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Manson Matt Black

Check out that neck!

Manson Matt Black

Natural neck

Manson Matt Black
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	2012-09-13 —
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Matte Satin Black Paint
Wood	Body: Currently Unknown Neck: Baked Birds-Eye Maple Fingerboard: Ebony (22 frets)
Bridge	Gotoh Tune-O-Matic
Electronics	One volume, one tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector
Pickup(s)	Neck: Fernandes Sustainer FSK-401 Bridge: Presumably Manson MBK-2 (Uncovered)
Special circuits	–

Background

This guitar appeared at the Stockholm STV TV Programme on TV on the 14th of September 2012. Like the Manson Carbon, this guitar does not feature a X/Y midi controller pad, which is a change from a majority of Matt's Resistance era guitars.

The guitar had to match a specific weight requirement (around 2.4kg) so multiple holes were drilled into the body, neck (routed), hardware to reach the target weight. This is the lightest guitar Hugh has built for Matt. This is the second of six Manson guitars created by Hugh Manson for Bellamy in 2012.

It features the custom knobs and machine heads in nickel of the Manson Delorean, but with 5/6 holes drilled into them at the back to reduce the weight.

Also it is nearly identical with a bunch of other Manson Matt Blacks from a batch series, that Matt uses for smashing around. The key difference between this guitar and the multiple Matt Blacks used for smashing is that is features a drier velvet satin finish, compared to the textured satin black finishes found on the guitars used for smashing. Neck material and fingerboard choice is also different (Maple vs. Birds-eye maple and Rosewood vs Ebony).

Touring

Along with the Manson M1D1 Gloss Black, it was the most frequently used guitar on The 2nd Law tour.

On the April 10, 2013 Toronto gig this guitar featured a new (natural) maple neck. It was thrown out of the pyramid the evening before during the outro of Stockholm Syndrome. A video of the incident can be seen here [watch].

Since the beginning of the Unsustainable Stadium Tour, the guitar featured a new natural maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a black headstock.

For the Psycho UK Tour Matt used this guitar for nearly all Drop-D tuned songs, and also tossed it around several times. A picture showing some damages to the guitar, Matt commented with: 'For those concerned, guitar is totally fine, I'm using it tonight, it's taken much worse. Manson guitars are built to last; military grade...'

This guitar was used again for some song during the Europe festival shows.

Songs used for

Agitated
Assassin
Bliss
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Dead Star
Defector (recording)
Follow Me
Guiding Light
Hyper Music
Hysteria
Lithium
Madness
Map of the Problematique
Micro Cuts
Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)
Panic Station
Psycho
Reapers
Resistance
Sign o' the Times
Stockholm Syndrome
Time Is Running Out
Unnatural Selection
Uprising

