Tool's 10,000 Days on Bass (wings Pt.2)

[trash266001]

I can't play very well with my fingers like that. The speed of the picking puts me off too. It seems faster than it really is. Good job man.

[AldirTWCspammer]

are you playing 0-5-0-3? I have a guitar pro tab that says it's 0-10-0-9 with the 3rd and 2nd strings but the sound is very similar.

[werein12345]

Could you please remix this video or give it a try again? I REALLY need to hear this with awesome quality. Great work regardless though.

[iWentToNam]

good work mate :)

[DeRok2008]

I can never hear my A string when I try to play this, and I can hear your's perfectly.... I wish I had the money to get one of those Wal basses... If you can find the time you should redo this one in HD

[obzcl857]

this is really really great !!!

[megamontanatube]

I hope whoever lives downstairs LOVES Tool haha. I don't play bass so that was awesome to me.

[haggis325]

why is everyone shitting on this guy, he's really really good, he admitts this is not his best video, go watch his cover ov Jambi or schism the tell me hes not very good. if your gonna start shitting on someone who can play bass really well and have the guts to post online when you dicks probably cant play smoke on the water.

well done dude liked and favorited.

[bigdaddytorr1]

good job man

[devidia]

you're like sitting there "lalala nothing going on" :p

[GuitarRocks23455]

This song is mind blowing. This is one of my favourite songs to play on guitar, so simple yet amazing!

[Shad0wMarin3]

id be down for covering this song but the first 4 minutes are soo repetitive :( i guess its just getting people into the trance state.

[claudioOMG]

damn you are good thanks for telling me about tooltabs thanks again man

[nuke97]

Its amazing to me that you figured this tune out almost a year after the record came out and Im sure it was by ear cause Tool barely has any official tabs.

Also I caught Tool this past summer and I was kind of taken a back by how bright Justins bass tone was live...i actually think ilike your tone better if that makes sense?

[lemmenkainen]

Song Length: 11 minutes- One of the longer tool songs. Third eye clocks in at 13 min but has far more ambient sections where the bass does not play.

Amount of Notes: The bass is plays triplet patterns for 7 minutes straight let alone the rest of the song. If you have ever done anything like Philip Glass, you know how difficult it is to remain consistent on the same pattern for long periods of time.

[lemmenkainen]

Speed: The speed isn't the difficult aspect of this song.

Rythym and Positional Complexity: There are decently challenging riffs later in the song when maynard is singing "Hey, oh, Hey, oh" or something to that effect. The counting isn't straight, but I don't remember the exact count. It's not terribly difficult, but again the song isn't difficult because of the speed or hand position.

Really the song is the most difficult tool song because of the concentration needed to maintain...

[lemmenkainen]

perfect tempo for well over 7 minutes playing the same arpeggio patterns. That requires a great deal of concentration and stamina. When you put other tool songs in perspective they may have harder bass parts in them, but not for anywhere nearly as long.

My cred: BA in Double Bass Performance- Crane School of Music. Peace and thanks for the question.

[mrguitarguy01]

where did you find, and how much did you pay for that WAL bass?

[DanielBennett78]

Well done

[deigoruellez]

Great cover

[Bush611]

Anybody know where I can get a tab? I can't find a good one anywhere.

[Xenophobia080]

tooltabs(dot)net. Brad here actually submits tabs

to the site.

[shotgunmaniac007]

it because tool is about yourself

[KristianWGeorge]

Tool Tabs is the best for anything Tool.

[Weirdesigner]

This song is amazing! Nice job man.

[paulhab12]

i usually really like your bass covers but i really didnt like the sound for this. i know you could play it awesome i think its the recording

[ammazzatartufi]

that's the way to play this song. great job man, you're perfect

[playerman113]

Its good but i don't think it "sounds better"

[ntlvcn78]

First of all, thanks so so much for the great job. You're my "Tool-bass-bible"! :-)

Anyway, as you said, this is the way JC plays this song live, but on the record it seems kinda different. In the starting riff, are you sure, the empty A string has to be played like that? Thanks again! :)

[tigeraven2112]

hey Brad, on your tab it says to use delay for the "its time now, my time now..." riffs but i cant hear it in this video. i notcied the delay settings for Rosetta Stoned are the same as Jambi, is it the same for this?

