![]() Mick Thomson playing a RG shaped MTM guitar, in 2008
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Manufacturer | Ibanez |
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Period | 2006 — present |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Neck-thru, Bolt-on |
Scale | 25.5 |
Body | Mahogany |
Neck | Maple |
Fretboard | Ebony, rosewood |
Bridge | Fixed |
Pickup(s) | H-H |
White, black, red |
The Ibanez MTM series is a series of signature guitars created by Slipknot's Mick Thomson, and produced by Ibanez.
They come factory tuned to Drop B (B, F#, B, E, G#, C# [low to high]). They have a H-H configuration, or two humbucking pickups, and the fixed Edge FX bridge, which is based on Ibanez Edge tremolo but fixed, providing more tuning stability than a standard hard-tail. Contrary to popular belief, the MTM series guitars do not sport a tremolo bar or system.
For 2012, Ibanez released new MTM models based on tests Mick had been using for the various tours since All Hope Is Gone. Based on Ibanez' Glaive shape, there are again two models; a high grade expensive model, and a medium grade model.