Manson Carbon
| Manson Carbon | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Manson Guitars |
| Used | 2012-08-12– |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Body covering | Carbon Fibre |
| Wood | Body: Ash Neck: Birds Eye Maple Fingerboard: rosewood (22 frets) |
| Bridge | Tune-O-Matic |
| Electronics | Three-way toggle pickup selector |
| Pickup(s) | Neck: Seymour Duncan single coil pickup (previously Fernandes Sustainer FSK-401) Bridge: P90 pickup (previously Manson MBK-2) |
| Special circuits | – |
Background
This is a new guitar that appeared on the Muse Twitter Account on 9th August 2012. It is the first of Matt's custom Manson guitars (apart from the Ali Top) not to have any internal effects or controllers. The guitar does not feature a X/Y midi controller pad, which is a change from a majority of Matt's Resistance era guitars.
The guitar had to match a specific weight requirement (around 2.4kg) so multiple holes were drilled into the body, neck, hardware to reach the target weight. This was one of six other Manson guitars created by Hugh Manson for Bellamy in 2012.
The Bridge pickup was changed to a P90 pickup (presumably Manson MBK-1) before the London Roundhouse gig.
At the Birmingham gig on the 30th of October it was fitted with a single coil Seymour Duncan pickup in place of the Fernandes sustainer.
Manson Carbon on the Mansons Guitars Website
Touring
Although the debut of this guitar was during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the guitar was not actually played. It is quite clear throughout the footage that all instrumentation was mimed, making this also one of the few times Muse have mimed sensibly.