Manson Red Carbon

Manson Red Carbon
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	2012-10-27 — 2015-07-18
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Red carbon fibre on the body and headstock, black binding
Wood	Body: Currently unknown Neck: Birds-eye maple Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge	Fixed with Graph-Tech saddles
Electronics	One volume, one tone, 3-way pickup selector toggle
Pickup(s)	Neck: Fernandes Sustainer FSK-401 Bridge: Manson MBK 2
Special circuits	X-Y Midi Screen Controller used for a Kaoss Pad

Background

This guitar is the sixth new Manson to break cover in 2012, and only the second to feature an X-Y Midi screen controller. It is the second of Matt's guitars to feature a carbon fibre finish. It debuted at the London O2 arena gig on the 27th of October 2012 where it was used for New Born. This guitar bears similarities with the Manson Red Glitter.

Touring

At the 2013 Werchter gig he threw this guitar into Dom's bass drum, presuambly because it cut out at the New Born outro. He then threw it over the drumkit. After finishing the song, Dom threw the guitar over the kit to the front of the stage. The guitar possibly got damaged and was sent to Mansons for repairs, as the Manson Red Glitter 2.0 was used at the following European gigs. The guitar was back for the Summer gigs in Asia in 2013 and also made a return for some of the festival shows in Summer of 2015. It didn't return for later tours.