Slipknot Mick Thomson Guitar Rig | Interview, Signature Jackson | Thomann
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- The famous Slipknot n °7, Mick Thomson, along with his tech Mike, gives Kris a full rig rundown of his Jackson guitars and complete live setup. Cross that with some pretty cool nuggets of personal history and you've got yourself a killer video!
BUT THERE'S MORE he also signed his Jackson signature model and gives you a chance to win it! To participate, enter the correct answer to his final question in the comment section.
Full Terms and Conditions for the giveaway right here : tho.mn/uyv4b
Gear used: tho.mn/fkoc0
We use Triad-Orbit stands for our cameras, lights and mics: tho.mn/triad
Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: tho.mn/uadx
Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 just literally watch the whole thing, it's worth it... promise!
but if you still want timestamps... well, here you go:
Interview part 1
0:25 how Mick got involved with Jackson Guitars
2:43 specing his custom guitars with Mike Shannon from Jackson
Rig Rundown
5:57 checking out Mick's live guitars
9:03 guitar setup and string action
10:22 the amps, Omega Obsidian
12:08 MIDI amp control and patch changes
12:58 the rack units: wireless, tuner and switcher
13:50 Torpedo Live
14:18 why use an IR in addition to a mic'd cab?
15:05 iso cab, speakers and microphones
15:55 Boss GX-700 and why Mick still uses them
17:18 the pedals
21:31 cry baby rack wah
22:21 furman power conditioner
Interview part 2
22:50 how the neck of a guitar influences sound & playing
23:29 Mick's approach to mids
24:14 subtle differences between guitars of the same model
25:24 how the feel of a guitar influences your playing
26:22 developing the fretboard & neck on his signature
27:42 the bridge on Mick's signature models
29:06 why Mick uses no tone knob
31:22 fine tuning the pickup response
32:22 talking amps & how mick got involved with omega
36:04 talking pedals & gain structure
36:46 recording with fuzz pedals and trying crazy fuzz patches
38:08 giveaway part
39:01 thanks for the talk Mick!
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And our winner is….. Эльдар Жашуев with his comment “The answer is God farted. By the way the guitar is awesome” ! Congratulations J Please contact us at mickthomsongiveaway@gmail.com for the identification process and we’ll ship the guitar asap! Thank you all for participating, enjoy the rig rundown and interview !
//Cheers, Kris
lucky boy! Enjoy that magnificent piece
@TCaad10 thanks
We're on it :) // Guillaume
Congrats dude, enjoy that beast
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Now Mick's voice is drop G
Lmao
God tier comment
Ironically i put a tuner when he spoke, his voice is in Drop B1 (Bass tuning) lol
Baritone
Accurate
his voice really suits with his face and body shape. he's a metal monster and we all love him
Especially his laugh at the end of the video!
he just screams nathan explosion
Agree
I agree.. But.. "his voice suits his face and body"? What a weird thing to say😂 the whole comment feels inconsistent and strange, sorry, but i agree that micks a cool dude to hang with.
He doesn’t even compare to the CZcams corpse
Mick is probably the only member who is just as scary without the mask
True that! :D And on top of that, he's an awesome dude too. //Kris
Have you seen clown Bc that dude looks like a serial killer
Dude I met Slipknot in Des Moines (it was the slaughterhouse haunted house), I walked up to them completely shook. I’m an Iowa kid born and raised so seeing them was like meeting our gods. Anyways, I walked up to Mick first and he was seriously the nicest guy. Also, easily the most scary looking in person. It was so wild. I think he could tell I was totally star struck and him and clown were so cool to me. Such a great day.
@@scrubbingbubbles1098he looks like a regular dude
Yeah he's just as intimidating as fuck.
He sounds exactly the way I imagined he would sound.
My fucking thoughts exactly!!
Same here. He embodies slipknot so well.
Does anyone else think Mick should be doing voiceover work?
He would totally kill it narrating a documentary about outlaw country.
He has the voice for many types of things i would like to watch
Why
He sounds like Tank from Surf’s Up
@@danutd94 holy fucking shit your right
*drops pick
"these things just don't move..."
I died🤣🤣
Big man with a big voice. Mick should do a metal podcast or channel with those talking pipes.
He's on par with Phil Anselmo...
Even this dude speaking voice is metal
Mick starts off cold and then just totally becomes himself and we all love it.
My grandpa is like that sometimes but he's a Virgo lol and Mick is Scorpio 😂
Whenever he’s live, his guitar looks like a toy on him.
