Latest about Jim Root
Jim Root partners with Dunlop for chug-friendly drop A and drop B signature strings
The Slipknot guitarist's new custom-gauge sets seek to provide tuning stability and high-end clarity capable of accommodating his low-end six-string onslaughts
Jim Root's long-awaited Charvel signature model heads up the company's new Artist Signature Series drop
The Slipknot man's EMG and Floyd Rose-equipped axe sits alongside new signature models for Marco Sfogli and Anthrax bassist Frank Bello
John Mayer praises Jim Root’s signature Fender Telecaster as what “every Tele should look like in this day and age”
“It's smart. It's awake. It's doing something completely new,” said the Sob Rock star in his praise of the Slipknot man's axe
Slipknot bring the chaos with their first new music in 2 years, The Chapeltown Rag
The fresh cut sees the Iowa nine-piece hark back to the “frenetic” sound of their first two albums, Slipknot and Iowa
Jim Root is working on a Charvel signature model
The Slipknot guitarist will release the Floyd Rose-equipped guitar alongside his Fender signatures
Jim Root showcases new one-of-a-kind Black Paisley Fender Jazzmaster at Slipknot's recent festival shows
The guitarist also debuted a custom Fender Meteora during the band's sets at Rocklahoma, Inkcarceration and Riot Fest
Jim Root: "My apologies to all the Tele purists, but I don’t play in a country band, so it’s not like I can use single coils"
The Slipknot riff master explains how the Fender Telecaster fits perfectly with the Iowa metal institution's super-heavy sound
Jim Root recalls the time he hurled a Fender Tele at Joey Jordison "like a spear"
“I thought for sure that I broke the hell out of it, but my tech just retuned it and I finished the show with the same guitar”
![[L-R] Dimebag Darrell and Jim Root](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DjPvTHoztZRv4b8m9hXXya-840-80.jpg.webp)
