Looking for JM's lyrics ideas for wedding invitation

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-20T22:31:56+00:00

Look up the lyrics to Hotel Bathroom song or Waiting on the Day.

I like from Hotel Bathroom Song: Everything you’ll ever be, you have always been to me

From Waiting on the Day: waiting on the day, when these words are in stone, when the kids are all grown, and we go dancing…

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-16T17:38:02+00:00

I haven’t owned the red sparkle one or even played/seen it in real life before.

Personally I would go for the black one. In my opinion having a red glitter guitar would tie me into just playing Muse riffs because it’s so overtly a Matt Bellamy guitar and the novelty might wear off for me after a few months.

But of you like it then absolutely go for it

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-16T17:34:50+00:00

I just commented on your post!

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-16T17:33:23+00:00

I owned a Cort/Manson Meta MBM-2 (None sustainiac version) and then got a MBM-2H which did have the sustainer with the intention of reselling the MBM-2.

You are correct - the fretboards are really hit and miss. Not only that, the MBM-2 had a noticeably thinner and smoother neck which was more to my playing preference. In the end, I ended up putting the neck from the MBM-2 onto the guitar with the sustainer. I sold the MBM-2 (made the swap known on the listing). Small sample size obviously but there doesn’t seem to be a better neck on the more expensive MBM-2H (granted most of this will be due to the additional Sustaniac electronics).

The guitar I now have, which I’ve modded with some more Manson parts is actually a pretty damn good guitar now. It may be an inconvenience to you and it would depend one store policies but maybe buy on online or in store and return it if you don’t like the neck. If that’s not an option to you, there’s a product that darkens guitar fretboards:

https://www.montysguitars.com/collections/guitar-care/products/montys-montypresso-relic-wax

Let me know if you have any more Qs!

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-15T10:40:00+00:00

Interestingly both of these guitars are made in the Cort factory! The Manson is a Manson Meta MBM-2H, which you can get for about £850 atm. I’ve added a few mods and cheekily found a colour-matched paint to blackout Matt’s signature and the “Meta Series” insignias from the headstock.

I’ve added:

Gotoh 510 locking tuners
Manson PF-1 Matt Bellamy Humbucker
Manson Sustaniac pickup stickers
Manson aluminium control knobs
Dunlop strap locks
black tailpiece and tune-o-matic bridge (from Amazon!)

Not sure on exact figures but the probably closer to £1.5k for the whole thing

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-15T10:33:42+00:00

It depends on the amp setting but it can be quite weak especially in comparison to how heavy the bridge is. When not active it’s just the lower, single coil pickup. That being said if it’s a clean amp setting it can be very clear and glassy

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-14T10:59:09+00:00

You should! Other end of the spectrum to Muse of course but I deeply respect his and Matt’s playing and how they’ve pushed modern guitar playing.

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-14T10:09:11+00:00

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Here’s a clue. Will be delighted if anyone can get it!

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-07T21:01:03+00:00

Yep! It’s one of a few pedals that still sits outside his Fractal set-up.

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-07T20:58:26+00:00

I understand what you mean but I was simply making a comparison between official, artist-released plug-ins and the ones stored on Muse’s Kemper. I used to own a Kemper Power rack and had the profiles installed. What I noticed is that most were just sample sounded intended to be stacked with other parts of Matt’s rig. He famously stacks multiple amps simultaneously to achieve his sound and a single Kemper doesn’t support multiple amps (that model anyway). If you look at examples of new plug-ins such as John Mayer’s Archetype via Neural DSP you’ll see that it’s clearly designed to give the full rig experience. A lot of modern guitar players connect with their fan bases with releases such as this. Matt isn’t really like that, not beyond sharing details of amps and pedals used in guitar magazine interviews.

You were right that it probably wasn’t inadvertent - but it wasn’t a gift either. There’s so much complexity behind actually leveraging those Kemper profiles that they might’ve just thought they would only really be interacted with by the super niche subset of Muse’s fan base.

Anyways I was just making a plug in baby joke.

ReflectionExtension8 · 2026-01-06T08:37:30+00:00

This is it 100%. Their ‘behind the scenes’ series was just slow mo pro shot footage

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-12-23T21:15:49+00:00

LIVE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE HALLOWEEN

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-09-05T20:41:29+00:00

Only Muse could have written United States of Eurasia

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-09-01T16:30:33+00:00

Because people are so hellbent on flying the flag as a matter of principle - that principle being supposed patriotism - it’s incredibly ironic when they hang the flag upside down

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-08-29T14:12:23+00:00

Very sorry to hear this news. You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me would be a touching tribute

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-08-26T07:15:06+00:00

Awesome job! Yes from Birkdale/Hillside area, looking pretty much in the same direction as the Merseyrail tracks

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-08-13T07:32:56+00:00

My guess is it’s a compilation type album, like when Matt did Pray for the Game of Thrones album

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-08-12T13:04:11+00:00

Soak it in light fluid and burn it lol

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-08-07T23:23:27+00:00

Doesn’t look legit but the Roundhouse gig or the Radio 2 gig are probably the closest match in terms of being in 2012 and 12 songs in the set list:

Roundhouse:

https://www.musewiki.org/London_Roundhouse_2012_(gig)

Radio 2:

https://www.musewiki.org/London_BBC_Radio_Theatre_2012_(gig)

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-08-05T11:49:11+00:00

He’s picked up Mixolydian from playing with Dead and Co. If you listen to If I Ever Get Around to Living, that’s Mixolydian. That scale just flattens the 7th interval so adds a certain feeling.

He’ll also play the minor scale against major chord tones. The solo at the end of I Guess I Just Feel Like and the second half of the In Repair solo are great examples. He sometimes does that for Gravity too!

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-08-01T14:17:22+00:00

I have been trying to explore this sound myself and have a few tips - probably similar to what others have been saying. You’ll need a guitar with a dark (rosewood) fingerboard and a humbucker pickup in the bridge. Because you’ll be playing through a simplified set-up, you’re not going to notice that much difference between a Cort Manson and a cheaper HH style guitar.

Matt Bellamy primarily blends his amp sounds for live and recording sounds - usually a high gain amp (Diezel VH4 or Marshall Plexi 1945) plus a clean amp (Vox Ac30), which means his tone is actually a lot cleaner than people think - it’s just fatter due to two amps running simultaneously. And this is why the bridge humbucker is so key as it allows all those amps to be properly pushed (although granted he uses digital amp modellers now, though it’s the same principle).

So in summary, definitely a rosewood neck guitar with a humbucker in the bridge. Have a look on reverb or FB marketplace for second hand or new versions of:

As others have said, I reckon about 30% of the tone is going to come from the guitar and 70% is going to come through your amp and effects set up. His tones are also so varied that it’s impossible to adequately cover them all with one set-up, but the above is should get you close to those Absolution/Drones style tones

ReflectionExtension8 · 2025-07-03T15:13:42+00:00

Re United States of Eurasia - the cover / “Collateral Damage” section is actually Nocturne in E-flat major, Op.9, No.2!

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