It would be funny if he played a pink one
@@Different-Level his wife I think has a pink guitar lol
@@angyd hello kitty one 😀
I’m a full inch taller than Mick, and yes I do live with back problems too but if you’re 6’5” and play guitar for a living and you don’t hurt every single show then you really aren’t doing your job properly! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Except for the double rhoads that thing look huge on him
In his relationship with his wife, Mick is a big giant cuddly teddy bear.
Inside Slipknot, he's regarded as a metal monster on the guitar.
But to the fans, he's a big, loveable Aussie. Mick is fucking awesome.
Mick is the dad or uncle type ya want to chat with or hang out with to see the view of different point of views and that's why I respect him.
is mick from australia?
@@hoanghoangie7557 No, he's from De Moines Iowa
aussie? go back to metal pre school. 😂
Mick isn't Australian.
Mick is such a nice, humble guy. Great guitarist too.
32:06 that is so percussive even though it isnt plugged in! It just looks like a straight alternate picking pattern even though it isnt.
Bruhh 😱😱
Slipknot might be that secret friendly band you can hang with on a super chill level. After watching Mick, Jim, Corey, Joey, Paul, Jay....just all the guys...you realize just how eloquent they really are, and how passionate they are about their art. This was a great interview.
A guitar that has a loooong story behind it, love it
For how big and scary the dude looks he’s a great listener and communicator.
Also, mick always repping the silver and black. Go Raiders
Mick is an awesome dude and always up for a little guitar nerd talk. haha! You can tell how much he loves everything about guitars. //Kris
Dear Mick,
I remember my first slipknot concert when I was 16 years old at the two days a week festival 2002 in Wiesen, Austria - I was in front of you and my nose was bleeding - it was brutal :) but the best and first metal concert in my life! Do you remember, Mick? You looked at me! At this time Mick was my GOD and I decided to learn to play the guitar...
Now I play for 18 years and the answer is also: GOD
Im happy to hear him talk so much
I have a Jackson Strat that I played on stage lots of times... it has no knob for volume, its just a on/off switch.... no tone, no switching... just on and off..... love it.... Glad to hear Mick does almost the same thing...
what an inspiring guy Mick is and really grounded as a human being.
Wow thomann what can I say? That was such a great interview! I never realized just how much of a gear head Mick is,hes was so engaging and you could just feel the passion throughout the whole thing.
One of the best rig reviews ever. Very interesting set up indeed. Impressed with the originality , Mick knows his shit man.
Interviews with this guy are always incredibly soothing. I could have a root canal without anaesthesia listening to Mick talk.
I love Mick!! He’s one of my favorite people from Iowa and my favorite Jackson/Ibanez player of all time!!!!
When Mick mentioned soldering the pickup directly to the jack, I could not agree more. I have a BC Rich I threw together and when I wired the pickup right to the jack, that had the chunkiest guitar sound I think I have ever heard to this day. I’ve worked at a music store and had many guitars fly in and out, and nothing will beat the sound for pickup output than my BC Rich. Guitar nerds, Try it for an experiment
I fixed Amen’s Casey Chaos’s guitar years ago. An EMG 81 strait to the jack. It's nuts, but it gave them their tone. For my Les Paul, I cut the tone pot out, so it's just a volume knob
I would love nothing more than to have my son win this guitar!! I have loved Slipknot since 1999 Tatto the Earth Tour and now my son can play their songs!! Thanks for being awesome Mick!!!
I have no idea what they’re talking about half of the time but I’m enjoying every second
The fact that he still has the guitar he used to record the self-titled is incredible. In fact, he already had that guitar a long time ago, since 1993.
Mick's voice is so metal
Fuck yeah it is.
Mick is chill but intimidating. He's always been my favorite.
Yeah he's just as intimidating as fuck.
@@kristenellsworth9621On stage, prick.
What made me a Instant MIck Thomson freak is when i watched the video of him tracking " Gematria" and "Vendetta"!
Goddamn! The playing and tone is just Godly!
Awesome 2 Mick interviews in 2 days!
Deryl JAS haha, yeah tell me about it. I had to rearrange all my questions and avoid those being asked already. 😁 Luckily Mick and I always have an awesome chat, so he made it really easy for me. //cheers, Kris
Mick’s white Jackson is literally his Ibanez with a Jackson headstock.
i mean... not really...
It ‘literally’ isn’t
Mister Tee yeah
@@MisterTee Yeah it is.
@Leo Speed just got the mtm1 in devil red. Sick guitar, I sold only one guitar that disapointed me and it was a jackson. Ibanez have way better playability and sound imo.
