tool - vicarious live - pinkpop (NL) 04.06.2006

Tool live @ Pinkpop 2006 playing Vicarious. You can easily recognize that surprisingly Justin is the one who is playing the solo with some extra effects and at about 3:30 Adam`s drop-D-string broke and he quickly pulls it out of the fretboard and changes to his other Les Paul Custom Silverburst (i have seen, that he had only 2 on stage) and sets in exactly as the second quiet part begins ... enjoy !!!

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[savagefen]

Has anyone seen Justin break a string during a show? Does he have a couple Wal basses handy?

[curlybilly]

bass strings are so fat they cant break :)

[GIZMACHI515]

i hate the frickin parts when someone in the crowds singing is overpowering maynards

[curlybilly]

Dude, it`s been said quite often now. It is me that sings because i couldn`t not sing...

[Terminxman]

Actually, yes I do.

[curlybilly]

May be ... but you have not uploaded it...

[sesstreets]

What an amazing come back from that broken string.

[thejohnofsteel]

or just listen to the song its pretty obvious because guitar keeps playig the single notes on low D and tool usually doesnt overdub guitarrs.

[Lazarus Schell]

Bass strings break as readily and as easily as guitar strings. Generally they are a finer metal string coiled with more metal string on top, if the string underneath the coil breaks its pretty useless. (Depending on the gauge) This happens when they are over stressed by slamming it with a hard pick. Justin generally uses medium gauged strings which his tech changes during the few hours before a show. In the case where they're not, they are adequately checked, and there is a replacement bass.

[DMBassNVox]

not true; ive broken strings several times

[rubixx786]

i break bass strings all the time

[halfMAKOL]

he has an emergency one just in case something happens . . . so altogether, he only has three . . .

[insomniactor]

I assume Adam is bored with live shows nowadays. If you look back in the mid-late 90's he would really get into playing, but now he just stands there. An occassional head nod, but that's about it.

[savagefen]

Uh, no. I play bass and i've broken a string. Doesn't happen often, but it can

[bucketdead]

most bands have really wierd traditions. so maybe

[BirdsOfPrey19]

i have one, i got it for 250 at a garage sale because the people were rich, got it for their daughter some how and didnt have a clue how much they could get for it, they were also like in their 80's, and it had no strings but in great condishion, and oo baby plays amazing