Maya Neelakantan has just got an Epiphone Les Paul guitar for her ninth birthday, and the first song she's learned to play on it just happens to be Tool's 15-minute-plus track 7empest.
This is a difficult one even for Tool covers bands, so it's mind-blowing to see this. Maya uses a Line 6 POD Go for the tones and just seems to take on the song's myriad changes with ease, and a smile.
"If you are still watching this video, you must definitely be a Tool fan," laughs Maya at the end of the video, "only they will sit for 15-minutes and listen to a whole song."
She's a serious talent. We're hoping Adam Jones is watching!
Check out more of Maya's playing on her YouTube channel. She's already covered Tool's Descending too…
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