"These things just don't move outta your fingers" *cries in pickless hand*
King Mick. Underrated guitar player! .. excellent!
I had to do a second take and make sure this isn't the Anderton's channel when I saw this in my feed. Seems like they beat you to it by a day.
wrongfuture Haha! Well they played in the UK before they arrived in Germany. 🤷♂️
Good thing is, the vids focus on different things. I hope you enjoyed both. //cheers, Kris
Did you interview Jim Root?
Great interview! I love the attitude of Mick and Chris. The answer - God.
EvoSvex Thanks man! It was such an awesome talk with Mick and Mike. You gotta love their commitment and passion for tone!! //cheers, Kris
5:51 Damn. Even Mick got the LED lights for his gear.
He is so a silent person. It's kinda like when he's around every person can calm down. Idk he has a soo powerful voice and he don't need to be loud he's just respectful
God did!
Great interview and awesome guitar! This Jackson with his SD signature pickups sounds kick ass, at least from what I've heard on CZcams. Love the locking nut and fixed bridge combination also. I'd love to be able to play it myself!
Answer is "God"
Loved the interview and seeing his whole rig!
I was late to heavy rock and metal. I didn’t discover Tool, AIC, etc until I was 19 in Iraq. I absolutely fell in love with metal at that time. Slipknot was a band some of the kids were into when I was In high school but I didn’t like it but I never ever heard it. In school there were cliques and that heavy music wasn’t something I was exposed to but some kids were and loved it. Once I heard it I was taken by it. The Subliminal Verses is an amazing piece of work.
I got to play this guitar and it was probably the sickest moment in my guitar career so far
I do love how the neck of that guitar feels, I have the cheaper model of course. It just feels right when I play it.
The answer is “God” , as he said himself in the interview. I would love to win this guitar because I could never afford to buy one myself, but I think everyone here deserves it!
its like 600$ used
@@andy_182 and Im guessing that you consider that affordable, right?
@@Simon_D01 600$ is nothing
Mick is the man. Well spoken and very clear expressing his views. And a fucking killer guitarist 🤘
HM-2 is my baby. I have had it for nearly 20 years, and it's never been far. Sounds amazing on a bass as well :D
The answer is God 😇💨
This is the most detailed video about his rig so far, thank you for sharing with us! I really love the specs of the "Stormtrooper", especially the neck design that looks pretty comfortable to play and the hardtail bridge with locking nut feature which keep this great guitar in tune! I wish I'll be the lucky one 🤞
Die Antwort ist „God“.
Und das Interview, gerade mit dem
Gitarrentechniker, ist sehr gut geworden.
Beide in Plauderlaune, und man erfährt richtig was
Thorsten Steinmann welp, he won^
@@robertsantana5245 how do u kno lol
SyZ7OC he got ❤️ from the chanel😔😂
Robert Santana I don’t think they’ve revealed the winner yet
Austin Washke yea I checked the giveaway website and nothing’s on there
This is awesome. I also remember watching Kris do a demo of a triple recto way back in the day haha
King Mick! This was so cool to watch.
Man, Mick looks exactly as he did in the 2005 DVD when they all revealed their faces.
He doesn't ages
Slipknot doesn't need security as long as they have Mick.
Got that right.
Wow his voice is amazing
yo this guitar nerditry is exactly what i needed
Hit the God fart patch........lol. I thought at the beginning of the interview that it was going to be a bit strained, but once Mick started talking about his guitars and gear there was no stopping him.....the man loves his guitars and gear....😎
Lol I wish Mick could be my guitar instructor 😆 he's the best. He's a man's man for sure
GOD FARTED! Such a beautiful and amazing playing guitar I had the luck of getting to play one at my local guitar center and man I fell in love with it. Been a fan of slipknot for as long as I can remember and mick you were my inspiration to pick it up and start learning. Even if I don’t win the giveaway I am buying one of these for myself come my birthday. Thank you for all your work mick, rock on! 🤟🏻
That rig is insane. So much stuff
im impress when the guitar tech guy found back the pick.
99% of comments: “who farted?” “God”
which timestamp is that?
99% idiots
Glad to see him with Jackson
Loved this! Was surprised to not see any noise gates with all the fuzz, but i am a diggin it. A true pro!
The answer is: God
Mick and Jim are my guitar heroes, it wold be weasome to win that guitar from Mick, here in Colombia is difficult to could get one of those.
