T H E GA S STATION 86 TOTAL GUITAR FEBRUARY 2018 TGR335.gear_lead.
REVIEW MANSON META MBM-1 1 £569 When a signature guitar belongs to the company’s owner, it’s gonna be good… F or most of Muse’s career, frontman Matt Bellamy has played custom-built Manson guitars, designed and built by Hugh Manson and Tim Stark. Famously, this long list of guitars has included everything from built-in X-Y pads, Digitech Whammy pedals, Z.Vex Fuzz Factories, even lasers.
T H E GA S STATION Engage Kill Switch! All about that little button K Our review model came set up with a buzz-free, lower-than average action which made it even more comfortable to play. The laurel fingerboard is even and dark throughout, and our only complaint here is cosmetic. While the bare-bones design of no inlaid fret markers looks great, it can be disorientating if you’re not used to it. Instead, you’re forced to rely on the top-mounted dots.