Slipknot - Psychosocial (Guitar Lesson by Jim Root)

[@MeoWooff_01]

Without his mask, Jim looks like he is a college prof who crafts beer as a hobby

[@bsmemes5193]

Orius Insidius he’d be perfect for a Botanist or some plant scientist.he pretty much has the perfect name Dr. James Root aka Dr.Root

[@JahGuarrr]

He can also pass as the guy who runs the local smoke/vape shop and does tats on the side at his apartment.

[@TheEchelon]

Not sure which college you go to, but my uni doesn't have teachers rockin trucker hats, tats and no sleeved shirts lol

[@g.allengordon8195]

He's actually a professional brewmeister who moonlights as a college prof! LOL!

[@thatonechannel1920]

@@JahGuarrr I approve this message

[@vidjal]

I've met him multiple times and he's extremely down to earth and a great dude.

[@san961]

Eu acho ele demais

[@bozzgames7774]

@@san961 r/suddenlycaralho

[@isaacschoenberger3827]

I met him in 2015 at 2 in the morning after a show, he was way cool, and seemed happy to be there and have fans see him, while other members where just straight dicks

[@emiliepalacios6076]

@@san961 no

[@CarAudioInc]

they usually say that about serial killers, great dude

[@UBRLND-X]

there are many artists who do this, but Jim always comes across as your neighbor who heard you playing in your garage and came over with a six pack of beer and shows you how its really done. I just love that about him. He literally reminds me of almost every guy I grew up with in rural NW New Jersey.

[@robertscott3399]

Dime did it to but that waw before KZbin lol home video lessons. never meet him but from what i have heard he did not act like a rock star. either.

[@gregorywilson3318]

☯️

[@kanagawakenji7]

Oddly similar vibe to John Petrucci

[@foreverforgiven1133]

I can hear Corey coming into the track “ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah” cue the drums.

[@digginforalivin2930]

I literally said it out loud, love when you know a song that well😂😂😂

[@KurtisMoore-k1f]

Exactly one of my top favorites to listen to every day

[@letsgo-ge1iz]

All the people trynna correct him in the video like he didnt write the song bro

[@jakashankalyana1407]

Haha

[@MCOGroupNews]

Bruh I'm dead lmfao

[@nono7117]

This song is a rip off of another song so he really didn’t write it

[@letsgo-ge1iz]

@@nono7117 what song?🤔

[@nono7117]

Adal Esparza kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5aogaKghLurbNk

[@TheRealHeadOfTheTable]

I had the privilege of meeting most of the members of Slipknot and Jim is probably the nicest one. Jim is a very underrated guitarist and doesn’t always get the credit he deserves. So is big Mick Thomson.

[@ГенадийЛобов-д4к]

Да он слабо играет

[@SeaOfMadness]

For a bloke who plays in such a brutal band he's got a really light touch. Seems like a really nice guy too.

[@Jacob-ir6zi]

Well yeah. How else is he going to get the chug and pinch harmonics? He's not playing punk rock power chords

[@Whydoweneedhandlesagain]

@robowenmikelswhat’s considered brutal to you? New to metal and genuinely curious

[@VeneliNikolov]

@@Whydoweneedhandlesagain I think he is referring to bands like Cannibal Corpse and Lorna Shore. They are not my cup of tea, but are definitely heavier. I am more of melodic metal and hard rock type of guy think -Maiden,Guns n Roses, Ozzy .Slipknot is somewhere in between in terms of heaviness

[@purplenurple1801]

Having a slight bit lighter of an attack is just a by product of being a developed lead player. If you dig in too much with your pick on tremolo or sweep picking you end up accidentally getting stuck on strings. Same with riffs. Too much attack can really hurt your sound. It also helps with dynamics in your picking. By having a default light approach you can add just a tiny bit more aggression to the picking to add a little more energy to a section to make it stand out more. Jim’s no stranger to picking aggressively but he’s also a great example of never doing more or less than needed to serve the song. Just some tips that may help you out with your playing

[@mattcat5668]

When it's broke down with just guitar you can see how they were just normal guys playing normal riffs and there really talented at finishing a project strong.

