So about 2 weeks ago i was browsing the net as usual on my usual pace and heard about the Manson guitar collaboration with Cort in creating an "easy on the pocket" Manson signature guitar for Matt Bellamy.
Now Manson, is like the Lamborghini of the guitar world. Its exotic, its crazy, its loud, its sexy, and it is damn expensive. To get Matt Bellamy signature guitar, you will need to spend about 4000 pounds and a year or so waiting for it to be made. But rest assure, its definitely worth it.
Now, this Cort Manson cost about 500 pounds on the Manson website. That is like a big friggin wow. Converted to indonesian money, only about 9 mio or so. What more surprising is, i seems to have heard the Cort guitar brands quite a lot and so i have. Its made in Indonesia. The factory located in Mojokerto.
My heart races fast. I quickly browse through the manson website, re directed to Cort website, and clicked on the distributor adress in Indonesia.
MG has it.
Well dopp tee doo, of course i have heard about it. I went to MG lots of times, albeit only to fall in love with the Fender Strat. They have tons of Cort for sale in MG. Whats more surprising is that it only retails for only 7 mio in Indonesia (instead of 9), presumably due to no import tax and delivery fee etc etc. And for some reason, all Cort brand is on special discount this month and its down to about 5.5 mio.
I tell you what, i was so tempted with it that i basically drove straight to MG blok M and had to see it for myself. And boy, isnt she a beauty.
This guitar is simply awesome.
It has a Matt Black doff finish (get it, Matte Black?) and equipped with tune o matic bridge and a push button kill switch which i rather like, because 2 of my Manson replica has a kill switch made from...well...switch.
The pickup i believe is locally made. It is "Manson designed", so i believe it is made locally here in Indonesia. The sound characteristic for the bridge, let me just say, very Musey. It gave a very huge sound and distortion and what im impressed is how loud it is and how much sustain is there.
The neck pickup itself obviously doesnt give you the strat kind of neck sound, but it does gives you a nice, clean and crisp sound that is nice for picking.
Honestly, i wasnt expecting much on it but damn this guitar is loud. It sustains very well, its light, it looks badass, and plays surprisingly well. I mean, for this kind of price, its a nice guitar. Compared to a strat, of course the strat feels much nicer, but then again strat retails for about 18 mio, twice or 3 times the price of this baby.
So, i didnt picked it up straight away, i waited about a week or so to see if i really wanted this guitar.
Turns out that i just couldnt hold it in. Drove straight to the shop again last week, and paid for it straight away. And after a week or so, my impression about it still has't changed at all. Its light, its loud, and it is awesome!
Looking at the label above, presumably this guitar was made in 7 December 2014. The B 001 might be the batch 1, and guitar no 723. Thats quite a lot for 1st batch of guitar, dont you reckon?
Anyway, its Matt B signature guitar. What more can i ask? :D
