TOOL - Vicarious (cover)

[Cordy712]

That is such an awesome clean crunchy distortion. Can even make nasty feedback with it? Love the vid. Watching your videos pushes me to get better. 

[Allitnils]

nice job. this one's better imo. bet you can't get the backing guitar on third eye though (not live; I'm sure you know what I'm talking about). ;)

[EschiEschke]

Maybe this one's played better- can't tell for sure, cuz I'm far away from this, but I can say what I liked more. And in my opinion the first one just sounded way better; sounds so awesome that I filshed it and listen to it more often than to real vicarious :D

[wowZESTYwow]

you make this look easy.

[MsLunaLou]

Holy shit. You are God.

[Validinfamous]

good shit my dude! been watchin all your vids. finally got some good equipment. time to learn some TOOL!

[toolfanatic98]

is that an epiphone if so i was looking to get 1 how r they

[JuxtonBlend]

That guitar is so graceful.

[yogeesunshine]

I admire both covers, but the when you used the baritone it was simply brutal MayanApocolypto shit!!! I enjoy the performance either way!!!

[asf1187]

what pickups are you using?

[PortoJohn]

What the hell? You're in standard tuning. Right?

[asf1187]

@PortoJohn hes in drop d tuning

[sacrifyce4]

@PortoJohn

Yep. Tool's just that heavy =)

[blazerizor]

Didn't you use to have your tabs out for this song? I can't seem to find it in this video or in the first version.

[blazerizor]

I actually prefer the first version over this one.

[Dakotak131]

This song is sooo much fun to play! How long did it take you to learn it? :)

[TroIIn]

Hey man, I've got a question for you. Just after the lyrics "Vicariously I.." There's a part int he tab I'm reading that prompts me to hold:

333 333

777 888

How am I supposed to do that? Do you improvise in some way?

[SCOverstreet]

@TroIIn

D] 222 333

A]

E] 333 333

[TroIIn]

@SCOverstreet Cool man, thanks a bunch.

[kingvfan]

@SCOverstreet what is the cord that you play at 1:09 seconds?? right before; ''eye on the tv'' thanks! great cover!

[TheonlyMan217]

What is the tuning of you guitar?

[rhezer]

Nice hammering

[ivanhhh1]

the sound in the 2 videos is awesome.

simple!

[browneye870]

well played.. easily 1000 times better then i can play it. you may have preformed this one better then your other version but in my opinion the first one sounds better.. not sure if its just the video or soung quality or whatever but it almost sounds like theres too much distortion.. your mic probably cant handle it but its still fucking awesome. and i love the fact that you switched to a les paul.. what kind of amp are you rocking?

[BreeBarker7]

Excellent...my opinion the 1st one more blunt sounding still good but this one...as if your there on stage playing with'em...love that clearer sound you get on this guitar. :)

[kuttidgameutube]

Dude.... That's Fuckin Brilliant Amazing and AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

I have a Squaire with a very basic Amp... It's frustrating when you cant get to play the way you want to.....

But, you are brilliant!!!!

[kuttidgameutube]

Dude.... That's Fuckin Brilliant Amazing and AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

I have a Squaire with a very basic Amp... It's frustrating when you cant get to play the way you want to.....

But, you are brilliant!!!!

[bloodofdust]

tabs ??

[sgizimis]

if adam jones gets ill go on tours man...no big deal..hehe..keep working..well done..

[sonickjuice]

how to?

[OathOfDruid]

I'm planning on buying this same guitar along with the same amp (Marshall MG 100dfx, i saw on your profile).

What are your thoughts about them? Are they good? Can I better buy another one? (Of course, the gibson will always be a better choice)

[iamthescott1]

fuck this timing i cant ever keep up with it when im playin this

[Dannyboj875]

O: was pretty much my face when the outro began...

[newmetalnow]

I would love to watch you playing Lateralus. Kk, I know its an epic gigantic song :S

[casperado666]

you hold your pick in an interesting way dude.

[EvilDudeoftheDead]

When he says "In his tea" and the guitar matches up, that's when I knew that Tool were awesome musical geniuses. Great cover, man.

[7Ridersfan83]

i personally like your first one better but this one is awesome too. if you wouldnt mind, can you put the tabs up somewhere? thanks



[OathOfDruid]

What are the specs of the guitar you're using?

[CrobatMUSE]

Oh my god... this song gives me the shits to learn...

Brilliant cover man, as usual. Because of you I can play The Pot :)

Please put up tabs if you can be bothered.

[roccer99]

in my opinion, i like the first one better. still good job man, i wish i could play it like that :)

[tenken1981]

fucking hell man...its always a treat watching your tool covers....they're perfect. \m/

[optimalg33]

Badass. Tight. Fluid. 5:37 - 6:05 is brilliant!

