Sound Like Adam Jones From Tool!

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6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my video on trying to sound like Adam Jones from Tool! Did I get close enough? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Gear used in this video:
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- Marshall SC-20 JCM 800 Studio
- Diezel VH2
- RedSeven Amplification Amp Central reactive load
- OwnHammer 412 RECT Essentials & Rock-Box T75
- Line 6 Helix Native
- ML Sound Lab ML Drums
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@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

How close did I get?

@renebauch9316 6 ай бұрын

John... you did a great job with this but, in the end you sound like you. I hope you see this as a compiliment because, although you are not in a band i think you have your own unique sound which i really dig :)

@tankuxslol998 6 ай бұрын

Man your rig sounds amazing but i think it sound very far, maybe you should try something more different like a slipknot tone with an orange

@baruchdor 6 ай бұрын

this sound great and close tp the sound 😁 now use the vh2+the engl special edition 🙏 i use my diezel+my engl steve morse

@stug5041 6 ай бұрын

Sounds pretty bang on to me! Let’s see some others!

@remembercitadel-videogamemusic 6 ай бұрын

No harm meant, but it sounds not close at all. Great sound and playing, but not very Adam Jones-y.

@xngr 6 ай бұрын

* takes bong hit * ...you know, you really have to cut up the video according to the golden ratio and rearrange the pieces so they match the fibonacci series. If you play the result in reverse at the same time as the original video the true cosmic message will become clear. It's really the only way to properly watch this video.

@littledittymusic727 6 ай бұрын

That's pretty accurate.

@jean-francoiscardinal9631 6 ай бұрын

Bro its all about the fettuccine sequence

@cmd_f5 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Sounds like modern Tool tones. A blend of 10000 Days and Fear Inoculum. I dig it. Very crunchy, not overly distorted.

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@carlossalazar4508 6 ай бұрын

Adam’s tone is huge because he is the only guitar player. His tone is really Marshall like Tom Morello the Diezel/Mesa is the icing. Killer tones in the video btw. Cheers

@harrisondvargo72 6 ай бұрын

Yeah this fucking slaps man! Nicely done! Had me head bangin' along!

@benelmer422 6 ай бұрын

this is fucking spot on. would love to hear you recreate this with helix!

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@lucwilson1 6 ай бұрын

Hell yeah man!! 👍

@DocDisco241 6 ай бұрын

I was thinking your tone had a bit more gain than his and then bam, you said it. Awesome work as always.

@nickm.9474 6 ай бұрын

Sounds awesome!!! To me that Marshall really makes the sound!!!

@fadlyhans82 6 ай бұрын

Oh wow. The studio JCM sounds great! That crunchy mid bite gain.

@DavesWoodFloors 6 ай бұрын

You always have great tone man...I wish I could get even close to this and I've been trying for about 10 years now..

@JonJourdan 6 ай бұрын

sounds great!

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MrIvancy 6 ай бұрын

Really well done good job. Something to have in mind about Tool is that a huge part of their tone is actually the bass that is pretty aggressive and complements perfectly the low gain guitar tone to sound huge together. Similar to a heavily influenced by them band like Chevelle. ( I’d love you to also try to get Chevelle Mark’s series tone btw, imho Tool on steroids).

@alaincousineau9321 6 ай бұрын

Everybody will sound their own independently of the rig. But you achieved a great Adam Jones vibe that is for sure. Great tone and production again.

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks

@cshades8026 5 ай бұрын

Would love to see you demo the Soldano Astro 20. Super heavy tones per usual 😎

@juanrogelrodriguez8285 5 ай бұрын

Genial Gracias.🤟👏👏👏👏👏

@LonelyRocker 6 ай бұрын

Great video!! Tones came out great...I think you're safe! ;-)

@XciteMike 6 ай бұрын

Would love to see how you'd do this with Tonex. Given your aptitude with the platform and the fact that I just picked up the pedal, all things Diezel is going to be my goal for the foreseeable future. And happy New Year, Jon!

@adamfairweather1729 6 ай бұрын

Sounds great! The cranked mids is definitely a core part of his tone along with the Marshall Superbass upper mid snarl but you did a great job!! Thanks once again for explaining in detail too! I actually have this identical setup at home but I dial mine a little differently. I don’t crank the mids on either amp but rather just push them slightly and also drop out the bass on the Marshall because the Diezel is providing all the low end. I’m also selling my VH2 as I now have a new VH4 and CH3 on that sounds much better to me than CH2 on the VH2. It’s difficult to explain but the VH2 sounds looser to me. I think I commented on this on your other video. The VH4 also has 2 more channels and I find myself using all of them to get different flavours.

