"...and a little digital distortion to make it sound like shit" I love this man hahaha
@XMetalChefX5 жыл бұрын
It was recorded on a rocktron piranha through a marshall poweramp and a carvin cab. He literally had terrible tone that sounded amazing.
@nick_be9159 Жыл бұрын
@@XMetalChefX Mesa 925 power amp ;) the marshall he used with a JMP1
@XMetalChefX Жыл бұрын
@@nick_be9159 You sure? I swear I saw him with the Marshalls
@nick_be9159 Жыл бұрын
@@XMetalChefX 2000% wanna have some links with Mick interviews that he says it himself?
@XMetalChefX Жыл бұрын
@@nick_be9159 yeah go for it
@alexodenmusic7 жыл бұрын
He was a great guitar teacher! I took lessons from him years ago at Ye Olde Guitar shop in Des Moines. He got me into doing sweep arpeggios. I learned a lot just from watching his playing technique. Precise and brutal! Really cool guy too. I wish I could have taken lessons from him longer. A few months after I started lessons he had to leave to record on Slipknot's first major label release. He came back and we continued lessons for a few weeks. After that he had to leave for Ozzfest and I think he's been pretty busy since then :)
@crappyboy65226 жыл бұрын
wow
@twiztid1336 жыл бұрын
Stop lying
@hankatstricklandpropane5 жыл бұрын
Alexander Oden Hey man, that's awesome. Dude can shred, but shows enough restraint in not over-complicating his riffs, which is admirable. Sounds like quite an experience, rock on!
@brodieondasidewalk5 жыл бұрын
Why the fuck you lyin? Why you always lyin? Mm oh my god, stop fucking lyin.
@adamgriffith-smith91065 жыл бұрын
Alexander Oden r/thathappened
@alexhollon7526 Жыл бұрын
This dude is unironically of the most technically skilled metal guitarists you could imagine. If he wanted, he could play with any number of technical death metal bands and would fit like a glove. No I'm not kidding in the least. He's a guitar teacher for a reason.
@maJastoL11 ай бұрын
Tbh I think he might fit in one of those bands even better than slipknot, seems to love death metal
@Divine_Serpent_Geh5 ай бұрын
Mick is a huge Death Metal guy. So were Joey and Paul, they all played in Death Metal/Grind bands before the Knot. There’s a reason the older records sound so damn brutal. Now on his guitar skills, yes. He is deceptively good, and his downpicking is ridiculous. He motivated me to practice it religiously.
@jesusespada67534 ай бұрын
@maJastoL i honestly would like to see side projects of jim root and mick Thomson
@vrsq08638 жыл бұрын
Only when you try it, do you truly realise how fucking talented these guys are
@bakerhalt Жыл бұрын
I know the comment is six years old (Jesus time flies...) but I'm saying this more as motivation rather than insult and it isn't directed to you only but to everyone who reads. Being from Des Moines in ye olden days these guys were probably very isolated, I know that was the case with Mick, who sat in his room and played guitar 6 hours every day, Prince also shared the same tale, Prince's room mates see him practicing guitar leads at 6pm, come home from partying at 11pm he is still on that same chair practicing guitar leads as if he hadn't moved an inch. What I'm trying to say is, the words talent/talented have been truly skewed, it's a simplification and I completely understand you didn't mean any disrespect, but to me it does come of disrespectful. I hate when people call me talented, or "rhythmically gifted" I didn't know jack shit about holding a groove, hell I didn't understand it 5 months in... I can go on but I don't want to sound egotistical it's not my goal here. Imagine if today you put in the work, imagine if this guy played guitar at least an hour in 2 days these last 6 years, he would be a MACHINE today. So reader, your life is in your hands, everything you hear and see in the human realm is achievable by YOU, it's on YOU how bad you want it. Fuck the "grind", it's livin' and breathin' it mothafucka! I hope I helped someone, this doesn't even have to be guitar related. I'm ready to crush my local scene and show them what hard work sounds like. Good luck to yall!!!
