Matthew Bellamy

Matt announced on Instagram his new Manson bass, inspired by the classic Hofner Violin Bass with a twist. This bass is featured on The Jaded Hearts Club's single ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’.

From 1:58 you can see Matt playing this model keytar

Seen in Bellamy's Instagram video from his home studio.

Used on The 2nd Law, on "Animals" and "The 2nd Law: Isolated System"

The Muse Research Receptor 2 can be seen in Matt Bellamy's rig for the Black Holes and Revelations tour.

Jason Baskin, the guitar tech for Matthew Bellamy, mentions that the rig includes a Korg Kaoss Pad.

In a video by DunlopTV, Muse's guitar tech, Jason Baskin, shows that Matthew Bellamy uses the Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner for his guitar setup.

The DOD Graphic Equalizer is used in Matthew Bellamy's pedalboard.

Muse guitar tech Jason Baskin on the Korg SDD-3000: "...we have an SDD-3000, it does a couple delays on a couple songs, it's got an [old-school] sound man!"

This photo was used as a background for Muse's official site. In the middle rack you can see a Universal Audio 1176LN.

At 0:40 in this live performance video from March 2015, Matt Bellamy can be seen playing a Manson Copper Bomber guitar.

In this photo, Matt's FineLine Stage Enhancing Unit can be seen. This head was used throughout the Haarp tour.

Matt Bellamy can be seen playing a FineLine Kawai MP8II Muse in the 4:20s of this video. This piano was specially modified and setup specifically for Matt Bellamy.

In a user-uploaded photo on Imgur, Matthew Bellamy's Kemper Profiler Power Head - 600-watt Profiling Head is visible on Muse's equipment rack.

Matthew Bellamy used the Manson DR-1 Signature Guitar, 2016 Numbers Edition, during the Drones Tour. This information is sourced from Mansonguitarworks.

Matt used a Budda Superdrive Series II head during The Resistance' recording. It can be seen above the Orange Head in the photograph on the right.

Matt uses this to record on the 2nd law

Muse all use this to record

In this video we can see Matt use the Sennheiser SKM 5200

Can be seen on Matt's origin of symmetry Pedalboard

Can be seen on Matt's absolution pedal board, before the Boss FV-500L

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : "The synths on the album are mostly hardware, though we did keep some of the soft synths from pre–production, during which Matt likes to use Native Instrument’s Massive, Rob Papen’s Predator and Air Music’s Vacuum Pro."

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : "The synths on the album are mostly hardware, though we did keep some of the soft synths from pre–production, during which Matt likes to use Native Instrument’s Massive, Rob Papen’s Predator and Air Music’s Vacuum Pro."

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 : "[Matt] tends to rely on the Neumann U67, which [he] owns, and the AEA R44, which sounds amazing and which is really good for more intimate things."

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : "Pedal–wise there was a lot going on, but there are a few pedals that get used a lot, like the ZVex Fuzz Factory, the ZVex Super Hard On, which gives a nice clean boost so it distorts the amplifier, the Super Duper, and the Machsonic Thrust Drive pedal, which is made by someone in Turkey, and which we used with the Ampeg head for a very scooped–out fuzz sound, the JHS Colour Box, which mimics the sound of the Neve 1073, and a Roland SDD 3000 pedal."

It is nearly identical to Manson Copper Bomber and is created solely as a live duplicate for rig B. As with the original, it is very similar to the Chrome Bomber in terms of circuitry (P90 in the neck position, custom Manson Humbucker in the bridge position, ZVex Fuzz below the bridge) and body shape. Like all new Manson Guitars from 2015 it features a truss rod adjuster at the end of the neck. Unlike the original, the guitar also features standard Gotoh chrome knobs for the tone and volume controls and a standard Floyd Rose Tremolo System, not the FRX. The guitar is numbered 4 on a strap.

Matt is using this pedal on his bass pedalboard for the Jaded Hearts Club Band.

Matt plays a white version of this synthesizer at 1:36

Jason Baskin, Muse's guitar tech says "...the old Echo Pro which we use for 3 or 4 different delay settings"