[@ericg1100]

Totally

[@oldfriend327]

There is something that comes from the combination of Jim's personality, the way he plays guitar and talks and describes what he is playing, and the design of his artist model Fender's that makes me want to run out to the nearest Guitar Center as fast as possible and play guitars even when I know I can't afford a guitar. Thank God there are at least a few heavy metal and really successful entertainers in general who are down to earth personalities like Jim.

[@scottlenmiller7584]

This makes you appreciate the composition of it all

[@maks_mit_ks35]

There is no better teacher then the guitarist that made this song

[@markzuck8486]

Water is wet.... sorry couldn't help myself

[@harvestingseason2725]

@@markzuck8486 lmao

[@harvestingseason2725]

@@markzuck8486 even 3 years later😂💀

[@antiherogrindviolence]

Jim seems a nice guy that everyone wanna hang out with!

[@Tom-oz7wk]

I wish he was my best friend...

[@TheMackyD]

After watching this video I feel like every guitarist on KZbin has been playing this intro wrong for years😂

[@KCgrunge]

nobody wants to tune his guitar on fucking A

[@aad1507]

@@KCgrunge why?just asking,i know nothing about guitar

[@KCgrunge]

@@aad1507 its pretty low tuning, not every guitar can handle that

[@aad1507]

@@KCgrunge so it basiclly harder than other tune?or what?

[@randomselect645]

@@aad1507 No , but nobody wants to play in a lower tuning ,specialy if your guitar doesn't have a string locking system , The solution is to get a 7 or above string guitar to play that low

[@jawadrahman5454]

In a world without Jim Root I would've never knew a Tele can be this HEAVY.

[@zeronine-eightyfour]

it has 2 humbuckers, is it still a tele?

[@jawadrahman5454]

@@zeronine-eightyfour i guess yes.. Jim aways plays on fender tele and he also got his custom one. Ig thats it

[@jpotter]

@mugenjouproject if its not a tele then what is it? I think i read good enough, the headstock does say fender telecaster right? So i think its a tele. A custom one if one wants specificity. :)

[@zeronine-eightyfour]

@@jpotter basically a superstrat in the shape of a tele. A tele sounds like a tele because of the 2 single coil pickups. Thats what made it twangy.

[@jpotter]

@@zeronine-eightyfour ikr..but to be simpleminded abt it, if it looks like a tele, and the neck says tele(while looking like one regardless of mods) its prolly a tele if u get what i mean *wink wink, nudge nudge* hahaha

[@RedBearden]

I love everything about Jim Root. He looks like he'd steal the show at a party just by being himself. Then they give him a guitar and he is like "Oh gosh, I guess I could play something for you guys!"

[@abohsukampret]

That dude's pretty good, he should audition to join Slipknot!

[@neilvanrhyn3509]

HAHAHAHA HA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAH AHA HA HA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA

[@jester8108]

you dont just audition to join a major band like that

[@revenantrieves3023]

Uhhhh I'm pretty sure he is apart of the band

[@picax8398]

@@revenantrieves3023 boi.

[@Sunk_Punk]

​@@revenantrieves3023 r/wooooosh

[@xname662]

5:05 solo,you're welcome.

[@marcuslsza]

5:50 is when he does it with the normal speed

[@saidoterodiseno]

That tele sounds HUGE

[@christian_clark]

It's got humbuckers!

[@nategin9009]

Lol slap EMG pickups in any guitar and run it through a high gain tube amp and it'll sound like any other guitar with emgs in a high gain tube amp

[@SS-gn1wj]

Awesome skills. Thank you for the breakdown.. Some of the best stuff I've watched on YT. Thanks man

[@manijafari5671]

i wished that mick could teach psychosocial too and his solo part

[@Daniel-ld3hm]

The video would just last 5 minutes of him playing the song and saying thank you at the end

[@manijafari5671]

@@Daniel-ld3hm legit😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jayhallman6666]

Just got his Signature telecaster last week. Smells like vanilla new. lol

[@rpy6933]

How much?

[@jayhallman6666]

Roy Steven $1,199.99 from ZZounds. If you have good credit. You can pay $100 a month for 12 months no interest. It also arrived at my door the next day. Which was surprising.