@omarmaca 6 ай бұрын

Awesome. It sounded very closes. Maybe you can do another video with the same tone but using Helix Native!

@JonahGuitars 6 ай бұрын

Drop D everywhere except Parabola. Dimed mids on all three amps. Less gain than youd expect. Solid body guitar with SH6 distortion, SH4 JB, or the hand wound DDJ. Hammer on, pull offs, and pull throughs. Boom. Adam Jones in a nutshell

@TVoltG 6 ай бұрын

Opening sounds fantastic

@sleepwait9613 6 ай бұрын

this was cool john, you got that staccato / palm muting really , really close to jambi

@defmu3825 6 ай бұрын

Long time Tool fan here. Good job. I think that Adam and you are both quite heavy on the strumming with your right hand which helps the tone a lot.

@andrewlevistermma 6 ай бұрын

Adam’s tone is one of the best of all time. I feel that more metal tones need to push the midrange more. Too many metal sounds are scooped. Not that I hate that. Your tone is fantastic dude.

@patriknessboLemoran 6 ай бұрын

I like scoop

@XciteMike 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. This, and lower gain. Any time I try modern settings the only thing that comes through is the root note. And yeah, Adam's tone is really always where his brilliance has been most on display.

@andrewlevistermma 6 ай бұрын

@@patriknessboLemoran I love scoop. I just prefer punchy mid range for myself.

@andrewlevistermma 6 ай бұрын

@@XciteMike this other channel described his gain settings as the “threshold” where you listen to the amp. Slowly turn the gain up and when it reaches that clipping point where it gets higher, stop right there.

@patrickgiles2700 4 ай бұрын

Always kinda liked Tool but never really listened to them until recently. While it may not be your vibe their material is on another level and ‘Jones tones’ are epic. Pretty dang close on this!

@rompofotters 6 ай бұрын

I know pickups don't make much difference. But, I recently put in a Duncan Distortion that I heard Adam uses, and it definitely added a little bit of that Tool magic. I feel like I've gotten kinda close with my limited set up. Like you said though, I always feel like I'm using too much gain. If I lower the gain it doesn't feel like enough. There's a secret sweet spot in there somewhere that I don't think Adam will ever tell.

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Pickups do make a difference!

@Durkhead 6 ай бұрын

I think this where ppl get confused with the whole glen fricker pick up thing the lower the gain the more pickups will make a difference the higher the gain the less pickups will make a difference. Speakers will make the MOST difference in both cases

@BigTyronie 4 ай бұрын

@@Durkheadin general i agree with you. In Adams case, his tone that made him this tone guy isnt even the tone he has anymore. Its kinda funny. His live tone is still good but its not the old Marshall les paul jb bridge pickup combo. He went to a marshall/mesa setup for undertow live, aenema he toured with marshall/mesa/diezel vh4. Then for lateralus he abandoned the mesa im pretty sure. But at any rate hes now using a duncan custom sh6 and two diezel vh4 alongside the marshall superbass. Its good but its not the thick crunchy tone that made him a big tone guy.

@Durkhead 4 ай бұрын

@BigTyronie I feel like that happens to almost every band that first great album comes out and the tone is raw and thick and then it just gets more polished and flat as time goes on

@kajagoogoo69 6 ай бұрын

i think you did a good job of replicating adam jones, that percussive palm muted part in the middle was basically spot on tool fans will get hung up on this only cause you dont have access to a rhythm section as musically bombastic as danny carey and justin chancellor

@Ioannis-o7s 3 күн бұрын

I like what you are doing. It shows that Adam Jones tones are in his fingers like everyone elses. People like believing that their favourite rockstars sound better than them because of their expensive amps. Whereas in fact they just cannot play as well, because of lack of practice and lack of talent.

@svenhanke3251 6 ай бұрын

You've tested so many fantastic amps in the past. How about a review of an Mezzabarba Trinity? Amazing amp!! A comparison with your "joker" Redseven would be absolutely awesome. An Italian duel, so to speak. 😎 Just an idea....

@JonpMathewsdxt 6 ай бұрын

sounds so awesome 😮 you crushed it. 👍 helix shootout?

@david-no 6 ай бұрын

He uses so many amps, even more so for the recorded tone. Some Bogner Uberschall, Rivera Knucklehead, the Dual Rec, and a few others. The closest I can get in a single amp is a Diezel Hagen because it has more upper mids than than VH4/2.

@robertdonosobuchner3129 6 ай бұрын

That was sounding great. That was really very close to the Tool sounds! Isn't it possible to produce this sound with amps that already have more midds in their sound, like the PRS Archon and the Orange 50w mk3, together with the Laney Ironheart 60w... These amps are very different, but I think this could work.🤔

@LucasLeCompteMusic 6 ай бұрын

I love being a Tool.

