Manson Delorean

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Delorean Manson
Delorean Manson
Delorean
Manufacturer Manson Guitars
Used 2001–2005
Body type Solid
Neck joint Bolt-on
Body covering Aluminum
Wood Body: mahogany
Neck: birds-eye maple
Fingerboard: rosewood
Bridge Fixed
Electronics
Pickup(s)
  • Neck: Seymour Duncan Hot P90
  • Bridge: Kent Armstrong Motherbucker
  • Roland GK-2a MIDI pickup
Special circuits

Background

Although officially called "Manson Delorean", the guitar is known to fans as the "Silver Manson".

Hugh Manson on the Delorean

"Matt came to the shop and asked me to make a guitar for him. He had a definite idea of what he wanted it to sound like. We reached the body design through a combination of me drawing and him pointing and we got there pretty quickly, I think there was just a slight alteration on the top horn. In terms of the aluminium finish, that was an interesting one. I plated the whole thing and thought, 'My God, I'm gonna have to polish this and that's gonna be a nightmare.' It was all covered in really rough file marks and looked industrially atrocious. I was summoning up the energy to take it home and spend a week flattening it down and polishing it, but before that I took it down to the shop to show the lads how it was going. By fluke Matt turned up at the shop that day and I said, Why don't you have a look at the work in progress? He looks at it and goes, 'Oh wow, I love the finish!' I thought, That's brilliant, exactly what I want to hear."

Additional Information

Touring

This guitar has been retired from live use since the start of the Black Holes and Revelations tour.

Songs used for (pre-Black Holes and Revelations tour)

Links


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