Goliath bass

Goliath

Please read: I submitted a tab for Goliath, and not long afterwards emailed the same tab 
Jon Stockman (Karnivool bassist) for his opinion.
I had some notes and positioning wrong so he kindly corrected for me. below you'll find 
100% correct Goliath tab, as played by Mr. Stockman Himself!
In fact, I left in some of the performance notes that he included in the tab.


Artist: Karnivool
Album: Sound Awake
Bassist: Jon Stockman
Tabbed By: Jon Stockman/Sean Doyle
Year: 2009

6 string bass tuned (low to high) BF#BEGC.

You can probably play this song well on a standard tuned 5 string, or a 4 tuned BEAD,
but since I have a 5 string, I decided to try it tuned BF#DEG (the bottom 4 strings of 
tuning)
There is one section in the middle however, that requires the extra 6th string 
(see below)

5 string with distortion, tuned BF#BEG

0:24
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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-

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-------------------------l/7--7-7-----------5--
-2--2-2-------2--2-2------------------l/3--3---

0:37 Verse 1

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-/12-0-12\

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2---5--2-5-


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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-2/12\

1:02
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---------------------7--7\------------------------------
-2--2-2-------2--2-2/------2--2-2-------2--2-2-/12-0-12\

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---------------------7--7\-----------------------------
-2--2-2-------2--2-2/------2--2-2------2--2-2---2-5-2-5

1:14 Verse 2
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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-/12-0-12\

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2---xx---2--2-2-------2--2-2-

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2\0----

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---------------------7--7\------------------------------
-2--2-2-------2--2-2/------2--2-2-------2--2-2-/12-0-12\

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---------------------7--7\------------------------
-2--2-2-------2--2-2/------2--2-2-----/-0--0-0--7\

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-

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-2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-----3--2-3-3-

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----------------------------------/7----------------------
-2--2-2/12----\2--2-2-------2--2-2-------2--2-2-/12--0-12\

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-------/7------------------------------------------
-2--2-2---------2--2-2-------2-2---0-----5-5---7---

2:17
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-10-12-9--9--9--7-9-7-10-12-9--5-7-2---------

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--------------10-9--------------------------
-10-12-9--9-9------9-10-12-9--5-7-2---------

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-----------------------5-------------
-7--7--7--7-0h7--7--5-5----7------\--

2:35
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-/10-12-9\-9\-9\--7-9-7-10-12-9\--5-7\2--

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-/10-12-9\-9\-9\--7-9-7-10-12-9\--5-7--2-

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----------------7\5----------
---------------7----5--------
-7--7--7--7-0h7---------0--7-

2:53 dist off and delay 462ms
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-2--------------x--2------------------x-- 
tap strings lightly with right hand where x is

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-------------------5---5-----------------
----------------------------5------------
-2--------------x-----------------7\-----

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-----------------------------------14--p12-14-
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-2--------------x--2--------------------------

             dist on, delay off
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-----------------2-----5-----------------
----------------2--------5---------------
-2----------0-h2-----------5---0---7\----


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---------------------------/7------------
-2-------2--------2----------------------


This next section requires a 6 string bass as it uses the high c string.

delay + milder distortion
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-----13-----------13-------13--
--------------12-----12-14---14 x3 (4th finger on 14th fret)
-14-------14-------------------
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-----13--------------16-\15
----------------14---------
-14-----14-12--------------
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------13------13-------13--
------------13----13-16--16
-14------------------------ x3 (4th finger on 16th fret)
----14----14---------------
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Delay off
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-14---12---------------------
-------------12----10---12--\
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Big distortion on again from start
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----2----------------------2------------------------2----------------------------------
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bend 1/4 to 1/2


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--------------------2-----------------------------------
--------2---------0---3-2-0---------2-------------------
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-2--2-2----2--2-2------------2--2-2---2--2-2-0-3-2-0-3--

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--------------------2----------------------------
--------2---------0---3-2-0----------------------
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-2--2-2----2--2-2------------5--0-5---5-p0~-0-7^-


4:09
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---5--------5---5-----
-2---2----2---2---2---

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---5------------------
-2---2----5-2-5-7-5-7-


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---4--------4---4--------4--------------
-1---1----1---1---1----1---1----1/13\1--

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-------------------------0--------0-----  
---4--------4---4--------5--------------   
-1---1----1---1---1/--\2---2----2---2/--

kind of do a little hand slide after the last
1 up and down before hitting the 2 again,
what the /--\ means!

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