Mick Thomson

On the pick side of things, Mick uses Carbon Fiber Max Grip Jazz III 471R3 Picks. Source. 2:22 You can see this pick lying with others

At 6:36 Mick says he uses D'Addario Strings and lists the widths.

In the same interview with Thomson talking about his new Mesa Boogie JP-2C and other gear, he displays his circa 2000 VHT Pitbull with Carvin 4x12 cab which he used on the second and third Slipknot records. He states “This is what I used on Iowa and Vol. 3 - to be honest, pretty much all our touring until then, as I switched to Rivera. I think the Carvin cabinet was even used on our first record and touring around it."

Micks tech mentions that he uses custom sets of D'Addario XT strings. 11 15 18p 30 42 58 for drop B and 12 16 20p 32 42 66 for drop A.

Mick Thomson of Slipknot is shown using the Omega Ampworks Obsidian Guitar Amp Head to track the song "All Out Life," as detailed in an Instagram post by Omega Ampworks.

"First custom guitar I ever had built. Got a loan to order it in 1994. Tracked the first record with it. Still my favorite color of any guitar I've owned."

This guitar was used to track Slipknot's self-titled album, according to this article:

http://noisecreep.com/slipknot-jim-root-mick-thompson-gear-on-a-budget/

"As for his guitar, Thompson was playing a custom Jackson V that he’d had since he was 19-years-old. The Jackson was hand-built and had EMG pickups."

He can also be seeing this guitar live from 1996 - 1997.

In the Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video, Mick Thomson of Slipknot mentions using the Marshall JCM800 2203 amplifier in conjunction with his Maxon overdrive pedal for the "All Hope Is Gone" album.

Mick posted a photo on Instagram of a set of new guitars, both of which were customized to his liking: a Jackson Soloist, and the lesser-known Jackson Double Rhoads.

Mick previously used a custom shop B. C. Rich Bich in 2004. This was his final collaboration with B. C. Rich, signing a contract with Ibanez only a few months later. Interestingly enough, Mick himself stated the B. C. Rich Special Editon Bich was based on his custom's build in an interview about his favorite gear in this article: https://www.musicradar.com/news/in-pictures-slipknots-mick-thomson-shares-his-favourite-guitars-and-gear-from-an-extensive-collection

Mick talks about this head at around 18:00

copying the important parts of the article in a verbatim manner: "Both Thompson and Root said that when they recorded the band’s first album, their choices in gear were very limited because they couldn’t afford anything other than what they already had. Thompson used a Rocktron Piranha pre-amplifier powered by a Mesa Boogie 295 power amp."

In this picture, taken at the Knotfest Slipknot Museum, Mick's self-titled-era RG560 can be seen. This can be seen in the Wait and Bleed music video, and most Slipknot performances from 1998 and 1999.

Mick talks about his custom shop Ibanez MTM Stormtrooper and his new stock signature based on it which is MTM20

MTM20 is slightly different than MTM Stormtrooper

MTM20 has duncan designed pickups and bolt-on neck build

Micks guitar was loaded with different pickups through years 1. Seymour Duncan AHB-1s seen at the source video 2. Seymour Duncan Mick Thomson Signature EMTY AHB-3s (3:52 https://youtu.be/Yh0Ho_--_XM?si=lp_Fq5XMvobmpgsy) 3. Fishman Fluence Humbuckers (https://www.musicradar.com/news/in-pictures-slipknots-mick-thomson-shares-his-favourite-guitars-and-gear-from-an-extensive-collection) And has neck-through body build as shown in the main source video (1:99)

Mick talked about tracking All Hope Is Gone with that guitar several times in different videos including main source video and there are videos proving it: https://youtu.be/w-eQSLsqPcQ?si=SF7yFMdRjrNhd7Aa

In an Instagram post by Omega Ampworks, Mick Thomson of Slipknot is mentioned using his custom Jackson Mick Thomson Carbon Fiber guitar while recording the song "All Out Life."

In an interview conducted by Amit Sharma of musicradar on Oct. 19, 2017, Thomson is quoted as saying "This is the new Petrucci signature head that’s based on the Mark IIC+ - which had that classic Dream Theater and early Metallica sound. It’s probably the best amp I’ve ever played and I’ve been using it over the last year of touring on the Gray Chapter cycle" and “Despite the fact I have my own signature amp, I’ve just started using this one. I’ll still plug in my Riveras on different stuff - they’re great amps in their own right - but I’ve never been so impressed by one amp."

At the 00:03, 1:17, and 1:21 mark, Mick can be seen using a B.C. Rich Beast which he used very briefly for touring in 2000

At 21:44, Thomson says "It's just so over the top and violent," about his Death by Audio Fuzz War.

Before he made a contract with Ibanez, Mich Thomson had a line of signature Warlock electric guitars made by B.C. Rich, dubbed the M7 Warlock.

In this picture, you can see Mick Thomson with his signature M7 Warlock.

to quote the important part of the article in a verbatim manner: "For the second record, Thompson started using a Marshall JMP-1 pre-amp. Shortly thereafter, he came across the VHT PitBull Ultra Lead, which he switched to and used on the next few records."

Mick Thomson of SLIPKNOT used the Omega Ampworks 4x12'' Cabinet to track the song "All Out Life." According to an Instagram post by Omega Ampworks, he paired the Omega E1 4x12 cabinet, loaded with Vintage 30s, with their amp heads during the recording session.

In this image of Mick's old amps (Self Titled/Iowa), you can see a Carvin 4x12 cabinet with BR100 speakers.

At 0:16, 0:31 and 0:40 You can see mick with a custom shop USA B.C. Rich Assassin/ASM prototype with his signature specs at the time.

In this gear tour, Mick Thomson talks about his Ovation MT37-5 acoustic guitar. 5:31-6:53

at 29:40, you can see this pedal in his rig

Mick posted a photo on Instagram of a set of new guitars, both of which were customized to his liking: a Jackson Soloist, and the lesser-known Jackson Double Rhoads.

In this picture, Mick can be seen using an extremely rare Jackson AT1T. He can be seen using this for a very short period in 2000.

To the right of the Maxon is an older version of an EHX Baseballs.

In this rare image of Mick and Jim; Mick is seen with a rare prototype Bc rich jr v model with his signature specs (at the time).

Mick previously used a Boss GX-700 rackmount processing unit throughout 1995/'96 to 2005. At 5:32, Mick talks about the GX-700's uses.

On Mick's rack is a Boss GT-Pro.