Slipknot's Mick Thomson Shares His Guitar Secrets

New York, NY (Roadrunner Records) - Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson is in the midst of a 5-city guitar clinic tour, during which he hopes to create an intimate setting for interacting with his fans, as well as unveiling his new custom-designed Ibanez MTM1 Mick Thomson Signature electric guitar.

The MTM1 was custom designed to Mick's exact specifications, including his choice of pickups, strings and bridge (and it's a beauty, too, see link below!). The guitar arrives from the factory in Mick's preferred tuning of CNo with a dropped B.

The clinic tour, which started in Wisconsin and ends in California, tomorrow, May 10, will allow Mick to show fans some of Slipknot's signature riffs as well as answer questions and sign autographs for all in attendance.

Says Mick of the clinic, "It's not just for the virtuosos out there and it's not going to be an hour of showing off licks. I'm hoping it's helpful to players and non-players alike."

The final clinic will tke place this Wednesday, May 10th at 7:00PM, at Instrumental Music in Ventura, CA - (805) 654-9388
More information can be found at the Ibanez website.

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