You need a specialised instrument when you are in Jim Root’s line of work. Slipknot demands a certain kind of sound. But just because Root needs extremity in his electric guitar tone doesn’t mean he ...

Fender Telecasters aren’t generally associated with heavy metal, but that didn’t stop Slipknot’s Jim Root from slapping his name on one in 2010. The result was a guitar that enraged purists but was ...

As a member of Slipknot, Jim Root‘s guitar playing has been a major contributing factor to the band’s success. Yet leading up to the release of the band’s latest offering The End, So Far, Root ...

A metalhead's new guitar was allegedly sent to Slipknot's Jim Root by mistake. In mid-February, an individual wrote a post on Reddit expressing his frustration over a missing guitar he purchased ...

Sometimes a guitar you ordered gets lost in the mail. Other times it gets accidentally delivered to Jim Root of Slipknot despite the fact that you are currently located in Qatar. Shit happens, right?