[tigeraven2112]

dude im trying to learn this song, but i cant get the classical style picking down AT ALL! any tips? help?

[windnsea619]

I just started learning this too, I put my ring and pinky on the underside of the pickup to get leverage, kind of like a tug bar on an old fender. don't know if it's bad technique or not but it helps me.

[bassSlouch]

honestly bro there aren't any tricks, just keep at it, if you can't get the up and down at the same time, then just do the up putting the top string in every so often till it gets comfortable and practice the top on its own, I dunno some people have it come naturally and others have to work at it

[chrisbmets]

That Wal is absolutely gorgeous!!! I wish they still made them! Used ones cost a FORTUNE on eBay!

[blackdakhma]

Wal basses are still being made by a very close friend and former employee of Ian Waller.

[0311Enraged]

slammin!

[caramanzilias]

u start wrong..isn't like that...-.- jeez...but u hav the skills to make it perfect practice man practice!

[TOOLbassplayer]

My friend, I will admit that I don't play that well in the video. After all I always played bass with a pick. However you are incorrect. I highly suggest you check my tab out on tooltabs(dot)net. It is correct and you are incorrect. I sat 4th row in front of Justin at a concert and watched with with a perfect view. He even sits down to play it.

[foamyjesus]

@TOOLbassplayer "it is correct and you are incorrect" fucking hilarious.

[Deflection46n2]

what the fuck?

[lemmenkainen]

Great job. This is one of the most difficult songs on bass from Tool and you do it incredibly well. Also your tab is really well done. Thanks a bunch.

[Apothis]

Please elaborate on how it's one of the most difficult?

[lemmenkainen]

Sorry I didn't get back to this earlier: Difficulty can be expressed in several ways:  Literally the amount of notes played (Stamina), Length of the Song (Stamina), Speed of the passage (Dexterity), Rythmic Complexity (how much subdividing do I have to count in my head) and Positional Complexity (Interval Leaps and Chord Positions)

[Apothis]

@lemmenkainen I'll be honest, I don't even remember what my post was towards you much less when haha. But you've got a good explanation going on this song so I won't argue whatever it was

[sKeTchhhhhhhh]

just a random question, but does Justin play this song on a fretless? I thought so due to the low to no fret noise in the song, but I'm not 100% sure.

[imaginitive]

Yes, he uses a fretless.

[tookurjaerbs]

You are truly a pleasure to listen to, my main man.

[lavinus]

This is a beautiful song, and you've helped me a lot with playing tool songs - both your videos which are clear and accurate, and your link to the tool tabbing site, which is also accurate and clear :)

I've played finger bass a bit before, but no more than two fingers at once - starting to learn this song has reminded me of the beauty of the bass. Thanks :)

[ChuckTiz]

6:13 I dont know much about bass but that is the best riff i've ever heard.

perfection

[shadowdemon420]

Thats really great man good job rock on!

[saxabass]

nice job. wat kind o bass is that?

[tigeraven2112]

its a Wal MkII bass

[Progtilldeath]

I play this in different way ;p Soon I will add my version of this track so look at this if you don't mind :) That's very good! By ear or learned from tabs?

[keegandavis]

Exellent.

[graphitemonkey21]

especially 8:29

[ygbvencenvrt]

klutz14, your like the biggest asshole in the world. I use a pick to play tool! and brad is great and is trying to help people!!!!! he's helped me soooooo much! so unless your here to help bass players, get the fuck off youtube and get a life!

[DonBildo]

ok so I noticed your strumming changes throughout the intro. i know the 3rd part of the intro is hitting the strings individually. What about the other 2 parts? are you plucking the D/G at the same time after hitting the open A?

[potofgrass]

oh la la Julia!!! wait a min.. is Julia the one who cam running in at the end of the lost keys-Rosetta stoned video where cops came in?!?! lolololololololololol!!!

[DrumBum561]

how do u put videos up over ten nminutes

[ekb8169]

it that a wal, been llooking every were. i llove it mate.

