The WEEKLY RIFF: JIM ROOT & SARCASTROPHE from THE SOUND AND THE STORY

Clean octave intros, single-string riffing and trills, speedy tremolo picking, Drop A heaviness, oh my! Jim Root takes us into his garage to show us all how it's done. FRET12 presents a video play-through of Slipknot's smashingly-heavy "Sarcastrophe."

(ProTip: if you want to nail that clean tone, you'll need an EHX Holy Grail reverb, a Maxon Rotary Phaser and MXR Carbon Copy delay.)

If you want a deeper, behind-the-scenes look at how .5: The Gray Chapter came to be, check out our exclusive "The Sound & the Story" recording.

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[kaydensumalpong]

Wanna know why i love Jim and Mick? Coz you don't need guitar solo every song just to be called the best 🤘

[fogboat]

I love that clean intro, gets me everytime

[berserker_]

The elegance with which he glides around the fret board, here's me sweating just trying to change from a G to a D practicing chord charts to a metronome

[ivyhallquist]

Man, this guy's pretty good! He should try out for Slipknot!

[Hello-dygh]

RIDICULOUSLY GOOD, THANK YOU. INSPIRATION IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!

[jaki]

At 0:46 a bogner amp is teleported there, and the orange is sublimated...

[tararootjimrootswife]

Come back to Colorado jim root on your next tour I must see you again in slipknot I love you I have loved since I was 15 I’m 36 now I still love you

[padraicmcnally]

If you're a Slipknot fan that plays guitar you're truly doing yourself a disservice by not getting this DVD

[francismercado]

I watch lot of guitar player out there. But watching Jim technique is such a unique talent. It's like, I dont know how to explain. But he's like hesitating to move his hand, because his fingers are doing the job. It's not showy like others doin' like moving I dont know. Hahaha!!

[trippyskullz]

The dude in the studio may be the producer or whomever but to me it looks like he's feeding off of kicks skill n life essence. If I were in that room I would be LIT UP and IN AWE

[Adrian_Shepard_]

Que buena guitarra siempre fue uno de mis mayores anhelos tener la fender jazzmaster nomas que la dificultad de tener algo así en argentina es para pensar 80 veces, veo a personas tocar esa guitarra y el sonido que ofrece cada vibración que sale del cuerpo ese sonido que podes sentir en los dientes y en la frente solo eso es lo que te impulsa a seguir tocando la guitarra

[stevenaustin]

I'd love to see another video put on on the riffs of Iowa :)

[grialonergg]

Восхищаюсь им, превосходное исполнение, звук от гитар такой насыщенный и сочный, ещё дополняет то что рядом на барабанах лежит его маска 😍😍😍

[Balleriuz.]

So fuckking amazing... Thanks for all, Jimy

[andras.]

Where can I get the official (original) instrumental version of this album? Sounds EPIC.

[jurgenelzinga]

Fuckin' awesome.
Next to Josh Rand one of the absolute favorites.

[wandersonsilva]

Uma das musica preferidas desse álbum gosto muito 🤟🏻😈🤟🏻

[atilla]

I’m a slipknot fan and guitarist but guess what they don’t sell this dvd here

[tnylsh]

Omfg I heard this nearly lost myshit blood pumping hair standing on my neck got me pumped at work OMG insane song Jim root is a boss legend epic the man till the end

[rockingrambo]

Plz make a lesson on how to make pinch harmonics🙏