Why is everyone comparing Mick to Jim? The combination of their sounds make up Slipknot. All 9 of the members, (RIP Paul Gray), is what makes them sound so amazing.
Dual guitarists have always been compared to each other, stop acting like it’s a new thing. Educate yourself to what drives men to become better, it’s called “competition”. It’s why women are always in the background, they don’t care about that like we do. Hence the term “pissing contest”, men will compete over ANYTHING!
Well, Jim's got a lot of great technique on him. He uses a lot of legato techniques, which is pretty hard to do when you pull solos like he does. He's an awesome guitar player, period.
I was like that when I started. I was faster than my friends, could pull off harmonics and things unlike my friends, but when I actually learned and practiced scales, my solos and improv. work excelled. Scales in my opinion are mandatory to be a good guitarist.
i love and start playing Fender Stratocaster.....Fender Telecaster and Fender Jazzmaster because of him.....i like the sound especially in Riff and Rhythm......I Love you so much Jim😘🤗
yes, one of the forerunners to REAL metal/shred guitarists. He was doing things that people like Kirk Hammett could never do. He was down to earth, loved to play, shredded like crazy, and was one of the best guitarists to grace the guitar world R.I.P.
Este mejor guitarrista del mundo!!!! no me jodas...no niego que no sea bueno....pero la distancia entre lo que toca el con la majestuosidad de Steve Vai es abismal...en serio. Cristina abandonalo!!!!!
he was always a pretty underestamated guitar player because of mick being the lead player in slipknot. and he was always pretty quiet. but he is really good
James is a pretty talented guy. I met him after a Stone Sour show in 2010, he's really cool and laid back too. It's a little crazy to think that he backs Mick up a lot of the time.
Mick is known for extremely fast and accurate picking as well as killer rhythm, Jim can probably solo better but he has nothing on Mick's rhythm playing, check out the video of Mick playing Gematria.
I don't even like slipknot, but I was intrigued to find that Jim Root uses Dave LaRue (the steve morse band) and Paul Gilbert exercises. Goes to show you, you gotta think out of the box to get anywhere in life.
Hell scales are important for more than just playing guitar! Any instrument to play, as long as you can play your scales then improvising almost becomes second nature. If you wanna go further, learning your scales is the first step to learning all the more complex parts of music theory and composition.
The guitar in this video is a Fender Flathead Telecaster CusTom Shop. Fender stopped making this a while ago. But Jim now has a signature Telecaster which will blow this thing out of the water.
James Root is such a good guitarist :D hes awesome! he is my big idol (together with Corey Taylor) and that warm up riff is realy helpfull i do it too :)
You're right, I don't listen to him. I HAVE listened to a wide variety of his music. And he's an icon because of GH,yeah he became big in 92' but half of his fans didn't know who he was until GH2. I never said he became big recently. And JP became big in 85' and he still has more fans after 23 years,and he has NEVER had any commercial promotion.
thats weird... in a couple of interviews and on a few websites they said it was Josh Brainerd who did the recording and then he backed out of the band after it was released. they then initiated jim before they began touring.
A guy who can do more on one fret with one string than most people can on a guitar with 20 million strings and 9 billion frets. He plays as cool as his support in the comments is ridiculous.
"why does james play a telecaster?? i dont get it.... but what the hell?? hes good" it's a Flat Head Telecaster modifed slightly for his lower tuning and modified with more humbucking power. plus with all the gear Jim has to wear, a light guitar will help him oonstage.
I think jim root and brian welch of korn is of same level when it comes to guitar master shredderer. I saw one video of brian doing a guitar solo and it was out of this world. It sounded like something I havent ever heard before from any rock guitarist. I think he has his own sets of notes. What you think guys?
The pentatonic scale has 2 notes per string per position, the diatonic has three. You can play 3 notes per string on the pentatonic but doing streches.
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Why is everyone comparing Mick to Jim? The combination of their sounds make up Slipknot. All 9 of the members, (RIP Paul Gray), is what makes them sound so amazing.
That's true!!! 9 boys come together slipknot!!!🤟🤟🤟🤟
RIP Joey.
Rip Joey Jordison
rip joey, just got a new double to hit up some of the Knot
Dual guitarists have always been compared to each other, stop acting like it’s a new thing. Educate yourself to what drives men to become better, it’s called “competition”. It’s why women are always in the background, they don’t care about that like we do. Hence the term “pissing contest”, men will compete over ANYTHING!
Haha "you know, basically". Jim Root, quote master
True
In another interview, Jim says “I’m too awkward to be a big rockstar.” Lol
Jim Root - a guy who can do stuff with a 22 fret 6 string guitar that most people can't do on 24 fret 7/8 string guitar. Pure Fucking Genius!!!
I wish I had those skills and that tone
@YoStefan haha my thoughts exactly
@YoStefan Skills are also achievable if you just work for it.
lol, 75 watt line 6 spider 3 with the slipknot setting? i gotchu bud, just paypal me 3000 dollars
@@GutZ_47 go to work...
@@Nobody2879 oh i am ;)
Mick and James are an excellent combo, nor one is better. they both make slipknot the kickass sound that they have.
