Mick Thomson's Gear
this is a mick thomson signature in a dark green finish it can be seen from 7.15-18.40
at 30:24, you can see this pedal in his rig
Mick talks about his setup and the Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz (3:20).
An MXR M-108 Ten Band Graphic Equalizer Pedal resides in Mick's gear set up per his official artist page on Dunlop's site.
Mick Thomson uses a Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Compressor pedal, according to Pigtronix's website.
His equipment is listed on http://www.slipknot-metal.com/main.php?sk=equipment
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.
On the Mate.Feed.Kill.reapet website it states that mick was using a boss gt-3 multi effects pedal.
At 0:49 in this music video, you can see Mick's pedalboard has an Ernie Ball passive Volume pedal
In the YouTube video by jimdunlopusa, at around 1:07, Mick Thomson is shown using Dunlop Standard Flow 0.88mm Guitar Picks.
Mick talking about his setup. This pedal is seen at 02:11-02:26 in the video.
One item on Mick's rack unit is a Dunlop Cry Baby DCR-2SR Rack Module. Source.
Mick Thomson uses the MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver pedal, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Imgur.
The black box on the top left corner is a Pedal Power 2 Plus. Despite being taped, the identity is quite clear.
“They’re extremely quiet, they’re extremely clean and they have a lot more tone than the typical active pickup. They sound more real. The harmonics are richer. It’s a bigger sound across a wider range of frequencies.”
Mick Thomson uses the Voodoo Lab GCX Guitar Audio Switcher to control his effects loops, as detailed in the Premier Guitar "Slipknot's Mick Thomson & Jim Root Rig Rundown" on YouTube.
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.
In an Instagram post by omegaampworks, Mick Thomson's rig for the WANYK tour is shown, featuring a Peterson StroboRack Tuner on the right side.
At 15:52 in the video Mick says that he's using celestion k-100 speakers in his iso cabs.
at 27:32, mick's tech talks about this foot controller
at 29:40, you can see this pedal in his rig
at 30:24, you can see this pedal in his rig
at 30:24, you can see this pedal in his rig
Here is a run down of Mick's set up for mayhem 2012. Amps shown at 00:49.
In a Thomann interview, Mick Thomson mentions using the Audio-Technica AT4050 to record his guitar in an isolation cabinet.
To the left of the Carbon Copy is Mick's tuner. This one is made by Peterson.
Above Mick's GT-Pro is an Audio-Technica rack. While the print is small, it clearly displays that this is the AEW-RS200 model.
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