Gear talk with Jim Root | Fender

[@COBHC8890]

Some people are just born with perfect hair......and Jim is one!!!!!!

[@joshallen258]

"I believe less is more, i don't like a lot of extra effects" pulls a full rack of pedals out :'D gotta love Jim.

[@SawyerSmoak]

Yeah, but that's what he needs for the set. He saying that he doesn't want extra effects to be in his way when he doesn't need them.

[@danieljwillen1993]

To be fair, he isn't the guy from Red Hot Chilli Peppers lol (Sorry the name of him escapes me.) That guy usually has 15-20 pedals and up.

[@CTcbr6]

***** Josh Klinghoffer

[@danieljwillen1993]

Thank you man!

[@praetorian48]

Always lived Jim Root he always has a smile on his face and his contagious laugh 😂. everytime i hear his laugh i just laugh with him. absolute legend

[@bigleebrink]

Jim seems like a real genuine dude. He knows his shit too.

[@stormchase502]

That laugh gets me every time😊

[@devious.instinct]

Jim Michaelis that's why he is the joker ;)

[@jacoblyons472]

every day i wish i could be as good as jim

[@sbbassslapper]

Awe... shoutout to Paul Grey! R.I.P.

[@MrOmniNerd]

Amen to that, man. You learn so much from them!

[@RydENh34d]

Omg this guy is awesome. I feel like he could be my best friend.

[@saarangnarayan123]

The Jim Root without the mask is completely different compared to the Jim "#4" Root on stage with the mask on :O

[@TheUnknownReject]

I watched him take a black tele live throw it on the ground, kick it across stage and then pick it up an play it again lol tough guitars

[@MichaelD8393]

Jim's laugh at 9:21 priceless.

[@dtmjr34]

I like this setup, simple and effective.

[@Mr_Ghouls]

his guitars are perfect

[@blasphemy133]

Great guy ;) So very underrated too! Amazing guitarist!

[@sgrocker45]

the speaker cab in the iso cabinet is what the audience hears, and what that means is that there is a mic in the iso cab, the sound goes to the front of the house and than to the sound system which is what the audience hears, it also goes to the monitor system so the band can hear what they are playing

[@pivetlord13]

ive been watching this video for 2 and a half years. it never gets old XD

[@KEPHALLE]

the gcx rack unit controls the signal coming from the guitar and redirects it to the stomps according to the selected program(patch). the digitech board sends midi signal to the gcx: say for instance you have a delay and chorus patch, this means the gcx engages only the 2 pedals needed and then it feeds to the amp. the digitech is used to control patches throug a midi switching rack like the gcx. on a pedalboard you must engage/disengage each effect, the midi system does it automatically

[@SeventhSalute]

There needs to be a 2013 gear tour with jim and an interview as well!

[@jamesmichaelis1483]

That laugh gets me everytime!! Cool dude

[@basssguita]

and his laughter is infectious hahahaha

[@pantheraleo87]

Great dude and a great guitarist.

[@megansmith2367]

i cant get enough of his laugh!!! XD

[@pivetlord13]

i would do anything to get my hands on one of his signature teles

[@minidavb]

hes a cool guy i like the simplicity of his rig

[@coughtry1]

james is a guitar god!

[@TheGarfi]

man this guy has a lot of personality:)

[@redevil200]

Is it me or is Jims laughing so contagious! LMAO!

[@haggard101]

legend

[@hype236]

Fender! be proud of Jim and John 5. becuz of them i realized i love telecaster guitars. im searching out to buy one in the next few months.

[@patrickolivier1]

hype236 did you get one?

[@Jokkomon]

Great video, thanks for uploading.

[@tomflake6141]

To me he kind of looks like Andy Serkis.

[@boynamedlen]

it is, isn't it!! Ö every time I hear him laugh I can't help laughing along

[@aligatorsandwitch72]

I actually would really like to own that guitar. I am not a fan of jim root or slipknot at all but i like teles, emgs, and different guitars so that guitar looks perfect for me. How much do they usually weigh? I like heavy guitars :D

[@nirson123]

oh my gosh he uses the distortion from the orange :O what a nice guy

[@kud1695]

I have no idea what he’s talking about but Im watching anyway

[@pivetlord13]

@mucky32123 in the most basic terms: instead of using a bunch of cables, the guitar is connected to the amp siwtching system and actual amp wirelessly

[@limetreeestate]

R.I.P Paul Grey

[@Abrahamhamham]

I know what you mean, dude... Awesome !

[@RahulKapoor9992]

and the switch board which he has beside his wah pedals he puts them in fronts of his monitors. you create an effect save it on that switch board and you connect that to what every you have to

[@fargenvonwitbier]

It's easier than you think...just get a string gauge like 60 and up, intonate it, set it up, tune it and play! I know it sounds alot but just go ahead and take a baby tylenol while you're trying to figure it out so you don't get a headache.

[@AksHrbl]

damn , hes gear is awesome

[@Richpena1598]

Nice simple rig, I like it

[@C4RZ3NN]

YOU'RE RIGHT, MAN!!!!

[@Ashibot]

so lucky to be with Cristina! My god he is a lucky man!

