Is Mick Thomson (Slipknot) with Jackson now?

[XMetalcheFX]

Official word came from Jackson today so this is great.

 

[XMetalcheFX]

This

HOLY SH*T!

Thats so much bigger than a King V lol. i am 6'3 so i guess this would be great for me.

Hopefully he puts a DR into production. One thing is fr sure, he is big enough to have a X, Pro, AND USA model so that we wont get skunked like on the Juggernaut.

 

[OmegaSlayer]

6 strings guitar?

 

[RLG167]

I thought I saw a pic somewhere of him playing a black DR on this tour, that's awesome! I haven't played Jackson in a while, but I'll have to give that one a try because RRV and KV look and feel small when I play them. (I'm 6ft). If anyone could find that pic that would be cool...

 

[Aso]

And it's official Hell Yes, Slipknot’s Mick Thomson Has Joined the Jackson Family | Jackson® Guitars Blog

 

[kchoe]

Congrats to Mick, Jackson and Mike Taft!

 

[manu80]

Chris Broderick back in the day said it was hard for Ibanez to make compromises on signatures guitar. And he finally got what he wanted at Jackson . So maybe it's the same for Mick Thomson..

 

[Spicypickles]

I dunno, they made that ugly ass glaive thing for him.

 

[p88]

Congrats to Mick, Jackson and Mike Taft!

yup! there's your link. im sure most people know this, but mike taft used to be at ibanez. so i guess he probably helped initiated the conversation to switch over. (i imagine switching brands is made all the more easier when there is already someone there who knows your preferences really well).

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

HOLY SH*T!

Thats so much bigger than a King V lol. i am 6'3 so i guess this would be great for me.

If you ever wanted to try a Double Rhoads, the ESP V is supposed to be similar. It's an oversized V, but I'm not sure if it's as big as the Double Rhoads. Probably slightly smaller.

 

[Sermo Lupi]

Cool to see Mick using pointy guitars again. I was into Slipknot during his B.C. Rich days, so his Ibanez sig always looked kind of 'wrong' to me even though he's been playing it for longer than his old warlocks. I guess he also had that weird-shaped Ibanez, but he mostly stuck to playing his sig models I think. Correct me if I'm wrong...if I'm being honest I haven't really followed the band very closely for about a decade now.

Re: his size, not to be inconsiderate, but that pic with the V really shows how much weight he's put on over the years. He always seemed massively built, but he looks less muscular now and more 'huge' in general. Quarterback to linebacker or something, I'm not sure Combined with his mask barely covering his face anymore, it just adds to the perception of his largeness. Calling him ogre-sized is not far off!

 

[A-Branger]

6 strings guitar?

yup, Slipknot has always played with 6 string

 

[TGOD]

Re: his size, not to be inconsiderate, but that pic with the V really shows how much weight he's put on over the years. He always seemed massively built, but he looks less muscular now and more 'huge' in general. Quarterback to linebacker or something, I'm not sure Combined with his mask barely covering his face anymore, it just adds to the perception of his largeness. Calling him ogre-sized is not far off!

It's probably attributed to his back injuries from prolonged headbanging (he REALLY banged his head back in the day) which now causes him to have regular and severe back pain. That's also the reason he never moves around on stage anymore, and more or less is either kind of just standing there, or just walks around.

I couldn't imagine him staying in much shape with that many years of strain on his spine.

 

[A-Branger]

 

[Imalwayscold]

Edit: ignore that, Mike Taft was already mentioned

 

[p88]

from the man him self (instagram @7mick7)

"Now that I can talk about it - custom Jacksons! Double Rhoads V and Soloist. Proud to be a Jackson guy."

 

[Andromalia]

The difference with the MTM2 is stunning.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

The difference with the MTM2 is stunning.

The lack of the massive SEVEN inlay makes a world of difference eh?

I'm really happy for both Mick Thomson and Mike Taft now with Jackson. All the best to them and the pastures can only get greener.

 

[manu80]

reminds me of the size of the mustaine's V at ESP compared to the KV at Jackson...

 

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