Mick Thomson explains guitar tone

[brendan4378]

ok first up, all you haters tell me u can kick JIM ROOT and MICK THOMSON'S ass's in a guitar battle? u can't!!!! so stop badmouthing and accept that the whole of SlipKnoT will always be better than any of u!!!!! check out ,Jim Root masterclass pt2 if u don't believe me.... infact any vids where mick or jim are playing! secondly, SlipKnoT are awesome!!!! and always will be! Maggots unite to worship the awesomeness named, SlipnKnoT

[crazylocoguitar]

I really hate slipnot, but this guy seems to be very intellgent and is a great guitarist. he has my props. his band doesnt though.

[ToneInspektor]

Putting out personal opinions on the bands/players aside.. Rivera Amplification is second to none.

[Ellisd326]

medaows in hartford 2001...ozzfest...slipknot blew all the speakers in the middle of eyeless

[theworldandroid]

what this song in 1:20 ?

[requiemforadream15]

@theworldandroid Vendetta, Its on All Hope Is Gone

[zwolanowsky]

wygląda jak Skawa

[Bdcuser666]

Where the hell is the click?

[BER2ERKER]

I don't like Slipknot but this guy still

knows way more than I do about sound and has a dick load of experience with playing in studios and live. He's a good player too,

but the Slipknot shit isn't a good display of his ability.

[nikesb2406]

@BER2ERKER totally agree....this guy is a smart mother fucker, and deff. talented

[BrutallicExplosions]

Jesus christ, around 5:17 his guitar has such a thin ass neck.

[Cataclysm30197]

@BrutallicExplosions Makes it easier to play....

[BrutallicExplosions]

@Cataclysm30197 I know, but...damn...

[1976Stratomaster]

id wear a mask too u idiot fuck

[1976Stratomaster]

mick thompson is a total fucking poser and slipknot sucks cock the fucker dont even know what hes talking about on amps and cant play for fuck

[XStoneDeadForeverX]

@1976Stratomaster Link us to some vids of your shit, so we can see how awesome you are. O wait you are just a needle dick emo pussyclown that doesn't know wtf they are talking about. Gotcha.

[fullyAsianeric]

@1976Stratomaster Big words.....Man if you don't like SLipknot or Mick Thompson. Why are you event commenting on this video man. Relax a little man, you sound like an angry 12 year old that thinks the band that he likes is the only best band in the world.

[maskproduced]

@1976Stratomaster you sir are just too clever

[iaminsane2140]

@1976Stratomaster how good at the guitar are you? because if you and him got into a guitar battle guess whod win and be completly honest

[brendan4378]

@1976Stratomaster very big words for a little fuckfag!!!!! man he'd kick your tiny little gay ass all the way from japan to Des Moines and back while tuning up!

[Pain715]

SSSSUUUUUXXXXXX

[xXKonoSXx1]

@Pain715 you ssssuuuuuxxxxxx moarrrrrr!

[PuchooX]

shit

[ianjohnson171]

what song is that in the beginning?

[SuperMetallicaGuy]

@ianjohnson171 Vendetta

[ianjohnson171]

@SuperMetallicaGuy thanks bud

[SuperMetallicaGuy]

@ianjohnson171 No prob. :)

[ianjohnson171]

what song is that in the beginning?

[ianjohnson171]

what song is that in the beginning?

[ianjohnson171]

what song is that in the beginning?

[watchyourself11]

how the fuck do you not recognize gematria??

[MegaDDROCKS]

@fortyfiveden Its Gematria (The Killing Name)

[fortyfiveden]

what song is 4:10?

[MrIwarrior17]

@fortyfiveden All Hope Is Gone es la cancion.

[taylordguitar]

I have a practice amp and a metal zone. How did he know.

[MetalPower86]

MOOORE, MORE WATTS

[lokboxx]

what was that song at the beginning?

[maryporter703]

@lokboxx vendetta

[Laranjadinhoq]

Mick and Kerry King are brothers?

[wwetnajeffhardy12345]

kerry king looks like a lot of people

[ThePyroHobo]

Honest to god my name is Michael Thomson

Thats half of the reason why I like Slipknot

[TheSkottie2hottie]

Respond to this video... 

[ou2rfunny]

Rivera amps the tone of gods

[Njknittle]

Does he use Pert Plus?

[0191jdrummer]

il tell you how to explain his tone, he dosnt have a clue about guitar tone

[noobdestroyer187]

@NERV361 are you kiddin dude! this shit has defined a new generation of heavy metal. and probably think its shit because it is completely original, there is nothing else like it anywhere.

