Jackson Pro Series Mick Thomson SL2
We’ve spoken to Mick Thomson a few times so we feel confident stating that he’s a man who cares about the details. Every facet of his guitars is the result of consideration and the hardest testing conditions you can get; in the eye of the Slipknot storm on the road. The result is an instrument that’s confident in bridging gaps. “You’ve got the [tonal] ingredients of a Les Paul Custom in it with the shredability of a Super-strat,” Mick told us at the beginning of the year. “That bridge really brings it towards a fat Tune-oMatic tone.”
We said: “We love how pared back Mick Thomson’s Soloist is – there isn’t even a truss-rod cover – and a hardtail bridge with locking tuners is practical for riffing hard. The Jackson’s sustain, facilitated by its Seymour Duncan Blackouts and neck-through construction, is quite breathtaking. If you’re after the ultimate metal guitar, then it’s the Mick Thomson Soloist. Its harmonic response and note separation when playing through filthy levels of gain is unbeatable.”