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TOOLED UP!

In celebration of the release of Fear Inoculumwe’re looking at some of Adam Jones’ trademark techniques as heard on this year’s new album as well as throughout Tool’s back catalogue.

Drop D tuning (DADGBE from low to high) is essential to the Tool sound – simply down-tune your guitar’s sixth string by two semitones. Adam occasionally uses drop B (B F# B E G# C#), but we’ve stayed with the more

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