Holoflake #1

Manson Holoflake #1 & #2 at Mansons

Manson Holoflake #1

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	–

Information

Both this guitar and the #2 were delivered together with three other new Manson guitars in October 2016 to Matt. This guitar featured the standard Gotoh bridge in the beginning, but it featured a Gotoh 510 bridge at its first live outing.

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

Touring

The guitar was first used during the North American leg of the Drones World Tour for Dead Inside and Map of the Problematique and was tuned as CADGBE (Drop C).

Starting from the Shepherds Bush Empire gig in 2017, this guitar was tuned half-step down (Eb tuning) to be used for older songs like Showbiz which are not played often, up until 2019.

Songs used for (Drop C tuning)

Songs used for (Standard Eb tuning)

Back in Black (one occasion)
Eternally Missed (one occasion)
Fury (two occasions)
Futurism (one occasion)
Muscle Museum (two occasions)
Showbiz (ten occasions)
Sing for Absolution (one occasion)

Holoflake #2

Manson Holoflake #1 & #2 at Mansons

Manson Holoflake #2

Holoflake #2
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	2015-12-02 — 2016-08-13 ; 2022-06-04 —
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

Both the #1 and this guitar were delivered together with three other new Manson guitars in October 2016 to Matt. This one featured the standard Gotoh bridge whereas the #1 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

This guitar is tuned as CADGBE (Drop C). It was used throughout the Drones World Tour for Dead Inside and Map of the Problematique, starting from the Dallas gig in December 2015 up until the Sziget Festival in 2016, before getting replaced by other guitars.

It was brought back in 2022 and has been used exclusively for Map of the Problematique ever since.

Songs used for

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.