Manson Guitars
Matthew Bellamy owns more than 50 Manson guitars, of which all were built by Hugh Manson (before 2009) except the Mirror Kaoss, Doubleneck, Keytar and Matt Black II and many more, which were built by Tim Stark. Hugh still makes guitars for Matt, but nowadays, most of the work is done by head luthier at Manson Guitar Works, Tim Stark. All of the guitars built for Bellamy, aside from the 7 String E Guitar, have a shape that he designed alongside Hugh Manson in 2001, dubbed Mattocaster or MB shape. The Mattocaster shape resulted from Bellamy wanting a guitar with "the body of a Fender Telecaster and the sound of a Gibson Les Paul".[source?]
As of June of 2019, Bellamy became the majority shareholder of Manson Guitar Works.[1]He mentioned that in the following months and years, he and the team at Manson will work on bringing out lower cost M-Series guitars, investigating new products for heavier music genres (incl. 7 string guitars) and explore enchanced electronic features to evolve the guitar into the modern era of sound.[2]
Guitars
| Model | Also known as | Period used live | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror | Earls Court | 2004-2013, 2013- (rebuilt) | In use |
| Matt Black 2.0 #2/#3/#4/#5 | - | 2015- | In use |
| Matt Black Stealth #1/#3/#4/#5/#6/#7 | Stealth Matt | 2015/16- | In use |
| M1D1 Stealth #1/#2/#3 | - | 2015/16- | In use |
| Mirror 2.0 | - | 2015- | In use |
| Holoflake #1/#2 | - | 2015- | In use |
| Matt Black Stealth LED | - | 2017- | In use |
| Matt Black FR | Matt Black Whammy, Black Knight | 2017- | In use |
| Manson Prophet Stealth | 2019- | In use | |
| Chrome FR | Chrome Whammy | 2017- | In use |
| Red Alert | - | 2017- | In use |
| Acoustic | Black Acoustic Manson | 2017- | In use |
| TronCaster | - | 2018- | In use |
| M1D1 Blue | - | 2019- | In use |
| MB-1 Blue | Blue Steel, Blue Beast | 2019- | In use |
| Matt Black | - | 2012-201? | Probably Retired |
| M1D1 Gloss Black | - | 2012-201? | Probably Retired |
| Black 7 String | - | 2012-201? | Probably Retired |
| Black 7 String 2.0 | - | 2015-201? | Probably Retired |
| M1D1 Gloss Black 2.0 | - | 2015-201? | Probably Retired |
| Silver Glitter Holes | Sagrada | 2015-201? | Probably Retired |
| Copper Bomber 2.0 | - | 2015-201? | Probably Retired |
| Metal Bomber | - | 2015-201? | Probably Retired |
| Silver Glitter Holes 2.0 | - | 2015-201? | Probably Retired |
| 7 String E Guitar 2.0 | - | 2015-201? | Probably Retired |
| DR-1 #00/#01/#02/#03 | - | 2016-201? | Probably Retired |
| Xenokroma Bomber | - | 2016-201? | Probably Retired |
| Stealth Bomber | - | 2016-201? | Probably Retired |
| 007 | Black Manson, Blackie, Black Ed[note 1] | 2001-2011 | Retired/In studio use |
| M1D1 Black | Kaoss, Invincible[note 1] | 2006-2011 | Retired/In studio use |
| 7 String E Guitar | - | 2001-201? | Retired |
| Laser | Lazer | 2002-2007 | Retired |
| Bomber | 1945 | 2003-2006 | Retired |
| Chrome Bomber | Silver Bomber, Lozenge [note 1] | 2006-20?? | Retired |
| M1D1 Mirror[note 2] | M One D One, M1D1 | 2006-2007 | Retired |
| Red Glitter | Glitterati, Red Sparkle, Santa[note 1] | 2007-2010 | Retired |
| Black Midi | Seattle, Auto[note 1] | 2007-2011 | Retired |
| Ali Top | Son of Delorean, New Delorean, Delorean Bender [note 1] | 2007-2015 | Retired |
| Keytarcaster[note 3] | - | 2009-2010 | Retired |
| Mirror Kaoss | Hybrid Jools Manson, Chrome Kaoss | 2009-2010 | Retired |
| Doubleneck | Casinocaster | 2010 | Retired |
| Keytar | Neoncaster, Light Keytar, Troncaster | 2010-2011 | Retired |
| DL-1 (Delorean) | Trasher [note 1] | 2011 | Retired |
| Carbon | Olympic Manson | 2012-2014 | Retired |
| Red Glitter 2.0[note 3] | New Glitterati, Santa 2.0 | 2010-2013 | Retired |
| Matt Black 2.0 #1 | - | 2015 | Retired |
| Matt Black Stealth #2 | Stealth Matt | 2015-2016 | Retired |
| MB-1 Red Glitter | Son of Santa | 2010, 2015 | Retired |
| Red Carbon | - | 2012-2016 | Retired |
| Matt Black (batch) | - | 2013-2014 | Retired/Given away |
| Alloy 7 String | - | Never | Studio use only (2012) |
| Rust Relic | - | Never | Never used (Sold) |
| Delorean 3.0[note 3] | - | Never | Never used |
| The Sheep Guitar | - | Never | Never used |
| Copper Bomber | Steampunk Lozenge | 2015 | Display |
| Delorean | Industrial Disease, Silver | 2001-2005 | Retired |
Signature Guitars
| Model |
|---|
| Manson MB-1 |
| Manson MB-1S |
| Manson DL-1 |
| Manson SDL-1 |
| Manson DR-1 |
| Manson MB-1RA |
| Manson MB-1TBK |
| Manson MB-1S2.0 |
| Cort MBC-1 |
Notes
References
- ↑ a b c d e f g These names are what Matt Bellamy calls his guitars by
- ↑ Now displayed inside the Manson Guitars shop, Exeter.
- ↑ a b c These names are not official, but fan dubs. These guitars have not been added to the Muse gallery on the Manson Guitar website and thus their official names are unknown.