Manson Guitars

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Guitar line-up
Guitar rack
Guitar line-up. From left to right: 7 String E Guitar, Bomber, Laser, Delorean, 007 and Mirror
Back-stage rig
Manson guitars hanging out
File:Matthew Bellamy Guitars at "Psycho Tour" 2015.jpg
Manson Guitars at "Psycho Tour" 2015

Matthew Bellamy owns between 38-45 Manson guitars, of which all were built by Hugh Manson (before 2009) except the Mirror Kaoss, Doubleneck, Keytar and Matt Black II and many more, which were built by Tim Stark. Hugh still makes guitars for Matt, but nowadays, most of the work is done by head luthier at Manson Guitar Works, Tim Stark. All of the guitars built for Bellamy, aside from the 7 String E Guitar, have a shape that he designed alongside Hugh Manson in 2001, dubbed Mattocaster or MB shape. The Mattocaster shape resulted from Bellamy wanting a guitar with "the body of a Fender Telecaster and the sound of a Gibson Les Paul".[source?] 12 guitars were made for Matt in 2015, the most made at one go ever by Mansons for Matt. Matt's guitars are divided into two Rigs for use in different regions of the world, Rig A and Rig B.

Guitars

Model Also known as Period used live Rig Status


Mirror Earls Court 2004- A In use
Chrome Bomber Silver Bomber, Lozenge [note 1] 2006- A In use
Black Glitter 7 String - 2012- ? In use
M1D1 Gloss Black - 2012- A In use
Matt Black 2.0 #2 - 2015- A In use
Matt Black 2.0 #3 - 2015- A In use
Copper Bomber Steampunk Lozenge 2015- (A) Workshop
Matt Black - 2012- B In use
Red Carbon - 2012- B In use
M1D1 Gloss Black 2.0 - 2015- B In use
MB-1 Red Glitter Son of Santa 2010- B In use
Matt Black 2.0 #4 - 2015- B In use
Matt Black 2.0 #5 - 2015- B In use
Matt Black Stealth #1 Stealth Matt 2015- B In use
Matt Black Stealth #2 - 2015- B In use
Matt Black Stealth #3 - 2015- B In use
7 String E Guitar - 2001- B In use
Silver Glitter Holes Sagrada 2015- B In use
Copper Bomber 2.0 - 2015- B In use
Metal Bomber - 2015- B In use
Mirror 2.0 - 2015- B In use
Patented MID1 Manson - 2015- - not released
M1D1 Black Kaoss, Invincible[note 1] 2006-2011 - Warm up/Recording
Silver Glitter Holes 2.0 - 2015- - Currently unknown
Black Glitter 7 String 2.0 - 2015- - Currently unknown
7 String E Guitar 2.0 - 2015- - Currently unknown
Ali Top Son of Delorean, New Delorean, Delorean Bender [note 1] 2007-2014 - Currently unknown
Red Glitter 2.0[note 2] New Glitterati, Santa 2.0 2010-2013 - Currently unknown
Matt Black (batch) - 2013-2014 - Currently unknown
007 Black Manson, Blackie, Black Ed[note 1] 2001-2011 - Retired/In studio use
Delorean Industrial Disease, Silver 2001-2005 - Retired
Laser Lazer 2002-2007 - Retired
Bomber 1945 2003-2006 - Retired
M1D1 Mirror[note 3] M One D One, M1D1 2006-2007 - Retired
Red Glitter Glitterati, Red Sparkle, Santa[note 1] 2007-2010 - Retired
Black Midi Seattle, Auto[note 1] 2007-2011 - Retired
Keytarcaster[note 2] - 2009-2010 - Retired
Mirror Kaoss Hybrid Jools Manson, Chrome Kaoss 2009-2010 - Retired
Doubleneck Casinocaster 2010 - Retired
Keytar Neoncaster, Light Keytar, Troncaster 2010-2011 - Retired
DL-1 Delorean Trasher [note 1] 2011 - Retired
Carbon Olympic Manson 2012-2014 - Retired
Matt Black 2.0 #1 - 2015 A/B Retired
Alloy 7 String - Never - Studio use only (2012)
Rust Relic - Never - Never used (Sold)
Delorean 3.0[note 2] - Never - Never used
The Sheep Guitar - Never - Never used

Notes

  1. a b c d e f g These names are what Matt Bellamy calls his guitars by
  2. a b c These names are not official, but fan dubs. These guitars have not been added to the Muse gallery on the Manson Guitar website and thus their official names are unknown.
  3. Now displayed inside the Manson Guitars shop, Exeter.


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