@librarychair2255 Жыл бұрын
@@bakerhalt very well said
@regularjack29 жыл бұрын
for anyone trying to play this in standard and getting pissed, its in Drop-B
@user-to6dd8qv6t7 жыл бұрын
Jackson Price I'm from 2017, that's still in Drop-B
@awsjthegoldcobra235 жыл бұрын
@@user-to6dd8qv6t from 2019 here
@EmptyDomoKanti995 жыл бұрын
for those still confused, it’s B F# B E C# G#
@kaleb.metzger5 жыл бұрын
I'm weak
@idontreadreplies.2525 жыл бұрын
from 2024
@alistairmuckle90348 жыл бұрын
imagine if he was ur teacher with the mask and everything😂😂
@LiquidSasha8 жыл бұрын
he used to be a teacher apparently
@randomchannel21056 жыл бұрын
Alistair Muckle I would have a reason to want to go to school
@marshallsalmon69245 жыл бұрын
@@randomchannel2105 I wouldn't have to hate school anymore. I could just show up and start headbanging and no one would be allowed to judge
@rileyrush92725 жыл бұрын
😣😣😲😂😅😔😔😔😮😂😂😂😂😂
@c48trey475 жыл бұрын
That would be fucking awesome
@fleckx10 жыл бұрын
"The heaviest songs tend to be the simplest." Indeed I mean Pantera, Sepultura, Crowbar... some of the heaviest Metal there is and not excessively complicated any of them.
@slipknotman01234567810 жыл бұрын
MLGKFC ^YES
@2014andon10 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily
@thadutchrulezz10 жыл бұрын
Well, yeah guitar is pretty easy. Drum is actually pretty hard sometimes!
@thadutchrulezz10 жыл бұрын
Zach McConnell Why that? If I may ask.
@soilworker20999 жыл бұрын
Frankie cocker Wow guitar really is easy isnt it... I bet your just a shred monster too, I bet your knowledge and technique is perfect, I bet you can play anything....
@harlevinlp9 жыл бұрын
Looks like he's holding a ukulele.
@DankoHidalgo4 жыл бұрын
It doesn't
@joselopez69904 жыл бұрын
He’s 6 foot 6 in body frame
@rpcombats22834 жыл бұрын
Mick Thomson and Jim Root are both 6'6 they dwarf the guitars
@TacoFijiwater4 жыл бұрын
@@rpcombats2283 mick is 6'4 jim is 6'6
@CamDugg20044 жыл бұрын
@@rpcombats2283 Mick's 6'3
@bosephusjr8 жыл бұрын
his facial expression is always the same
@robloxlover1234567908 жыл бұрын
+bosephusjr ikr
@min18978 жыл бұрын
+bosephusjr maybe because he's wearing a mask
@BrowardHeron8 жыл бұрын
+Realm Werehunt that's the joke
@jeremykuronya43918 жыл бұрын
thats fuckin hillarious
@MetalBaller838 жыл бұрын
Lol!!! Love it
@Kylored8 жыл бұрын
Sometimes simplicity is the key for good music and it doesn't have to be complex at all to create good music
@paul.orourke4978 жыл бұрын
My old guitar teacher once told me that it's not how many notes you can okay in a second, but how little you can play while still having something powerful and moving
@fendertremolo97934 жыл бұрын
Thank you captain obvious
@cyntdestroyer69xd3 жыл бұрын
I would've said, that this is still kinda not that easy, especially that Mick's intro part,and ESPECIALLY considering what most of the Nu-Metal scene made. Self-titled still has that amazing "VHS" vibe in it, and the style of this album is pretty different from rapcore and Nu-Metal
@MyWeedgrower9 жыл бұрын
he would be a awesome guitar teacher
@undeadfrozteee40279 жыл бұрын
***** before he entered slipknot he used to be a guitar teacher
@Pixelman169 жыл бұрын
this is not alex he used to be an guitar teacher, but then he took a slipknot in the knee
@MyWeedgrower9 жыл бұрын
would of been awesome to learn from him
@Pixelman169 жыл бұрын
***** :D
@themaggot11538 жыл бұрын
+sun_6_gam What the fuck xD
@paulotwt7 жыл бұрын
5:24 damn, he's playing it all downtrokes
@emmazinke3555 жыл бұрын
Lol
@stefanfatu78895 жыл бұрын
Emma Zinke he actually said that, it’s not a joke
@emmazinke3555 жыл бұрын
Stefan Fatu. I know
@ruzcelbeltran4 жыл бұрын
But james hetfield can do better hahaha
@_swmc8_6134 жыл бұрын
@ruzcel Beltran he really can’t though. James’s down picking is overrated
@MetalBaller835 жыл бұрын
True guitar teacher right here. I would kill to take a couple lessons from Mick. One of the most underrated guitar players in metal. I love his comment on Master of Puppets. Definitely a true guitar lover. Watch some of the videos about his signature amps and guitars. This guy is a total gear head! I would love to pick his brain for a few hours.
