The Silliest Guitar I Own - Slipknot BC Rich Mick Thomson
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Can you sell me this guitar?
You're a fucking hipster, not a metal head! Oh no, my pointy metal guitar is so embarrassing! Where's my telecaster, where's my prs!? Where's my les Paul!? The only thing shit about the guitar is it's association to slipknot! Lol
When my friend would say anything about the fourth fret he’d always say the “A” fret. Never understood what he meant until I came over his house one time and he had that exact guitar
😂😂😂
Thats literally my favorite thing about the guitar
B.C. Rich gets so much shit they don’t deserve from the scene kids. I had a 2004 NJ warlock bass 5 string, and I didn’t realize how well it played and how good it sounded until years after I sold it. Weapony appearance completely aside, it was fundamentally a great bass. I miss it badly.
I wouldn’t say scene kids are the problem. All the scene kids I knew digged them but I agree with you that BC Rich dose get a lot of shit for no reason.I had three warlocks and they were pretty good. Plus I love the shapes more eye catching then some of the other guitar brands that make the same boring strat body guitars “ not saying bc rich doesn’t make strat bodies”but compare them with others BC Rich has the more unique shapes.
Had a1980's NJ warlock for 18 years. The neck was as straight as the day I bought it. With an upgraded bridge pickup, it had the tastiest tone of any guitar I've ever played. Hated to get rid of it.
That goes for me too. I had a Warlock as a beginner and it played and sounded so well. It was like 200€. After selling it, I bought some higher quality guitars but my gosh did I need to search a guitar that sounded and felt like it. Great guitars.
I didn't like them them until I played one. They're great guitars.
I think this is absolutely true. Most of the BC Rich stuff looks hilarious but when it comes to playability they are usually pretty good.
Mick also mentioned death metal bands like Atheist and Brutality. I have respect for the dude. He has great taste in music.
He also has a tattoo of a devil raping an angel, taken from Immolation's "Dawn of Posession" album cover. He may have also mentioned Deicide as part of his influences.
So yeah, I think we can safely say he's the main guy responsible for the death metal sound in Slipknot.
Mick is a Death metal guy.
I remember in an interview with Jim, he said Mick was an encyclopedia of metal bands.
Daniel J death metal bands*
Not silly at all. That’s a beauty. I’ve been a bc rich bass player and collector for 30 years now
Most of us think it's at least a little silly, but it's totally cool that you don't man! Honestly I barely dig metal shapes at all. Some Vs, explorers, warriors, or dime signatures can be pretty cool to me.
I mean I still own all fairly different superstrats at the moment, but difference in tastes keep the guitar market interesting imo
It was my first guitar and my last BC Rich lol they are trash
You haven’t played a USA from the 70 and 80s, or mid 90s to mid 00’s. They couldnt be further from trash. Some of the best guitars ever made. Ever. I have yet to play anything from any brand that comes close to some of the BC Riches I’ve owned. Right now I have a 76 seagull ii and an 85 ST-1 that I’ll proudly put up against anything.
@@fishmonger1908 yeah the really old ones and really new ones are amazing guitars. Everything they made between the late 2000s - to 2018ish were really bad. The import ones at least.
@@gabewilliams7462 had a schuldiner stealth, early Korean, that was absolutely killer. Fantastic guitar. I've had a number of neck through Rico's and Japanese NJ's, and a u series, all of which were top notch. Unfortunately when they went for profit over quality with the platinum and bronzes, and all the other crap, it stuck to the brand. Its really a shame because those handmades from the 70's and 80's were some of the greatest guitars ever made.
I was obsessed with these guitars as a teenage Slipknot fanatic back in the early 2000s. Once you grow up, they’re a bit garish and ridiculous, but damn there are so many memories tied up in that guitar.
To be honest if I could get hold of a bc rich mick thomson USA I'd take it in a heart beat, not sure if it's a nostalgic thing but the warlock has a place in my heart.
I miss my warlock. It was my first electric guitar, and I thought it was the coolest guitar in the world. I had a coffin case for it because I was a giant edge lord.
