Manufacturer | Cort Guitars |
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Period | 2015-present |
Construction | |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Scale | 25.5 in (648 mm) |
Woods | |
Body | Basswood |
Neck | Maple |
Fretboard | Rosewood |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Tune-O-Matic with stopbar |
Pickup(s) | 1 Single-coil Manson at the neck and 1 Humbucker Manson at the bridge |
Colors available | |
Matt Black Red Sparkle Matt White Show |
Cort MBC-1 is the signature guitar of Matthew Bellamy, lead singer and guitarist of the English rock band Muse, launched in 2015 in Indonesia. It was designed by Bellamy and Hugh Manson in collaboration with Cort Guitars, and based on Manson MB Series.
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I went to the factory and was completely blown away by the attention to detail. At every single production stage there’s unbelievable checking processes. The pickup manufacturing is state-of-the-art, and they were really keen to listen to my outlook on making guitars. So it was win-win all around.
— Hugh Manson
Guitar has solid Telecaster-form body made from tilia, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard with compound radius. [1]
Modifications of Cort MBC-1:
Manson Guitar Works are proposing modernization of guitar [2]
This guitar was nominated on Music and Sound Awards and MIA Awards, as «Best electric guitar» and «Electric guitar of the year», and won the last one. Besides, it was marked as "Premier Gear" by Premier Guitar, magazine Total Guitar called it «Best buy» (5/5). [3] [4]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Award | Result | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | Cort MBC-1 | Best Electric Guitar | Music and Sound Awards | Nominated | [5] | |
2015 | Cort MBC-1 | Electric Guitar of the Year | Music Industries Association Award | Won | [6] |