[@bobwade1686]

Dude i LOVE the smell of it

[@evanrindlisbacher8058]

Not his jazz master?!?! That thing looks sick

[@neilzyaus]

Sick 👌👏👏

[@Mobi666]

So ok for people trying to cover this song: They play it differently live than on the CD. So the parts shown here are obviously the correct live parts for guitar 2. The guitar 1 parts are different. Unfortunately there is no 1 tab available that is 100% correct, mainly because Slipknot plays this song differently live as Jim is explaining himself on this vid. Just listen to the cd version and then compare with the live version and you will hear clear differences with Jim's parts.

[@iurigrang]

Not all live performances he plays it like he teaches here. The one I could actually see his hand, he was playing like the CD, not like he teaches it here.

[@michael88h]

Dude he wrote the song. His way can be whatever it needs to be.

[@Mobi666]

@@michael88h Dude, I was talking about the guitar parts that Mick plays... And for the parts that Jim plays, he said it himself in this video that they play some riffs different live than on the CD version, so relax and move on

[@Earl1403]

08:55 You're welcome

[@nahiaalbrechtotxoa-errarte4310]

thank you so very much

[@yojerrylookatthissht3822]

I learned this by ear....

[@slxsasuke7908]

@@yojerrylookatthissht3822 right 😂😂😂😂

[@slxsasuke7908]

@@yojerrylookatthissht3822 it shouldn’t really be that hard if it’s the main thing ur doing in this song anyway lol

[@rakkubohara2305]

It just me or he spoke like the big guy from frozen??

[@Tom-oz7wk]

8:54 "Sö now we are going to do the section we did before up to speed ja". Damn it's a shame I can't type in the accent that he did

[@ЛевПоваляев-п5д]

so naw wie ar gona du the secstion wie did befo'e up to spied ja?

[@evandrojgc]

This part reminded me the Skigaar Skwigelf's guitar lesson, hahahaha!

[@JBthree24]

My favorite member

[@_NaKaYu_]

You are a wonderful and respectful guitarist to me. from japan

[@vaibhavkaza]

7:02 Jim said Joey ♥️💔

[@morder95]

YeP

[@thekadengank2143]

Arcadius the band doesnt have a problem with joey. He just had a mental illness and had to leave

[@dylanelliot1522]

KG Escalade nono, i’m pretty sure he was kicked after some injury happened onstage with him where his legs just gave out, joey didnt exactly know why he was kicked tho, it sorta just... happened. i think some undisclosed beef was going on

[@vaibhavkaza]

@@dylanelliot1522 the thing was that he had transverse myelitis- a horrible horrible thing especially for a drummer (I play drums too, he's one of my idols) it fucks up the functioning of the limbs and so he wasn't able to play anymore even since slipknot's drumming is extremely demanding; but you're not entirely wrong tho he got diagnosed in 2013 and he was removed I think in 2011. he just.. couldn't understand what was going on, what with Paul's death too

[@rennie8063]

@@thekadengank2143 it wasn't mental illness, it was a physical disorder

[@ByGraceThroughFaith777]

The record versionof Jims solo is my fav part of the entire song 😅 I'm happy they kept it

[@AHNDRX]

This is so damn beautiful man prov my favorite guitarist

[@ingolfurgislason6868]

Jim root looks like someone that would help an old lady to cross the street. I mean that as a compliment

[@elan1378]

How fast you want to pick? 1:43 YES.

[@nikolayhristov7064]

When you get used to it ,I even started doing it too fast

[@mirohamalainen2422]

That's nowhere fast picking, lol.

[@Eine_Lucas]

That's not too fast

[@MorningKillsDawn]

MANNNNN I'm never gonna be able to play this song (mainly because I don't play the guitar), but I could watch him teaching for days!

