Manson Red Glitter 2.0

Red Glitter 2.0

Red Glitter 2.0

Red Glitter 2.0

Red Glitter 2.0
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	Québec City Pepsi Coliseum 2010 (gig)-
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Triumph red finish, pink and holographic glitter on the body and headstock
Wood	Body: Swamp Ash Neck: Birds-eye maple Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge	Fixed
Electronics	One volume, one tone, 3-way pickup selector toggle
Pickup(s)	Neck: Fernandes Sustainer FSK-401 Bridge: Manson MBK 2
Special circuits	Fernandes Sustainer X-Y Midi Screen Controller used for a Kaoss Pad

Origin

A new guitar built by Hugh Manson to replace Matthew Bellamy's original Manson Red Glitter, which was damaged beyond repair after being dragged off the tower by a curtain at Los Angeles Staples Center, in September 2010. The new guitar has a more even coat of glitter and a Mirror Perspex XY Pad frame as opposed to its predecessor which bore 4 distinct lines of glitter and an alloy XY Pad frame.

Additional Information

Official replicas of the Red Glitter and Seattle Manson can be bought from the Manson online store. The MB-1 range (Matt Bellamy series 1) has a starting price of £3099 for a Black basic version with no midi screen or Manson hardware. Adding a Red Sparkle Finish costs £200 and adding a MIDI Screen costs £300, so a guitar identical to Bellamy's costs £3599. Adding the Alloy Machine Heads, as on Matts 'Delorean and' 'Son of Delorean/Ali Top' guitars, would cost an additional £250.

Touring

This guitar received its first outing on 21st October 2010, at the Quebec City Pepsi Coliseum, where already it began to inherit the spirit of its predecessor by being thrown into Dominic Howard's china cymbal. Bellamy has been throwing this guitar around quite extensively, mostly at the end of Stockholm Syndrome. A video of him throwing it at Howard's kick drum at the Rod Laver Arena gig in Melbourne, Australia, shows the guitar getting a battering. At the Bassendean Oval gig, the guitar was thrown repeatedly and violently at Howard's drum-set, again at the end of Stockholm Syndrome.

It was believed to be damaged beyond repair after the Kyiv Palats Sportu but was repaired by Manson's Guitars and was back in action at LA Rising.

As of August 2011 it now has a Manson DL-1 Neck as the original's headstock was split after being thrown in the air whilst on tour in the USA

Songs used for

• Exogenesis: Symphony Pt. 1 Overture
• Map of the Problematique
• MK Ultra
• New Born
• Stockholm Syndrome
• Unnatural Selection

References

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