[Kusura]

He's here for bassists like me. He's here to give a helping hand for those bassists who can't quite get a grip on certain songs, such as this one. I'm one of those bassists who look to this man here when I think I can't play it, and he helps me tremendously. It's little nit-picking pricks like you who ruin it for us.

[klutz14]

When did my mom have anything to do with this video?? I have one question why do you play the bass?

[sKeTchhhhhhhh]

yeah and i have a question for you, why do you get on youtube, watch videos only to pass a dim-witted comment? Why do you try to start shit over the internet, are you that much of a lonely, basement-dwelling virgin? Get a life and stop ridiculing people that have more talent than you could ever posses. And another question, why do you play bass? You're obv. not a musician if you critisize the work of others and have no respect for music and ellow bassists in general.

Grow up geta life get laid

[TOOLbassplayer]

Beautiful response. Thank You.

[sKeTchhhhhhhh]

no prob. dude i HIGHLY respect what you do. Im not liek the other kiss asses on here either, Justin's my biggest insipiration on bass and watching what you do amazes me. I envy a lot of the shit you and Justin both posses. Keep postin vids man, you by far excel over any one of these idiots on here, there's a reason you are on the official band website. Am I right, people?

[mooseface13]

I there was a "+1000+ option, you'd get it.

[cenyan13]

@sKeTchhhhhhhh so we all have to respect justin bieber now?

[klutz14]

Still your giving tool a bad name.

[TOOLbassplayer]

and your Mom gave me a bad blowjob..what is your point?

[xf0rg0tt3nx]

@TOOLbassplayer Best. Response. Ever.

[klutz14]

I use my finger on some music especially jazz. I was just making a statement when i said no one uses a pick. Btw your the newb stop giving tool a bad name....

[TOOLbassplayer]

lol..and how do I do that? By being nice enough to show people how to play the songs on bass? Seems pretty selfless to me.... for the record there is a big difference between "no one uses a pick" and "no jazz players use a pick". You weren't just making a statement dude that is a big statement that would piss a lot of great bassists off.

[TheFBM2011]

@TOOLbassplayer they are retarded man dave holland uses pick and he's a jazz bass player!

[RockBass91]

NO KIDDING you use your fingers with jazz! Jazz sounds HORRIBLE with anything but a mellow fingered sound.

Musicians do what's necessary to make things sound right. FLEA USES A PICK SOMETIMES.

And if nobody uses a pick, then Chris Squier is a nobody. Right. I'll make a mental note of that.

go away.

[WalClaypool]

chris squire is awesome. it actually wouldve been cool to see this guy play roundabout but sadly he got rid of his Rick

[JBoucks13]

i think ur just too jealous that brad has a wal, and u dont, wat are they on ebay 2 to 4 thousand $, get a grip, and stfu, nothing wrong playing with a pick, wat would u say if i played with my fingers with a guitar not bass

[klutz14]

wtf no one uses picks omg

[TOOLbassplayer]

You get the award for the most retarded comment ever. No one uses picks? Justin Chancellor from Tool uses a pick on every song except this one. There are many great bassists who play with a pick you friggen noob.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

HAHAHAHA!! Own3d. I use a pick for this sometimes.

[WalClaypool]

not bashing pick players, but in actuallity, hardly any1 DOESNT use a pick these days. seriously pick is the dominant rock style of playing now

[ABCDEFR]

'cept Justin Chancellor, who he's trying to emulate in the video... o.o

[CORNHOLIOBEAVIS123]

lucai`s cover is better

[TOOLbassplayer]

Lucai is also a much better finger style player than I am. However, Lucai's is not accurate....mine is. (Meaning how Justin plays it.) However, in my many discussions with Luke he has no intensions of trying to play accurate but like to improvise his stuff.

[whyohyoukayoh]

added on remembrance day? how fitting

[TOOLbassplayer1]

6:15 is tricky for me but i got it down finally

[Liton777]

thats one of my favorite parts of this song to play lol, yeah it took a while for me to get it down, i kept screwing up the hammerons

[RockBass91]

By far the most beautiful sounding instrument ever devised, in my opinion... playing one of the most beautiful songs ever written...

& you pretty much nailed it. better than I can do it by a mile... ill have to work on that.

