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| | [[File:DLOR_DLORRelic.jpg|thumb|right|Manson DL-OR & DL-OR Relic]] |
| | Name = Micro Cuts
| | [[File:DLOR_TimStarkRonJoyce.jpg|thumb|right|Ron Joyce with Manson master builder Tim Stark, working on the DL-OR]] |
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| | | Name = DL-OR Signature Guitar |
| |[[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]] <small>(7)</small> | | | Manufacturer = [[Manson Guitars]] |
| |[[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live)|Hullabaloo Soundtrack]] <small>(12)</small>
| | | Used = - |
| |[[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullabaloo]] <small>(3)</small> | | | Body = Solid |
| |[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>CD (12)</small> | | | Neck = Bolt-on |
| |[[Origin_of_Muse_(box_set)#CD_7_.28Origin_of_Symmetry_Remastered.2 |Origin of Symmetry (Remastered)]] <small>(7)</small> | | | BodyCovering = Full Aluminium Body Cladding Relic |
| |[[Origin_of_Symmetry_(album)#Origin_of_Symmetry%3A_XX_Anniversary_RemiXX|Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX)]] <small>(7)</small> | | | Wood = '''Body''': Alder<br/>'''Neck''': Birds-eye maple<br/>'''Fingerboard''': Rosewood |
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| | | Bridge = Fixed |
| | Length = 3:38. 3:39 <small>(XX Anniversary RemiXX)</small> | | | Electronics = One volume, one tone, 3-way pickup selector, one piezo volume |
| | AltTitles = Bass Trem | | | Pickups = '''Neck''': Manson DB-90 <br/>'''Bridge''': Manson Mother Superior Humbucker |
| | First = [[Adelaide Governor Hindmarsh 2000 (gig)|19{{supo|th}} October 2000]] | | | Special = <nowiki></nowiki> |
| | Latest = [[Montreux Auditorium Stravinski 2016 (gig)|2{{supo|nd}} July 2016]] <small>(full)</small> [[London Royal Albert Hall 2018 (gig) |3{{supo|rd}} December 2018]] <small>(outro riff)</small> | | *[[MXR Phase 90]] w/ speed knob |
| | Recorded = [[Real World Studios|Real World Studio Wiltshire]], 2001
| | *[[Z.Vex Fuzz Factory]] |
| | Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| | *Graphtech Ghost acoustic saddles via preamp built by Ron Joyce |
| | Producer = [[John Leckie]]
| | *Three-way toggle killswitch |
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| | == Background == |
| | Previous = [[Citizen Erased (song) | Citizen Erased]]
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| | Next = [[Screenager (song) | Screenager]]
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| | Previous = [[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz ''(1999)'']]
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| | Current = [[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry ''(2001)'']]
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| | Next = [[Hullabaloo (album) | Hullabaloo ''(2002)'']]
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| '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3aRxqYeXlc Listen]''' | | The Manson DL-OR, as it's name suggests, is an in-depth replica of the iconic [[Manson Delorean]], one of Matt's first guitars he got from Hugh Manson back in 2001. The guitar was released in a limited batch of 24 guitars on October 26th, 2021, after a series of teasers of Bellamy posing with the guitar in Back to the Future's DMC DeLorean. The guitar's nicknamed by Manson as the “Origin Re-issue”. |
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| ==Description==
| | Unlike the [[Manson DL-1 Matthew Bellamy Signature Guitar|Manson DL-1]], another Delorean replica, the DL-OR goes more in-depth into Matt's original Delorean, in terms of controls and features, with the team stripping and studying the original Delorean in detail during the development of the new model. According to Mansons, "The aim was to produce a modern DL as if Matt was ordering it today, but with a serious look to the guitars historic past. ". <ref>https://www.mansonguitarworks.com/dl-or-limited-edition</ref> |
| A blend of baroque melody, high pitched vocals and metal. [[Matthew Bellamy]] uses falsetto vocals peaking at G5 during the chorus and Ab5 in descending vocals towards the end.