@bds_mguydasic92935 жыл бұрын
You are right
@MauroGuedes Жыл бұрын
This was the first video I watched in KZbin. I used to work in a music store in 2006 and I was browsing around googling "slipknot guitar video". All of a sudden this video pops up and my mind is blown because I was watching a video without having to download it! I called all my friends to tell them about it and they also went nuts. Good ol' times!!
@eloymiranda60179 жыл бұрын
"some really disgusting distortion to make it sound like shit" hahahahH
@tylerwhite46258 жыл бұрын
Ikr XD
@Three3Nill10 жыл бұрын
Why do people love to hate so much. "that guy sucks!" "slipknot sucks!" I think they get the misunderstanding that if they don't like it, it must suck. Which that's not it at all. The world doesn't revolve around you. They are the ones with recognized names. They are the ones with recognized looks. They are the ones that play for huge crowds. Just saying.
@fendertremolo97934 жыл бұрын
Stop writing "they are" it's irritating. People are allowed to have opinions, you f*ckin Nazi
@hazamahonoka74393 жыл бұрын
@@fendertremolo9793 And with an opinion, most force it way too fucking much.
I like how Mick Thompson sounds exactly like you would expect him to.
@NavidAhsan2034 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe this video is over 10 years old, I remember watching this as a kid and being in complete awe of mick and his playing style, he inspired my love for metal and guitars 🤘🏻❤️
@patrickolivier12 жыл бұрын
Same here 🤘🏼🙂
@playful6789 жыл бұрын
i LOVE how he used Rush as an example
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@nyanrlz9 жыл бұрын
FYI Slipknot song are supposed to rip your head off your shoulders, not make you sit in a dark room trying to figure out the complexity of a masterpiece tab.
@lolhowmad9 жыл бұрын
nyanrlz dude, shut the fuck up
@nimarezvani91609 жыл бұрын
+nyanrlz But i can rip my head off my shoulders while i'm sitting in a dark room trying to figure out Meshuggah's works. Not this prick. No offense tho.
@crawlingamongthestars37364 жыл бұрын
@Nima Yeah, but Mick is actually a really solid, technical player. It's just not being shown here. He's playing to the song. Not everything has to be technical, and not everything has to be guitar dominated.
@karimpardayev4 жыл бұрын
The song is iconic ...
@juankamehameha9 жыл бұрын
That down picking tho...
@cacullamiercale5919 жыл бұрын
Mick looks like a machine xD
@i_have_a_coat8 жыл бұрын
+Sheogorath I love how he's like if you want to learn down picking go learn master of puppets first...
@FlogehtaufsKlo5 жыл бұрын
Like he said, stay in your room all day and lose all your friends practising guitar
@lucasoanta88785 жыл бұрын
James Hetfield has entered the chat
@bottomgear36864 жыл бұрын
Who the fuck up picks? I never play up.
@DavidjnMatthews10 жыл бұрын
This dude is an amazing teacher! Eager to show/ share the mechanics of his playing. I'm likely watching more of these directly.
