MICK THOMSON'S WEIRDEST GUITARS!

[@TheHouseOfMasks]

Ok but that shirt tho 🔥

[@augursaudiocult]

AJ! Rocks

[@RedneckNation04]

Love your content man!🔥

[@FrostGiantElectronics]

Was about to say the same 💯

[@s7vnexes336]

I hate AJ Good

[@DamianVega00]

I love aj- but I hate aj good!

[@draleigh8881]

Man those B.C Rich guitars are crazy huge looking haha. when I was 13 I got my first guitar and it was a bc rich platinum warlock because I seen Mick Thompson with a warlock and just thought it was the most metal guitar ever. the one I got was really nice. I remember everyone always wanted to play it, even my friends grandpa who owns a music store. He was really impressed with how well it was made and played which was funny because he's more of a Fender tele, Gibson les paul guy. Sad to say his junkie grandson stole it one day and pawned it off haha. I probably would have never gotten into playing guitar unless it were for Mick Thompson and his warlock.

[@carnovector6396]

Mick thomson and his warlock also made me want to shred even tho i only started a couple years ago i always thought mick was like heavy metal personified , so cool also, your bc rich story took an unexpected turn i thought youd say it was hard to play or something im sorry for your loss glad you had such a good time with it tho maybe ill get one someday

[@kyles6813]

Back when In the metal scene Size and Weight Ment Quality. I loved his Warlocks. Wish he stayed with EB Rich. It was such an iconic Slipknot. Look

[@evans3234]

I really like this style of video, you should do this with James Hetfield.

[@Hammersmashed68]

Yes!!!

[@Hammersmashed68]

I'll add some ideas: Dimebag Darrell Zakk Wylde

[@evans3234]

@@Hammersmashed68 Yes definitely! And Dave Mustaine

[@henbah3488]

👍🤟

[@mobilemetal4554]

Maby John 5 as well. I mean it would just be a bunch of different teles. Lol

[@chrismichaels7967]

The body shape isn’t a war beast the warbeast is a more aggressive warlock and that model he is using a a beast

[@xanderraymondcharles]

You’re in fact correct! Thanks for that. I Learned something today! 🤜🤛

[@chrismichaels7967]

@@xanderraymondcharles no worries man is there any chance of a mick Thomson interview or rig run down Jim could put in a few good words maybe 😉

[@xanderraymondcharles]

A boy can dream

[@slagmaggot]

A guitar that is too metal really.... does not exist, never saw a guitar I did not like, not a warbeast just a straight up beast

[@tommilitello198]

The war beast has the bottom horns of a warlock and the top horns of the beast,hence the name

[@garrettboomerbender]

Please do one for Jim. He has so many oddball guitars that are documented in the fret 12 videos

[@sparky87213]

The Ibanez Tele was supposed to be a tribute to his very first guitar he ever bought. There’s one video where he shows the guitar that’s not the same one but it’s identical to the one he had. He talked about Ibanez was making him a version and he wasn’t sure if it would be a production model or just something for him to keep as like a tribute to his very first guitar.

[@saulgoodeguitars]

Yeah he talked about in guitar world when they were promoting all hope is gone

[@Steevin0]

Yeah he said he sold it and tried buying it back years later but the owner had trashed it, actually never saw a picture until now and always wondered about it

[@hardrockrelics2157]

The “Double Rhoads” is a VERY historic and important guitar... I believe it came After the RR model as the wings were already cut laying around... Jackson was making guitars for the Ultra famous Gold record selling “Ratt” ... guitarist Robin Crosby wanted a pointy V , the RR was too small on him as he was like nearly 7 feet tall( Nikki Sixx gave him the nick name Robin KING Crosby because of his giant presence) KingV is named after him, So Grover Jackson glued two of the large Rhoads wings together and the rest is history...

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

Mick’s acoustic Ovation 7 guitar is an incredible playing acoustic!

[@zachvontrippenstein5120]

That's not a Warbeast. That's a Beast. Different guitars

[@Nightwing228]

If I'm not mistaken I've seen a video of Mick while they were recording AHIG and he was using that green Ibanez.

