Tool cover - Rosetta Stoned

[weildthing1]

Bad fuckin ass bro, if you live in central Texas I will pay you to teach me that shit, I will already learn some of it just from the video. What pedal are you using for the solo

[theandredgex]

Cool! I have digital amp for now since I move houses every year or sot and am afraid to break the tubes of a proper one . (on a Roland cube 60 now...) but I have LP Standard pro and a bunch of boss effects pedals. When you mention the equalizer on/off, how do you set up the high, medium and lows. And also how is that set up on your amp? Scooping the mids?

[theandredgex]

HI, can I ask what you setting on the equalizer or/and the amp. Trying to get the crunch/tone right. Thanks man.

[opiateofthemasses]

@theandredgex I'm running a 1980 les paul custom through a Diezel Herbert sitting on a mesa boogie 4x12 recto cabinet. Adam uses 2 Diezel VH4's and a Marshall JMP at the same time, as well as other amps the studio had when they were recording. You're only going to get close with a heavy guitar and a very nice tube amp distortion. What kinda of set up do you have?

[fatality9206]

nice cover! NICE TRACK!

[yisroelackerman]

Thank you for putting something up that people can use to learn to play these songs.

[Lindipitz]

It sounds so ultra nice. Like the original. So cool. I'm going mad. Need your know how :<

[MrRollfaceonkeyboard]

Fuckin' awesome.

[TheMrjohhnyonthespot]

hey really great cover man on such an epic long song., nice explantions on your tones and pedals, thanx for posting all of these vids. Never seen this channel before, really well done. your set up sounds pretty unreal

[BlackFlames1822]

One person didn't picture this

[Toolman050]

How do you play the part at 5:07

[madpsilo]

The solo is actually played all on the D string and 6;01 - 6:50, 8:13 - 8:37, and 9:39 - 9:51 you shouldn't be anchoring your pointer finger on the 10th and 3rd fret like. It sounds kind of off because the other strings are sounding as you're ascending. A lot of videos show Adam moving up and down the strings, not anchoring. so he's also doing a pulloff 10p0 on that part, not the hammer on h12 like you're doing. Other then that, good job man.

[KingJamesNBK187]

why would this get a dislike? why????

[GrungeFiend]

youre tone is literally perfect for this song,

[rubenalejo]

tabs please

[juankashi]

1 person shit the bed.

[EternallyLost123]

what effect do you use for the solo?

[Adrian22Frets]

gr8 performance man, you have calm fingers. Good thing to have in front of the camera.

[spider5001]

awesome job man!!!! I am trying to learn this at the moment... my brain keeps fartin on me though lol

[opiateofthemasses]

@LoudCovers  a diezel herbert. They're different because I switched out the bridge pickup.

[LoudCovers]

what kinda amp do u use? and how come ur rhythem pickup is different from ur treble pickup?

[lrn2swimlrn2swim]

I cant figure out how to play the fast part at 06:10 , the tabs say 10h12 on D, 10h12 on A, then 10 on D. Sounds close, but watching your video I can tell its lacking an extra arpeggio. I just cant place it D:

[lrn2swimlrn2swim]

@lrn2swimlrn2swim Scratch that, after studying your left hand closely I've figured out it. That is gonna take a lot of practice to get down xD

[TheDeep89]

at 3:00, right after the big breakdown, its exactly 17 eighth notes of rest before he goes into the interlude (just fyi if you didnt know); great tone, great cover though still

[CYBERNICK02]

What kind of wah are you using for the solo?

[SuperGuitarMark]

Hey, what pickups do you use? And is this the same exact guitar model and set up that Adam Jones uses? Im the new kid in the crew.

[eddiejones3rd]

in the event of adam jones's departure from tool, would you be available to fill in?

[Flamefrog]

what pedals are you using? sounds awesome >_<

[RAIDERPRIDE666]

WOW! that was fucking amazing!

[whitethunder1lol]

hey what are you lows mids and highs set on your amp and what are you playing threw...fantastic btw,haha and its hard not to let your mind wonder listening to tool! x)

[fendurguitarist15]

fucking amazing!

[reuterrage]

by far the best guitar covers of tool on youtube!, keep it up man!

[IsniperXseanI]

Brilliant cover, you've got that solo down!

