Manson M1D1 Blue Whammy
| M1D1 Blue | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Manson Guitars |
| Used | Unknown if used live |
| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Body covering | Blue paint |
| Wood | Body: Likely Swamp Ash Neck: Roast flame maple Fingerboard: Rosewood (22 frets) |
| Bridge | Gotoh Bridge |
| Electronics | One volume, one tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector, Whammy, Sustainiac |
| Pickup(s) | Neck: Sustainiac Humbucker Bridge: Psychopaf PF-1 |
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Background
This guitar is similar to the Manson M1D1 Blue except that it features a built-in Whammy pedal, controlled by the X-Y Screen. The whammy can be played with no external midi needed. A demo video, posted on Manson Guitar Works' Instagram, can be seen here.
This guitar is likely the end result of the much speculated and rumoured Patented MID1 Manson featuring and inbuilt Whammy controller, though few thought it would be a Manson with an actual whammy pedal built into it.
The guitar, hardware wise, features standard tuning pegs, custom Manson aluminium tone and volume knobs and an alloy X-Y pad frame. The prototype also features an YES/NO switch for the Whammy, located at the lower horn. This YES/NO switch probably operates similar to those seen on other guitars - muting the main guitar signal from the strings until the whammy is activated. According to Tim Stark's post on MGW, " Touching the Screen also turned the guitar signal 'On' " sen here: [www.facebook.com/mansonguitarworks/videos/148147139967604/]
Touring
It is unknown at this time if it has been used live. It was would be used exclusively for Break It To Me as the built-in Whammy allowed Bellamy to play the pitch-shifted solo without having to rely on a foot pedal, controlling the Whammy via the X-Y pad where it can go from -2 octaves to +2 octaves from the same screen, also if you take the hand off the screen it will mute the guitar signal.