Editing Jim Root Telecaster

{{Infobox Guitar model
|title       = Jim Root Telecaster
|image       = 
|caption     = Fender Jim Root Telecaster in Flat White finish
|manufacturer=[[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]]
|period      = July 2007-present
|bodytype    = Solid
|necktype    = Bolt on
|woodbody    = [[Mahogany]]
|woodneck    = [[Maple]]
|woodfingerboard = [[Maple]] or [[Ebony]]
|bridge      = Hardtail String-Thru
|colors      = Flat Black or Flat White
|pickups     = [[EMG, Inc.|EMG]]
}}
[[File:Jim Root Telecaster.jpg|alt=Jim Root Tele|thumb|Jim Root Signature Fender Telecaster ]]
The '''Fender Jim Root Telecaster''' is [[Jim Root|James Root's]] signature model [[Fender Telecaster|Telecaster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slipknot-metal.com/main.php?sk=equipment |title=Slipknot Equipment - Jim Root |publisher=Slipknot-metal.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uberproaudio.com/content/view/215/38/ |title=Jim Root Guitar Rig Gear - Slipknot and Stone Sour |publisher=Uberproaudio.com |date=2008-02-10 |accessdate=2011-05-10}}</ref> In January 2010, a Jim Root Signature Fender Telecaster was unveiled on the Fender website, similar to the one he has been seen using on stage, as of March 2009. The difference being the [[headstock]]. The prototype originally made for Jim came with the 1970s style Strat headstock. Root got it shaved down to a standard Telecaster shape. This made the 1970s Fender Telecaster logo go to the very edge of the headstock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0114545705 |title=Fender Products |publisher=Fender.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-10}}</ref>

==Basic Information==
[[File:Jim Root at Mayhem Fest.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Jim Root performing live with his Telecaster]]
Root has previously used [[Jackson Guitars|Jackson]], [[Charvel]], [[PRS Guitars|PRS]] and Maverick guitars. He was impressed with the quality of Fender and contacted Alex Perez. They used the [[Fender Showmaster]] as an idea to build on. In July 2007, [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] released a Jim Root Signature Fender Telecaster guitar. The guitar comes in two models - one with a black finish and maple fingerboard and the other in a white finish with an ebony fingerboard. It differs from many Fender guitars. The guitar has a mahogany body, nitro-lacquer finish, [[Humbucker|dual humbuckers]], a single master volume, an ebony fingerboard and a 12" neck radius. It has traits of a [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] guitar and a Fender guitar. Root said it's a mix of classic and modern. The guitar's heel is shaved so the player can access higher frets. Root chose a nitro-lacquer finish because it tends to wear quicker than the normal polyurethane finish. The guitar comes with a SKB molded case with a blood red plush interior. Root uses EMG active pickups. This guitar is made in [[Mexico]] while his signature [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocasters]] are made in [[United States|America]]. The retail price is $1,469.99.
More recently they have released a [[Squier]] version of the Telecaster with passive solid-covered humbuckers.

==Body==
The Jim Root Telecaster is a slab Mahogany body that is not fully contoured. It only has the tummy-cutaway and a shaved heel. It does not have the fore-arm contour. The guitar is rear routed but still has a pickguard. The guitar features active pickups, an [[EMG 81]] in the bridge pickup position and an [[EMG 60]] in the neck position.

==Neck==
Root modeled the neck after a Jackson/Charvel style neck. It is a maple neck with either a maple fretboard or an ebony fretboard. It has a 12" (305mm) radius and [[Dunlop Manufacturing|Dunlop]] jumbo frets. The neck is finished with Satin Urethane making it feel soft. The Nut Width is 1.650" (42mm) thick. The nut is made of synthetic bone. The [[Scale (string instruments)|scale length]] is 25.5"(648mm).

==External link==
* http://www.fender.com/products/jim-root-telecaster

==References==
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[[Category:Fender Telecasters]]