[@coffinfeeder7732]

He used it live, though very briefly for the 2008 Mayhem Tour. Ever since I laid eyes upon it, I’ve wanted to build my own super strat custom or respray an RG550 based off of it.

[@sebastianjimenezrodriguez1501]

Yeah, he's creating the "This cold black" solo.

[@chriscreed6410]

I was at the Ozzfest 99 in Camden. Nobody knew who the dudes in masks that had a percussionist playing a Keg with a sledgehammer were. Lol. They played the side stage.... And by the next month every music store had their album In the window.

[@tonycoleman8492]

I lost a Mick Thomson ovation years ago during a rough financial time. Been on the hunt for one for a while. They are hard to find and don’t stay on the market long.

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

Man that Mick Ovation is a KILLER acoustic I hurt for you bud

[@wettoguitar4265]

Sick video! Think a good video to do would be a comparison between Mick and Jim solos. They're so different in terms of technique and sound, plus I think Mick is a criminally underrated lead player.. like wtf is going on during the pulse of the maggots solo 🤯

[@hchoe741]

He has a custom Ibanez s with 24 frets. It actually looks slightly different than the current models because back then only the 22 fret models existed. When Ibanez officially introduced the 24 fret s models the body shape was slightly altered to accommodate the extra frets.

[@teddoucet7323]

That first Ibanez MTM, i love it!!! To each is own ;-)

[@skyguy6257]

Who ever disliked this needs to be burned at the stake all in favor?

[@Randomonium66]

I'd be happy to have any Mick Thomson signature guitar, they all look cool to me.

[@Colin.W]

My favourite was always his BC Rich red Warlock in the Iowa era. I never did like Warlocks but that one looks bad ass live.

[@joshhayes8172]

Yea mick basically had all the bc rich models back in the day i was lucky enough to see them in that whole pre blow up when they were the nobody's playing at 1030 in the morning at ozz fest . ... when he got with bc rich someone hooked him up because everytime I saw them which was most of the 1st album tours like tattoo the earth and once with kittie and will haven ...... dude was always sporting a different bc rich or two ..... the ozzfest before iowa in 01 I swear he changed guitars like 6 times and each one was a different bc rich

[@olekgdynia]

5:44 It can be seen on video from deluxe edition of AHIG. It was used for recording songs for AHIG same as MTM20. There's a video of Mick recording This Cold Black solo with it.

[@MrYea-ow5ie]

i saw a vid of mick using the green rg to record the solo for i think this cold black, and it was in the all hope is gone documentary thingy

[@m4ssee]

6:08 Jim giving serious John 5 vibes in that pic, haha.

[@louri666]

there's a video of mick recording the gematria solo with that green ibanez!

[@imcnblu]

Another guitar that he used, that is kind of obscure was an Ibanez RG560. It was kind of a light blue-gray color. He used it in 98 a lot. I think he used that until he got the green Jackson you mentioned.

[@coffinfeeder7732]

Great MIJ guitar from the 90s, back when they weren’t considered high end.

[@dave1986R]

I actually saw a picture of Mick playing that custom B.C. Rich V in an issue of (if I remember correctly) Circus magazine back in 2001 when I was a freshman in high school.

[@chrisreed4661]

That guitar at 4:36 is actually a Jackson AT-1. They’re apparently pretty rare to find now and only made in the mid 90s. Also the green Ibanez was used live. There is a complete video of the 2008 Mayhem festival show in Washington. He used it on some stuff towards the end; most notably on the only live performance of the song All Hope is Gone. And it was in his guitar rack in a 2008 video of his guitar rig; don’t know if has ever been used live since.

[@lewisderfuss7537]

Thanks for your service. I did 8 years myself. 95bz6 Aka. MP K9 Handler 97-05.

[@dylancate3221]

I got a Revolver Magazine when AHIG dropped and it had all the promo photos with that guitar. It was so gorgeous! And like the polar opposite of his red or black guitars. Sad he never used it live or during that cycle

[@kristenellsworth9621]

I love Mick's AHIG guitar with the seven on the fretboard. It's so badass.

