Mick Thomson

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."

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.

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 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 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."

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.

During the "Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat." era of Slipknot, Mick used a Marshall 9200 power amp.

You can see in this image of Mick's rig used on the WANYK tour on the right side, that mick is using a two notes torpedo cab simulator.

While Mich Thomson is known to use signature amplifiers by Rivera, he is seen here displaying a RockCrusher by Rivera that he makes uses of.

In this post on Mick's official instagram. He shows his Mesa/boogie triple crown head along with two Omega cabs

In an interview by Rich Chamberlain of musicradar on Aug. 2, 2013, Thomson states “On the first record, I was limited by finances, it was just use what you got. That was the deal. I ended up recording that record with a Rocktron Piranha into a [Mesa]Boogie 295, an old power amp."

In this in video mick is seen tracking all out life with two omega amp head. In the description is says the models he is using are the obsidian and iridium.

In this MusicRadar article, Mick Thomson (lead guitarist of Slipknot) talks about his amp setup, which includes some custom-made Omega speaker cabinets. He mentions that he runs a variety of different amplifiers into these cabinets, which include a Diezel Herbert and a Mesa Boogie Mark V/25 (which has already been submitted). It is unlikely that Mick used this Diezel amp live, however, as in recent years he has mostly used his Rivera signature models and also some Omega amplifiers.

Mick says he uses this as his Iso cab at 18:30

Mick used Marshall cabs in the very early days of Slipknot.

At 2:47 Mick talks about his two rivera Knucklehead Reverb heads which come with EL34 power tubes.

At 15:52 in the video Mick says that he's using celestion k-100 speakers in his iso cabs.

Here is a run down of Mick's set up for mayhem 2012. Amps shown at 00:49.

In the guitar world magazine Mick Thomson talks about recording the We Are Not Your Kind Album. He said "In one case it was the P90s going through a fuzz pedal into a Fender ’65 Super Reverb reissue. So there’s an amp you probably wouldn’t think you’d be hearing on a Slipknot album"

Mick Thomson

With over a year of real-world testing by Mick,

In case his name being in the name of the speaker wasn't enough proof.

In this Music Radar article, Mick Thomson mentions that sometimes he uses a Mesa/Boogie Mark V:25 through his Omega cabinets.