Mick Thomson is one of the guitar players for the nine-piece band Slipknot. Thomson is known as member #7 in the band.

Up until 2008 Mick has used EMG Active Pickups (81, 85) but as of 2008 he now uses Seymour Duncan Blackout Active Humbuckers.

Let's see what Slipknot guitar player Mick Thomson uses for a guitar gear rig and equipment.

Image by Garrette. C.C. Attribution 2.0 License

Want to sounds like Mick? Click the gear for more info & to buy at Musician's Friend

Guitars
- Ibanez MTM1 and MTM2 Mick Thomson signature models tuned B,F#,B,E,G#,C#

- Ibanez Custom RG 6 (Red, with "SEVEN" inscribed on the fretboard, tuned to B F# B E G# C#)
- Ibanez Custom RG 6 (Black, with "SEVEN" inscribed on the fretboard, tuned to B F# B E G# C#)
- Ibanez Custom RG 6 (White, with "SEVEN" inscribed on the fretboard, tuned to B F# B E G# C#)
- Ibanez Custom S Series (Silver, with "SEVEN" inscribed on the fretboard, tuned to A E A D F# B)

- Mick used to play B.C. Rich (Warlock/Bich) before his contract with Ibanez



Amps and Cabinets
- Line 6 Spider III (Practice)

- Rivera K7 Knucklehead Reverb amplifier heads (with EL34 power tubes)
- Rivera K7 Knucklehead 4x12 Cab with G12 75 Celestion speakers
- Single 12 Randall Iso cab

- Carvin BR100 speaker in the iso cab


Effects and More
- BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer

- Marshall JMP-1 Pre-Amp
- Boss GX-700 Pre-Amp
- Jim Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octave fuzz
- Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamers

- Electro Harmonix Bass Balls (Russian)

- Seymour Duncan Black-Out Pickups

- Audio Technica microphones
- Furman Power distribution

- AT wireless
- Sony wireless (backup)
- Whirlwind Switcher

- Custom Audio Electronics 4x4 switchers
- Bradshaw switcher
- Voodoo labs pedal power

- Boss Super Overdrive (to boost leads)

- Line 6 Pod Xt




Strings and Picks
- Custom Gauge Ernie Ball Strings (11-15-18-28-38-58 and 12-16-20-30-40-64) (looks like he basically plays the 2620 7-string set pictured below but just removes the 48 from the set and uses the 58 instead for a total of 6 strings)

-  Dunlop Jazz III picks

Comments

Add New Search

Write comment
Name:
Email:	do not notifynotify
Website:
Title:
	Please input the anti-spam code that you can read in the image.