[@TripleKroun]

The Double Rhoads was my favorite! 🔥

[@augursaudiocult]

Thank you for your service

[@xanderraymondcharles]

hey thanks so much for the kind words!

[@genesnodgrass]

I had many of those magazines with the shots you included. The BC Rich V was in a Guitar One issue.

[@pistonhedd]

The guitar that got damaged on stage, was his black Warlock - I've seen a rare rig rundown from the Vol 3 era, and he showed it to the interviewer claiming ''it's a rough f*cking show'' it also had a piece chipped off the headstock.

[@paradigmshiftz7]

I think I've seen a clip of Mick playing that green Ibanez guitar in the studio, idk if it's the same green HSH guitar with a pickguard, but it very well could be. I think the clip was of him recording the solo of AHIG's This Cold Black

[@MT_800]

Cool vid, I've wanted to know what that weird green guitar was that Mick used in the self titled era for a good while, so thanks :).

[@emanuelrayvillaflores7759]

Tbh I love the mtm signatures and ibanez glaive guitars I wish Ibanez would bring it back

[@vincentrandles8105]

I had one of those B.C.Rich V's with nothing on its black & beautiful fretboard! It got stolen a few years ago, & I miss it dearly. One of my fav's! Had to have a custom case made for it, so if I ever see it again - LOOKOUT!! Nuff said! Stay Metal Ray!🤘🤘

[@TunerGuy_90]

His gray, flametop BC Rich Warlock (Heretic Anthem Disasterpiece DVD) is my favorite guitar he's played!!!!

[@metalinyourhead3604]

I believe the Jackson “double V” is actually called a “King V” named for the guitarist from RATT.

[@joseomarvelazquezrios2410]

There's actually a Rhoads Double V, is a bit bigger than the King V and only made through custom shop.

[@kellanc957]

@@joseomarvelazquezrios2410 Yeah that’s true. It’s technically called the double Rhoads

[@dave1986R]

That custom Ibanez Tele guitar was actually based off the first guitar Mick ever owned when he was a kid. It was a cheap Hohner guitar shaped like a Tele that was made of plywood with a veneer on it. He said in a video that he basically started drinking one night, went online and found a Hohner guitar that was exactly like his old fake Tele, and for nostalgia purposes he ordered it online and woke up the next morning and thought “oh crap what did I do last night”. So he had Ibanez make him a new custom guitar based off his old fake Tele. And I’m not sure about this but I think that custom guitar inspired Ibanez’s FR-series guitar. I actually played a used 7-string FR in a music store once. As weird as it looks it’s actually pretty rad.

[@LicksoftheLegend]

That was cool man! You should do a Jim Root video next! The Iowa shot with him holding a PRS as a surprise.

[@jam4996]

I remember seeing a Mick Thompson Ovation ad in a guitar world around the time AHIG came out. It was around the time I got into Slipknot so that image is burned in my brain.

[@TheRustedShackleford]

I think that Bich is the reason he left BCR. They kept sending him versions that weren't to his specs and he'd just had enough, if I remember correctly. Hoping he comes back to BCR some day. It would just feel like things came full circle.

[@mcnorris40]

That's awesome, I didn't know about a few of these. I have a 2001 M7 signature NJ Warlock with the HATE inlays across the frets. My parents bought it for me in high school, actually bought it from a guitar store here in Des Moines that Mick used to give lessons, still have the price tag on the control cover. It was my second guitar, wild to think that was over 20 years ago...

[@Randomonium66]

I tried saving for that one back in the day lol think I made it to 500 and had my car quit so I had to fix it, never got the guitar...

[@felinekaiju4517]

That first Ibanez is the Glaive, I wanted one of those. It was a part of a metal/pointy series, named after medieval weaponry.

[@slipvayneknot]

Fellow Philly and HUGE Slipknot Mick Thomson/Jim Root fan! Hardcore fan since 2000. Jealous you got to hang with Jim Root! Keep fighting the good fight brother!

