Matthew Bellamy

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

A Fender Standard Stratocaster Sunburst Electric Guitar was used extensively during the 2nd Law tour performances and also the recording of the 2nd Law album by Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy.

Matthew Bellamy used the PRS Billy Martin Electric Guitar during Muse's live shows in 2006.

Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy has been spotted using a Gretsch G1627 Synchromatic Sparkle Jet Electric Guitar during the Festival de Cannes, in France.

With 22 frets with a scale length of 25 1/2", Muse's Matthew Bellamy used a Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar extensively during the Showbiz tours of 1999 and 2000.

Bellamy is shown to be using a See-Thru Red, Jay Turser Electric hybrid resonator guitar in the music video for "Plug in Baby" fist at :07 and then throughout the video.

In this image, Bellamy is clearly using the Manson Doubleneck guitar. This guitar, hence the name, has two necks: The bottom is a standard rosewood neck, while the top is a fretless ebony neck, with a string dampener. Both necks have two P-90 soapbar pickups, as well as Fernandes Sustainers. This guitar also features black binding and the same knobs found on the Delorean.

In the Knights of Cydonia music video, Matt plays his Manson Chrome Bomber. Made as a modification of the Manson Rust Relic, this guitar has a built-in Fuzz Factory, an Ibanez Lo Pro Edge Floyd Rose Tremolo bridge, and unlike the regular Manson Bomber, lacks a MIDI strip and killswitch.

Bellamy used two of Iceman ICX120 models, a compact version of the regular Iceman, which was produced between 2000 and 2004. Like with the Ibanez Destroyer, Matt had two of these in his arsenal, both used during the Hullabaloo era. Both appeared to have stock elements with no special circuits. Both guitars were destroyed.

Matt Bellamy used an Iceman to perform Bliss at Leeds University on the 26th of May 2001. It's especially visible at 0:22.

On the 11th of August 2001, at the Saint-Malo Fort de Saint-Père 2001 gig, Bellamy used his Ibanez Iceman to perform "Muscle Museum" and "Bliss"

Matt Bellamy also used an orange Iceman to perform "Agitated" and "Hyper Music" at the all famous hullabaloo concert on the 28th of October 2001, before it was thrown into an amp and destoyed.

After 2001, neither guitars have been seen again as they are both destroyed.

Matt can be seen playing the Manson 007 in the Time is Running Out music video. Matt refers to this guitar as "Black Ed," and it is known to the fans as "Black Manson" and "Blackie." This guitar is unique, as it is fitted with a Fernandes Sustainer, and it's the first of Matt's guitars to feature the famous MIDI pad (it's just the strip above the strings), an Zvex Fuzz Factory, still controlled by the two potentiometers under the bridge, an MXR Phase 90, but it's also the only guitar to feature a Zvex Wah Probe. (the little gold plate on the cut.) This guitar was apparently ordered by Matt around 2001 and it was retired of the stage rig since 2010/2011, but is still used extensively in studio : Matt said in an interview that it was the main guitar for the recording of The Resistance. You can also see it in the making of The 2nd Law, and some photos posted around 2014 showed the 007 during the recording of Drones. (it does not appear on the DVD though). Matt said it does not use it anymore on stage because it's a way more louder and heavy to carry that his other guitars.

In this video, Matthew Bellamy can be seen using a yellow Emex Londaxe electric guitar. He is using it to play the song Showbiz live at the Düsseldorf Philipshalle in Germany (performance from December 18th 1999). He used this guitar during the Showbiz era. The guitar also makes an appearance in the Uno music video. In 2000, at the end of the song Showbiz played during a performance at the Astoria in London, Matt Bellamy completely destroys this guitar.

On Cort's website, Matthew Bellamy can be seen with his signature Cort guitar, the MBC-1. According to Premier Guitar, "After a productive period of research and development between the three parties, the new guitar will be based upon the official MB1-S series and features a newly designed pickup set from the Manson Guitar Works team together with a discrete kill button."

Just recently, Manson posted on his website a new page on this guitar but with a brand new finish: "Red Sparkle".

"Manson Guitar Works are pleased to announce a new Cort/Manson MBC-1 option, Red Sparkle finish... all set-up and final inspection is carried out in the UK from the same techs that produce the UK MB series.

-Hugh Manson

This "alternative" version of Supermassive Black Hole features Matt's M1D1 Black guitar. Also known as "Kaoss Manson," This was the first of Matt's custom-built Mansons to feature an X-Y MIDI pad, which can control Kaoss Pads and Whammy Pedals. This guitar has two P-90s in the bridge position.

This guitar can also be seen in the "Invincible" music video, and the "Neutron Start Collision (Love is Forever)" video. This guitar also later became a signature model, the Manson MB-2 SE.

In a performance of Unintended live from Wembley Stadium, Matt Bellamy played a Taylor 712ce Acoustic Electric Guitar.

The Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi Electric Guitar is a see-through guitar played by Matt Bellamy in Muse's music video for Supermassive Black Hole.

Matthew Bellamy used a Parker Fly Electric Guitar during Muse's Showbiz tours in 1999 and 2000. Bellamy also used the Parker Fly guitar for the solo on the album version of Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, as well as the songs Yes Please, Cave, Fillip and the recording of Thoughts of a Dying Atheist.

Matt can clearly be seen with this guitar, the Manson Black 7-String, at 2:22 in the "Supremacy" music video.

This guitar is quite light, and does not feature any additional electonics like a Kaoss Controller, unlike most of Matt's Mansons.

A duplicate of this guitar, known as the Manson Black 7 String 2.0, was made in 2015. Unlike the oringinal, it has an all-black Gotoh bridge and a truss rod adjuster. It also features a bit more glitter on the finish.

At 3:04 in this video, Matthew Bellamy can be seen playing his Manson Mirror Kaoss guitar.

Matthew Bellamy used the Fender American Special Telecaster Electric Guitar for the slide guitar part on "The Globalist." This marks his first use of a Telecaster since "New Born" in 2001. Although he hasn't been seen using a Telecaster live since 1999, when he played a Squier Telecaster, this Instagram post from MUSE confirms its studio use.

In this video, Matt is playing a Mirror SG. It was used during Showbiz era.

In this photo, Matt can be seen playing a Manson Mirror. This guitar has a built-in Fuzz Factory and MXR Phase 90. It was used for the recording of MK Ultra.

Muse's Media Manager Tom Kirk posts this image to his twitter of Matthew's Manson CE-7 Electric Guitar.