[valleysap]

Nice job man! Anyone who criticizes this is a loser. You were really careful to get it note for note. Kudos!

[4000bobster]

sorry man,but I think the first one was better, but that's my opinion :)

[thedeadserv]

@4000bobster heh, funny. I agree. I like the first one better  lol.

[onemaru]

No legitimate guitarists are questioning you. Tone inclusive, this is totally doable for a great player, and goodness do I wish I had your setup. I seem to recall a tab spot in your old video, having planned to go back to it because I liked some of the things you did. Shucks, can't find it now. Nevertheless, great video, great band. I'm totally jealous of your abilities and sound.

[vandorr1]

what tuning are you playing in?

[lunafadegarona]

i have a request. i cant learn by ear i have tryed i have to have tabs. could you cover The Infinity by Five Point O? and could you put up tabs like you had on first vicarious? if you dont want to do song and tabs its understandable lol its just i cant find it anywhere at all. thanks

[MonkeyWithAWrench]

@lunafadegarona have you tried utimate-guitar? google that then try to find the tabs there.

[scarabmasta]

Damn dude, thats a freaking awesome cover! Of cours any Tool song is more fun to play on a silverburst les paul because Adam Jones plays one. Keep up the awesome work!

[Goldtacto]

xbox gt? great cover

[lsuisse]

Wow Awesome man, very nice job ;)

[br0ken68]

Youtube make you pull the tabs? I thought it was on you first vid...now I don't see

[r0adapp1e]

3 people don't know what their  T O O L is used for.

[r0adapp1e]

3 people don't know what their TOOL is used for.

[br0ken68]

I have the DD-7 also. Would you mind sharing your settings for this song? I've not played around with it much, but I can't seem to get the right delay.

[SCOverstreet]

@br0ken68 Mode is set on 800ms. E. Level at about 1 o'clock. F. Back at about 10-11 o'clock. D. Time at about 2 o'clock (on the Mode knob counter-clockwise of the setting 50ms is the word "Hold"... the line on the D. Time knob should be pointing directly at the bottom left corner of the letter H)

[br0ken68]

@SCOverstreet Thanks man . Keep on rockin. Love your videos. You're

 the reason I can play The pot =)

[TheDobligator]

@br0ken68 Same here haha

[77Hking]

@SCOverstreet hi, I have a Line 6 Spider IV, what setting would i use to get this sound? your sound on this song is perfect for it :D please respond back

[Grafkores]

@br0ken68 why don't you make your own type of delay, that would sound original....

[br0ken68]

@Grafkores I play mostly by ear since a lot of tabs on the web are inaccurate (not just Tool). Since SCO has some of the best tool covers I've heard, I thought it would help me learn the song easier if I had the settings. Thanks SCO.

[mickmick292929]

Never cease to amaze man. Keep up the excellent work bud.

[kaiserwatson]

Only really discovered Tool in the last coupla days. Effin brutal, this is (Y).

[golden290]

I can only play this song because of you! thank you!! more tabs for other tool songs pleaseee!! :)

[TheMaximumHigh]

Nice cover dude, Where did you get these tabs from?

[DrewNZ]

Great cover man awesome. I just saw Tool live and you nailed this cover.

Concert was epic !

[stripedmusic3]

awsomeee dude



[dfectedRO]

4:10 - 4:52 you rock !

[syphilisbaby]

You Suck!!!

[RaVeN1310]

@syphilisbaby ....nc^^

[RaVeN1310]

@syphilisbaby ....nc^^

[spykar87]

awesome! more covers!

[lateralus3102]

ok question, WHAT software are u useing for this recording? im looking into buying something and a mic but i was jw what ur useing in this because if possibal id put one up because i know this song to :P slightly diffrent but still...

[Toolmybass]

Sounds great Sean....All you need is some of that Mesa bottom end and thats all your sound is missin'

What software are you using?

[sludgephactory]

Excellent cover, man. Definitely better than your first one, in my opinion(not that your first one was flawed). I love all your videos, some of the best Tool covers on youtube. I hate to bother you, but is there any way you could post the tabs for Vicarious? I'm trying to learn it myself, but the tab I'm using seems to be bit different than the way you play it. Thanks. And keep up the good work.

[kodemunkey]

Awesome cover! Adam would be proud.

[GnomesAreEvil99]

ill bet hes going to have to go through everything he did in the first video, like explain why he did stuff like play the bass solo, or tell people that hes not giving out the custom sound he made

[SCOverstreet]

@GnomesAreEvil99 Ah, you're a clever one. And for being so.. I'll give you this.

I did in fact modify my sound a bit so that the guitar would be a little more distinctive than the original song. That way, there would be no question as to whether or not it is actually me playing.

Again, I have no interest in perfecting someone else's sound.

