Jim Root Charvel - Slipknot

[KingV1]

One of my favorite Slipknot songs is "Before I Forget". The live version you can watch on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj8VpWuAkJ4. Everytime I watch this video I keep thinking how I wish they would make a signature model of the Charvel Jim Root is using. I read somewhere that this was a prototype guitar that Jackson made for him. Does anybody know what happened?

[RickStar]

Jim goes through guitars like crazy. he wanted a fender sig model and they wouldn't do it for him. he's still playing different tele models. the charvel is just a one off deal i believe. he doesn't even play it anymore. it's in storage now.

[dd3keegs]

Jim goes through guitars like crazy. he wanted a fender sig model and they wouldn't do it for him. he's still playing different tele models. the charvel is just a one off deal i believe. he doesn't even play it anymore. it's in storage now.

Yeah, Someone on the PRS board has a PRS Standard made for Jim Root on the PRS Forum....Good taste in guitars. EMGs, 3way Switch...nice custom axe.

[axeman81]

don't know about their guitars, but 'before I forget' is definitely their best song!

[ambitotpuphang]

In new Jackson Catalog 2006 he is with Custom Made Jackson Stealth. Black, with white binding, EMG pickups, Tune-O-Matic bridge stuff like that.

[NextInLine]

Yeah, Someone on the PRS board has a PRS Standard made for Jim Root on the PRS Forum....Good taste in guitars. EMGs, 3way Switch...nice custom axe.

IMO rosewood board and dot inlays on a custom guitar is not a sign of good taste in guitars I like his Charvel though

[HATEMASK]

I read a while back that he said that his charvel strat was the best sounding and playing guitar that he ever owned and he absolutly loved the thing

[Seventh Avenged]

wow, he has more customs than i thought. i knew he used PRS' in Stone Sour.

but yeah, last i heard, he was using a few strathead charvels alex perez made for him.

Lord, that PRS above rules.

[toejam]

In new Jackson Catalog 2006 he is with Custom Made Jackson Stealth. Black, with white binding, EMG pickups, Tune-O-Matic bridge stuff like that.

That's a Warrior. A Jackson Stealth would be a very thin Dinky-type body similar to an Ibanez Sabre/S series. You might be thinking of a B.C. Rich Stealth that looks similar to a Warrior.

[ambitotpuphang]

That's a Warrior. A Jackson Stealth would be a very thin Dinky-type body similar to an Ibanez Sabre/S series. You might be thinking of a B.C. Rich Stealth that looks similar to a Warrior.

Sorry. I was messing with my Jackson Stealth and that fucking word stuck in my head. Ofcourse Warrior.

[Big D]

On a semi-related note, I was at a party with a mutual friend of Jim's the other night and we got talking about Jim's gear. Jim is on tour with Stone Sour right now and is apparently playing Orange amps now.

I plugged into one today and they definitely do sound great - although they're more classic rock than metal that's for sure.

[donvandam]

I'm not big on slipknot so excuse my ignorance, but isn't mick thompson in play of Jim Root?

[toejam]

I'm not big on slipknot so excuse my ignorance, but isn't mick thompson in play of Jim Root?

I don't know what you mean, but they're both the guitar players in Slipknot.

[Adam]

Yeah, Someone on the PRS board has a PRS Standard made for Jim Root on the PRS Forum....Good taste in guitars. EMGs, 3way Switch...nice custom axe.

That is without a doubt the most boring PRS 1-off I have ever seen. I like PRS guitars, and I like black guitars, and I even like rosewood boards on certain models, but come on. That thing is completely un-inspiring, IMHO. Bleh.

[Chad]

Strange volume knob placement on that PRS.