[nyboy101]

@noobdestroyer187 Yup, they're deffo not like any other nu metal band are they?

[noobdestroyer187]

@nyboy101 There sure isnt dude. I love these guys. (sic) Maggot 4 Life. ( now im going to listen to "Gematria") lol

[Paiinkillerr]

@noobdestroyer187 Defined a new generation...? Lmfao That's fuckin hilarious. Good one.

[noobdestroyer187]

@Paiinkillerr Hahaha. i fuckin kno right. stfu STORMTROOPER. wat do you kno about music?

[Paiinkillerr]

@noobdestroyer187 What do I know about music? Enough to know that Shitknot hasn't defined jack shit. Let alone a "generation". This guy can't even begin to touch any Megadeth/Slayer riffs, and you think he's good? Get a life, and at least learn to spell before you reply this time.

[noobdestroyer187]

@Paiinkillerr Oh My BLOW up why dont you!!!! i never said Mick Thompson was good. And megadeth/slayer rules. But Slipknot, believe has helped bring heavy metal to the masses. That is wat i meant. so slow your roll man. And a bit about slipknots music, the reason i like them is that they have awsome musical talent and has become a Juggernaut in the genre if u can get passed the horror show masquerade it is great music. how can you deny that?

[British0Pixie]

GOOD LORD!! PUT YOUR BLOODY MASK BACK ON!!

(lol jk) This guy is ace, Slipknot rocks!

\m/|

[cafedekashmir1]

whats the song from 1:20 to 1:40?

[borko997]

@cafedekashmir1 Slipknot - Vendetta

[mrvoodootrash]

i would never take de mask off. masks for life brothers unite. thumbs up ur ass if you always wear de masks

[kaarankin69]

@NERV361 Yerr i hope slipknot uses your head as an instrument.

[kaarankin69]

@NERV361 ahhh definite Troll.

[bastianpez]

@NERV361 i will still remember them , fuck you nerv361 u r gay and u like justin bieber

[SuperXXDOOMXx]

what tuning does Mick usually play in ? drop b?

[deathcore1239]

@SuperXXDOOMXx usually. but about half of the iowa album is in drop A and a couple songs on all hope is gone are drop A as well (i know psychosocial is. not sure about others, i hate that album hahaha)

[NERV361]

say what u want, doesnt matter...cause at the end of the day Slipknot still sucks!

[cesar1561]

@NERV361 man, I cannot imagine how hard you were rapped when you were a child, I'm so sorry man, really...

[Bigboi23847]

@NERV361 No, sir. FUCK YOU!!! Where's your video on guitar tone? When was the last time you went on tour? Have you sold millions of albums? Exactly, so FUCK YOU!!!

[NERV361]

BTW...Fuck Slayer and Kerry King!

[ironslayer1000]

@NERV361 Fuck you. Slayer is one of the best bands in earth, and you are so gay that can´t hear Slayer because it´s so fucking heavy. Your motherfucker!!!

[pablox875]

Vinnie Paul playing guitar =0 !

[sportsportsport]

Which idiots are comparing a slipknot guitarist to Satriani and Vai?.... get some brain cells and a perspective.

[AwestruckFIGJAM]

@HitaroX i dunno man, he does give them a run for their money

[MrResidenteviladdict]

HOLY SHIT MICK THOMSON HAS A FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RetardShooter]

@MrResidenteviladdict He needs a face to eat bacon. How else do you think he's so tall, strong, and healthy? :D

[MegaSlayTalliThrax]

is it me... or does he remind anyone else of Kerry King? just a little bit maybe?

[KoRnFan1001]

@MegaSlayTalliThrax yeah like a brother

[kk6downing]

@MegaSlayTalliThrax with less weight, a bald cap, and some tribal tattoos then yah reminds me of K.K.

[thisistheescapeplan]

@MegaSlayTalliThrax yeaaaaahhhhh... no

[oldinfant23]

@MegaSlayTalliThrax lol.. kerry king with hair xDDD

[DrtyLittleRockStar]

@MegaSlayTalliThrax It's may be what he would look like with hair.

[MegaSlayTalliThrax]

@DrtyLittleRockStar of course.

[341wwe]

@MegaSlayTalliThrax Yeah, but Mick is much taller :P

[5150VanAlien]

@MegaSlayTalliThrax More like Joacim Cans from Hammerfall

[MegaSlayTalliThrax]

@5150VanAlien ah yeah i can see it

[unluckymonkeyboy]

Slipknot needs to cameo on Metalacolypse.