Mr Seven and Jim are my guitar idols too \,,/
Reminds me of my stepbrother, just an absolute monster of a man and plays guitar like a mad man. Crazy thing is, he's a computer engineer, lol. Humans are cool.
Yee man
I have 14 guitars and the one with my favorite neck is a cheap ESP LTD F-100. I never would’ve gotten it if I hadn’t played it first. It feels like it was made for my hands.
Mick is the man!
I 100% agree with Mick on locked FR-style bridges. My ibanez RG stays in tune better than any fixed bridges I've ever had. fine-tuning and double-locking is the best for me.
Same. I always loved the way floyds felt so I'd just block them.
That's funny, I've literally never been able to get a floyde to behave on my own. Even with like a month of trying to go through all the steps, getting the intonation tool did nothing to help. I've only ever has one work when I just broke down and paid a shop to do it. They are annoying as fuck.
huh. Maybe it just comes down to the individual guitar.@@DamageInc86
"Anyone who has alot of guitars knows what I mean. You have that one guitar that feels like home".... it's my korean made 2006 Ibanez MTM1 that feels like home to me Mick
The most intimidating look in metal. 20 yeas ago, I was scared of this guy's look. Now he is my hero
Dude Mick is awesome
The answer is: "God"
I wish i could have this guitar so much. Played the same cheap ibanez for 15 years, big Slipknot's fan :( Good luck everybody for the giveaway! Let's see the winner. Cheers
5:17 that’s what I say about my Weiner
Life Of Chris omg 😂😂
Hahah I don't even know what he was actually talking about because I just clicked on your timestamp
😂😂😆😆
hahah greatest comment ever
😂
Mick is SUCH A HUGE BEAST.
Fuck yeah he is.
I love his voice 😭😭😭💓💓💓
Absolutely incredible!!! Mick is Surgical with his sound, if u took 10 Ounces of wood off the Body of the guitar he could tell u exactly how it would change its sound.
Me encanta su voz!!
Those Omega Amps look really cool.
damn so much tech stuff for mick's rocking out
I've always believed Kerry King is hyper-jealous of Mick Thomson stealing his hype, being a bigger metal monster, and over all being a better guitarist.
Riiiiight, KFK who's written some of the most Iconic riffs ever. Been thrashing for 35 yrs and sold millions of albums Is jealous of Mick Thomson? Where'd you get that idea? lol 🤔
What the fuck are you even talking about 😂
@@D-Day-fb3pw Right. A.H is an idiot. Jim Root is the better guitar player in Slipknot
@@D-Day-fb3pw Mick plays better than KK
Something tells me he drives a Porsche. But can’t imagine him driving one. I can only imagine him driving a monster semi with jacked up suspension
Mick: "Hey, I've got to take a piss."
Interviewer: "Oh, Wow"
Mick: ".........................."
I like to imagine mick is blind but walls are too afraid to run into him
Q: “Who farted?”
A: “God”
Completely random but this interview was the way I finally found out that Mick doesn’t use a tone knob. It now makes sense for me. Cool interview!
This is my first time here and I have to say, great interview!
Also, the answer is "god". :-)
Ingo Hoffmann Welcome Ingo and of course THANK YOU! Good luck!
//cheers, Kris
Kris actually asking the questions we wanna know the answers too aha 🙌
Mick is awesome!!!
Jackson really needs to release his Double Rhoads model.
Answer is: God
Would love to get my hands on this Jackson such a great guitar. Is so good to see in-depth interview on all the gear and thinking behind Mick’s sound.🎸🤘
God farted, mick and jim are actually my main influences for playing guitar so i really owe it to them and actually get a model of micks guitars would be so awesome :)
Happy birthday mick
"Who farted?" God, as Mick said in the interview.
Great job digging into all the nerdy details about his rig 🤘
“Who farted” The answer is: “God farted” I love that guitar - but I doubt that I can make it sound like Mick but I would certainly want to try it.
Mick Should do some lead vocals just for fun. His love for Japanese guitars is just like mine. We love the same guitars.
He's so cool
13:39 Love the Boss GX 700! It sounds great!
The question: “Who farted?”
The answer: “My fuzz pedal”
lool
Soooo many awesome metal guitarists: 'I had a 2-3 year loan on my guitar, I'll bet damned if it's stolen'
Makes me feel not so shitty about having awesome gear
the one and only!!🙌
In regards to his Indonesian guitar, where the tech said it plays and sound phenomenal. 100% truth. I have two MII Warriors and they are the best guitars I own. It used to be MIJ or MIA were where it was at for guitars. Indonesia seems to be the one pumping out quality at a great price.