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
Manson guitar rack for the 2019 tour with number and name labels by Matt's tech

Matthew Bellamy owns more than 50 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?]

As of June of 2019, Bellamy became the majority shareholder of Manson Guitar Works.[1]He mentioned that in the following months and years, he and the team at Manson will work on bringing out lower cost M-Series guitars, investigating new products for heavier music genres (incl. 7 string guitars) and explore enchanced electronic features to evolve the guitar into the modern era of sound.[2]

Guitars

Model Also known as Period used live Status
Chrome FR Chrome Whammy 2017- In use
Matt Black FR Matt Black Whammy, Black Knight 2017- In use
TronCaster - 2018- In use
Matt Black I - 2012-2015 Probably retired
Matt Black II/III/IV/V/VI/VII/VIII - 2013-2014 Retired/Given away
Matt Black 2.0 #2/#3/#4/#5 - 2015- In use
Matt Black 2.0 #1 - 2015 Retired
Matt Black Stealth #1/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7 Stealth Matt 2015- In use
Matt Black Stealth #2 Stealth Matt 2015-2016 Retired
Matt Black Stealth LED - 2017-2018 Probably retired
Prophet Stealth - 2019- In use
Red Alert - 2017- In use
Mirror Earls Court 2004-2013, 2013-(rebuilt) In use
Mirror 2.0 - 2015- In use
Mirror Kaoss Hybrid Jools Manson, Chrome Kaoss 2009-2010 Retired
Mirror Doubleneck Casinocaster 2010 Retired
Black Midi Seattle, Auto[note 1] 2007-2011 Retired
M1D1 Black Kaoss, Invincible[note 1] 2006-2011 Retired/In studio use
M1D1 Mirror [note 2] M One D One, M1D1 2006-2007 Retired
M1D1 Gloss Black - 2012-2016 Retired
M1D1 Gloss Black 2.0 - 2015-201? Probably retired
M1D1 Stealth #1/#2/#3 - 2015- In use
M1D1 Blue - 2019- In use
Holoflake #1/#2 - 2015- In use
Silver Glitter Holes Sagrada 2015 Retired
Silver Glitter Holes 2.0 - 2015 Retired
MB-1 Red Glitter Son of Santa 2010, 2015 Retired
MB-1 Blue Blue Steel, Blue Beast Never Display
Red Glitter Glitterati, Red Sparkle, Santa[note 1] 2007-2010 Retired
Red Glitter 2.0 [note 3] New Glitterati, Santa 2.0 2010-2013 Retired
Carbon Olympic Manson 2012-2014 Retired
Red Carbon - 2012-2016 Retired
Bomber 1945 2003-2006 Retired
Chrome Bomber Silver Bomber, Lozenge [note 1] 2006-2015 Retired
Copper Bomber Steampunk Lozenge 2015 Display
Copper Bomber 2.0 - 2015 Retired
Metal Bomber - 2015-2016 Retired
Xenokroma Bomber - 2016 Retired
Stealth Bomber - 2016 Retired
DR-1 #00/#01/#02/#03 - 2016-201? Probably Retired
007 Black Manson, Blackie, Black Ed[note 1] 2001-2011 Retired/In studio use
Laser Lazer 2002-2007 Retired
7 String E Guitar - 2001-2011, 2018 In studio use
7 String E Guitar 2.0 - 2015-2018 Retired
Black 7 String - 2012-2015 Retired
Black 7 String 2.0 - 2015-2016 Retired
Alloy 7 String - Never In studio use (2012)
Acoustic Black Acoustic Manson 2017- In use
Delorean Industrial Disease, Silver 2001-2005 Retired
Delorean 3.0 [note 3] - Never Never used
DL-1 Delorean Trasher [note 1] 2011 Retired
Ali Top Son of Delorean, New Delorean, Delorean Bender [note 1] 2007-2015 Retired
Keytarcaster [note 3] - 2009-2010 Retired
Keytar Neoncaster, Light Keytar, Troncaster 2010-2011 Retired
Rust Relic - Never Never used (Sold)
The Sheep Guitar - Never Never used

Signature Guitars

Model
Manson MB-1
Manson MB-1S
Manson DL-1
Manson SDL-1
Manson DR-1
Manson MB-1RA
Manson MB-1TBK
Manson MB-1S2.0
Cort MBC-1

Notes


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References

  1. a b c d e f g These names are what Matt Bellamy calls his guitars by
  2. Now displayed inside the Manson Guitars shop, Exeter.
  3. 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.