[JoeyMicknot]

@infekkkt you are gay you are gay you are gay you are gay you are gay you are gay you are gay you are gay dont fucin speak you worthless faggot whor slut cockjuggling thundercunt please check out my channel and one more thing infekkkt you are FUCKINNNN HOMOSEXUAL BIEBER WHORE

[gredesandman]

IMMA PUT RANDOM KNOBS ON MY AMP WITH NAMES LIKE... Dig, punch, kick, gouge, slap, and wait for it... Tony Danza

[dupak007]

My God.

[Pundit07]

like you can do any better, infekkkkt

[infekkkkt]

this guy sucks so bad @ guitar. horrible.

[almhim]

@infekkkkt trolololo

[julitoalcazar1996]

@infekkkkt he is better than you, so shut the fuck up.

[dragonoidslayer17]

I'm glad they wear masks, they all look a little strange.

[mrdeathamore]

@dragonoidslayer17 It's because their unmasked look is unusual (definitely for Mick, cuz other members like Corey, Jim, Sid, Joey, Shawn you can see very often unmasked)

[Roman007M]

I Want MTM1!

[Siomonte]

Lol that amp actually costs 2.999$ ... -.-

[MeLLyKeLLy9]

@korn7548: pauls bro?!? I think

[Mret1]

I'd have to check out these amps before anything...maybe I could talk to Mick through my uncle -_-

[MegaCrappyusername]

Tuning the amp?

[Rupp101]

hes not the best. hes the fastest

[MuhammadSweepmez]

THATS NOT MICK THOMSON, HIS FACE ISN'T A METAL THING SHITPISS!

[wontSTOProcking4LIFE]

@MuhammadSweepmez

SHITPISS IS MY NEW FAVORITE WORD!!!

[bw2938]

I have never heard a single thing on any slipknot album that gives this guy the right to tell anyone anything about guitar tone.

[Carnifex11100]

@bw2938 i agree one hundred percent these kids just hear a mid tempo rifff on a guitar song and all of the sudden they think hes a good guitarist. this is guy is nothing compared to Phill Demmel, Alex Laiho, Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine, the guys from Born of Osiris. i could go on forever with better guitarists

[John9745A7X]

@korn7584 Donnie Steele, one of the original members of the band.

[MickThomsonIsAfrican]

Mick Thomson Is African.

[JDK0316191]

@MickThomsonIsAfrican Awww so cute. Someone's been reading Wikipedia.

[mikevmpr3]

EWWWW SCOOP XP

[HelloFade2]

So is Mick the lead guitarist for Slipknot, or is Jim?

[guitarsbunch347]

@HelloFade2 mick...

[WTFROFLMOA555]

what was the song in the beginning?

[fudlite]

Mick is one of my favorite guitar players, but when it comes to the best, Alexi from COB is much better.

[eclat123]

that is one thin as hell neck!

[TheBlackOctane]

He's a monster <3

[MrAdammassacre]

hahaha i have an awesome sound on my amp with my boss metal zone with the midds scooped haha \m/ hes right tho when i rehearse with my band you cant hear shit even tho i have a 350 watt amp it dont mean shit haha...i hardly ever use my metal zone tbh these days

[smokeonthedaugther6]

he is playing vendetta at the begining...

[BbYyTtOo]

What is he playing at 1:20 ?

[ToxicityGuitar]

@BbYyTtOo vandetta

[card1100]

what is the song in the begining till 0:15

[zajac1661]

@rangauthier ENGL

[thehumanbullet9mm]

That White Ibanez is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very Elegant

[perroguardian666]

mick is GOD

[Mcleproso]

3:54

[chloeraider10]

what song is he playing in the beginning

[xZlolwutZx]

@chloeraider10 vendetta

[alexhardcore77]

yeaaahhh excelent rifff !!!!

[vicgarcia30]

he talks like shane carwin....slipkot sucks

[mossberg451]

he is damn good

[brux559]

is that a white mtm1???

[XBlackWhitePantherX]

@brux559 of course :)

[renatalorbiesky]

@brux559 His own signature guitar, his model on Ibanez is called MTM1 and now there's another model called MTM2, all his signature actually...

[brux559]

@renatalorbiesky i know, but it has the fretboard and the pickups from an mtm1 and the color is the same as a mtm2

[Teqnick]

His death metal project will be amazing.