[@Tom-oz7wk]

Please start playing guitar. If you've got the patience to learn, you'll have so much fun with it. I started playing a few years ago and these days I'm learning stuff like Left Behind and "Devilini". I could've learnt them sooner (maybe) but I only recently decided to abuse my guitars by putting them in such a low tuning

[@jay-pi5gn]

@@Tom-oz7wk I started playing 4 months ago and started with slipknot specifically and there stuff has helped me move down the fret board really fast about the only thing I can flex as of right now

[@Tom-oz7wk]

@@jay-pi5gn while I would say that's the musical equivalent of throwing yourself in the deep end, I gotta give you credit for starting with slipknot. When I first started learning guitar, I immediately looked at Metallica songs and the first song I learnt fully was Am I Savage. If you don't mind listening to Metallica, I would recommend taking a look at some of their stuff. I've learnt so much from them like different chords and different playing techniques. If you need advice, feel free to ask and hopefully KZbin will notify me of a reply. Is it okay if I ask what guitar you have???

[@jay-pi5gn]

@@Tom-oz7wk first song I learned fully was “before I forget” granted it took me a long time but I work on multiple songs at once like right now I’m currently doing psychosocial and unholy confessions along with some meme music here and there, I just haven’t got to Metallica yet I’ll get there tho cant call myself a guitarist and not play Metallica

[@Tom-oz7wk]

@@jay-pi5gn good choice. Before I forget is one I wanna continue working on soon now that I've learnt devil in I. Also gotta give you more credit for learning psychosocial with its pinch harmonics. I'm only just learning how to play harmonics now. Do you retune one guitar or do you have multiple guitars (I only ask because I know before I forget is drop B while psychosocial is drop A)

[@hbinitials7]

I always wanted say to jim and Mick. First of all beautiful beard wins. Second their guitars ❤️❤️❤️ out of this world. Who knew tele would look and sound so heavy and hard hitting ❤️

[@peterkurth933]

You could put emgs on a shovel and it would be the same

[@mrbrightside1152]

09:00 he even speaks German 🤘🏼🥨🍺🚬🇩🇪😄

[@moritztappa4924]

Eine zigarette bitte, neeiin

[@eldiablo438]

Jim dieser Typ ist so geil We are going to play it with speed Jaaaa!

[@eldiablo438]

@PotatZo one cigarette please no!

[@mauricewattebled4161]

I think that is a reference to band of brothers.

[@jokersasylum24]

That part cracked me up 🤣

[@jonasaprea6338]

I like how loosely he holds the pick, yet he maintains amazing control...

[@bubugaeify]

What do you mean? He's sloppy as hell.

[@JohnsDough1918]

@@bubugaeify No.

[@bubugaeify]

@@JohnsDough1918 Yes he is

[@heidenbarrel]

it is so he can pinch harnonic i think

[@aspirineye3412]

yea um it should be loose otherwise playing fast is hard

[@nikolaikolev4310]

Браво Джим,много хитро измислено👍🙏!

[@deftloli]

I could watch you play all day Jim Root🖤❤️🖤

[@dollface9132]

I love that guy, he's really work.

[@christianeasley767]

Closing it out-- JF AND KATAKLYSM!!!!! This has always been one of my favorite songs from you guys!!!! Thank you very very much for sharing !!!!! GO SLIPKNOT GO!!!!!! 😀

[@Deuce_Dufresne]

Such a chill dude 🤘

[@fubarmofo6969]

I do NOT understand how this guy plays so insane! Jim is a beast!

[@iorvet_chmorvet]

Actually that's pretty bad.

[@titoschannel3122]

7:03 from Joey or whatever xD funny guy

[@dthlazer2274]

Y is that funny?

[@imampatrick]

@@dthlazer2274 cause joey got fired lmao

[@dthlazer2274]

Yeah but isn’t this before that?

[@dthlazer2274]

I’m not really sure of the timeline here

[@sjw6751]

Doğukan E Joey didn’t get fired he left due to injury

[@Jurooski]

This video makes me want to listen to the song every time I watch it. Go Jim👍🏻

[@vanmandee2077]

This sounds very cool broken down like this from the man himself

[@AHNDRX]

This is probably my favorite guitarist ever

[@fabzzpagano8635]

The breakdown made me realise just how insane the main riff is.... Just when I thought MAYBE i could play it 😂😂😂

[@SkilZGtaS]

Thanks for the lesson but on the intro the sound at 0:19 ( third fret ) i'm at the exact same tuning but i don't have the same sound anyone know why ? ( i'm a beginner )

[@joeyscotch2765]

Do you know how to do pinch harmonics? If not. You basically (after you strum a string) you put your thumb against the string slightly to get the harmonic. Make sure you don’t put the entire thumb against the string or it will mute the string.