Links

Pictures of the Manson Matt Black on the Mansons Guitars Website

Go back to Manson Guitars

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 | Name = Manson Matt Black
 | Manufacturer = [[Manson Guitars]]
-| Used = [[Stockholm_SVT_2012_(gig) |2012-09-14]]—
+| Used = [[Stockholm_SVT_2012_(gig) |2012-09-13]] —
 | Body = Solid
 | Neck = Bolt-on
-| BodyCovering = Matt Black paint
+| BodyCovering = Matte Satin Black Paint
 | Wood = '''Body:''' Currently Unknown <br/>'''Neck:''' Baked Birds-Eye Maple <br/>'''Fingerboard''': Ebony (22 frets)
-| Bridge = Tune-O-Matic
+| Bridge = Gotoh Tune-O-Matic
 | Electronics = One volume, one tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector
 | Pickups = '''Neck''': [[Fernandes Sustainer]] FSK-401<br/>'''Bridge''': Presumably Manson MBK-2 (Uncovered)
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 == Background ==
-This guitar that appeared at the [[Stockholm_SVT_2012_(gig)|Stockholm STV TV Programme]] on the 14th of September 2012. Like the [[Manson Carbon]], this guitar does not feature a X/Y midi controller pad, which is a change from a majority of Matt's Resistance era guitars.
+This guitar appeared at the [[Stockholm_SVT_2012_(gig)|Stockholm STV TV Programme]] on TV on the 14th of September 2012. Like the [[Manson Carbon]], this guitar does not feature a X/Y midi controller pad, which is a change from a majority of Matt's Resistance era guitars.
 The guitar had to match a specific weight requirement (around 2.4kg) so multiple holes were drilled into the body, neck (routed), hardware to reach the target weight. This is the lightest guitar Hugh has built for Matt. This is the second of six Manson guitars created by Hugh Manson for Bellamy in 2012.
-It features the custom knobs and machineheads of the [[Manson Delorean]], but with 5/6 holes drilled into them at the back to reduce the weight.
+It features the custom knobs and machine heads in nickel of the [[Manson Delorean]], but with 5/6 holes drilled into them at the back to reduce the weight.
-Also it is nearly identical with the [[Manson Matt Black II]] and the [[Manson Matt Black (batch)|III, IV, V & VI]].
+Also it is nearly identical with a bunch of other [[Manson Matt Black (batch)| Manson Matt Blacks]] from a batch series, that Matt uses for smashing around. The key difference between this guitar and the multiple Matt Blacks used for smashing is that is features a drier velvet satin finish, compared to the textured satin black finishes found on the guitars used for smashing. Neck material and fingerboard choice is also different (Maple vs. Birds-eye maple and Rosewood vs Ebony).
 == Touring ==
-Along with the [[Manson M1D1 Gloss Black]], it is the most frequently used guitar on The 2nd Law tour.
+Along with the [[Manson M1D1 Gloss Black]], it was the most frequently used guitar on The 2nd Law tour.
-On the [[Toronto Air Canada Centre 2013 - 10th (gig)|April 10, 2013 Toronto gig]] this guitar featured a new (natural) maple neck. The reason for the change remains uncertain, as the guitar wasn't smashed [[Toronto Air Canada Centre 2013 - 9th (gig)|the evening before]] but only slided a few times over the pyramid LED-panels during the Stockholm Syndrome outro.
+On the [[Toronto Air Canada Centre 2013 - 10th (gig)|April 10, 2013 Toronto gig]] this guitar featured a new (natural) maple neck. It was thrown out of the pyramid [[Toronto Air Canada Centre 2013 - 9th (gig)|the evening before]] during the outro of Stockholm Syndrome. A video of the incident can be seen here {{YTw|Hw9oSLIdd1Y}}.
-Since the [[Coventry Ricoh Arena 2013 (gig) |beginning of the Stadium Tour]], the guitar features a new natural maple neck the with a black headstock.
+Since the [[Coventry Ricoh Arena 2013 (gig) |beginning of the Unsustainable Stadium Tour]], the guitar featured a new natural maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a black headstock.
+For the [[Psycho UK Tour]] Matt used this guitar for nearly all Drop-D tuned songs, and also [https://instagram.com/p/0RAG_tHXW9/?taken-by=muse tossed] it around several times. A [https://instagram.com/p/0TDj3SHXSZ/?taken-by=muse picture] showing some damages to the guitar, Matt commented with: 'For those concerned, guitar is totally fine, I'm using it tonight, it's taken much worse. Manson guitars are built to last; military grade...'
+This guitar was used again for some song during the Europe festival shows.
 ==== Songs used for ====
+*[[Agitated (song) |Agitated]]
+*[[Assassin (song) |Assassin]]
 *[[Bliss (song) |Bliss]]
 *[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song) |Butterflies & Hurricanes]]
 *[[Dead Star (song) |Dead Star]]
-*[[Follow Me (song)|Follow Me]]
+*[[Defector (song) |Defector]] (recording)
+*[[Follow Me (song) |Follow Me]]
 *[[Guiding Light (song) |Guiding Light]]
-*[[Hysteria (song)|Hysteria]]
+*[[Hyper Music (song) |Hyper Music]]
-*[[Madness (song)|Madness]]
+*[[Hysteria (song) |Hysteria]]
-*[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
+*[[Lithium (song) |Lithium]]
-*[[Panic Station (song)|Panic Station]]
+*[[Madness (song) |Madness]]
-*[[Resistance (song)|Resistance]]
+*[[Map of the Problematique (song) |Map of the Problematique]]
+*[[Micro Cuts (song) |Micro Cuts]]
+*[[Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) (song) |Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)]]
+*[[Panic Station (song) |Panic Station]]
+*[[Psycho (song) |Psycho]]
+*[[Reapers (song) |Reapers]]
+*[[Resistance (song) |Resistance]]
 *[[Sign o' the Times (song) |Sign o' the Times]]
 *[[Stockholm Syndrome (song) |Stockholm Syndrome]]
-*[[Time Is Running Out (song)|Time Is Running Out]]
+*[[Time Is Running Out (song) |Time Is Running Out]]
+*[[Unnatural Selection (song) |Unnatural Selection]]
+*[[Uprising (song) |Uprising]]
 == Links ==