James is without a doubt one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
😂😂😂
Hetfield?
I really love him. But you’re completely wrong.
Tf is James Root?
kaizer “one of the”
i love the fact that hes rocking the full uniform and mask in a guitar shop; that would be cool to see.
jim is an inspiration to me. listening to slipknot 3 or 4 years ago made me wanna pick up a guitar.
You’re 15 years older, did you pick one up?
You still play?
You still alive?
holy shit
been 16 years bro how many guitars u have now
Well, Jim's got a lot of great technique on him. He uses a lot of legato techniques, which is pretty hard to do when you pull solos like he does. He's an awesome guitar player, period.
waw old coment
jim is so underrated in the band..
Underated at all in music industries
could u imagine being at Guitar center and seeing mick and jim XD
Id would take a picture ith them
1:58 I heard them playing prelude 3.0
One of the all time greats hands down. No matter what you think of Slipknot.
Man I wish I could playas well as him. He's a fucking master!
+2112 Games You know ,you could if u want it enough :|
Mick Thomson is better
@@henryr.schrader7520 Both better than you, so you should stay silent :)
@@Jk-zv6tz and? I just prefer Mick Thompson. I never said Jim was bad I just think Mick it better.
Jim plays very dirty and weak attack and Mick is a riff master
I was like that when I started. I was faster than my friends, could pull off harmonics and things unlike my friends, but when I actually learned and practiced scales, my solos and improv. work excelled. Scales in my opinion are mandatory to be a good guitarist.
It's already 13 years... And it is still funny to have his name bad in the video :D
You are 13, you dont have an opinion
@@stevenbenempaguay1156 uh i think he meant how long the video has been up..
@@stevenbenempaguay1156 He’s talking about the age of the video and not his own age.
@@stevenbenempaguay1156 are you talking about yourself?
His name is James Donald Root, the title is not bad
Yt 2020 : here you go james root from 14 years ago
His finger movements are so fluid
Jim is my idol.He is a God of greatest solos and he have the best image.Jim Root 4ever!
Wow a 15 years old video !!! This is insane to see how RUclips has change
I'm an absurd fan of this guy, and the funniest thing about this video was posted 14 days before my birth 😅
Hello from 2021
Holy shit he is a nu metal player but at 2:00 he plays thrash metal way way better than metallica
you definitely don't know anything besides nothing else matters and enter sandman don't you lol
@@RaaZVan99Dude....I think he would have done it better in Kill em all
this was posted when i was born wtf
Lmao that's crazy
Ive always thought Mick was pretty good with riffs but i must admit Jim owns him with soloing
He's so amazing.
He hasn't aged a day...😌
Jim, James, what does it matter? He's an amazing guitarist. Name doesn't change anything.
I REALLY WISH I COULD PLAY LIKE HIM! :D I LOVE HIM!!!!!! :D
How to get perfect metal tone . damn i hate guitar theory
i love and start playing Fender Stratocaster.....Fender Telecaster and Fender Jazzmaster because of him.....i like the sound especially in Riff and Rhythm......I Love you so much Jim😘🤗
What every guitarist must do when playing in a store. Play to impress.
Embora nunca tenha mostrado TODO seu potencial, ele é um ótimo guitarrista!!!
yes, one of the forerunners to REAL metal/shred guitarists. He was doing things that people like Kirk Hammett could never do. He was down to earth, loved to play, shredded like crazy, and was one of the best guitarists to grace the guitar world R.I.P.
james root is my favorite rythm guitarrist
he also has the best mask
He is so cool
sounds like buckethead 1:17
1:17
He had the same height as Buckethead tho
I love his hair :3
He looks great. . .
Lindoooooooo
Alguém me segura
😍😍😍😍💙💙💙💙
hahaha
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“James” Root
Hard to believe that when this was uploaded I was 4 years old
he is an underrated guitarist
i love it when mick and james play together
i love his wee solo at the start, sweeps in then shreds about lol
id say he's better than mick
12 years.....
I fuckin know right?? I remember when this upload was FRESH.
@@christianalmli9085 bruh how you remember when the upload was fresh if you made your account 8 years ago
His wrist angle when shredding drives me crazy but hey if it works and doesn't hurt him good for him
I loved his playing and SUPER long hair in Atomic Opera....good thing I have the demo tape!
you know?
Basically
Когда пришёл в музыкалку, а там препод с таким гримом🤘🤘🤘
Este mejor guitarrista del mundo!!!! no me jodas...no niego que no sea bueno....pero la distancia entre lo que toca el con la majestuosidad de Steve Vai es abismal...en serio. Cristina abandonalo!!!!!
Used to watched this all time when I was about 13/14 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
his name is James Donald Root but everyone calls him james or jim
I'm a huge fan of Jim and I'd love to play guitar like he does, but I don't have much motivation to practise :/
Watch him play to get motivation
+Papa Auvinen Watch him motivate when he plays.
+AirKrist 117 yes, I've started to play guitar, 'cause I got motivation from Jim :)
This is the most honest comment I've ever seen.
Dang James really knows how to shred.