[Mattus1111]

Great playing man, your tone is awesome. Adam would be happy watching this. What strings do you use?

[opiateofthemasses]

@Mattus1111 Ernie ball heavy top skinny bottoms

[MrMrBeansidol]

someone else was changing the AMP settings i guess right?

[Wakatempo]

what are you using to lower the volume of the guitar?

[IsniperXseanI]

@Wakatempo As the video suggest's more than once. a volume pedal...

[MrKyel17]

Simply brilliant. Very good job...I'd bet your fingers can get tired as hell playing Tool songs just because they're so long. I'll definitely be watching some of your other covers.

[attu89]

@MrKyel17 Its not as strenuous to play tool as it is to play stuff like Lamb of God ! One of the main problems with Tool is you tend to drift off because of the song length and its repetitive/progressive nature! this is probably what the uploader meant by "Not one to play with a wandering mind". You got to be completely focused and into what you are playing or you'll be left standing like fool forgetting which part of the song you are playing :P

[MrKyel17]

@attu89 Yeah I can see how "drifting off" would be a problem with something like Tool. Not only are their songs long and usually a bit repetitive, but their time signatures are so irregular and change so often mid-song that it could also be hard to keep rhythm sometimes. Also, now that I think about it, it WOULD be more strenuous/difficult to play things like Lamb of God :P

[Mattus1111]

@MrKyel17 Lamb of God songs are pretty straight forward staccato playing, just requires a lot of stamina for triplets, Tool is more about ambience (which I think is harder to achieve well) and drop dead heavy riffs. Both are good, I like LoG too, but Tool takes it. Just my opinion though.

[GunToad]

The whole song is amazing. but from 10:35 - 10:48 always make my head bang. That small solo is godly.

[NosferatuOfWorms]

This song is too much fun to play.

[shaftesburyguitarguy]

No disrespect to your covers, they are good...but if you can play these, I wanna see what you can do on your own! I mean that's what Tool would want too!

Good job though.

[Guitraboy]

What kind of distortion and tone is there?

[00iridekona00]

Holy shit man. You nailed that!!! Been learning this song too. Think its gonna take a few more hours before i get it this good. Awesome job man

[TheShorty0ne]

fuck my fingers get tired on the break down XDDDD

[opiateofthemasses]

@TheShorty0ne Christ mine too. Don't feel bad :)

[Tacorapido]

@opiateofthemasses Everytime!!

[Tacorapido]

@opiateofthemasses  Everytime! but feels so good

[xXxGoyexXx]

@TheShorty0ne its just practice and pacience my friend!

[alexvnsc]

great cover to a great song :D

[theishjort]

you never fail to impress me

[mrmattcanwin]

oh i loooove your guitar! great cover brovana

[zxcvbnm5111]

Dude thats fucking beast! Thanks for posting that, now I can play a general version of it xD

[LOGMTLHEAD420]

yo man that was sickk, this is a hard song to learn cuz its so long lol but good job man that was legit perfect.

[390443d]

Hey man, just want to say that I have been watching your videos for the past couple of years, since I started playing guitar and you are awesome! I use your tabs on tooltabs.net and was wondering if you are going to post rosetta stoned on it anytime soon?

[PoScaboose]

I think at 3:04 it sounds almost exactly like Third Eye riff. Just a couple different notes.

[AllYourFriendz]

@PoScaboose Nah, its played pretty deferent as well. Just has that prog sound to it, I love it.

[trackone]

your a great guitarist man

[Progrock101]

solid man on the solo ive noticed adam bends very very lightly on some of the notes that might help you get a closer sound to his if you try it.

[TurdFurginson]

Is it just me or is that riff that begins at 3:04 sound like the intro of The Patient??

[Luider01]

where can I find this tab this was so sick

[higyhagd]

Awesome cover man.

[ArtOfMe021]

Wow, awesome job. You can't even tell the difference from the original. Before I started watching covers on Youtube, I never realized how intense the music on 10,000 Days (the album) was. The band just gets better and better. And you rocked this!

[mastodonization1]

@TheHoderr

cool thanks bro ill be holding out for a nice vintage for sure.

[jebadia23]

nicely done my friend.

[XxSchism6886xX]

pure art.

[neski07]

awesome...didnt miss a beat there...best of all covers...

[AHTSvideo]

what are your settings on the flanger?