[dwasdwas1]

Swell job. This song is beautiful, which you know, and you did it justice. The practice you put in was well worth it and sometimes Tool's 11 minute songs need to be 45 minute ones.

[macleod300]

when u play the classical riff do ur rest ur pinkyon ur pickup? thats what i do lol

[Zildjian232]

would you be interested in doing a wings collaboration? I can play the song on drums. Im the guy on Julia's No quarter jam video

[TOOLbassplayer]

sure

[bigtommygunz]

is the reason justin plays it live sitting down is the technique of playing it, or is it such a monster you got to?

[TOOLbassplayer1]

i dont know lol imma try it standing up

[Igowir]

Are the G and high D strings plucked together or separately during the opening riff?

[historyhelpman]

together.

[macleod300]

u play the fingers riff the exact same way i do lol and everybody says i play it wrong

[whackabass]

i saw this live..it was amazing

if it were possible id give you 5/5 great job!

[rabbi2442]

Whoa! Nice you see you playing nice and smooth with your fingers on that riff during the solo.

[nirvana324]

Whats your fingering for the arpeggios in the main line of the song?

I normally slide down to the 2nd and 5th fret....your hands, dont move, so im just curious.

also, I noticed when you play the main line, you dont play it constantly like JC does.......or perhaps thats my own interpretation. hell im 14, you probably should just go ahead and do what your doing, im probably wrong anyway XD there are like 9384 ways people play this song. lol

[macleod300]

its not an arpeggio it's octave A's and a C

[karnifecks]

Good work man, that was pretty much spot on for only watching and listening to learn how to play it. Beautiful Wal by the way!

[DemonSlide]

NOT meaning to be disrespectful, keep that in mind before all your online bodyguards and bouncers jump on me, but I don't know if it's because of the amp like you mentioned earlier but some parts don't sound very clear, now I know this song is not a walk in the park, just saying in a constructive manner maybe you could watch out for that next time ;) (y)

[TOOLbassplayer]

it is the amp. I will redo it with my single speaker next time

[zakthenub]

why cant i give u 5 stars??

[bassist1212]

you should put up an intension vid when you get the chance...i believe that you are that fuckin good

[maron8515]

You look much more comfortable this time around... You can really tell you've improved a lot.

[macleod300]

this is a hard song man but when u learn classical style it can be useful

[devidia]

thats awesome :-) i still wonder how you manage the play so precise, do you use some kind of program to take out the notes or something like that?

[TOOLbassplayer]

ears....and seeing them live

[devidia]

you must have a perfect hearing then

[macleod300]

from going to many tool concerts i highly doubt he has perfect hearing. but having a good ear isnt jsut something you come by, it takes practice and determination beyond the level of a pure ameteur

[bassist1212]

dude you killed it...even though that is true and all, it was just a complement, just leave it at that

[0dreadhead0]

sounds really great! have u ever thaught about doin no quarter or maynards dick?

greets!

[TOOLbassplayer]

at some point...

[toolfan615]

sweet

[RenAU2]

I would rate it 5 stars but I cant.

[bassplayer4893]

wow nice, this is one of my favorite songs

[rapturedsound9]

k I've never had sex while this song was playing but I'm totally saving it for the time we can amaze each other with our passion and skills and love for tool.... btw watching your fingers go is totally hotter than any porn I've ever seen in my liiiife... omfgggg lemme take that pic out of your mouth with mine!!

[TOOLbassplayer]

I do not even know what to say to this.....flight to San Diego is what needs to happen. :)

[basslinelob]

this is weirded than any m night shyamalan films

but nicely done, although i do think the intro sounded clearer on your other vid

[TOOLbassplayer]

That is cuz the other vid is through the fender...single 15" speaker vs. 4x12" speakers.

[basslinelob]

thanks for the clarification

[thepot23]

hahah that was golden!

[dvolved]

Nicely done. makes me wanna go learn how to play this song now. Looks like its fun to play. good job.

[TOOLbassplayer]

Thanks bro. you need to do more videos...you have been slackin.... :P

[dvolved]

my buddy took his video camera back and i havent been able to get it back for some time now. Im too broke to go buy a decent little video camera.