For this tutorial, Root busts out his beautiful Fender Sandblasted Jazzmaster in rich red mahogany. “The Devil in I” is a fairly straight-up Slipknot cut, focused heavy on groove and atmosphere. In ...

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 ...

On album and onstage, Slipknot guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson work together as a team. Both play rhythm and lead tracks, and both feed off the energy and excitement of the other’s musicianship.