[azombiestool]

Theres the Access vid you wanted :)

[Rawapplesauce]

Is that Gibson or epiphone? And how'd you get the sliver burst to change to gold?

[opiateofthemasses]

its a Gibson. It's an '81 and the older ones had a tendancy to yellow with age, hence the coloring.

[mastodonization1]

Nice work bra. Words cant describe how amazing that cover is. Im currently saving up for custom silverburst. Have the money for a re-issue. But really want to hold out till i come across a nice vintage one. Notice you have had both. Your thought would be much appreciated.

[TheShorty0ne]

@opiateofthemasses it's possible to avoid it?

[opiateofthemasses]

@TheShorty0ne I'll take a guess and assume you're talking about the yellowing with age thing? Yes it can be avoided if you can go back in time and keep the guitar in a case all the time so the nitro finish doesn't come in contact with the elements. Other than that no. If you have a newer gibson then don't fret (lol) they dont have the nitro finish, and are therefore less prone to yellowing.

[TomMorello914]

u have the best covers for tool

[Detman101]

a-frickin-mazing!!!!

Dm

[HolyWasteland]

And i thought we wouldnt see any more amazing playing .... once again i stand correctly thankfully ... great job opiate ...i been watching since the beginning .. keep up the good work man.. u inspire me

[DMTfabric]

requesting triad

[GuitarRocks23455]

GOD DAMN, SHIT THE BED!!!!

[ellipsicon]

God damn I wish I had that nice heavy tone.

[notyourhomeboy]

we all do....

[TOOLbassplayer]

bro...at 2:32 why did you play it like that? Just wondering. Definitely a 5h7...saw Adam and Justin both do it live. I think you even did it on your old video. ??

[aenima187]

Come here just to see what the new vid of Rosetta stoned was like, well played as always. No surpises, surprise is with something ironic, a parody perhaps?

An incredibly stupid post from a very bored individual, but in all seriousness....Well played.

[ewall09]

are you running delay in the beginning?

and you def nailed that solo....way to replace the talkbox with wah/delay. matched the tone great.

[opiateofthemasses]

yes for the very beginning. Adam recorded the Rosetta solo with a pipe bomb mic to give it that sound, not a talkbox. It WAS just wah and delay filtered through that mic.

[ewall09]

i decided to look up what a 'pipe bomb mic' was on google. all i typed in was just that...'pipe bomb mic', and who would have guessed that the majority of the first 10 hits came up with TOOL? ha. thanks for the info man.

[opiateofthemasses]

lol no prob man.

[Toolminion]

Does Jones use a talkbox in the solo? I dont think i recall seeing him use one on the live vids on here. Does he on the album?

[TOOLbassplayer]

no talkbox. if you read the interview with Joe Barisi he used a "pipe bomb" microphone which gave the solo a very unique sound. However live Jones just uses wah.

[Toolminion]

ya i read that long interview and remember something about using the pedal of a wah for the effect to have a volume set to be able to "breathe" the effect into his sound so u dont have 2 just simply click it on or off, musta missed the part where he said he used in in this song tho

[Adrenalinepump231]

Do you keep your volume knob and tone knob at max for all songs?

[opiateofthemasses]

Well the volume knob is kinda negligible if you have a volume pedal. as far as the tone knob though, not all songs no.

[FreddyFromHell]

Great cover! Standing applause!

Cheers from Norway! Really nice guitar you've got there to.

[opiateofthemasses]

That's pretty much it.

[ToOlOGT22]

the solo is actually played all on the D string, not the G string, just tryin to help out

[opiateofthemasses]

I know, but I don't care. I hate to say it, but he does a shitty job playing this solo live. Plus this way sounds better for my rig.

[ToOlOGT22]

how does he do a shitty job, everytime ive heard it, live and videos, it sounds damn awsome

[opiateofthemasses]

It always just sounds off. This solo is based on extremely specific timing, and usually when he plays this live he improvs the timing to compensate for the extra volume swells he uses. I'm obviously as loyal as any hardcore fan, but I just really don't like the live solo.

[ToOlOGT22]

i actually like it better live becuase he just holds the notes for as long as he wants, and still finishes on time, i really like how Danny tells him when each new bar or section is starting with his China, but yea apart from the timing, everything, even the feedback sound perfect to me

[laiban]

this was the first song i heard and learned by tool...

