The Ibanez MTM series was a series of signature guitars created by Slipknot's Mick Thomson, and produced by Ibanez. Some of the MTMs had the Ibanez RG shape and some had the Ibanez Glaive shape. They have two humbucking pickups (H-H configuration), 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 have a tremolo bar or system. They came factory tuned to Drop B (B, F#, B, E, G#, C# [low to high]), a very low tuning that Slipknot used frequently. The MTM series was discontinued in 2016, when Mick Thomson switched to Jackson Guitars. Models RG shape (2006–2011) (2014–2016) MTM1 The MTM1 is constructed with the neck-through method, has a mahogany body, and a five-piece maple/walnut neck. The neck is the wizard II neck and the newer generations of the MTM1 do not have the thumbstop behind the headstock. When the MTM1 was first released, it came out of the factory with active EMG pickups: the 81 and 60. The second generation MTM1s came with Seymour Duncan AHB-1 Blackouts and came in two colors: black with white binding, or the traditional blood red with black binding. The third generation MTM1s were released with a few modifications from their predecessors. They featured a volute behind the headstock, the AHB-1 Blackouts were changed to Thomson's signature EMTY Blackouts, and the output jack was mounted on the side of the guitar, like that of an Ibanez JEM. The MTM1 is the more expensive model. The MTM1 also featured the "seven" inlay across the first five frets. MTM2 The Ibanez MTM2 is the more affordable sister guitar of the MTM1; it has a mahogany body, bolt-on five-piece maple and walnut neck, locking nut, EDGE III Fixed bridge, and Duncan designed active pickups (earlier models shipped with Ibanez V7 and V8 pickups). The MTM2 was offered in black with white binding, and later white with black binding. The "seven" inlays were removed, and it is now written on the truss rod cover. MTM20 Similar to the MTM2, the MTM20 has a mahogany body, five-piece maple and walnut bolt-on neck, locking nut, FX Edge III bridge, and the Duncan Designed active pickups. However the 'seven' inlays normally featured on higher-end models was present. The MTM20 comes only in white with black