Manson Guitars

Guitar line-up

Guitar rack

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

Back-stage 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, Light Keytar, Troncaster	2010—
MB-1 Red Glitter	Son of Santa	2010—

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
Santa 2.0†	Red Glitter 2.0, New Glitterati	2010—2011

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

‡ 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

† 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.

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