[@SkilZGtaS]

@@joeyscotch2765 Oh ok that's how that work, thank you very much :)

[@joeyscotch2765]

SkilZ I explained it pretty poorly but if it helped, wonderful. If it didn’t, check out some tutorials, they much more easier to understand!

[@SkilZGtaS]

@@joeyscotch2765 It helped a lot thanks :D

[@ИльяМельников-ч7щ]

@@joeyscotch2765 I could not understand. tnx bro!!!!

[@bigpaul348]

I love the telecaster with the EMGs on it. That's rad. LOL

[@innocentcreature9820]

0:45 How to get this sound effect?? Do we need expensive amp or will a normal processor work? If yes how so? Thanks

[@josephkim7041]

it’s a technique called a pinch harmonic

[@innocentcreature9820]

@@josephkim7041 thankyou!

[@MrRudi534]

Fender’s are not good for metal Jim: Hold my beer!

[@davidiobrando]

Thobe Englund from Sabaton, who's no longer in the band, also played a Fender, I think it was a Stratocaster. A bit unusual but still sounded damn good!

[@pipino1313]

dude from obituary also use fender, a strat with a humbucker on the bridge

[@hoaniwarmenhoven6092]

Yeah depends whose on the end of it. Any guitar can scream mate.

[@MrRudi534]

@@hoaniwarmenhoven6092 And which pickup the guitarist useing and humbucker or single coil that’s matter :D

[@DenialCloudthree]

Hold my beard you mean?

[@ironhelixgaming]

5:07 the most legendary part of any slipknot song solo imo

[@KREHATED]

*This guy got riffs for days!*

[@chemapardini6532]

this is how they play it live

[@ardiahmad7875]

I think this is unique, most metal guitarists use Ibanez, but Jim Root uses the Fender telecaster.

[@burnbibles3813]

Mick Thompson played ibanez for a long time and now Jackson

[@SupervisorJimLahey]

ESP, get with the times Randingo Can I burn bibles with you

[@joanbanks831]

His voice is just 😍❤🖤🤍

[@littlegeebsbobthe3rd631]

It sounds so nerdy but hot

[@romainlavoie1526]

Fantastic riffs . Pure Rock !

[@xFiron]

Jim is just so lovable

[@nick3718]

they forced him to say “this is the [ ] of psychosocial.” every single time. poor guy

[@mxbmxatvmichael3197]

How do u know

[@rosskrause3926]

I love the :verses here..super heavy !

[@trevorbelmont4608]

I'm wondering if someone actually learned how to play psychosocial from this video

[@lilmarc701]

Yuliy Jirov same here this is a terrible tutorial

[@TunnelSnake-es7tu]

If you actually wanted to learn the song this is how... I learned Jeff loomis from a even shit video than this kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnLIeoqNpt97o9U

[@TunnelSnake-es7tu]

shadow I don’t think it get easier than this... he shows you like every part lol both hands. Maybe you’re not looking hard enough

[@lilmarc701]

TunnelSnake9337 well when famous band members make videos like this tutorial there often not super detailed but yes they do show up close his playing, its far more helpful to put the pieces of the song seperated and explain thoroughly which frets and rhythms and techniques. This is just him playing thru it slower up close with a little commentary

[@TunnelSnake-es7tu]

shadow i never see metal players spoon feed you like that. It’s considered a sellout if you do

[@mrrels71]

3:35 how do I repeat this sound?

[@bananagiornogiovanna7094]

With wah pedal

[@ENEL7]

He looks like a different person without the mask, but he plays exactly the same

[@ezra5737]

how does he get that like pinched harmonic sound? i absolutely struggle with that part

[@mnster0168]

пойду играть этот шедевр на акустике

[@jamesmichael237]

Jim in my top 4 guitar players ever lived

[@mohdnoorhassan3083]

Now this is how you play psychosocial correctly!!

[@stefanoferuglio7050]

Go jim.

[@mateusraos112]

hello Jim how did you reveal your pedalboard? Could you help me out here? I'm a big fan of you and slipknot.

