With a pickup upgrade, the improved tones would take the Jim Root Tele to the next level, but even at its most basic, this is simply a great rock guitar. Pickups are a smidge underpowered.

Jim Root has looked back on the development of his game-changing Fender signature guitar, and discussed why it was such a monumental launch for both him and the company. Sure, the recipe has been ...

Fender Telecasters aren’t generally associated with heavy metal, but that didn’t stop Slipknot’s Jim Root from slapping his name on one in 2010. The result was a guitar that enraged purists but was ...

It's a Tele, Jim, but not as we know it. But there's a lack of Tele snap and tweaking options. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to ...