Holoflake #1 & #2

Manson Holoflake #1 & #2 at Mansons

Holoflake #1
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	2016-01-09 — 2019-10-11
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Gloss black with holographic glitter
Wood	Body: Alder Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood (22 frets)
Bridge	Gotoh Tune-O-Matic 510
Electronics	One volume, one tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector
Pickup(s)	Neck: Sustainiac Bridge: Manson MBK-2 (Uncovered)
Special circuits	–

Holoflake #2
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	2015-12-02 — 2016-08-13 ; 2022-06-04 — 2023-07-22
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Gloss black with holographic glitter
Wood	Body: Alder Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood (22 frets)
Bridge	Gotoh Tune-O-Matic
Electronics	One volume, one tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector
Pickup(s)	Neck: Sustainiac Bridge: Manson MBK-2 (Uncovered)
Special circuits	–

Information

These two guitars were delivered together with three other new Manson guitars in October 2016 to Matt. Both guitars featured the standard Gotoh bridge in the beginning, whereas one of the two guitars featured a Gotoh 510 bridge at it's first live outing.

The Holoflakes both feature Manson custom aluminium tone and volume knobs and standard chrome tuners.

Touring

Both guitars were first used for the North American leg of the Drones World Tour in 2015. The guitars were first used for Dead Inside and Map of the Problematique and were tuned as CADGBE (Drop C).

Later however, the guitars were differenciated : the #1 was reserved for older songs which require a tuning of half-step down (like Showbiz) that are not played often, up until 2019, while the #2 was used almost exclusively for Map of the Problematique, up until 2016 before getting replaced by other guitars.

The #2 was again used in 2022 for Map of the Problematique during the european legs of the Will of the People Festivals Tour and the Will of the People World Tour.

Songs used for

Back in Black (one occasion)
Dead Inside
Eternally Missed (one occasion)
Fury (two occasions)
Futurism (one occasion)
Map of the Problematique
Muscle Museum (two occasions)
Showbiz
Sing for Absolution (one occasion)

Holoflake #3

Manson Holoflake #3

Holoflake #3
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	2022-10-28 — 2023-10-02
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Gloss black with holographic glitter
Wood	Body: Alder Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood (22 frets)
Bridge	Gotoh Tune-O-Matic
Electronics	One volume, one tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector
Pickup(s)	Neck: Sustainiac Bridge: Custom PF-1 (covered)
Special circuits	–

Information

This guitar is exactly the same as the previous Holoflakes, except that it is equipped with a sustainiac humbucker and a PF-1 instead of a single coil and a MBK-2 an that the pickup frames are silver. It was first seen in the official performance video of We Are Fucking Fucked. [watch]

Touring

This guitar was only used once in 2022 in Berlin with a drop C tuning for Map of the Problematique.

It was used again throughout 2023, starting in Santander, for songs in standard tuning after the Manson MB-1 Blue was damaged during the previous gig.