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Cover feature: Slipknot
In TG 260, we catch up with Slipknot's Jim Root and Mick Thomson to find out about the writing and recording of '.5: The Gray Chapter'. As well as this, we show you how to play the riff from 'The Negative One', plus thanks to FRET12, you'll find exclusive video and tab lessons with Jim Root. Finally, in association with FRET12, we're giving away one of Jim's own signature Fender Telecasters - used to record parts on the new album!
Also inside:
Interviews
Bring Me The Horizon
Lee Malia on his new signature Epiphone Les Paul
Richard Z. Kruspe
The Rammstein man returns with his side project 'Emigrate'
At The Gates
Death metal pioneers reunite for their first album in 14 years
Post-rock Round Table
We gather the guitarists from Maybeshewill, This Will Destroy You and Russian Circles totalk tone, effects and life without vocalists
Lessons
Play like Paul Gilbert
The shred master's technique explained!
Pinched harmonic workout
Make your guitar squeal!
How to: Mic your guitar amp
Gear
Orange Guitar Pack
The amp legend moves into affordable guitar and amp bundles
Fender Modern Player Short Scale Telecaster
Stones tones scaled-down on a budget!
“Meticulously crafted analogue and digital circuits all curated from the ground up for bass-centric tonal expansion”: Fender unveils the Bassman effects line – 5 pedalboard essentials for bassists
“Imagine standing in front of a wall loaded with tube amp heads and 4x12 speaker cabinets, grabbing your guitar and hitting a chord”: Crazy Tube Circuit’s Heatseeker is an amp-in-box to help you nail Angus Young’s high-voltage AC/DC tones