[@darkhero101010]

this guitar

[@LukeBodom]

@erniesux slipknot is actually supposed to be doing a new album this year. stone sour only does stuff every now and then. as of right now.

[@ashec]

lol i remember seeing them filming this at the apollo XD just saw jim poke his head around the corner :P great guitarist.

[@sgrocker45]

he explains it in the video, one head runs 2 4x12 cabinets, and one runs a 4x12 cabinet in a iso cab

[@metalheadneji]

best rhythm guitarist

[@enzoramenth]

oh i love it too much

[@JoeMedia69]

wonder why he was mad at Joey

[@yasanceko]

u should see micks rig everything he owns is custom. his amp, his pickups, his guitar (a few pedals) and he tells you about every little detail.

[@ginghamslut2176]

@TheApplepie131 there's a gear tour with tool but they're with the techs and not the guitarists. it would be sick if adam and justin gave a tour.

[@henriquepseixas4239]

09:18 and he really did it

[@zackwwedge]

He looks so weird without the beard.

[@byekittie]

Did anyone see the orange microcrush amp, when he was explaining his white tele?

[@guitoorbenchi]

@STATUSthesleepers the MIDI switcher he mentions

[@LadyStarAussie]

HOLY SHIT! Dont get mad with this guy, he fcking throws guitars at people!!! OMG

[@kopite92]

wasn't it the show after this that he smashed one of his signatures up?for the mtv world stage thing?

[@str8tballa]

i know right i wanted the light gray and the black one but they probly knew that jim's new one was going to out sell the flathead...was the flathead cheaper than jim's tele?

[@MetalAriel]

@Gibson2471 so true... you know if the old korn have one of these vids too ?

[@GamerMovieMaker7]

THUMBS UP FOR THE GUY IN 7:44

[@schnozz87]

Actually, Jim, I don't know....

[@kjrody21]

Jim is that like a nickname for James

[@g35crazy]

they r the same you should get it i love mine they r the coolest guitars

[@str8tballa]

why did they discontinue the flathead tele

[@si_quest]

@OpenEyesOpenHeart to be honest they all do but i would say jim root is probably the most normal guy in the band...

[@44eelz]

u can glue a headstock back on a guitar and itll still hold the tension of the guitar strings?? what kinda glue do u need??

[@jeromecruz07]

is there a standard tuning guitar model

[@grindcore4]

this is like the 3rd time jim showed his guitar rig

[@Edgetmk]

here is the answer :) Jim Root "It's a hair tie. That's it. Just a place to keep it so I don't lose it. When my hair grows out I can't stop frippin with it... Tying it up... let it down and so on. So I keep it on those fingers out of habit and forget it's there. No one probably noticed it with Slipknot because my hair was short for every record cycle with the exception of the last part of the Subliminal tour...".

[@MusicFan479]

Where can you get racks like that? Because i'm an active musician and i run pretty much the same stuff jim does. But i really want his rack case so i can have all my stuff in one place, not all in different cases stacked on each other.

[@kingofskate08]

i thinks its cool he plays bolt on necks instead of neck through or set necks like most players

[@caboose2433]

@guitoorbenchi nope all songs except psychosocial are in drop B on All Hope Is Gone

[@nirson123]

is it like a chorus?(like jim said)

[@BullsEyeRocker]

R.I.P Paul

[@caboose2433]

@gstonemetal666 the two songs he mentioned and everything ends are the only songs that i know of that they went drop A in

[@hilikus8]

Hell yeah it's the best phase shifter ever, I just realized that Jim and I have such similar taste in gear, SS, CC and a bunch of filters, Teles through Oranges, can't go wrong.

[@synystergatesfan123]

hey can anyone explain me how does the digtech midi thing works please?

[@masterjacog5]

Is he using phaser/chorus on all their songs???

[@MusicFan479]

Does anyone know where to get a rack case like jims?

[@g35crazy]

who knows they did it a year before i started playin now i cant find one

[@GibsonLPCFreak91]

Jim " You Know" Root !

[@g35crazy]

its really not the sad thing is this is really simple

[@KEPHALLE]

just found it: look here on youtube "Dunlop TV - Jim Root"

[@lund3000]

4:36 LOL! xD

[@Triskeliontrio]

mean!

[@ChickenShackIRL]

couldn't have said it better myself.

[@MetalAriel]

did I get somtheing wong ? does his guitar technican switch his foot controller for him ?!

[@pivetlord13]

how is fender, jackson, and evh related? :P

[@ricken666]

Jim reminds me of Lars Frederiksen

[@guitoorbenchi]

@caboose2433 i think snuff is to, though im not 100%

[@TheChrispablo]

same here

[@nkmcfrln]

What's a rig without porn?

[@asda6572]

Sorry, i accidentally thumbs downed you, my bad. I too also love private gear tours, i love knowing what pedals they use.

[@Ovinha]

Most guys would say he doen't need porn since he's got Scabbia... aha But yes, he's laugh is er... funny xD

[@guitargeek1984]

@kenco117 awesome shop right ?! I bought 4 guitars with them ,Thomann.de RULES !!!

[@Driftwoodaudiocornwall]

@MusicFan479 Try Thomann or however it's spelt xD

[@airsicknessband]

7:49 thats what she said