[@mold3192]

mateus raos check out the website equipboard

[@christianeasley767]

OH MAN-- JIM-- your solo has a lot of ERIK RUTAN INFLUENCE!!!!! Very emotional!!!!! 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🇺🇸🤘🙏💪😇😘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mike5150ism]

I love this so much

[@JJ-sl7pd]

What is happening on 08:55?

[@monikazalesakova7433]

speaking something German idk I'm not German 😂

[@rive3051]

Heaviest telecaster owned by Jim Root.

[@streamspoart2671]

5:42 and yes, that guy's Jim Root *YOU KNOW...*

[@mathiasb8367]

I really like the Solo of the album. He is a special guitarist and I like that. i love jim 🤘🤘🤘

[@csaenz14]

That tone 👌🏻

[@alexkots3058]

Rip Joey 🕊️

[@missylynn4592]

Jim Root is pretty handsome😏. Oh yeah, he's also a great guitar player!

[@brandonkeller478]

These riffs are better than all that overly technical stuff guitar players think is cool nowadays

[@JahGuarrr]

This is such a bad ass song.

[@TunnelSnake-es7tu]

Those EMGs are loud af. I don’t think it can be heavier it like his guitar is a bass drum

[@sonamyangden1812]

I don't know how to play it but loved watching every part of the video ❤️ By the way huge Slipknot fan❤️

[@Metalmachine18]

As a drummer of 18 years with no perspective on guitar playing I was genuinely shocked to see the bulk of the riffs are played on one string at a time lol

[@Skbonesin]

I mean, that's not completlyyyy true. I think the reason the bulk of these metal riffs don't have many chords is the low tuning. Too much distortion to sound good especially in psychosocial where you have the guitar only intro, I think it's just supposed to sound tight. Just my two cents

[@titord6031]

How do they get such picnh harmonics?

[@ChristianBrock-sh9ev]

Up to speed 1:25 2:55 4:10 5:52 7:05 7:36 9:01 10:44

[@BedaGenre]

So friendly 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@brucecharlie8613]

Tabs would have been nice lol

[@onearmedwampa]

Buy the DVD. It comes with a book with every song tabbed out.

[@Southboundpachyderm]

Do what I do and slow the video down to .75. Makes it way easier to play than reading tabs. But I do just fucking hate tabs.

[@bumpsy]

it's not like you can see what he's playing

[@kidder83]

A guitarist with skill can play along and sound it out lmao Reading tabs won't ever train your ear

[@bumpsy]

@@kidder83 why do you think people watch this?

[@danielwieten8617]

Monster tone. Jesus.

[@braydenmackie2204]

The verse played slow is basically doom metal

[@patrickolivier1]

The white Tele with the white fret board Looks a tiny bit off to me. I prefer the black finger board on the white Tele 🙂

[@beansda4175]

Ha!!!! He said Joey!!! #1 🤘🐐

[@SlowDisi6]

Frank Holmes Ik I was like wait what😂

[@dthlazer2274]

Y is that funny?

[@guitarlessons769]

Great Video!I really love it! It assisted me a lot!

[@TheSixStringGuy]

@1:56 onwards sounds badass just like it is slowed down.

[@OmnipotentO]

What a cool dude

[@DanielRalph56]

6:10 you can see the awkwardness in his face and laugh hahahaha

[@macleod1592]

That verse riff is one of the most evil riffs of all time!

[@selman044]

Why am I shaking the phone while Jim gives vibrato? 🤔

[@01left]

Does anyone knows how the guitar was recorded? Theres no mic on the speakers ,,,mhh

[@afsanarahman6364]

He actually looks like an teacher in Music class

[@shift6023]

ЛЕГЕНДА!

[@lunarscorpio3987]

So happy I have this guitar akjfakjfkajfka Except I got the one with an ebony fretboard.

[@jayhallman6666]

Lunar Scorpio They don’t even make the maple neck versions anymore. You’d have to find them used. But I prefer the ebony.

[@lunarscorpio3987]

@@jayhallman6666 I prefer the ebony as well. The maple fretboard looks better but I like the tone of the ebony. Comes with the Les Paul spirit lol

[@jayhallman6666]

Lunar Scorpio I got ebony version last week. Nice guitar.