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James Jim Root is one of the current guitarists for the band Slipknot. You may have seen them - they wear some feaky masks live onstage. Root shares the lead guitar duties with fellow bandmate Mick Thomson. Jim is also the lead guitarist for the popular band Stone Sour.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Jim Root's Guitar Rig.

Jim on Fender guitar
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Guitars
- Fender James Root Signature Series Telecaster (w/ EMG 60 and EMG 81 pickups, Strat-like pickup switching system, available in Black w/white scratch plate and maple fretboard and Vintage White with black pickguard and ebony fretboard) :

Fender Jim Root Artist Series Telecaster Electric Guitar Black

- Fender Jim Root Stratocaster with EMG pickups

- Fender Flat Head Telecaster HH Black (Main)(Custom model [2 vol knobs])
- Fender Flat Head Showmaster HH Black ("JR" on 12th fret)
- Backstage Custom Charvel San Dimas HH model built by Fender. (It has a traditional Stratocaster look, but a thinner neck and 2 humbuckers).
- Jackson SL1 Soloist Black guitar (In Slipknot Tour)

 

Jackson SL1 USA Soloist Electric Guitar Black

- Jackson SL3 Soloist Grey guitar (In Slipknot- IOWA Tour)

Jackson SL3 Soloist Electric Guitar Black

- PRS Private Stock Black (Based around the Standard 24) (In Slipknot- IOWA Tour)

Paul Reed Smith Standard 24 Electric Guitar with Moon Inlays Black

- Maverick JR-4

- Fender H/S/S Strat with EMG pickups-all black
- Fender Custom Telecaster Flame Maple Top HH Black Cherry burst

Fender Special Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH Electric Guitar Black Cherryburst

- Fender Flat Head Telecaster Light Gray finish with one bridge pick up (played in late Stone Sour shows in 2003, i.e.: Rock Am Ring)
- Various martin acoustics
Notes: All jim's guitars are down tuned electrics to drop B and C# with the exception of when used for Stone Sour songs

- 1981 Gibson Flying V (black with white pickguard. Seen using summer 2009 tour)

Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar Ebony

 

 

Amps and Cabinets

- Orange Rockerverb 100 & PPC 412 cab. Also Orange 40th Anniversary and Thunderverb amps

Orange Amplifiers Rockerverb 100 Series RK100HTC 100W Tube Guitar Amp Head

- Rivera Knucklehead Reverb 100 KT88 Tubes (Master Amp) and one with 6L6 Tubes (Slave Amp)

Rivera K120TRE Knucklehead Tre 120W Tube Guitar Amp Head with Reverb Black

- Rivera 4x12 (Celestion G12T-75 Speakers) x2

Rivera K412 V30 280W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet with Vintage 30 Speakers Black Straight


- Randall ISOlation Cab ("the main sound from the front of the house is coming from a Randall Iso-cab that I've got a Celestion T-75 in" - Root)

Randall Isolation 12 Speaker Cab

- Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifie

- Fender Mini Tone-master amp (for tuning)

Fender Mini Tone-Master Amp

- Bogner Uberschall

 

Effects and More

Jim Root's Slipknot effects:
- Audio-Technica AEW-R5200 Receiver

- Boss AC-3

Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator

- Boss NS-2

Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor Pedal


- Boss DD-3 delay

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal

- Digital Music Corp. Ground Control Pro

Digital Music Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller

- Digital Music Corp. GCX Switcher (Single effect pedals looped to GCX)

Voodoo Lab GCX Guitar Audio Switcher

- Digitech hyper phase

DigiTech XHP Hyper Phase Stereo Phaser Pedal

- Digitech Synth Wah

DigiTech XSW Synth Wah Envelope Filter Pedal

- Dunlop JH-3S Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- Dunlop Crybaby Custom Shop DCR-2SR Rackmounted Wah w/ Expression pedal

Dunlop Crybaby Rack Wah

- Electro-Harmonix nano Small Stone

Electro-Harmonix Nano Small Stone Phase Shifter Guitar Effects Pedal

- Furman AR-15 Voltage Regulator

Furman AR-15 II Voltage Regulator Power Conditioner

  - Korg DTR-1000 Rackmounted Tuner

Korg DTR-1000 Rackmount Digital Tuner

- Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter

Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter

- Maxon OD-9 Overdrive

Maxon OD-9 Overdrive Effects Pedal

- MXR Auto Q Wah

MXR M-120 Auto Q Auto Wah Pedal

- MXR Carbon Copy

MXR M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Voodoo Labs pedal power

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply

- Whirlwind 4 channel multi-selector

- Audio Technica 4050 mics for live amps. "AT 4050 Microphones That's my main sound out front." - Jim Root

Audio-Technica AT4050 Multi-Pattern Condenser Microphone

- Vox Tonelab

Vox ToneLab LE Valvetronix Guitar Multi Effects Pedal


Jim Root's Stone Sour effects:
- Electro-Harmonix nano Small Stone (see above section for link)

- MXR Phase 100

MXR M-107 Phase 100 Effects Pedal

- Dunlop 535Q wah wah

Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Multi-Wah Pedal

- BOSS DD-3 delay (see above section for link)
- Maxon Af-9 (see above section for link)

- MXR Micro Chorus

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Strings
-Dunlop Guitar Strings

Dunlop Nickel Plated Steel Electric Guitar Strings - Medium


Go to the next page for incredible pictures of Jim Root's guitar rig.



Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 August 2010 )
 
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