@jean-philippemorin1176 6 ай бұрын

I think you did great while still keeping your riffs and tones yours. Adam Jones tones are hard to dial in I have found, either I put the gain low enough to sound ok and open enough to have the clarity and cut with the big power chords on the smaller strings, but then the muted notes and low strings does not sound with enough balls, gain or compression. I found the guitar tones on the later alums sound more dry too compared to the aenima era. I think he rides his volume knob a bit on his guitar so maybe there is a bit of that too in his tones. most modern metal guitar players keep the volume dimed on their guitars.

@Turbo-D 6 ай бұрын

he was using the synergy system with the vh4 module for a while but he switched back to his modified "real deal" vh4 heads just because they sound much better with the matching diezel poweramp section that makes a hughe part of the diezel trademark sound. its is also impossible to sound excact like him because his vh4 amps have all been modified several times during his career so his sound changed a bit once in a while..but espcecially the very early versions of the vh4 are an amazing amps and you should get very close to his signature sound. the newer versions sound much different by the way.. cheers 🎸🎸

@thelowlifex9437 6 ай бұрын

I wish i could say " i just have this gibson les paul " 😂

@jconner3891 6 ай бұрын

I have Gibson les Paul modern. But want the custom. ❤. lol

@JamesSClapperton 5 ай бұрын

Chibson is here for you. 😊

@electricmeatpuppet 6 ай бұрын

One difficulty with Adama's tone... is you need Juston's guitar-like tone mixed in to make that low end sound right, still lots of low end. Helix A/B comparison up next ? haha

@s1ck23 5 ай бұрын

Very cool and interesting video. Did you experiment with finding AJ's "clean" tone, e.g. at the beginning of Lateralus? Apparently, he stays on the gain channel and reduces the volume either by pedal or volume knob. Would be interesting if you get this tone replicated with the VH2. Thanks again, cool stuff!

@user-by6eb6zo7g 6 ай бұрын

Ah! I was gonna say you need to do more pull offs like him as I was listening...but then you tossed them everywhere lol!

@riheg 6 ай бұрын

Since I am not a tone Nazi, I will say it’s close enough to be awesome. I really enjoyed that

@MikeSingSing 6 ай бұрын

Im currently looking into getting either a VH4 or Hagen. Thank god i'm in Germany, otherwise these cost half a kidney.

@kellenjohns949 6 ай бұрын

A bit more gain and a bit more low end and u nail it

@shaner36 Ай бұрын

Which own hammer cabinet ir was used with diezel amp… just bought the own hammer essentials.

@fraenkiboii 6 ай бұрын

Excuse me, Sir. Do you have a quad cortex and could you maybe create a capture of your VH2 with those settings? Asking for a really really good friend! He'd even pay for it he says. 😇 Edit: As a tool fan I've gotta say: Kudos, you did a great job! People often get the amount of Marshall wrong. The Marshall is just kissing the Diezel ever so slightly. But it adds the Marshall bark.

@slash196 6 ай бұрын

That Diezel rips man.

@paulcarter105 6 ай бұрын

Would have been nice to add in some flanger, delay and reverb for some more ambient stuff

@alexwood8555 6 ай бұрын

I think the upper mids could be pulled back a little, and probably a bit more gain, wouldve loved to hear a flanger added. I think overall it was very very close but perhaps too bright, but that could be the tape they record on?

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! The interesting thing is that I felt like I used too much gain in comparison to the tones I used as my reference...

@alexwood8555 6 ай бұрын

@@SonicDriveStudio Thats the weird thing about gain! Its always less than you think in my experience, and I think you matched up really well with the records, when tracks get doubled and even quadtracked Its hard for me personally to hear exactly how much gain is being used. I think to my ears theres always been a very "pushed" feeling from his guitar tone, and that could be done in post, Im not an expert lol, but man you sounded great and I definitely think in a band setting itd be perfect.

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

@@alexwood8555 he definitely has an interesting and unique tone for sure!

@alexwood8555 6 ай бұрын

@@SonicDriveStudio As an aside, I’d love to hear you do a track with an Orange blended with the VH4! Two of my favorite sounds, but one I cannot afford 😂

@Sticky_Tea 6 ай бұрын

I don't listen to Tool, but these tones are solid Also 1:28, what did Paul ever do to you? ;)

@shaner36 Ай бұрын

Do u have .047 or .022 orange caps? Awesome video

@theriffroom 6 ай бұрын

Adam uses a Seymour Duncan Custom wound DDJ in the bridge and reversed his neck pickup

@kornelwav 6 ай бұрын

That was interesting. I think you hit that tone very close.