[TheDarkSideBuddha]

@GnomesAreEvil99 haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha lol!!!!! dude wtf??? go play with your starcraft-elf nintendo BS!!! SCO is a cool dude and the fact is that this is the best cover on the tube... I personally don´t like his sound but is a sick cover!!!

Stop touching yourself and grab a guitar...

[GnomesAreEvil99]

@TheDarkSideBuddha I cant tell whether you ment to hit reply on somone elses name, because i didnt say anything at all about his playing or question it.

Maybe read a little slower next time.

[iamnot16ok]

First vid sounds nearly exact to the actual original song.

[TheDobligator]

sssss no offense, but I definitely like the first better. This one, in my opinion, you overloaded with effects, changed some vital parts just a bit too much, and I don't think the bass solo sounded its best. That's probably because you did it distorted. would've been cool just to leave it out.

Ps. I have that hoodie. It would've been hilarious had you done it with the hood-thing.

[sevenwindslord]

@TheDobligator dude, do you know what a "cover" is? its a interpretation of a song keeping key elements while creating your own sound to it, he didn't say play along, this is a cover, and a damn good one at that

[TheDobligator]

@sevenwindslord I never said otherwise. I think that this is good, just not as good as his first. That's all. It's nothing to get mad about.

[XxriflexpertxX]

you don't have to have a silverburst just because adam does... -_-

[thumbvideos123]

@XxriflexpertxX so you're saying he shouldn't because adam does? fuck you

[XxriflexpertxX]

@thumbvideos123 no. i'm saying he should have one JUST because adam does. so fuck you too princess.

[XxriflexpertxX]

@thumbvideos123 *shouldn't*

[ngordon831991]

your tone for that song is so awsome. i have a cuple questions. first off whats the distortion you are useing. and how did you get to make that muffleing sound when palm muting. was that a combination with the phaser and distortion?

[ballsik]

pretty good but my only problem was the trem soloing at 3:50. its actually a bass solo, but other wise you'd just be palm chugging for the duration of that so its understandable to wanna play it

[raysolomon]

Absolutely amazing skill and sound. that guitar looks figgin awesome too.

[darthginski]

amazing job on the new cover! curious to see if more re-do's are in store with the gibson, thanks as always for taking the time to upload these

[Joseph4music]

Great playing!

If it is not difficult for you, can you please print you tab for this song again?

[gurkensalat1992]

why did you remove the tabs from that old version :/

you know the old version was not that perfect and not played as adam plays it but .. hell it was fucking awesome.

it had something this version doesn't have.

don't get me wrong i appreciate both takes but the two versions are in a away completely different what concerns the ... "spirit" ..

sorry if my english sounds wrong

[craftyender]

Really enjoyed it! Keep them comin

[thedeepestgray28]

whats yer guitar all run through? i really like the tone.

[jelmersaur]

where are the tabs in the discription? =c

cause you removed the tabs in the discription of the old video?

[tmantonym]

Wow! You managed to top your first cover! I doubted that was possible!

[81596david]

chorus was wrong but rest was brilliant!!!!!!!!!

[sevenwindslord]

hell yes the man is back

[gogosyamaha11]

Yay you`re back!!! Good job!! You got a like and fav from me :)

[Charliecone]

AWESOME !! ...

[mowwow87]

I love your sound man. You do the best tool covers!

[whiskeydog7011]

love the guitar man. I bought the Gibson studio silverburst and the pickups sound like garbage (for a gibson). How do you like that epi compared to your ibanez?

[Metalingus96]

Very nice.

[InGlenWeTrust]

Absolutely not better than the first, I grew sick with envy upon seeing that one. This one...kinda mehh. Regardless, this is merely my opinion and you're still my favorite cover artist on youtube. Glad you're still alive dude.

[Music74star]

great! Enjoyed so much watching your performance. You're a really good guitar player.

greetings from chile.

[grandpgordon]

great to have you back

[SidV101]

there's something about the tone that's a bit weird, but great cover dude

[daskarmanghia]

Very nice. Enjoyed watching your performance a lot.

[smitty2b12]

Thanks for posting a new one, keep it up... great stuff here good job.

[TOOLbassplayer]

Why did you play the bass solo? Just for fun?

[tsosie64]

I love these covers because they accentuate the best part of the song, the guitar ;)

[DemonessOfFatality]

Fuck yes!

[nopimpingoutaboat]

Will you be taking any requests? I would love to hear you cover some Primus.

[Warbeast5593]

Do you still play your Ibenez?

[MasterSquirrel100]

DROOOOOOO!!!!!! ur fucking back, sweet. it would be hella cool if ya posted some guns and roses:D

[MasterSquirrel100]

@MasterSquirrel100 oh by the way, fucking beast guitar. what is it??

[MASNDizzle]

@MasterSquirrel100 it's an Epiphone Les Paul Custom

[blindchicken2001]

God I love the tone in all your videos, so meaty!

