Manson Matt Black II
| Manson Matt Black II | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Manson Guitars |
| Used | 2013-03-05—2013-03-17 |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Body covering | Matt Black paint |
| Wood | Body: Currently Unknown Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood (22 frets) |
| Bridge | Tune-O-Matic |
| Electronics | One volume, one tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector |
| Pickup(s) | Neck: Fernandes Sustainer FSK-401 Bridge: Manson MBK-2 |
| Special circuits | – |
Background
This guitar was built by Tim Stark of Manson Guitars in February 2013 an debuted at the Columbus gig on the 5th of March 2013. It was very similar to the Manson Matt Black except with standard (not custom) hardware and a standard Manson MBK-2 Bridge Pickup.
Touring
At the second gig Matt used this guitar, he slided it over the LED-panels while playing the Freedom outro and finally threw it out between the slots of the pyramid. Most likely the neck received heavy damgage, because the next show the Matt Black II wasn't used until it returned at the Tulsa gig with a new neck. This neck seems similar to the DL-1 neck that the Manson Red Glitter 2.0 got after a damage.
At the Las Vegas gig Matt first smashed it three times and and finally threw this guitar into the audience. A tweet from Dominic Anderson says that the guys catching the guitar were allowed to keep the guitar. tweet Apparantly someone from the crowd was injured because of the throw. Some more pictures of the damaged guitar can be seen here.