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| Matt said that the song was inspired by a dream he had in which he was in a desert and there were giant blades swinging from the sky, matt said: "I was having these strange hallucinations of this triangular blade, really silver metallic, razor sharp. I was in this landscape, arid, grey, dead with an endless horizon and I was trying to dodge these blades that were flying about everywhere. They'd go into my head and I could feel them cutting into my brain... Then I went to the doctor and he told me to drink more water and that was that." <ref>NME - Vengeance is ours! [November 2001] </ref>
| | The guitar comes with two Manson-designed pickups, made by in-house pickup builder and designer Simon Thorn; One is the multi-rail "Mother Superior" pickup, which comes in a push/pull coil split switching mode, and the other one is the DB90 (short for "Deci Bell 90"), modelled after the P90 pickup. The guitar also features a built-in USA ZVEX Fuzz Factory and MXR Phase 90. With the original having a Graph Tech saddle system, amplified through a custom Ron Joyce preamp, Ron Joyce was able to collaborate on the DL-OR project by rebuilding the circuit for the guitar. |
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| "Micro Cuts" has been speculated to have been inspired by Prelude N°3 in D minor (BWV999) by Johann-Sebastian Bach.
| | The DL-OR was sold in two visual formats; The standard DL-OR, and the reliced DL-OR. |
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| When asked about the meaning of the song, Matt stated; "This stems from hallucinations I had of triangular blades cutting into the back of my head. It's a feeling that information is being infiltrated into your brain. I'd seen a TV programme about psychological warfare and how the government could be controlling us using a type of radiation, sending pulses to our brains. So micro cuts are cuts into your being that you can't see or avoid"<ref>Rock Sound - 2001</ref>
| | == Manson DL-OR Gallery == |
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| | File:DLOR.jpg|Manson DL-OR |
| | File:DLOR_Relic.jpg|Manson DL-OR Relic |
| | File:02_DLORCertificate.jpg|DL-OR Certificate of Authenticity |
| | File:03_DLORRelicCertificate.jpg|DL-OR Relic Certificate of Authenticity |
| | File:04_DLORBody.jpg|Controls layout on the DL-OR |
| | File:04_DLORRelicBody.jpg|Body of teh DL-OR Relic |
| | File:06_DLORDB90.jpg|The Manson "Deci Bell 90" DB-90 pickup |
| | File:07_DLORMotherPickup.jpg|The Manson "Mother Superior" pickup |
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| ==Composition== | | == References == |
| Micro Cuts is a metal song, with elements of baroque music. It's written in D minor, and moves at a very fast tempo of 160 bpm. The time signature frequently shifts between 4/4 and 6/4.
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| Bellamy's vocal range spans from D4 to A♭5, and shares his highest recorded note with [[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]] and [[Survival (song)|Survival]]. Similar to [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]], Bellamy never uses the modal register, even on lower notes where falsetto is difficult to maintain. His tone is very different in both songs, defying the common belief that the falsetto register is limited in tonal variation.
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| ==Micro Cuts (XX Anniversary RemiXX)==
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| On May 19th, 2021, it was announced that Muse will be releasing a remixed and remastered version of [[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]], titled "Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX)". This was released on June 18th, 2021.
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| The most notable change from the original is the addition of a Harpsichord during the intro and verses. Matt revealed that this was originally recorded for the song to give it a more classical/baroque sound, but for reasons he could not recall they muted it in the original mix. Another notable change is the presence of additional backing falsetto vocals by Matt during the intro, second verse and outro. Aside from the usual touch ups to the drums, guitar and bass, the only other notable difference is that the guitar solo during the outro (from 3:17-3:23) no longer pans from left to right.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7TOd9-CDKQ</ref>
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| Live favourite on the 2001 and 2002 tours. It was performed at just two known gigs in 2000, where it was only known as "New 2" or "the heavy song" by fans. The first time Micro Cuts was played live in 2001, it featured different lyrics in place of "Micro waves me insane, A blade cuts in your brain" and the chorus. Early live versions featured an extended outro that featured parts of the song "[[Execution Commentary (song)|Execution Commentary]]", as well as extra lyrics.
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| The descending vocals towards the end of the song have been played intermittently through time. During early 2001 it wasn't sung at all, and post 2002 it wasn't usually sung, although one example of the descending vocals post-2002 was at [[Nashville Mercy Lounge 2004 (gig)|The Mercy Lounge in 2004]]. In the latter half of the 2005 tour, the post-final-chorus section was used as an outro to "[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]" on at least two occasions.