@drdestruction33473 жыл бұрын
“Basically you’re gonna wanna sit down with master of puppets”
@haydenstrucksounds36812 жыл бұрын
“The opening line in Surfacing. I use a pitch shifter. One note shifted up one octave. Another note shifted up two octaves. Original note mixed out. Little bit use it away, little bit of reverb. And some really disgusting bit of distortion to make it sound like shit. Here's how it's performed.”
@MauroGuedes Жыл бұрын
"Little bit of digital delay"
@AerophiIe7 жыл бұрын
I like how he almost never looks at the guitar while he's playing... makes him look like a bad-a
@user-to6dd8qv6t7 жыл бұрын
GRocket1020 Years and years of practicing
@ribertorbet53047 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you don't have to when you're just chugging the shit over and over. This guy is garbage sounds like I'm listening to someone at Guitar Center
@AerophiIe7 жыл бұрын
Riber Torbet Jeez man bad day?
@jong82657 жыл бұрын
GRocket1020 or maybe he's pissed because all that chugging had took him all over the world
This is a fan website with no/few sources for their facts. Im not saying its not true, but i would like to see if it was traceable to a good source
@pablonius12 жыл бұрын
"Let the lactic acid build up on your forearm." Mick Thomson is a genius. And notice how epic his face is as soon as he starts playing.
@SuperAssasinSteve10 жыл бұрын
I love how he says: "To make it sound like shit" XD
@user-hj3mi6ou5q2 ай бұрын
If you don’t play guitar. There is no possible way to wrap your mind around how talented Mick is. FOR A MAN WITH HUGE HANDS AND LONG FINGERS TO MOVE THAT FAST ON A NECK THAT SMALL AND NEVER MISS A NOTE IS TRULY FING AMAZING. NO DOUBT. MICK YOU ARE BADASS. BUT IT DOESN’T COME OVERNIGHT ITS A LONG TIME TO GET TO THIS LEVEL. I LOVE IT.
@jamzifier488610 жыл бұрын
He's a legend
@StevenEveral10 жыл бұрын
For those of you complaining about the quality of this video: look at the upload date. HD at this time was only a feature on high end TVs, and a run of the mill computer was less powerful and had less processing power than a current generation iPhone/Android device.
@dylanduffy91779 жыл бұрын
Greatest Guitarist On The Planet!!!
@EliTEXeNoMoRpH4269 жыл бұрын
Dylan Duffy ha
@TomHolloway1239 жыл бұрын
not even the best guitarist in slipknot IMO
@derpdeep7199 жыл бұрын
Dimebag>all
@lilcurrio9 жыл бұрын
Mick is an amazing guitarist. But if you are looking for the best guitarist in the world. Take a listen to Eddie Van Halen
@aaaaaSHKA9 жыл бұрын
Dylan Duffy Go home, troll
@MaNsonFanBye5 жыл бұрын
Dude has an awesome mask, one of the best, next to Craig's probably.
@IceThatJaw9 жыл бұрын
1:08. Holy shit, that riff is badass! I went ape shit on my e-drums while watching this.
@PedroBlazeArt5 жыл бұрын
I was looking for the parody of this...but actually learned something new! What a great teacher!
@austin2479908 жыл бұрын
fucking drop w
@AR-ic1ot8 жыл бұрын
Funny joke, but it seems like Drop A (obviously fuck loads of distortion)
@lostfang1238 жыл бұрын
+Archie Evans Close. Drop b
@rydaflyguy0316 жыл бұрын
simply amazing he must have practiced for like 10 hours a day for years to become this good i hope i can someday achieve maybe half of his excellence and talent on the guitar
@patrickolivier12 жыл бұрын
How are you now? 🙂
@jay-pi5gn2 жыл бұрын
Mick sounds so intelligent and just smart idk why he just sounds smart as fuck
@CyanMadness9 жыл бұрын
I thought it said "semen" on the fret board for a little bit..
