[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]Otherside-That version of Comfortably Numb is neither Tool nor Pink Floyd. The same guy sings the entire song,and it doesn't really sound like Gilmour or Waters. :confused: The solo is good, but it has a different kind of feel than the typical Gilmour style.[/QUOTE]


Hmm this is true, I didn't think it sounded like PF either, but it was the only thing I could really think of :\

Alright guys I have some total n00b questions for the guitarists in this thread...

I got a new guitar recently, and I want to play some Tool tunes with my friends. I'd like to get to an Adam Jones sound. I was going to get a pedal, and didn't know which pedal I should get first that would lead me in the direction of Adam's sound.
(If possible. I honestly don't know a thing about this stuff.)

Just go buy 10 random pedals and you'll get that Triad sound. :p


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There's lots of sites where you can find his EQ settings and stuff. do a search in the guitar forum for the soundfinder thread. It will have tons of links for you there. :thumb:

so tool is a christian band never listened to em what r good ones

[QUOTE=justinb123]so tool is a christian band never listened to em what r good ones[/QUOTE]

:lol: The reason I laugh is that A LOT of their songs are quite anti-organized religion. So no, they aren't. They're progressive rock and border on metal. They're listed by many other sources as being metal, but on this site people mainly refer to them as heavy progressive rock.
I'll give you a song from each album, though:
"Sober" - Undertow
"46&2" - Ænima
"Lateralus" - Lateralus

There are MANY good songs by them. But those are ones that have gotten people interested.

ty man ill give em a try

I heard Fourty Six & 2 on the radio today :eek:

[QUOTE=In Chains 36]:lol: The reason I laugh is that A LOT of their songs are quite anti-organized religion. So no, they aren't. They're progressive rock and border on metal. They're listed by many other sources as being metal, but on this site people mainly refer to them as heavy progressive rock.
I'll give you a song from each album, though:
"Sober" - Undertow
"46&2" - Ænima
"Lateralus" - Lateralus

There are MANY good songs by them. But those are ones that have gotten people interested.[/QUOTE]
schism is also a popular song which got me interested

[QUOTE=magicaltroll834]I heard Fourty Six & 2 on the radio today :eek:[/QUOTE]

The only Tool songs I've heard on the radio are Schism, Lateralus, Sober, Ænema, and Stinkfist. Mainly Schism and Sober, though.

The only song's on the radio from Tool that I've heard were H., Schism, and Sober.

h is my favorite tool song but i have never heard it on the radio :angry:

i have heard stinkfist and parabola (that was a big hit for a while on a local station)

I don't think I've heard any tool on the radio... though I don't listen to the radio... at all..

Radio: Down here(SC) I've heard Sober,Schism,H.,Eulogy,46&2,enima,Stynkfist,Parabola

[QUOTE=Merkaba-1]Radio: Down here(SC) I've heard Sober,Schism,H.,Eulogy,46&2,enima,Stynkfist,Parabola[/QUOTE]

your so lucky, im jealous :(

i have all 5 of there major realesed cds anyways but its fun to hear your favorite band on the radio :D

Though I do owe my Tool fandom to the radio, I'm actually somewhat glad they don't play much Tool on my radio stations.

[QUOTE=Sliptallica]Alright guys I have some total n00b questions for the guitarists in this thread...

I got a new guitar recently, and I want to play some Tool tunes with my friends. I'd like to get to an Adam Jones sound. I was going to get a pedal, and didn't know which pedal I should get first that would lead me in the direction of Adam's sound.
(If possible. I honestly don't know a thing about this stuff.)[/QUOTE]

You simply won't be able to match his sound perfectly, but you can get close enough to satisfy yourself, especially since you're not a very experienced player (or maybe you are?).

Depending on your amp and what guitar you have, you really can't go wrong with an Ibanez Tube Screamer. That or a Boss DS-1 which shouldn't cost you more than $30-40. With those and a decent amp, you should be able to tweak your sound enough to get a sound you like. I don't know about Adam's specific EQ. He uses three different types of amps simultaneously, but I'm pretty sure he uses his amp distortion as opposed to a pedal or rack effect (and Mesa Boogie amp distortion is the king of all distortions).

Now, if you have a crappy amp, you can make it a ton better for relatively cheap by loading it with Vintage 30 speakers. If you do that, you should be set.

Last night, I was driving around with a few of my buddies(and girls lmao) and the DJ was talking, but in the background I could hear Triad Thundering away. I was like "Oh shii, it's Triad" and my friends were all "Ewwy let's put on some hip hop to shrink my balls."

:upset:

Yeah, it was wierd.

^ what the hell...


Anyways its kinda cool how Adam and Tom got an equal number of votes in the polls.

[QUOTE=Darkness Of Greed]^ what the hell...


Anyways its kinda cool how Adam and Tom got an equal number of votes in the polls.[/QUOTE]

Tom ended up with 33, Adam had 30. :( Adam got snipped from the competition.

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]Last night, I was driving around with a few of my buddies(and girls lmao) and the DJ was talking, but in the background I could hear Triad Thundering away. I was like "Oh shii, it's Triad" and my friends were all "Ewwy let's put on some hip hop to shrink my balls."

