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 except the Mirror Kaoss, Doubleneck and Keytarwhich were built 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	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	1945	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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