@RuffisInc9 жыл бұрын
Can't really read it properly in 240p
@foundyou17345 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@FilthTribeFTP3 жыл бұрын
"No its actually says semen, if you think it says seven, youre a fuckin idiot....." Not many people will get this reference. But it's funny that you said that because that gets brought up in a funny overdub of this video.
I like how this is an actual lesson. I love Jim but damn his lessons are just him playing
@calebwestcott799 жыл бұрын
Why is there so much hating in these comments?
@DeniseDahlen9 жыл бұрын
It's only envy XD
@calebwestcott799 жыл бұрын
Lol. ur probably right.
@lokilaufeyson2769 жыл бұрын
Caleb Youde I wonder who your favourite Slipknot memebr is? XD
@svbassist9 жыл бұрын
Caleb Youde Lots of very insecure people.
@austinguinn45845 жыл бұрын
This tone is downright brutal
@glumexamination7401 Жыл бұрын
I can literally hear the drums changing the riffs as he’s explaining them
@Dragslo13 жыл бұрын
Mick and james are so huge! make the guitars look like toys. I think they are quite underrated, Im glad these videos exist so we can see how they are without the band.
@hideki1234514 жыл бұрын
cool how even easy riffs sound fantastic when he plays them!
@ahdbw84947 жыл бұрын
I love that they do this all on 6 strings. Keeping it old school.
@mikhailardhito10247 жыл бұрын
Great guitar teacher with no expression
@braindamage71289 жыл бұрын
Puppets is a right hand destroyer
@mustainesmechanix2 жыл бұрын
i learned nothing but it was great i love mick
@EyeJayAre9 жыл бұрын
He might not be the best guitar player, but I'll take his skill any day
@lolhowmad9 жыл бұрын
EyeJayAre Yeah because you're a master guitar player you would know who is and isnt the best. Fucking worm
@anpleidhceeireannach94986 жыл бұрын
Nah I'm pretty sure he is one of the best
@cyntdestroyer69xd3 жыл бұрын
@@jimknight7666 There are such guitarists, as Tosin Abasi, or Tim Henson, and I'm pretty sure, that there are even better ones, whom we don't know about. So, I don't think, that saying "he's not best" is an offence. Remember, "if you're think you're best at something - there is a Chinese guy, that can do this even better". But I think OP is just an asshole, who wanted some flame in replies, lol
@andywood24789 жыл бұрын
Slipknot loves that disortion
@beastinthecoverregard11909 жыл бұрын
caculla miercale You talk shit alot in other guitar videos for not knowing what distortion is.
@LeonLandgren-qt9pg5 ай бұрын
Badass lesson. I tend to play with strained hands instead of lowering speed. Thx.
@ProtonicNemesis9 жыл бұрын
I love this guys mask so much haha :D
@whatda4512 жыл бұрын
I don't really like Slipknot that much anymore but they were the band that got me into really heavy stuff so I still respect them. Mick Thompson obviously has a lot of skill just like Jimmy.
@andresluisavelinovalderram86317 жыл бұрын
Brutally and amazing sound and riff
@Nonenonenone4210 жыл бұрын
HOLY SHIT THOM nice guitar play :D!
@deflepfan3659 жыл бұрын
Here we have 6" of pure talent
@polillaguzman13 жыл бұрын
It's funny how Mick's mask is frowning but he's so gently teaching you the song step by step.
George RAPTELO He is an amazing artist but he doesnt show his potential in slipknot.
@dax36dc9 жыл бұрын
i agree
@twiztid1335 жыл бұрын
I still want then to play master of puppets
@Metalhead4Life9713 жыл бұрын
to be honest...do you know what i don't understand?.. to me..Mick is one of the best metal guitarrists,yet...alot of people don't appriciate his talent,i mean come on..how can you not appriciate this guy? I'd really wish that people give Mick more credit for what he does
@dtrocky74786 жыл бұрын
The guitar needs a mask too
@sixtyninety8 жыл бұрын
he looks so menacing. but I guess that's the point of the masks
@samuellanda91397 жыл бұрын
SixtyNinety because he's big as fuck
@sixtyninety7 жыл бұрын
Chef Vortivask i went to a concert on Aug 13 (Concord) & he just stood there the whole time and he looked so mad but chill at the same time
@metalheadpolack3 жыл бұрын
I remember going home 14, only using schools internet to watch Jim root and mick Thompson guitar lesson during lunch (I had no internet lol), not even eat till I got home and practicing HOURS with pure enjoyment because I felt cool playing slipknot songs and actually learning them : D... I’m glad I grew up with talented ass guitarists like mick and Jim because to this day they inspire me and I’m proud of myself : D.. I like to play more like Jim as time went on and just practice silky legato stuff over variations of major scales, like he does.
