Matthew Bellamy

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.

Bellamy's guitar tech: "We use this Liquid Foot controller, which is a MIDI controller. We've got one here and I've got one in my world so that I can do anything. I do probably, 85-90% of his changes so he's free to roam about on this big stage. And then he does a couple little things here and there."

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.

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : "There are fewer keyboards on Drones than on previous albums, and the ones we did use are the usual suspects, like the Buchla 200e, ARP 2600, Korg MS20, Prophet 5 and Moog Voyager."

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : "There are fewer keyboards on Drones than on previous albums, and the ones we did use are the usual suspects, like the Buchla 200e, ARP 2600, Korg MS20, Prophet 5 and Moog Voyager."

During an ITW with premierguitar Matt Talked about the Simulation Theory gear he used (and how). Though he doesn't explicitly say how and when he used this CBA, this is writtent in the side pannel in the middle of the page.

Source article can be found here.

This screenshot from a Muse Instagram story shows Matt Bellamy uses a RJM Mastermind GT/16 MIDI Foot Controller:

Pressure Building

Chris Whitemyer, Matt's guitar tech: ”The RJM loops in effects like the Korg SDD delay, Whammy, Strymon bluesky reverb, ZVex Fuzz Factory, (secret stuff) and a Fractal Axe/Fx XL that’s used just for effects.”

Matt Bellamy's guitar tech Jason Baskin says the Cry Baby Wah pedal in Bellamy's pedalboard is connected to the Dunlop Rack Wah.

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.

The Roland GK-2a Guitar Synthesizer Driver is a feature that Muse's Matthew Bellamy had fitted onto some of his old electric guitars, but also some of the Mansons such as the Delorean.

Here is a screenshot from the making of The Globalist and Defector. On the right, we can see a Way Huge Echo Puss Analog Delay

Featured in this December 8, 2015 Instagram post by JHS.

Matt used the #colourbox all over the newest @muse record so naturally the #crayon and #kilt will feel right at home. #jhsartist #guitarfx #gearwire #geartalk #jhspedals #jhs #knowyourtone #cleantone #tonefordays #toneheaveyn #gearnerds #gearshots #gearphoria #mojotone #ambientnotes #gear @stugio

This pickup is used in bridge position of Matt's Delorean guitar, as quoted from Hugh Manson in page 4 of this article.

Matthew Bellamy uses the Electro-Harmonix EH-7900 Micro Synthesizer, as seen on his pedal board in a photo from the Showbiz era on Musewiki.

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : "There are fewer keyboards on Drones than on previous albums, and the ones we did use are the usual suspects, like the Buchla 200e, ARP 2600, Korg MS20, Prophet 5 and Moog Voyager."

Matt used a Line6 HD147 Modelling amplifier for radio shows when the full rig was not required.

Matthew Bellamy uses a Marshall Silver Jubilee 25/55 100W Amp Head, as confirmed by correspondence with Marshall's sales and service support. An inquiry highlighted a custom version of the amp seen in a concert video, which differs slightly in design from the typical Silver Jubilee, featuring six knobs on the right, two black buttons, and a unique power switch configuration.

In a photo from the 2013 Muse Stadium Tour at London's Emirates Stadium, Matthew Bellamy is pictured playing a Kawai K. Kawai Grand Piano.

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.

In the Undisclosed Desires video, Matt plays his Manson Keytarcaster, and it can be seen at 0:15. This was the first guitar built by Hugh Manson to lack pickups. Although it has the shape of a guitar, the right hand plays a two-octave keyboard, while the left hand plays bass notes on the fretboard.

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.

Matt uses the Fernandes sustainer at 5:03 on this video and you can see this pickup at 5:30.

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

This is one of the photos Muse posted prior the release of their latest album, Drones. As you can see, there's a Digitech Whammy DT laying on the floor.

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 you can see two Marshall next to the drums, using in the psycho world tour.