[TheInfiniteNine]

@Teqnick He has a death metal project planned? plz tell me about it.

[FinalFight323]

MOAR WATTS

[LeftHandedJay]

If he's wearing Von Zipper SHAM shades , i got the same ! Which makes me look pretty fuckin' badass !

[touretul]

1:20 lick is very similar to Gojira's From the Sky.

[ozmzn2]

Anyone know if thats a real song Mick is playing in this video? ..if so what song and what artist?

[paintbox10144]

@ozmzn2 It's actually the original riff to Sulfur, intro riff I should say, which was taken out and changed octive, to incorporate a second guitar. ie, Jim

[HaraldBoysProduction]

2:19

LOL

look at his size:D

[soloseeker77]

I currently have a Behringer tube amp, and a Line6 floor pod. I also got this graphic EQ pedal. He's exactly right - once it gets loud, my behringer, which isn't capable of Slipknot, will lose a lot of sustain. The gain almost disappears; its hard to explain. But I'm about to buy a Line6 Spider 4 and sell my pedal board.

[dljm74]

Mick is one of the most talented, beautiful men out there...

[gunfart]

Everyone would like to have rivera equipment, but just a preamp costs thousands!

[ibanetguitars3395]

@SpacePyjamas Its Gematria from all hope is gone

[SpacePyjamas]

What song is he playing at 4:14?

[xmetalhead17]

RAIDERS!! but mick is a great fucking guitarist in an awesome band

[moneymoney220666]

y does his inlays say 7??

[ChetterNugget]

@moneymoney220666

Thats his number in the band. Thats why he has Seven on his fretboard and it tatted on his left forearm:P

[MrJadeblack]

@moneymoney220666 think what number is he in the band?

[justllisten]

If I only had more WATTS!!

[Qakre1]

At 1:19 the best part he playing i think

stay sic

[str8bttr]

I agree that there is nothing more frustrating than having a bass player's rig in the same frequencies as you and drowning you out.

[MeogiDubz]

Mick looks like silent bob! >)

[homes1900]

sounds like hes playing vendetta at 1:20

[JimRoot11380]

@homes1900 yes it is

[homes1900]

thats what i thought.. its not one of their best songs but i have that album and it sounded familiar

[waxcoatedbanjo]

@homes1900 well, he is

[homes1900]

i already know that

[Failhaid]

at 3:30 , when he starts playin, he looks a bit like Dime...

[GoatMT]

I just bought that Ibanez two days ago tradede my les paul epiphone for it

[Kradsen666]

Mick Thomson the best guitar player

[MetalPower86]

@Kradsen666 he is masterful in his own type of playing, but to say the best..hmmm can't agree with you there, but he is extremely talented

[666Winterdemon666]

@Kradsen666

no way man... mick is good thats true... but check out cryptopsy or meshuggah. they got some of the sickest guitar player ever

[TheSugarFreedom]

@Kradsen666 no...

[XxslipknotxX121]

@Kradsen666 i don't think so

[HitaroX]

@Kradsen666 haha, easy there fanboy, I respect this guy as a player, but he is no where near talented or skilled as people like Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Randy Rhoads,Y. Malmsteen, or even Kirk Hammet, let alone emotial with his "solos". I'm not hating on the guy, I'm just saying that he does what he can in a mainstream metal band, and he does it pretty fucking well.

[TheMrBlaqman]

@HitaroX What the FUCK do you mean by " mainstream " ?!

Slipknot is so FUCKING FAR AWAY from mainstream as a band can be.

[HitaroX]

@TheMrBlaqman uhh, I don't think you know what mainstream means...

[Defected666]

@TheMrBlaqman

...are you kidding me? Do you know how many kids go and buy Slipknot shirts from hot topic just to look cool..?

And that's not mainstream, yeah, okay.

[Angdharagh]

@Defected666 All that proves is some people are retarded.

[Defected666]

@Angdharagh

Well, for one they sell their shirts at Hot Topic.

...how is that not mainstream?

[Angdharagh]

@Defected666 Yeah, see, I don't know what Hot Topic is... Probably not a good example.

[ChrsGuit]

@Defected666 I saw a Ryan Adams and the Cardinals shirt at Hot Topic... they are far from "mainstream"... I don't understand the mentality of "if people like you, you aren't a good band... If you can buy someone's cd or shirt at a music store, then they are sell-outs..."

Imagine actually selling your cd in a music shop... I don't know about you, but I'd love to have my brother call me and say "DUDE, your shirt is for sale in the mall in our town... they played your song on the radio"