watch.

[@travisrenaud7093]

dude I appreciate all your covers and the tablature. id like to send some loot for your troubles. honestly this is great. much love. spiral out

[@estebban345]

Something I'm gonna try with my double thumb technique... Thank you man

[@BFreeZ28]

Amazing. Thank you for this!

[@ace996]

Beautiful. Thank you so much.

[@tanthom32]

That is a really great set of floating arms you have playing.

[@lunchboxwhmpa]

I think for the next video you should do "Powerslave" by Iron Maiden. That song has some killer bass riffs.

[@damnationswarhead8005]

love that tool bass till i die :)...nice job as with all your covers bro :)

[@0ildale993]

Awesome! More Tool! Right in two!

[@alexanderjaskowsky8276]

Finally a high quality Lateralus bass cover on youtube

[@manugaido1466]

Amazin cover, it sounds awesome

[@ochocinco1535]

Hey bro, this is a crazy authentic tone. Sounds extremely similar to live versions.

[@SolDust-vy3cw]

Oh, and immaculate cover my friend!

[@sz5876]

Two words, nailed it.

[@oriolestevemegias5956]

Moltes gràcies bro! No té preu aquesta feinada! L'estudiarem!!! 1 milion thanks!!! Your contribution are wonderfull!!!

[@mattyjenninz]

Superb work

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I love you so much for doing this.

[@oscarmollloy3240]

Waiting for this for so long

[@CesarRodriguez-oy5vr]

good job man

[@abhoerer]

Great job!

[@jakefluharty842]

I really love you for doing lateralus

[@cafpow2282]

awesome! The Song, the Skills... awesome!

[@lauraharris1359]

Love it!!! Please do The Pot!

[@nerozvn]

You made my day

[@MrGunwitch]

Great effort!

[@chez5262]

I would love it if you would make a guitar lesson for Lateralus. I love your videos and they have helped me out so much.

[@AnduNeedle]

The Grudge, Jambi or Parabola. Which one you want. Love your Tool covers man. Seeing this one after 4 hours after you posted it. Keep them coming.

[@TwoCents302]

Finally. Ive wanted this

[@Donalexcremento]

thanks for this one!

[@1983electric]

Awesome job

[@Kyuzn]

Great song, great cover.

[@maheeshshahi7168]

Thank you so much

[@raweymoore]

As you said in the description, the tone is very hard to get right and is slightly off. The playing itself is fantastic, great job. Not an easy tune by any stretch of the imagination. For a future cover I'd like to suggest Tool's 'Rosetta Stoned'. It's a favourite of mine and I reckon you'd find it entertaining.

[@FuryMarthy]

holy spiral man, those last notes are fucking raw. great job. amazing. thank you!

[@MsAhutch]

GAAAAAWD DAMN, This song rocks!

[@ericb9948]

He finally did my favorite song

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THANK YOU!!!!!!

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I see tool I press like :v

[@thiagomoreira8176]

Amazing!!!

[@8BitHitmanGamer]

FUCKING YES I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!

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Excellent.

[@thenerdofthenorth8205]

Right in Two? One of my favourites! Does have a crap-ton of whammy pedal effects, and it's not a very short song, but I would love to see it done please!

[@tgdb4968]

Dude your T24 is looking good man

[@hito6464]

9 minutes of pure skill

[@WallyDvL]

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SUPERB!!!

[@GCF-Media]

Great video btw! been waiting on this one. "Dead Man Walking" by bloodsimple next?

[@trevorwood2118]

We need some The Dillonger Escape Plan bass covers/tabs!!

[@benparker2321]

Ultimately their best song ever

[@johnpaulclarkson4671]

And God said let there be sound and cover solutions produced a ridiculous cover with kick ass tone

[@PenguinHeadNoah]

Sometime in the future, would you be able to do Prison Sex by Tool? It has a bit of a weird tuning (BADG) but it isn't too difficult. I can't nail the timing though. Thanks for making great content as usual!

[@jay8819]

Noah Wehler BADG isn't a weird tuning. its one string tuned down. just go light on the B cuz it'll be way floppier than the A,D or G.

[@Jacksonrox13]

Soundgarden have also used that tuning too for quite a few of their songs too ("Rusty Cage," "Searching With My Good Eye Closed," "Holy Water," "Rhinosaur," "Never The Machine Forever") and other artists have gone even further down with the full octave, i.e. AADGbe. There's "Boris" - Melvins, several Them Crooked Vulture songs, "Stacked Actors" - Foo Fighters, "Citizen Erased" - Muse, The most impressive detuned songs I've heard are from Isis and Boris. Boris have gone down to Drop G# for "Vomitself" and "Heavy Rocks" (they usually okay in A# Standard) and Isis basically tuned their first string even further to F#, the first string on an 8-String guitar. It's some kind of odd open tuning where the 6th string is in B standard, the 5th-2nd strings are in C# standard and the 1st string is simply F#: the same note as the 5th note but one octave lower. Similar to the "AADGbe" tuning mentioned earlier. Meshuggah have also done the octave tuning too, but for an 8-String instead (B B Eb Ab Db Gb bb eb, as they play one semitone down) for "Spasm," and also managed to slacken the 8th String as low as E0 at the very beginning of "Mind's Mirrors" (although Fredrik just twangs on it a couple of times to give the track a spooky atmosphere-he doesn't actually play on it) and then retunes it back to normal before the "singing" start. Lastly, Strapping Young Lad tuned their first 3 strings to AAA (the other 3 are in Open C) on their eponymously named track, "AAA."

[@ShuaCoy]

It’s in DADG isnt it?

[@VERTIGOAtsumi]

Nice 🤘

[@alesvj]

Hey man! You're always doing a great job. I simply love your videos (even more when are tool covers). Unfortunatly I can't help you on patrion yet, but as soon as possible, I'll retribute for the arts you do for all of us. I just love tool and justin chancellor tones in the musics. I imagine you may have searched around about it and found out that most of the tone comes from the Wal bass. It's simply unique. But a lot comes from an pre-amp that he uses BEFORE spliting the audioline in two (dirty and clean). It's almost the first pedal that he plugs for gigs and recording. If you use an pre-amp in an satisfying way, you can have the heavy and punchy sound he kicks from his bass. The mid and high from wal are simply impossible to replicate, but the bass can be and will became very satisfying. If you read this, please say a word and let's discuss more about justin's tone! You've got to admit, it's one of the most amazing among all.

[@CoverSolutions]

Thanks for the comment. It is a great tone and hard to replicate

[@SusanBoilingPot234]

FINALLY YES!!!!!!