Same haha, my first ‘real’ guitar was a Dean ML but it was a piece of shit so I returned it and got a Warlock instead and that thing was my baby for years lol coffin case included. I can’t stand those cases now haha
“It just wasn’t meant to B.”
Ugh. That unintended pun hurt me
and I missed it until right now haha
Mick used to always wear Internal Bleeding shirts. He had a lot of respect for death metal. Always thought that was so cool.
might just be my 80's hair/thrash metal upbringing (All hail metalhead parents) but I sort of have an affinity for pointy body shapes. Stuff like the Jackson Flying V and BC Rich Warlock are way up on my list of fun and interesting instruments I'd happily own.
I've wanted that guitar my entire life... idc how gimmicky it is, its my dream guitar
Same!!
Johnathan Crum I always grew up wanting that as a kid! They were so cool!
Don't let your dreams be dreams
I just found mine today. I'll sell it to you.
@@OldHunterTom sell it to me please ;)
I had that guitar in black when I was like 13. Thought it was the coolest guitar ever back then.
That's why haha
I have one of the old 80s Warlocks and I love it. I have played for 30 years. Thing about the Warlocks a lot of people don't realize about that model is how comfortable it is to play. It's also tonally somewhere between a strat and a V. It's super versatile and comfortable. I'm hoping the new management of B.C. Rich means good things for the future of the company going forward.
😍😍😍my wife took me to Medieval Times for my birthday,, that looks like one of the torture devices, love it. Still cracks me up Jerry Garcia played a BC Rich, so awesome.
The silliest guitar i own is probably a cheapo BC Rich Gunslinger that I'm using as a mod project to play stuff like Full of Hell and Nails.
I've always loved the Warlock shape, it's so iconic and I love my warlock so much.
This was really fun , enjoyed it a lot . My silliest - Washburn dime 333 (the cheapest one, lightning graphic) TERRIBLE guitar but to the 16y/o me was the coolest thing ever.
Dont diss the 333 now lol. I put a buttload of money in mine and it turned into a pretty decent guitar
Lol I got a Dean ML as my first ‘real’ guitar too and god damn that thing was a piece of crap! Traded it for a Warlock as a matter of fact
@@Iheartdgd agreed. If its a budget warlock vs ml... It'd be a warlock every time.
@@DoubtingThomas3333 years late man, but particular reasons why?
@@Divine_Serpent_Geh because its a more interesting guitar...and they stopped making the Widow headstock, too. You can only get old models with it.
Its way more metal in looks, well made, very underrated piece of kit.
Its just an interesting piece of art at the end of the day.
Mick Thomson Total Guitar interview back in 2002. That same interview also got me into Racer X and Cacophony. His lesson in that magazine got me interested in sweep picking and other techniques. He opened a whole new thing for me and I still love his playing even today
This was really cool to see! I absolutely love B.C. Rich lol my first was a warbeast shape that basically taught me to play in the classical position without even thinking about it, then I got one of the Kerry King sig V’s with the solid maple body, kahler, and emg pickups. Best guitar I’ve ever played, but I do feel like the tribal graphic is a bit silly and I’m seriously considering having the top refinished a different color lol
This is a guy you would not want to piss off..or meet in a dark alley,Levi is one big dude.
I wouldn’t mind meeting Levi in a dark alley...
Different strokes for different folks, if ya know what I mean
Getting a guitar gifted from a friend is the best feeling ever!!!! My best guitar i own was a gift from a friend. (1986-1993 fender ash lite)
Almost bought that as my first guitar since I was also a big I
KNOT fan growing up. Always love the shape but a fan of reverse head stock personally.
That's why I got the guitar when I was younger
well done Levi that made the wig shuffle more of these vlogs, please.
Mark Loveridge what icon is that???
Hey what a fun video! thanks Levi for the b.c. rich plug! I have a few of them I even have an ironbird !
This was a hell of a vid, liked the personal touch it had
Man you have no idea for how long I've been looking for one I envy you so much!
