SLIPKNOT HAS TWO GUITARISTS WHO ARE COMPLETE OPPOSITE

SLIPKNOT HAS TWO GUITARISTS WHO ARE COMPLETE OPPOSITE slipknot runs two guitarists, jim root (number 4) and mick thomsom (number 7) and the reason their sound is so massive is that the two of them play in almost completely opposite ways. it's not two of the same guy, it's two halves of one machine. mick thomson is the precision. he picks almost every single note instead of using hammer-ons, which is brutally hard but gives those riffs their machine-gun tightness. he's also the theory guy, deliberately building parts that lock together. jim root is the feel. he's fluid, mixes picking with legato, handles most of the melody and solos, and in his own words he's an instinct player, he'll play something out of key on purpose if it sounds cool. thomson calculates, root reacts. even their guitars say it. thomson plays aggressive shred-style guitars built for speed. root plays fender telecasters and jazzmasters, the kind of clean, twangy guitars you'd expect on a country record, run through a wall of distortion. two opposite players, one crushing sound.