Tool-like bass sound

[Star Ark]

All Tools songs are in drop d except for prison sex which is in b or maybe drop a. That helps I reckon, you won't get the same punch tuned lower. The Karnivool guy does do a good Tool impression with his fingers though

 

[Sam Bottner]

All Tools songs are in drop d except for prison sex which is in b or maybe drop a. That helps I reckon, you won't get the same punch tuned lower. The Karnivool guy does do a good Tool impression with his fingers though

parabola is B-E

love his bass tone

 

[Spiralsurfer]

It might seem obvious, but brand new strings really help a lot, to get that steely, bright sound. I don't know what strings Justin Chancellor uses, but I've found D'Addario ProSteels are great for getting that kind of tone and keeping it a lot longer than with other strings.

 

[darthjujuu]

prison sex is in D, parabola is in B-E as was stated. undertow (and everything prior) was the old bassist. (tool megafanboy all through high school.)

also was always obsessive with tim's bass tone... he too does the a/b/y clean/dirty stack. i forget any details beyond that.

oh and...the intro to tool - flood, i'm pretty sure, is just a rat pedal.

 

[wishtheend]

Full run down of Justin's rig here.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kat6WNUS-k&feature=sub[/ame]

 

[musickey]

Full run down of Justin's rig here.

That is a badass rig! thanks for posting

 

[timislegend]

Full run down of Justin's rig here.

dang!

 

[darthjujuu]

epic video.

 

[colonel kurtz]

prison sex is in D

nah

prison sex tuning is B-A-D-G-B-E

 

[colonel kurtz]

fucking.ridonkulous.rig.

 

[egan.]

Full run down of Justin's rig here.

Kind of. The interviewer could have done a much better job of ascertaining the actual wiring rather than just saying "Holy shit" a bunch. Don't get me wrong, thanks a bunch for posting it.