I remember pining over this guitar when I was 14 and a kid in my school got one. I would eventually get a Kerry King one which I still own but as I got older I ended up steering more toward prs and teles. Because you can get old and still be metal
Great story. I've had the cheap cheap version of the Thomson signature in my possession now since 2006 and it's the only guitar I've ever owed (I transferred to bass soon after) but I've always had an affinity with it and never gotten rid. The bridge is missing but I plan on replacing it and installing some Black Winter Duncan Seymours to bring it back to life again.
Man I wanted this exact guitar when i was 13 so bad. These were like £800+ back then. Seeing that 12th fret 'Mick Thompson Signature' inlay takes me back lol
Nice rock out at the end there bro, you still gots it
Bought a warlock because of Barry Thompson and I have never regretted it for a second. Fantastic guitar, sounds and feels amazing.
My first guitar I got was a BC RICH warlock when I was thirteen. I spent so much time posing in front of the mirror with that thing. I am glad I still have it.
I had the bronze Warlock back in 2002, what a piece of sh*t it turned out to be. Made of agathis - which was more or less chipboard staked together, body and headstock ended up chipped like f*c k (mine had the Widow head), hardware & pups were naff too and it hardly ever stayed in tune.
Got mine when I was 11, still have it 10 years later, and after 10 years of hard playing it plays better than my schecter syn custom in my opinion
awesome playing Levi!..I still love the guitar!
My best friend had this exact guitar and had it signed by the entire original slipknot lineup when they did an in store meet and greet at a local music shop on the Iowa tour.
I bought a BC Rich Warlock NJ2 when I was 17, that was 29 years ago! I still have it.
I’ve honestly been looking for one of these for years at this point… I’m actually pretty jealous you got one.
i just got my first warlock! it’s a platinum series with the stock bdsm pickups. it’s in drop b. neck feels like a baseball bat compared to my jackson dx10d, but it’s really brutal. heavy both literally and sonically. it really brings me back to the early 2000s when i was massively obsessed with slipknot. i’m gonna keep this forever 🤘🏻
HUGE fan of the Warlock - it's long been my favourite of the "extreme pointy guitars". Mainly from way back in the day when I got into metal in 1994 and Max Cavalera was playing them in Sepultura, and as my band transitioned from Metallica covers to Slayer and then into black and death metal circa 1996, my guitarist got a black one with a Floyd Rose, and that cemented me love of them. I'm always on the look out for the right one to pick up (I'm a lefty, so that makes it a bit harder) - it has to be black, have a FR bride and the reverse pointy inline 6 headstock. I'd love to get one of those, set it up in probably drop C# and maybe even leave off the top two strings in homage to Mr Cavalera 🤘🏻
That's the dumbest thing I ever heard.
Once owned a U.S made Kramer Baretta 1, single Dimarzio super distortion humbucker, genuine Floyd Rose bridge, and somewhat risque airbrushed artwork that only made it suitable for hair metal!! Ultimately I swapped it for a mid 80's Tokai flying V, that was refinished as a replica of Jimi Hendrix's hand painted Gibson V, that I still own.
Playing Muse tunes live with a Mick Thomson B.C. Rich, you sir got my respect by simply mentioning that. That's not sarcastic, I like playing jazz with my Kramer Nightswan lol. I LOVE that B.C. Rich!
Haha the ending gave me a good laugh man. I loved it. Cool story as well Levi.
After the disasterpieces dvd came out this was my my first guitar. Still have it today!
I’m jealous :P
My Bronze series version Warlock has taken a lot of work to fix, but it makes me smile :-)
Everyone I know that's owned a Warlock absolutely loves it.
Always loved these. Now that they’re back mic should get another one
I’ve always wanted one! I have an ESP AX which is based off these and it’s soo comfy to play, surprisingly.
warlock was my 1st guitar when i was 17 and 15 years later i still have it
Dude this thing is fucking sick.
Sounded great to me, iconic guitar for my era.
Speaking of Mick Thomson, I remember when I was 15 about 6 months before Iowa came out I saw a picture in Circus magazine of Mick playing a Black custom Warlock and that’s when I discovered B.C. Rich. I wanted a warlock but they were uncomfortable to play because of the sharp corners. I have one of his new pro series signature Jackson Soloists, that thing is amazing. Definitely check that one out.
