Matthew Bellamy

This hand-painted and assembled ZVex Vexter Fuzz Factory Guitar Effect Pedal has been used extensively by Matthew Bellamy. It can be seen in the pedal tray in his rack used during the Black Hole and Revelations tour.

Bellamy frequently plays Manson guitars, some of which have the ZVex Fuzz Factory built into them (supposedly with only the "Stab" and "Comp" knobs on the front of the guitar).

Matt Bellamy has consistently recorded and performed with the Diezel VH4. According to Bellamy, he uses the amp for its high-gain tone and to provide more saturation and sustain when blended with a Vox AC30.

The DigiTech Whammy Pitch-Shifting Pedal is part of Matthew Bellamy's pedalboard setup. He especially used it during Muse's Resistance Tour in 2009, as can be seen in this photo from that period.

Muse guitar tech Jason Baskin shows this Marshall 1959HW Plexi Head in Matt Bellamy's rig. The 1959HW is a handwired reissue of a circa 1967 100W Superlead head.

Listed among the pedals Matt used on Simulation Theory in this January 1, 2019 Premier Guitar interview.

Effects

Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl HiFi

Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Pedalflanger

DigiTech Whammy 5

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff

Eventide Space Reverb

JHS Pedals VCR Ryan Adams Signature Volume/Chorus/Reverb

JHS Pedals Colour Box Preamp

MXR Dyna Comp Mini Compressor

The Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal, capable of producing notes one and two octaves down, is used by Matthew Bellamy of Muse.

"The Dickinson is an amp that Matt got in a studio, or was using in a studio. It's a UK thing - it's built out of aircraft aluminum... its actually got wedge speakers in it, it's driven by our monitor guy, he turns it up and down depending on where Matt is on stage, Matt comes over and wants to get a little bit of feedback, or kind of put on a little show over here, he'll turn it up. If he's out and about on the stage, he'll turn it back down so that you don't get any spill down the microphones..."

For this promotional poster, Matt endorses Regular Slinky strings. He's also on the Artists page of Ernie Ball's website.

Bellamy's guitar tech: "These are kinda unique. A lot of people have seen these, these have Matt's custom electronics, he has a Kaoss Pad built in so he can control the Kaoss pad in the rig. It has a Fernandes Sustainer so he can sort of do on-the-spot feedback. And these guitars are designed by him and a guy named Hugh Manson over in the UK - he builds all these guitars.

Matthew Bellamy uses the Keeley Compressor 2-Knob Effect Pedal in his pedalboard. This compressor was used often by Matthew Bellamy during Muse's 2009 Resistance tour.

Matthew Bellamy has been seen using the Manson Laser Electric Guitar during the Absolution Era and a little bit during Black Holes Era. One example is a Muse performance at Glastonbury 2004. The guitar was also used for Sing for Absolution and several other songs, it seems that he didn't had one specific guitar for a specific tuning like today. (Stockholm isin Drop D and Sing for Absolution in standard tuning.) Hugh Manson said that he had the idea of the lasers and lights on the guitar when he saw a plane at night on an airport. Like the Chrome Bomber, the original Bomber and the Mirror, it has a chrome/mirror finish, but it's intentionally cracked. Manson also said that the problem is that you need smoke for the lasers to be seen, that's why the guitar wasn't really used as it's full "potential".

Matthew Bellamy's guitar technician, Jason Baskin, mentions that the Keeley Fuzz Head Effects Pedal is part of Matthew's pedalboard. Bellamy uses this pedal for its combination of fuzz and overdrive effects.

Matthew Bellamy of Muse was often seen using an Ibanez Destroyer Electric Guitar, once in 2001 at the Zenith gig (Hullabaloo) during several songs with an orange/sunburst finish, but you can clearly see on the DVD that he smashes it. You can also see he's using another black Destroyer at Earls Court 2004 during The Small Print. (video)

Matt Bellamy used the Yamaha Pacifica 120S Electric Guitar as one of his main guitars the years of the Showbiz tours.

Drones engineer said that Matt used this pedal to replicate the sound of old boards. This is also reportedly on his pedalboard, which while unconfirmed, would make sense in a live situation.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy uses Dunlop Standard Tortex .73 Yellow Guitar picks, which are customized with the Muse logo on them.

Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy can be seen using the Neumann KMS105 Mic in concert.

Before switching to a Diezel amp, Matt Bellamy used a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100 Amp. He says "I just use[d] a two-channel amp, one full on. A lot of people switch between channels for crunch sounds or clean sounds but I tend to stick to one channel 90% of the time, which is volume on full, with the gain really low. You get this really attacking, clean sound which I use quite a lot."

Matthew Bellamy used a red Gibson SG Standard Electric guitars during the Absolution recording. Matthew Bellamy also used two different versions of the Gibson SG during the Showbiz tours of 1999-2000.

Muse guitar tech Jason Baskin points out the The Egnater Preamp in Matt Bellamy's rig.

Matthew Bellamy, the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Muse, uses a silver Manson DL-1 Signature Guitar during many of his live performances. This is an alternative version of the original Manson Delorean, retired since 2005. Matt Bellamy used the DL-1 from 2006 to 2011, you can clearly see it during the Reading 2011 performance for example, during SotckhI addeolm Syndrome. Like the original Delorean, DL-1 features a bridge humbucker and a single coil P-90-like for the neck pickup, and a built-in Zvex Fuzz Factory (controlled by the two potentiometers under the bridge). However, unlike the Ali Top (antoher Delorean replica Matt used), it does not features a floating bridge with a whammy bar. The DL-1 was also sold in a few unities by Hugh Manson to the public, that's why it's a signature model.

This amplifier (bottom left in the picture) was used by Bellamy during 1999. One of his first amplifiers.

This amplifier was used whilst touring with Muse for the Black Holes and Revelations Tour.

The TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger pedal is used by Matthew Bellamy of Muse and can be seen in this video: http://youtu.be/qFCD9jGlB74?t=2m12s

Matt Bellamy can be seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Doublecut Lite. It served him as his primary guitar during touring in 2000.

At a recent MUSE concert, Matthew Bellamy's Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedal was spotted, known for its use in performances of "Hysteria," "Micro Cuts," and "Map of the Problematique." This sighting was captured by Mark Harley on Facebook.

Matt used a SG-X with a mirror finish for a bit during early tours. He is seen playing it in this video. You can clearly see "Gibson" written on the headstock at 1:15

Matt Bellamy on using a Soldano cabinet: "...in a studio environment you can really test amps out against each other and find out what sounds best. I went through a lot of different cabs and heads but ended up using a Diezel head with a Soldano cabinet. It was the best sound I could find so I used that on everything. And I'll be using that exact set-up live as well. The good thing about the Diezel is that it's MIDI controllable, which means I can plug my guitar straight into the amp and have the effects just going through the effects loop."

At the Independent Days Festival in 2000, Bellamy used a Squier Telecaster with some sort of burst finish. It was smashed at the end of "Showbiz," so it was never seen again. There's a pretty clear view of it at 1:11

MUSE article in the October issue of Electronic Musician with Matthew Bellamy discussing "The 2nd Law" album: On the album opener 'Supremacy,' Bellamy's passionate vocal cry morphs into a screaming guitar solo..."That's two [Tech 21] SansAmps with the lead vocal down the middle," Bellamy explains. "The SansAmp on the left had a 45-millisecond delay. The distortion is in stereo, but the main vocal was dry and right down the middle. You get this big-sounding vocal, but it evokes guitar as well because it's going through a SansAmp guitar simulator. It creates this strangely large, chorus distorted sound."