@Mr500Ninjaboy11 жыл бұрын
Who cares? They are still a great band (in my opinion)
@Tacotrain3338 жыл бұрын
still after this tutorial, the onlly guitar I can play is the guitar hero one
@tylerwhite46258 жыл бұрын
Same. I play Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock XD
@GoldenGateNum95 жыл бұрын
*Intense and meditative for me, every time.*
@Metalheadmike12119 жыл бұрын
Did they use a potato to record the video?
@cacullamiercale5918 жыл бұрын
Connected to a lemon
@Wolphy99145 жыл бұрын
Mike Lariviere look at when it was uploaded genius
@somerandomarmydude8 жыл бұрын
240p we meet again.
@bobbyraysetliff67952 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs from self titled
@6Chemical6Music610 жыл бұрын
man, this sucks
@filipvasicek13416 жыл бұрын
Death ForceMetal fuck you
@Xeroforte6 жыл бұрын
Death ForceMetal Was a gun at your head making you come to this video?
@Wolphy99145 жыл бұрын
man, you suck
@6789drummerdude13 жыл бұрын
that opening line is just killer. i love it!
@CareyPortnoyBeauford13 жыл бұрын
i just dont get how all these guys all lived in the same state and all met eachother. incredible talent
@nathanhale2313 жыл бұрын
He's so fucking epic, his mask his height enforces his epicness and his hair is insane and his guitar playing is badass, throughout his playing he doesn't look at his guitar....he stares into your soul
@Iheartdgd4 жыл бұрын
Come on Mick, Smile!
@renejay232 жыл бұрын
He's so scary for a music teacher, especially if he's teaching small children it's a nightmare lol
@CallMeMasterBabo Жыл бұрын
2:50 love this part
@khaydennclark-darden46952 жыл бұрын
0:30 best part
@EllTeeTwoThree13 жыл бұрын
Great shit, I love that Mick was a guitar instructor for years before making it with Slipknot. He really fits a lot of good advice into this video that doesn't necessarily apply to just Surfacing but any music you might be working on.
@roosolini71055 жыл бұрын
Man the quality is so good
@alexparadise912 жыл бұрын
“Me practicing how to play Mary had a little lamb, please don’t make fun of me”
@R3bisthesmallestbird Жыл бұрын
I like his Ibanez MTM1 Blood Red guitar! Man I wish Ibanez bring back the MTM series as a throwback because that sh*t looks f*cking sick!
@damiansplayroom49434 жыл бұрын
He's such a sweetheart❤❤❤❤❤
@GavinRamonShow3 жыл бұрын
Reason we all love them is cos of crazy stupid shhhhh like the intro. He did that and was like yeahhhh f it. That will do. Iconic moments in the creation of the band.
@JeffersonDinedAlone13 жыл бұрын
Quality gear counts, no matter what level at which you're working. Sounds obvious, but it's not until you move up. I went from a Harmony through a Fender 4 x 10, which was abused within an inch of its life, to a 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Tobacco Sunburst)which I lucked out and found through an ad in the paper from the original owner in mint condition through a Mesa/Boogie rig. What's that like? Like going from the prom to your own front door key to the Playboy Mansion. Killer.
@doobyboy2112 жыл бұрын
This guy is actually a good music teacher ! He should really teach us more Slipknot songs ! That could be cool ! And thankx for slowing down to really show us what's being played