<3 sweet cover dude.

[coumminesence]

Very nice my friend, very fucking nice. Still barring the tenths for ease of use. Nicccce.

[wolfhalen]

thanks for showing more of this unfortunately over-looked album!

[PXNDXN]

Daaaaammmmmnnnnnn!!!! You have ripped apart my cover, awesomeeeee!!!! congrats man!!!!! 1000/5!!!! :D

[PeJota615]

I love the spaz out at 4:55

[syn5643]

Okay So it definatley sounds like you've got a VH4 or added a superbass to your herbert set up. Because your tone is WAY closer.

How does the Real old school silverburst compare to the previous ones you've owned?

[VinsonWood]

so i hear your doing triad next, thats the word on the street anyways. looking forward to it

[iLoveOlivaMunn]

what kind of roll did you take?

[TwentyThirdEye]

You're on a roll. Great job!

[spikeae]

take the pick guard off yo

[sgtsteveo]

the riff that goes 0 3 5 0 3 5 then down to the A strink 3h5 i dont think he palm mutes that i never do!

[azombiestool]

Lol Im glad you did this. BUT I POSTED MY VIDEO BEFORE THIS :) lol.

I got that chorus riff down before anyone on youtube.

Great fucking tone.

[opiateofthemasses]

Niggah plz.

[sicboi80]

First time I heard this song I almost shit my pants, still love it to this day, great job, awesome tone!

[ichasi]

i infinitely impressed by how well you nail all the little intricacies of adam's playing so naturally. rock on bro

[Ackzerz]

wow dude, after watching this i really want to go downstairs and dial the EQ more. but i doubt the tone will ever get as close as this, you're spot on with adam, flawless playing too. if you ever find the time to redo a rig demo.. :D

[FourT6and2]

Holy fuckin' shit, man! That was rockin'! The last minute or two was sweeeet with all the pull-offs on the third fret. I gotta learn this song now. Are you playing with a JB in the bridge? And are you using the stock pots or did you put newer 500k's in there?

[opiateofthemasses]

Thanks man, yeah it's a jb and the origional pots

[FourT6and2]

Cool, I have a JB that I'm thinking of throwing in my '79 Silverburst, but I don't know if I want to put new pots in or keep the old ones.

[roxas139]

This is fukin great dude.

You ever thought of getting a marshall superbass to run with the diezel?

[opiateofthemasses]

Had one. Sold it for guitar money.

[roxas139]

did it help the tone out at all?

jeez, bummer, you replacing it?

[opiateofthemasses]

Wha?

[opiateofthemasses]

ah ok blah sorry I got my comments confused . Yeah it was nice, but it wasn't modded right. It didn't have enough gain to it. Anyway I don't see myself replacing it, as its even rediculous from MY standpoint to take both amps to shows , as my Diezel ALONE blows peoples ear drums out. It kinda helped the tone but not enough to be irreplaceable.

[roxas139]

fair enough.

God i love the herbert so much.

does jones still use those rectos at all?

[opiateofthemasses]

nah not anymore. his main rig is two vh4's and the superbass.

[Cadbury102]

Holy crap! Awesome.

[sampsonz]

god said to noah.... gona play a cover cover!

[SideEffectt]

godamn Noah. I've been watching your vids since you first started on youtube. You've improved so much since then. Your playing is just smooth as hell, you don't fucking miss a beat. Your ear is fucking great, you've got every little subtlety and picked up all the techniques Adam uses. Good fucking shit man!

[opiateofthemasses]

damn thanks bro :)

[Tyraello]

Too awesome! Thank you!

[CaptainCheeseCurl]

Another great cover dude. 5 stars.

[jay3636]

totally nailed it! best rosetta stoned cover on youtube!

btw what effects are you using?

[opiateofthemasses]

basically just wah, delay, and eq for the solo, and eq, delay and flange for the intro part.

[SideEffectt]

do you put your wah before everything or after everything in your chain?

[opiateofthemasses]

before

[DMTfabric]

can we get triad next!!??

[opiateofthemasses]

maaaaayyybeeeeee.....

[clipcalhoon]

dude, i was stoked you recently did jambi..and now Rosetta..yes those are my fav off of 10k days...your the shit

[Blizzard56k]

You have the tone down 100%