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Matthew Bellamy

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Page last updated Aug 10, 2025

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Machsonic Thrust Drive Overdrive guitar effects pedal demo

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Artist usage

See how Matthew Bellamy uses Machsonic Thrust Drive

Matthew Bellamy

Singer, Guitarist

Muse

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This is the pedal he used for the heavy part on the song "The Globalist", one of the songs on "Drones". It can be seen at 2:51min on the video of "the making of" of the song, as confirmed just recently by their additional producer Tommaso Colliva in an "Inside track" on the October 2015 issue of "Sound on Sound".

Album Usage

The Machsonic Thrust Drive has been featured on the following albums:

Machsonic Thrust Drive as heard on Drones by Muse (2015)

Drones

Muse (2015)

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