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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 see what Slipknot and Stone Sour's guitarist, Jim Root, uses for Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment. 
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Guitars
Slipknot guitars:
- Fender Flat Head Telecaster HH Black (Main)(Custom model [2 vol knobs])
- Fender Flat Head Telecaster HH Black (Dropped A Tuning) (Custom model, same as above)
- 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 SL3 Soloist Grey guitar (In Slipknot- IOWA Tour)   - PRS Private Stock Black (Based around the Standard 24) (In Slipknot- IOWA Tour)   - Maverick JR-4
Stone Sour 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 Flat Head Telecaster Black
- Fender H/S/S Strat with EMG pickups-all black
- Fender Custom Telecaster Flame Maple Top HH Black Cherry burst  - 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)
Notes: All jim's guitars are down tuned electrics to drop B and C# with the exception of when used for Stone Sour songs
- Various martin acoustics
Amps and Cabinets
- Rivera Knucklehead Reverb 100 KT88 Tubes (Master Amp)
- Rivera Knucklehead Reverb 100 6L6 Tubes (Slave Amp)
- Rivera 4x12 (Celestion G12T-75 Speakers) x2
- 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)   - Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Backstage (not sure if still uses)
- Orange Rockerverb 100 & 4 x 12 cab. (with Stone Sour)
Effects and More
Jim Root's Slipknot effects:
- Audio-Technica AEW-R5200 Receiver
- Boss DD-3 delay  - Digital Music Corp. Ground Control Pro  - Digital Music Corp. GCX Switcher (Single effect pedals looped to GCX)  - Digitech hyper phase  - Digitech Synth Wah  - Dunlop JH-3S Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz
- Dunlop Crybaby Custom Shop DCR-2SR Rackmounted Wah w/ Expression pedal  - Electro-Harmonix Small Stone  - Furman PL-Plus Power Conditioner  - Korg DTR-1000 Rackmounted Tuner  - Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter  - Maxon OD-9 Overdrive  - MXR Auto Q Wah  - Voodoo Labs pedal power supplier
- Audio Technica 4050 mics for live amps. "AT 4050 Microphones That's my main sound out front." - Jim Root  - Vox Tonelab 
Jim Root's Stone Sour effects:
- Electro-Harmonix nano Small Stone
 - MXR Phase 100  - Dunlop 535Q wah wah  - BOSS DD-3 delay (see above section for link)
- Maxon Af-9 (see above section for link) 
Strings
- Jim uses Ernie Ball strings in custom sets Gauges: .011, .015, .018, .028, .038, .058.
Note: If you are too lazy to custom order each string in the above gauge, just get the Ernie Ball 2220 strings. If you look, the gauges are damn close to what Jim uses: 
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