Inspired me to buy my NJ Classic Series Bich. He had a black one after the Warlock age. 20 years later, its still my main gitfiddle.
Beautiful story bro, Slipknot, drinking in London and friends cherish that !
I wanted one of these so badly in middle school. I ended buying a red Ibanez RG that I still play cause of Mick Thompson.
I used to have an early 80s NJ Warlock, kitted out with a Kahler and DiMarzios, and it was a badass guitar. Served me well past my serious metal days. They're surprisingly more comfortable than they look.
That's one hell of an ergonomic guitar
The black version of this was my first ever guitar and I love it. Because I learned to play on that guitar the flat neck has always been my favourite to play. I'll never part hands with it.
I have a warlock and it is the most comfortable thing I've ever played.
edit: silliest guitar has to be my pink palmer strat copy that I covered in stickers, hung on the wall for a few years. Then when I took it down made it a single gibson humbucker converted to hard tail, and moved the bridge to a 26 and an 3/8 scale to fix the awful stock intonation. now it's a rock solid one volume, one humbucker monster.
Nice guitar man
Left behind 💖
I actually have one of those. It’s a cream color. But still a cool guitar
i bought the MTM1 red ibanez with the seven inlay last year, guitar plays like a dream.
I had that exact model on my early 20s haha 🤘
Remember seeing Mick with the Warlock in what ... 1999-2000? I remember thinking how awesome the design looked.
Saw a black Warlock in a local store maybe 2-3 months back. Think it was £300ish. I had just spent my money on an Ibanez RG500 so yeah...
Right now I only own the Ibanez RG500 + an acoustic Tanglewood but recently I asked my brother if I could borrow back my old Washburn (can't remember the model name right now) which has a few stickers on it. It was my first guitar that I bought when I was 18 so it has been fun to play it again after so many years. I gave it to my brother when I turned 20 because I moved out. So yeah ... 16-17 years have passed.
That was my hearts desire before I even started playing guitar back in 99'/00'
The BC rich warlock has my favorite body design ever, it’s the perfect metal guitar
I'm so sorry about your low standards
@@xSkully_H everyone has an opinion no need to be rude it's a nice guitar, I could say your favourite guitar means you have low standards
@@starlinyn9292 my custom shop mayones Regius 6 is low standard? Alright then. I understand.
Skully Hawboldt Don’t be an ass
I would still kill for this guitar
How is that silly. That's amazing
If you can take the saddle out of the bridge on the low e, turn it around to face the other way and you’ll get a good bit more room for intonation. It’s a very common thing to do on tune o magic style bridges as well.
These were always my favorite looking Warlock. Shame there aren’t more of them out in the world.
People hate on these a lot, but there is no more iconic metal guitar. Along with my other guitars, I have a Warlock Bronze with the angle headstock, and a Warlock Platinum with the Widow Headstock. Coffin Case for the Platinum. LOVE those guitars!
I own 3 BC Rich Bass Guitard, 2 warlocks and 1 black widow. And they are me favorites basses to play with
I played veterans halls in a band covering Hendrix, Elvis, and the Doors with a warlock when I was a teen. Seems funny now thinking about it
BC Rich , either you get it or you don't , plus I just noticed that the headstock has a nice fine ass at the top , cool !!
When you get so drunk, you forget where you live..
I love this guitar, my dad got me one as a Xmas gift.. He gave it me early, in November and he passed away that year.
I will never get rid of this guitar.
I now play a maverick species one, and this guitar rests in its awesome coffin case 🤘stay sic🤘
When slipknot was good. Rip slipknot.
Sorry to hear that, but at the same time that’s a lovely memory to be able to hold on to
@@LeviClayit's nostalgia in physical format too.. Love ya videos bro 🤘
I have the budget version of this guitar, the build quality is absolutely dreadful.
Bronze version? I have a few of them and I've found the build quality to be fantastic...