[welshdude6669]

Brilliant cover dude, also liking the new adam jones silverburst LP ;)

[hansonszoo]

Good to see you adding vids again. Welcome back.

[joshd108]

awesome

[ndvak13]

VERY well done. you didn't miss a note. yes you didn't play it the exact same on some parts, but you don't have to. Also nice use of the stronger delay setting at the "interlude?" to cover what the bass is doing at that time. really adds some flavor. keep playing man.

Also, nice guitar man I like the look of that one a little better although it is difficult to compare tone quality of the two.

[halfMAKOL]

dude it's a bass solo

[Robinsonero]

Great cover, but i liked your other guitar better : /

[remiiiiiii]

very very nice cover. I love the way you play tool's songs, especially this one ;)

You never miss small things that makes tool guitar parts awesome.

peace

[XXxxReynaRiotxxXX]

siiiiikk :)

[Slepec12]

very good :D

[crimsonakd]

you probably don't need validation for your skill. but i just wanted to say that watching your cover's is inspiring and i think your a fucking badass for doing it. Keep on shredding my friend

[Anztec89]

Amazing dude, happy to so some video of you again

[Ti133700N]

Yea ! Nice to see you have a new video ! Awesome performance. I hope to see more soon.

[appacana]

it looks difficult to me

[StOnion]

It does my heart good to know that we have the exact same guitar.

And that you posted another goddamn video!

[PXNDXN]

Nice!!! You've returned man!!! and you're still awesome!!

[AndrewThomasR]

perfect balance between amazing cover and the tweaks that make it your own. fan-fking tastic.

[bunner24]

nice job.

[powerwark]

OMG Awesomee dudeeeeeeee!! Keep with the good Work!

[chrisonfire420]

glad to see ur back at it dude : ) Nvr seen the chorus played that way.Thats interesting thow.The solo with the wah is actually the bass,using a pitch shifter.But considering how big of a T00L fan u r,u prolly already know that.I play that part in my cover too :)

U also plan to put out some new KoRn stuff in the future as well?

[ladicius]

BAD. ASS.

well done, and nice (new?) guitar. you do it justice, son.

[rvmek9]

nice. congratulations

[darthginski]

dAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN kid

[bladerguy818]

Awesome job once again. Side note, I have that same stereo in the background lmao.

[xT00L]

o.o You play the chorus odd, in my opinion.

You play both D strings for the first two notes. Why not D and A? Too big of a stretch?

Also, @6:47, Adam goes an octave higher.

Aside from that, Fucking amazing. Nicenice work. :D

[SCOverstreet]

@xT00L That's very unhealthy on the hand. A couple of years ago (between work, the explosion of guitarhero, on top of years of playing guitar..) I tore a cartilage in my left wrist. So I've basically had to re-learn how I position my hand on everything I play. Which is part of my absence from the site.

[faen5863]

@SCOverstreet Well damn...

[jacknife10000]

@SCOverstreet its not unhealthy if you have long fingers, its not a hard stretch for me anyway

[SCOverstreet]

@jacknife10000 I'm 6'2 and I can grip a basket ball without effort. So it's not the stretch that's the problem. I'm not an orthopedic so I don't know the exact terminology but It's the inner structuring of the wrist that it's unhealthy for. Tendons and cartilage can become scrambled after years of not properly positioning the wrist during guitar play. Which can cause carpal tunnel and other problems in the wrist. Or in my case.. a partially torn cartilage.

[Cazaq]

You're tone got sucked away like a truck driver going through Thailand.

[Defenderofmankind]

amazing cover of an amazing song! keep em coming!

[bulseye111]

very nice! i like the tone!!!

[umiman99]

bravo

[reflection011]

We love youuuu

[MommyBird10]

oh my god im am just greatful that you are back and posting more videos again!!! always a pleasure watching you play!!!

[stiltzgynormous]

you're using and Adam-esc Gibson in this vid! AWESOME. GREAT job on the cover!

[barneyjerker69]

I'd like to hear this on a tube amp. Digital distortion blows. Effects were nice though

[lulmanden]

like darth vader would say.... very impressive

[8spider8]

Tuning?

Great job btw!

[xT00L]

@8spider8 Every Tool song is in Dropped D, aside from Parabol, Parabola and Prison Sex.

[gurkensalat1992]

so glad to see a new video of you :)

i think you've done a perfect job .. please keep it up

want to see more from your new guitar!

well re-done

greets from germany

[jlahey1]

like the delay at the end

[rfX92]

nice

like the tone

[FreddyFromHell]

Great cover! no offence, but I didn't quite like the tone on your guitar, little to "fizzy" for me... thats just my shitty opinion though=).

But greatly perfomed... One of the best cover of Vicarious on youtube!

[pilsreka]

Great job, dude!

[DamienPictures]

Awesome dude.

[IceFighter152]

dude you killed it on this one congrats!