Latest about Jim Root
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)
Jim Root recalls the time Dimebag Darrell gifted him a Dunlop Cry Baby From Hell wah pedal
“He’d probably want me to bust that thing out and beat the shit out of it, but I can’t bring myself to,” the Slipknot man says
Jim Root has owned a Gibson Custom Shop guitar for 10 years but never opened the box
“Could be the best guitar I ever played. Could sound the best. Could have that 'thing'. Could not,” the Slipknot guitarist muses
