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Fender Jim Root Telecaster Shoreline Gold
Jim Root’s signature Fender reinvented the Telecaster – now it’s back with a key twist

By Matt Owen Published

The Slipknot guitarist's go-to Telecaster returns with a fresh look

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Mick Thomson of Slipknot performs on stage during day 2 of Download festival 2019 at La Caja Magica on June 29, 2019 in Madrid, Spain
Mick Thomson reflects on Slipknot's Wait and Bleed, label pressures – and sticking to their own guns

By Janelle Borg Published

In a 2014 GW interview, Thomson revealed his disdain for melodic choruses, and how he fought hard for the band to maintain their artistic integrity post-Wait and Bleed

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Jim Root of Slipknot performs on stage on day 2 of Download Festival 2019 at Donington Park on June 15, 2019 in Castle Donington, England.
Why Jim Root eschewed traditional metal guitars and made the Telecaster his main Slipknot instrument

By Phil Weller Published

The player reveals who first drew him to the now 75-year-old instrument – and it might surprise you

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Alisha Yarwood on an arena stage, wielding a Jim Root Jazzmaster
Witch Fever’s Alisha Yarwood on superhero stompboxes, dream tours with IDLES, and why ‘That Great Gretsch Sound’ was doom-punk all along

By Janelle Borg Published

Raw, feminist, fiercely unrelenting, Witch Fever have taken their sound from clubs to arenas. Here, Yarwood talks tonal epiphanies, starting on drums, and finding freedom on bigger stages

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Jim Root performs with his signature Telecaster during a 2008 Slipknot performance in London
The making of Jim Root’s Telecaster, the guitar that brought Fender into the modern age

By Andrew Daly Published

Some metal players prefer the traditional high-performance brands. Others favor medieval shapes. Not Root. The Slipknot guitarist wanted something old-school, classy… indestructible

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Jim Root holding up his Fender Telecaster signature
How Jim Root’s radical signature Telecaster updated a Fender mainstay for the 21st century

By Matt Owen Published

The Slipknot guitarist was originally pushed towards Charvel, but he had his sights set on reinventing a Fender classic

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Alessandro Venturella of Slipknot performs on stage during the Knotfest at Artukainen Event Park on August 13, 2022 in Turku, Finland
Alex ‘V-Man’ Venturella on the secret to metal’s heaviest bass tone and nailing his Slipknot audition

By Nick Wells Published

Slipknot's low-end specialist discusses his epic amp collection, the brilliance of Eloy Casagrande and how James Hetfield shaped his technique

Bassists
Jackson Diamond Rowe signature guitar
Tetrarch's Diamond Rowe reveals the metal legend who asked her for guitar pointers

By Phil Weller Published

She’s made history with her Jackson signature... Now, she’s trading tips with metal pioneers and gifting guitars to her biggest influence

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Jim Root
This metal fan ordered a new guitar from Sweetwater – but it ended up with the Slipknot guitarist

By Matt Owen Published

Root randomly received a new Jackson that was destined for another player, after it went missing for a number of weeks

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ESP Mick Thomson LTD MT-I
Mick Thomson’s long-awaited ESP signature guitar is finally here – but it’s not what we expected

By Matt Owen Published

The Slipknot guitarist’s first ESP signature guitar has been a long time coming, and its final form might take you by surprise

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