@@DoubtingThomas333 No, it's quite different to the Bronze series in several ways and is just a much cheaper version of the guitar in this video. It doesn't have the large "HATE" inlays, instead just having one smaller inlay in the 12th fret. Instead of EMGs, it has EMG lookalike BC Rich branded humbuckers. It's not a terrible guitar after a good set up, but mine has had a scarf joint break and the bridge is sinking into the soft wood of the body.
@@richardlawrence6749 the body shape is not under patent anymore I don't believe. I have seen several companies use the Warlock body with a different headstock design about marketplace and eBay from time to time.
A Jimmy Havoc shirt is fitting wardrobe for demoing a Slipknot guitar
Silliest guitar: Def my October Annihilator. I love it.
love the left behind rif
Would definitely want a warlock they look so cool
I have the cheaper model. The one with just HATE on the 12th fret. Had it years, it beat up, but I love it and it's one of those I'll just never get rid of.
is this a good model? I've seen a lot of bad rewiews about that
the silliest guitar i have now is a First Act ME274 mini-V. sounds alright and looks cute. if i can find one these days, i'd get one of those BC Rich guitars. i used to have a guitarist who was crazy about mick's warlock.
I have a Warlock Deluxe limited edition, same headstock with EMG active pickups. It sounds so great, so metal.
But if you wanna get a B.C.Rich, make sure you spend some money for it. Cheap models are not good. I used to have a basic warlock, believe me, you don't wanna buy it.
If you are on a budget, look for LTD or Ephiphone. But if you have some money to invest in a guitar, B.C.Rich is a great choice
Fuck I think I remember that magazine you're talking about where Mick mentions the bands. Was that the same one where he said to keep pushing if your picking hand hurts? 😂
So if you're interested, that is a quad bridge, and on the back where the screws are, to the left and right of the screws should be an allen screw you can use to push the bridge further back to intonate it, I have a warlock in B standard and it's almost all the way back.
Yeah I know that - it still won’t go back far enough on the bass side. I guess I COULD get longer screws
@@LeviClay Yea I have almost just removed the springs from the saddles.
I need one
Just bought the mtm1 red ibanez. Shape is more mature and the seven inlay is something you gotta love but hey its a signature so I dont care and as a slipknot fan I think it is nice. Plays very well and sounds insane with the SD emty.
Pretty cool story.
I would love to own that guitar
I still have the same guitar lol cool video mate
I WANT IT
Just customed my sons Flying V Kelly king BC Rich, it was a heap, Squared off the headstock as it was broke, stripped the awful damaged veneer, sprayed it Candy pink and added the solderless Zack Wylde EMG pickup set, its sooo much meatier in sound. Actually not a too bad guitar.
@Justin Last I didn't give it to him, he designed it and actually it's not girly at all if that's what your are implying and you ain't seen his girlfriend, batting way above his weight lol
Once you notice the ballsack on the headstock there's no unseeing it
Love the Jimmy havoc t shirt!
I had a knock off of that guitar my older bro bought it for my birthday yrs ago. I still have it, but its a smaller body than that one...
Cheap or expensive, it is a beautiful guitar love this walock´s and in red it is epic, Never sell it man ;) Love Cheers
Playing a Mick Thompson BC Rich in a Muse and Radiohead tribute band is a BIG power move 👌🏼
I’ve always thought this guitar shape especially with the Widow headstock was super cool and super evil looking but never silly.
I’ve been after one since 2009 because of Lord Ahriman of Dark Funeral and ICS Vortex of Dimmu Borgir.
Lord Ahriman uses the really high end ones that cost a million and on top of that are discontinued. So no NTs or NJs for me.
Maybe not ever.
So I’m going after the Black Metal Arrow from LTD with the Coffin Case instead because Satan.
i don't know if you are aware, and some bridge plates are different, but most of them will have more than one positioning hole, all of them that i have owned have three,they are made for the case of down tuning, that being said , most of the time, the saddle will be so far back that it hits the bridges' rear angled thingie, so you dont get as much fine tuner movement
Could you show how to change the strings on this? Just got one from a family member but the high E was broken and not sure how to change it