Why Jim Root eschewed traditional metal guitars and made the Telecaster his main Slipknot instrument

Slipknot’s Jim Root is a die-hard Telecaster advocate, but the Fender electric guitar isn’t very metal. That, he says, is ...
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Why Slipknot’s Jim Root chose the Fender Telecaster over traditional metal guitars

The player reveals who first drew him to the now 75-year-old instrument – and it might surprise you ...
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How the Fender Jazzmaster became the one offset to rule them all – even if no one really used it for jazz

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Furthermore, he was somewhat disgusted that he played an indirect role in the growing popularity of the newfangled radical and ...