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Victinfien 6 ай бұрын

you have the vh4 blue panel in your axe fx 3 if you wanted to get closer

@Mike_HuntizWet 3 ай бұрын

What is the difference between the blue face and the non?

@apr6337 4 ай бұрын

Wow. You took the same amps he uses and miraculously you got close to his tone. It’s a miracle. How did you manage it??

@SonicDriveStudio 4 ай бұрын

Some people think I didn't get close at all, so you tell me 😅

@jwelliott74 6 ай бұрын

Great tones! I can definitely hear some of the techniques on display to spotlight this amp combination. I’ve been chasing various iterations of his tone since I first heard Ænima, and have found my own happy medium using my DSL20, (surprisingly) an Orange Micro Dark, and two modelers both running in stereo - my venerable PodX3 on various combinations of recto, Diezel, and even JCM900 tones, and my new HX Stomp of course on the Daz Benzin Mega model, though occasionally changing up to MarkIV or Rockerverb tones. My 96 LP Studio was about as close to Custom as I could get, complete with ebony fingerboard, and once I swapped out for the Duncan Distortion in the bridge, I just really never want to put the guitar down. He’s a guitarist that found his own sound and his own way, without becoming one of the nameless legion of shredders. Truly unique in our modern guitar world, and a fantastic visual artist! Great work as always, and happy new year to SDS!

@jonyocum5622 6 ай бұрын

What if we want to sound like Jon from sonic drive studio 😊

@KodyXXVll 5 ай бұрын

this literally taught me nothing that everybod doesn't already know. how about addresss how he does those controlled tone sweeps and flanged feedback so well? how much compression does he use and where, how does he do the subtle effects and the signature sounds that make him sound like Tool? who cares about the normal stuff.

@peterwinstead7618 6 ай бұрын

Well now I've got some advice for you little buddy....just kidding. Sounds great.

@grizzlysquatch9874 5 ай бұрын

Haha dude! Those riffs in the first clip were fuckin identical to his style.

@Astral_Wave 6 ай бұрын

Sounds like early Finger Eleven

@dougb3854 6 ай бұрын

so did you record both amps at the same time one take per side ? Phase issues ?

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Yes, not a lot of issues this time around

@Venemoth666 6 ай бұрын

Which effect you have on inserts ?

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

Everything is showed in the video

@AndyNyle 5 ай бұрын

part of his tone is his palm muting. no two hands resonate same way.

@oscarvestee 6 ай бұрын

When you say blending amps does that mean that the 2 or 3 amps come out on one side at the same time?

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

2 amps, yes

@bubbabigmin 2 ай бұрын

So, I'm going to put in my two cents - great tone, but you don't really sound like AJ at all to be totally honest. I asked my wife if she thought this sounded like Tool and she said immediately 'not at all, it's nice but it doesn't sound like Tool.' I'd say you're closer to maybe, Brent Hinds from Mastodon than Adam Jones from Tool. I think while you have the amps, the Seymour Duncan bridge pickup that Adam uses really truly is the special sauce that gives his tone the high-gain crunch. That pickup has so much gain in itself it's almost like a pre-amp boost! I use a Marshall DSL plus a VH-4 pedal and have a AJ signature Gibson with a Duncan Distortion SH-6 in the bridge and the tone is very very close. I also use the exact same strings as he does, Ernie Ball Paradigm top heavy skinny bottoms. I used to run a different Gibson with the factory pickups, burst buckers or whatever they were, I don't remember through the same rig and it was totally different. As soon as the SH-6 was running through it the sound transformed like magic to something very near to that killer tone Jones brings to the band. I have a PRS with aSH-6 in the bridge and that also sounds very close but not quite as good as the Gibson but maybe that's just in my head. In my opinion 95% of a guitars sound is strings and pickups, so it makes sense to me that it's mostly in that SH-6 and the Paradigms. Also on the Marshall you want to crank the mids, Treble 3, Bass 3 or somewhere around there.

@livio1396 6 ай бұрын

maybe we could call him adam tones lol

@Epochstudios 6 ай бұрын

So you did not boost either amp?

@SonicDriveStudio 6 ай бұрын

@kagunmarx5914 6 ай бұрын

You should write music for Tool. 😂

@DaltPlaysGuitar 6 ай бұрын

YeAh BuT wHaT DoEs iT sOuNd lIkE iN ThE rOoM?

@nbl95 6 ай бұрын

Step one: go over to your stoner friend's garage Step 2: plug in their crappy cheap guitar into a line 6 amp which you will find collecting dust in the corner Step 3: set to "Insane" mode Step 4: drunkenly start playing Sober by the Tool