:upset:

Yeah, it was wierd.[/QUOTE]

That brings up a new question. Wtf is so great about 50 cent? He's so god**** popular and he can't rap worth his name-sake.

Anyways, yea. Unfortunately a lot of the hot gals like sh!tty hip-hop.

[QUOTE=Darkness Of Greed]^ what the hell...


Anyways its kinda cool how Adam and Tom got an equal number of votes in the polls.[/QUOTE]

Really? Yeah, that is pretty cool. Tom is probably better technically, but I'd be hard-pressed to make a decision between those two.

[QUOTE=Kage]Though I do owe my Tool fandom to the radio, I'm actually somewhat glad they don't play much Tool on my radio stations.[/QUOTE]

I didn't like when Schism was played to death, and I don't want them to become mainstream (I'm sure they don't either). Although, sometimes I can't help but enjoy seeing them get pub.

Tool comes on the radio a lot here. They're normally songs like Sober and Stinkfist. They still aren't very popular around here though because people then buy there albums expecting 10 or so tracks of Sober on each album and are disappointed.

[QUOTE=In Chains 36]That brings up a new question. Wtf is so great about 50 cent? He's so god**** popular and he can't rap worth his name-sake.

Anyways, yea. Unfortunately a lot of the hot gals like sh!tty hip-hop.[/QUOTE]

I'll take you to the candy shop?
I'll let you lick my lolly pop?

You can find him in the club?

Your man 50 cent. One of the biggest tragedies in music.

[QUOTE=Sliptallica]I'll take you to the candy shop?
I'll let you lick my lolly pop?

You can find him in the club?

Your man 50 cent. One of the biggest tragedies in music.[/QUOTE]

Rap was awesome in the early 90's. Then Eminem became famous.

Really though, I can understand Eminem's popularity, because the guy can rhyme. But 50cent is a no-talent body builder.

Eminem is definetly > 50 cent, but both are pretty bad.

[QUOTE=In Chains 36]Really though, I can understand Eminem's popularity, because the guy can rhyme. But 50cent is a no-talent body builder.[/QUOTE]

His songs are boring. He sounds the same on almost all of them, and just adds a different beat.

[QUOTE=madeyadams]Tool isn't really popular where I live. I get so excited when I see a car with a Tool bumper sticker. I always see this one blue car with 2 Tool stickers and a NIN window decal. I seriously want to know who this person is.[/QUOTE]

refl That reminds me, this year at one of our tennis matches I walked out of the bathroom and there was this guy with his back to me, and on the back of his shirt was the Ænima eye. I yelled out "Holy shi' a Tool fan!"

It was funny.

I'm just saying, the guy has talent and can actually rhyme. If 50 didn't look like he could bench press a house, then he'd still be a nobody.

[QUOTE=In Chains 36]I'm just saying, the guy has talent and can actually rhyme. If 50 didn't look like he could bench press a house, then he'd still be a nobody.[/QUOTE]

Probably. NWA owns everyone else anyways.

/me hopes Illmatic doesn't read this
/me realizes that Illmatic will probably never step foot in this thread

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]refl That reminds me, this year at one of our tennis matches I walked out of the bathroom and there was this guy with his back to me, and on the back of his shirt was the Ænima eye. I yelled out "Holy shi' a Tool fan!"

It was funny.[/QUOTE]

Hmm. I have that shirt...

I finally found a song where Jones shreds!!

Check out Cold and Ugly live off of Opiate. Around 2:45 he shreds the crap out of the fretboard. Bonus.

[QUOTE=Otherside]Probably. NWA owns everyone else anyways.

/me hopes Illmatic doesn't read this
/me realizes that Illmatic will probably never step foot in this thread[/QUOTE]

I liked Public Enemy too. Flava Flave!

Does anyone else here like Dr. Octagon? :lol:

[QUOTE=Otherside]Probably. NWA owns everyone else anyways.

/me hopes Illmatic doesn't read this
/me realizes that Illmatic will probably never step foot in this thread[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I asked him why he didn't like Tool, he said 'because they are pompous self-absorbed assholes'

Yet, he listens to rappers who sing about bit[B][I][/I][/B]ches and hoes and money and dubs. :lol:

[QUOTE=madeyadams]I do too.

I have the Aenima eye shirt, 3 lateralus shirts, and the Thinkman shirt, and this cool new one I found the other day.. it has a human heart on it with all the parts labeled.

new topic: Name all the tool shirts you have.[/QUOTE]
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Meh.. I only have one. I'll probably get another one at the next concert, that's usually where I get my band shirts.

I don't own a single Tool shirt, which is sad. I only have 2 Pink Floyd shirts, that's all. :-/

I have one Tool shirt, it's got T00L on the front, with the colorful Lateralus eye under it, and on the back has Thinkman with a bunch of Lateralus eyes in his hand and floating around him. :cool:

[QUOTE=madeyadams]I do too.

I have the Aenima eye shirt, 3 lateralus shirts, and the Thinkman shirt, and this cool new one I found the other day.. it has a human heart on it with all the parts labeled.

new topic: Name all the tool shirts you have.[/QUOTE]

I have that heart one, and the AEnima eye one.

Off topic but I'm about to get off MX for awhile so I want to ask now. What's a good Tool guitar part besides Lateralus, The Patient, and Schism.

Edit: Not all of them, just a few.