[@addictivetackleco]

Do a series of this please ray

[@magnuskiemer7930]

The greet RG with the three pickups you can find it on KZbin he used in in the studio on AHIG for the solo for Gematria (I think, I could be wrong)

[@joshvandruff1790]

That BC Rich Bich as far as I know had never made it to production. He left for Ibanez shortly before they could make it. I want one. I’ve got the warlock.

[@MoonRammer]

that green guitar at 5:45 i have seen him use once during the recording or the solo of this cold black

[@TheUnknownReject]

I had a good friend that had that ovation guitar, he left it in his car during 110 plus heat and it melted lol

[@lixi9881]

i recently bought a bc rich warlock m7. love it

[@5urg3x]

7:25 -- Jim Root played a PRS Custom 22? Whatttt....Never knew that! Actually my bad that's a 24. Owl at the 24th fret :D

[@evangaliz4006]

I’m not sure if it’s the black one from the disasterpieces DVD or a red one that I’ve never seen him use before

[@Malum09]

His Rhoads Double V is Awesome, i would love to see a Signature Production version!

[@ivansiciliano3101]

Mick also had a guitar similar to the green Ibanez with HSH config. It was a natural mahogany one and he used it towards the end of his run with Ibanez during .5. Kinda a weird one as well

[@needsLITHIUM]

One of my buddies has a non-signature Glaive. I love it, tbh.

[@DBSG1976]

In the last pic, is that Jim Root holding a PRS without the bird inlays?

[@maxcady5287]

Yes, he used to play with prs guitars. But at the end wasn’t his thing and changed it.

[@blacktoothfox677]

Dude! UK fan here. I enjoyed that, really interesting. You should do these regular, and deep cuts. Be THE youtube authority on rock players strange guitars. Judas priest & Sabbath thru Metallica - Anthrax thru Archenemy / enslaved - you see where I'm going. Honestly though you could do a great run of videos on 'wierdest guitars'. "Peculiar machines of metal" - "Strangest Metal Machines" or a derivation of these two - gives you he flexibility tom jump into odd pedals, rack and backline gear. You know what, I'd even help you with research materials for that. Got a heart-disease that keeps me at home at the moment, so have time on my hands, am not even physically able to play guitar sometimes. But I ain't going nowhere; Got my LP to record, and got my lil' home studio together. Your videos helped me make some of the choices, so, you know... Anyways, great vid! I think the short version is; More please!!! hahaha bless you and yours buddy

[@hypnoticjazzincorporated2362]

That Bc rich Warbeast and V were my favorites those things looked badass. I had a Nj neck through mockingbird with the cloud inlays I got rid of it I highly regret it.

[@5urg3x]

Back in the day I always thought having a hard tail with a locking nut was stupid. Now I understand why he likes that combo. When you're at that level, if you need to change tunings you just use another guitar. Not so easy when you're a kid playing a squire strat though haha.

[@markband2031]

I always love His b.c. rich warlock

[@harshtruth9148]

woah woah woah woah......Ray!!!!!.....when did you get a signature Andy James Kiesel???? did i miss a video somewhere??

[@zaynebonshire4860]

You definitely did

[@calebcampbell8724]

Let's not forget the one photo of Mick playing a pink ukelele

[@cheezy8492]

The Aj good of slipknot guitars

[@Freedum_Fries]

Mark Tremonti made a weird guitar. it's inspired by a popular lighting bolt shape with PRS!!!! Never went into production...Thank God.

[@BlackGhost92]

I had the mtm100 version but the cheaper one mtm10 had to get rid of it. I like my red mtm1 better though

[@dannym518]

I love every one of Micks “Metal style” guitars, it’s honestly difficult to play those guitars, they are by all means not comfortable to play which is why I believe he made a full transition towards getting a signature model from Jackson done, those somehow have that “Metal” look but in a very modern way and I’m sure it’s very comfortable to play as well.

[@HaydenMcCarry]

6:30 i think it looks awesome!

[@SilkandScrooge]

"Alright" is your Jim root "ya know"

[@xanderraymondcharles]

haha i love that. I also have been told i say "ya know what i mean" alot

[@SilkandScrooge]

@@xanderraymondcharles ha yeah you do do that. You just gotta give it that extra cuhhh at the end. Know wut I mean cuhhh.