James D. Root (born October 2, 1971), also known as Jim Root, The Peach, or by his number #4
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Eu vim de 2021 pra dizer que pra mim esse cara é um dos melhores guitarristas da história
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No
@@sliver2082 no
his picking pattern is amazing and very rare.....!!
they wear their masks for a reason, so that people pay more attention to their music than look at them for fame.
He`s name is Jim dude...
Jim is short for James
Yeah in some of the Slipknot album books it says James and other ones it says Jim
he was always a pretty underestamated guitar player because of mick being the lead player in slipknot.
and he was always pretty quiet.
but he is really good
his guitar, it's so... plain, so black, so ghost-like, smooth, efficient. so the guitar for gods.
Who's James Root? Never heard of him.
Only one I can see is Jim
His name is James Jim root
Lee Stevens no... Jim is short for James...
Best metal guitarist ever?
Is the main guitar from slipknot
I dont like slipknot at ALL, but this dude can play alot better than Mick "the generic" Thompson.
James is a pretty talented guy. I met him after a Stone Sour show in 2010, he's really cool and laid back too. It's a little crazy to think that he backs Mick up a lot of the time.
i bet its for the money.
SirTuckerLee
He's not Mick's back up.
watch?v=WbluNfSfzeE
I rest my case.
Mick is known for extremely fast and accurate picking as well as killer rhythm, Jim can probably solo better but he has nothing on Mick's rhythm playing, check out the video of Mick playing Gematria.
woow
james root, has some major skill, I like his wee intro solo more than micks wee intro solo
RIP PAUL GRAY
JOEY JORDISON
🙏🔥
I don't even like slipknot, but I was intrigued to find that Jim Root uses Dave LaRue (the steve morse band) and Paul Gilbert exercises.
Goes to show you, you gotta think out of the box to get anywhere in life.
Doesn't matter if he doesn't do it as WELL as these other professionals...still respect him as a talented musician.
I wonder why James and Mick don't show this kind of talent in Slipknot's music ...
Watch this video was impressive, i watched this when i was 16 in 2006, it was on a pirate CD, obviously a downloaded video for that time.
This guy was shredding before I was even born
Finally james stole a guitar
In that shop there's basically a huge stack of amps in the middle of the room, naturally that's where they're playing.
Hell scales are important for more than just playing guitar! Any instrument to play, as long as you can play your scales then improvising almost becomes second nature. If you wanna go further, learning your scales is the first step to learning all the more complex parts of music theory and composition.
the most metal fender ive ever seen.
I love Jim's playing
@jallan1407 i think so too, probably because mick always looks so tense like he hates the camera, but they both are still great!
The guitar in this video is a Fender Flathead Telecaster CusTom Shop. Fender stopped making this a while ago. But Jim now has a signature Telecaster which will blow this thing out of the water.
James Root is such a good guitarist :D
hes awesome!
he is my big idol (together with Corey Taylor)
and that warm up riff is realy helpfull i do it too :)
lmao. i wanna meet craig and just be like... "please tell me stuff, you know. let me be your number one fan! yay!"
You're right, I don't listen to him.
I HAVE listened to a wide variety of his music.
And he's an icon because of GH,yeah he became big in 92' but half of his fans didn't know who he was until GH2.
I never said he became big recently.
And JP became big in 85' and he still has more fans after 23 years,and he has NEVER had any commercial promotion.
This was his best mask
i rememeber i always thought mick and james were all drop tuning and power chords but i finaly got to hear them solo and they can shred!
They both play solo's. In the older album it's mostly Mick, but in the newer albums, they switch.
100k$ equipment around and all that he can play is just a sheer noise. Once in the video I recognized gamma C major. What a player!
what? lmao
thats weird... in a couple of interviews and on a few websites they said it was Josh Brainerd who did the recording and then he backed out of the band after it was released. they then initiated jim before they began touring.
A guy who can do more on one fret with one string than most people can on a guitar with 20 million strings and 9 billion frets. He plays as cool as his support in the comments is ridiculous.
thank you someone who knows mick thompson is the rythem tysm
@hennyM5 No, they switch it up, as in Psychosocial...Jim played the solo, but mick played to pre-
I love his guitar! Where can I get it? RIP Paul! Jim is the best guitar player in the fucking world!!!!
The way that he play guitar make it seem so easy
its the guitar shop downstairs in Virgin Megastore, Oxford Street, London.
Telecasters are very versatile, put in some EMGs like his custom telecaster has and it becomes a beast
"why does james play a telecaster?? i dont get it.... but what the hell?? hes good"
it's a Flat Head Telecaster modifed slightly for his lower tuning and modified with more humbucking power. plus with all the gear Jim has to wear, a light guitar will help him oonstage.
I think jim root and brian welch of korn is of same level when it comes to guitar master shredderer. I saw one video of brian doing a guitar solo and it was out of this world. It sounded like something I havent ever heard before from any rock guitarist. I think he has his own sets of notes. What you think guys?
Looks like he bought Troy Stetina's book, "Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar"!
The pentatonic scale has 2 notes per string per position, the diatonic has three.
You can play 3 notes per string on the pentatonic but doing streches.
Nicest, coolest member of Slipknot hands down.