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| "Micro Cuts" made a return to set lists during the 2007 European tour. The first performance of 2007 featured a largely clean guitar (without effects), while further performances feature a "new effect", which mimics the layering on the album recording. The descending vocals have not returned, while vocals have been clean so far. After the final chorus and before the final decent, Bellamy has used the Kaoss pad to create a sound similar to the [[Kaoss Pad|Kaoss pad]] solo and outro used with live "[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]" performances.
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| Played occasionally during the ''[[Absolution]]'' and the ''[[Black Holes and Revelations]]'' tours. A live version of "Micro Cuts" appears on the live albums ''[[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live)|Hullabaloo Soundtrack]]'' and ''[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]]''.
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| During ''[[The Resistance]]'' tour, the outro is played in place of the outro to "[[Dead Star (song)|Dead Star]]" and on ''[[The 2nd Law (album)|The 2nd Law]]'' tour, the song was played after the roulette wheel landed on green on the April 24th gig at Montreal. It was the first time that the song had been played since the [[Reading Little John's Farm 2011 (gig)|Reading]] & [[Leeds Bramham Park 2011 (gig)|Leeds]] festivals in 2011. The song was finally played during [[Tokyo Zepp 2013 (gig)|Tokyo Zepp gig]], before it mades its return in 2015 for the [[Leicestershire Donington Park 2015 (gig)|Download Festival]].
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| ==Lyrics==
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| |Hands are red with your blame
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| Megaphone screaming my name
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| Whimpers someone I should've loved
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| Souls weeping above
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| I've seen
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| What you’re doing to me
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| Destroying puppet strings
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| To our souls
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| Micro waves me insane
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| A blade cuts in your brain
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| Sounds like forks on a plate
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| Blackboard scratched with hate
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| What you’re doing to me
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| To our souls
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| <ref>https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5b1aib</ref>
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| Early versions included an extra vocal piece towards the end - though the wording is not known - and included sections of the riff from [[Execution Commentary (song)|Execution Commentary]].
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| ==See also==
| | * [[Manson Delorean]] |
| *[[Origin of Symmetry media use|Commercial use in media]] | | * [[Manson DL-1 Matthew Bellamy Signature Guitar|Manson DL-1]] |
| | * [https://www.mansonguitarworks.com/dl-or-limited-edition DL-OR on the Manson Guitar Works website] |
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Manson DL-OR & DL-OR Relic
Ron Joyce with Manson master builder Tim Stark, working on the DL-OR
| DL-OR Signature Guitar
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Manson Guitars
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Solid
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Bolt-on
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| Body covering
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Full Aluminium Body Cladding Relic
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Body: Alder
Neck: Birds-eye maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
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Fixed
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| Electronics
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One volume, one tone, 3-way pickup selector, one piezo volume
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Neck: Manson DB-90
Bridge: Manson Mother Superior Humbucker
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Background
The Manson DL-OR, as it's name suggests, is an in-depth replica of the iconic Manson Delorean, one of Matt's first guitars he got from Hugh Manson back in 2001. The guitar was released in a limited batch of 24 guitars on October 26th, 2021, after a series of teasers of Bellamy posing with the guitar in Back to the Future's DMC DeLorean. The guitar's nicknamed by Manson as the “Origin Re-issue”.
Unlike the Manson DL-1, another Delorean replica, the DL-OR goes more in-depth into Matt's original Delorean, in terms of controls and features, with the team stripping and studying the original Delorean in detail during the development of the new model. According to Mansons, "The aim was to produce a modern DL as if Matt was ordering it today, but with a serious look to the guitars historic past. ". [1]
The guitar comes with two Manson-designed pickups, made by in-house pickup builder and designer Simon Thorn; One is the multi-rail "Mother Superior" pickup, which comes in a push/pull coil split switching mode, and the other one is the DB90 (short for "Deci Bell 90"), modelled after the P90 pickup. The guitar also features a built-in USA ZVEX Fuzz Factory and MXR Phase 90. With the original having a Graph Tech saddle system, amplified through a custom Ron Joyce preamp, Ron Joyce was able to collaborate on the DL-OR project by rebuilding the circuit for the guitar.
The DL-OR was sold in two visual formats; The standard DL-OR, and the reliced DL-OR.
Manson DL-OR Gallery
DL-OR Certificate of Authenticity
DL-OR Relic Certificate of Authenticity
Controls layout on the DL-OR
The Manson "Deci Bell 90" DB-90 pickup
The Manson "Mother Superior" pickup
References
See also
Go back to Manson Guitars
