Manson Guitars

Guitar line-up

Guitar Rack

Guitar line-up. From left to right: 7 String E, Bomber, Lazer, Delorean, 007 and Mirror.

Backstage Rig

Matthew Bellamy owns many Manson guitars, of which all were built by Hugh Manson and, in the case of Mirror Kaoss, Doubleneck and Keytar, also by Tim Stark.[source?]

Guitars which are still in use

Model	Also known as	Period used
007	Black Manson, Blackie, *Black Ed	2001—
7 String E Guitar	-	2001—
Mirror	"Mirror" Earls Court	2004—
Chrome Bomber	Silver Bomber	2006—
M1D1 Black	Kaoss, *Invincible	2006—
Ali Top	Son of Delorean, New Delorean	2007—
Black Midi	Seattle, *Auto	2007—
Keytarcaster†	-	2009—
Mirror Kaoss	Hybrid Jools Manson, Chrome Kaoss	2009—
Doubleneck	Casinocaster	2010—
Keytar	Neoncaster, Glowcaster, Troncaster	2010—
MB-1 Red Glitter	Son of Santa	2010—
Santa 2.0†	Red Glitter 2.0, New Glitterati	2010—

† 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.

* These names are what Matt Bellamy calls his guitars by.

Guitars which are no longer in use

Model	Also known as	Period used
Delorean	Industrial Disease, Silver	2001–2005
Laser	Lazer	2002–2007
Bomber	-	2003–2006
M1D1 Mirror‡	M One D One, M1D1	2006–2007
Red Glitter	Glitterati, Red Sparkle, *Santa	2007–2010

‡ Now displayed inside the Manson Guitars shop, Exeter.

Guitars never played live

Model	Also known as	Period used
Rust Relic	-	never
Delorean 3.0†	-	never

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