Touchpad On Mat Bellamy S Guitar

A bona fide guitar icon he s penned an avalanche of monster hits that have propelled muse from toilet circuit dwellers to stadium headliners over the course of six ridiculously massive albums.

Touchpad on mat bellamy s guitar. The kaos pad is an effects sampler with a number of effects such as filters phasers and delays that can dramatically alter the guitar s audio signal. Last year matt bellamy took over manson guitars which had been making his custom creations for over two decades and to celebrate he gave his idol tom morello his very own power to the people model and now it seems morello has sent a gift in return. This was the first guitar matt bought from hugh s shop. Guitars and amps expo 2014.

After the initial success of muse s 1999 debut showbiz bellamy sought out the assistance of uk based luthier hugh manson to create a customised riff machine specifically designed for his high octane guitar playing the manson dl 1 essentially the result of bellamy wanting a telecaster body with gibson electronics features a traditional rosewood maple neck and poplar body combination with a. The latest production manson guitar the mbm 1 had to reflect the multitude of instruments that matthew chooses to use on stage. This guitar has now been retired from touring but was used in the studio on new born. Seven songs into the show chris whitemyer handed matt bellamy the new guitar for the song the dark side.

If an older generation admires guitar heroes of the past such as jimmy page or eric clapton matt bellamy is perhaps one of the most revered guitar heroes today. Manson 7 string e guitar. Total guitar readers voted bellamy 29th on a list of the top 100 guitarists and bellamy s riff from plug in baby was 13th in total guitar s poll of the top 100 riffs above riffs. Every manson matthew bellamy model has been designed between the artist and manson guitar works.

As bellamy runs his finger across the touch pad he is able to manipulate these effects by opening and closing a filter or lengthening and shortening the delay time resulting in some very spacey sci fi sounds. Hugh manson s mb 1 standard put through its paces. I mean matt bellamy even uses the same preset in the studio on february 22nd just 4 weeks after the first initial meeting at namm muse went on stage in houston in front of a jam packed toyota center. The very first collaboration was the instrument known as the delorean designed by hugh manson in 2001.

This allows him to go an octave up or down without touching the pedal.