[@anthonyrojas2205]

The Jackson V was a custom he made when he was younger and never used it on the road because of the neck on rhoads guitars , and was way too valuable for him to take on tours till he got on Jackson and started using it more often but still hardly

[@madmonkey7411]

Love your videos keep rocking🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@sethboatwright5491]

Where did you find the white zombie shirt?

[@tshshhrhr]

green ibanez was used at mayhem fest (2008)

[@xanderraymondcharles]

Hey thanks! You have any links?

[@tshshhrhr]

@@xanderraymondcharles check all hope is gone live performance. it was great

[@tshshhrhr]

@@xanderraymondcharles kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJq3pXpuet92i5Y

[@gasolinekiss]

There's a budget model of the MTM100 called the Glaive, good luck finding one tho lol

[@twisstedriffs]

Awesome video man!

[@carrot_hanterbb2467]

У Мика же есть ещё семиструнка, он сам об этом говорил

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

I’ve always like micks guitars but their was on in the subliman verses that was very strange looking

[@Yarski6]

5:30 just beast. Warbeast its mix of warlock and beast

[@rajsmells0215]

do this with kirk hammett please!

[@lepermessiah66b]

The Ibanez tele was built as a replicate of Mick's first guitar

[@WalkenDead]

My fav B.C.Rich models have to be the Bich and the Mockingbird

[@victorkoropeckyj2771]

I’d kill for one of those weird Ibanezes

[@dominicwainaina3960]

Thier was one video that I saw where Mick had some kind of stratocaster guitar but wasn't a Fender. Idk where it is

[@Hammersmashed68]

That White Zombie shirt is 🔥🔥🔥

[@ant_yep]

I always wanted Mick Thomson's hair lol Still do... one day I hope

[@KAPTEIN...]

5:12 that’s not a Warbeast it’s just a regular Beast

[@metalheadblues]

Always wondered why s e v e n didn't play a 7 string , slipknot is pretty easy to play on 7 string tuning with a lil tweaking

[@malakisands4669]

From the point of some guitarist that have played 6 string guitars for so long. They are used to how the layout and feel of the guitar is. I did see a video of Mick at NAAM while he was with Ibanez and they had his signature guitar in a Seven string. He did play it. He was asked if he was going to tour with one, he said I will think about it

[@jaysonfoy4486]

Wassup, love the video

[@7pines77]

I love his pickups. Best I’ve ever used

[@Randomonium66]

Hell yea they are EMTY ahb3 is great

[@acledfloyd]

I dig that Double V

[@jonnylawless6797]

I'm pretty sure Ibanez and BC Rich both just did whatever Mick wanted lol, he was a cash cow.

[@needsLITHIUM]

I had a friend with a warbeast. He broke the big fin doing a stage dive during a performance - in the courtyard of our high school. This was... 2005? LMAO

[@gregarcher8177]

Mick is a big bc rich usa neckthru guitar collectir. He has lots of brian hoffman from diecides old bc riches, i found out the hard way, i got into a bidfing war with Mick on ebay around 2001 over Brian's irinbird, when bidding got crazy Mick messaged me and told me who he was and told me to stop wasting my time that he was buying the guitar, i didn't believe it at first but after a few messages realized it was really him and the ironbird was removed from auction and Mick bought it outright.

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

Someone needs to tell Ray he got some Sharpie on his left arm…. 😉

[@TrymYoutubeMainChannel]

I got into B.C.Rich cause of him

[@eee-hi1kl]

Great content

[@xanderraymondcharles]

thanks so much!

[@gregarcher8177]

The one you call a warbeast is incorrect, its a usa custom shop beast.

[@SolemnArtist]

Awww and you make this video just before hes seen with a jackson warrior custom on vol7

[@depthsofdarknessofficial9677]

That's a beast not a warbeast . The warbeast doesn't have the bottom points instead a warbeast has the bottom point of the warlock. This takes the beast head stock and top body point and puts it on the warlock bottom. But that was just a beast mick had

[@roosterj2599]

I miss the old BC Rich. What they have now isn't very appealing and over priced.