# Manson builds one-off beasts for President's masked pair

> Matt Bellamy's guitar company just made custom seven-strings and basses for British metal's most mysterious new band.
- Title: Manson builds one-off beasts for President's masked pair
- Summary: Matt Bellamy's guitar company just made custom seven-strings and basses for British metal's most mysterious new band. Manson is using President's two…
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- Source: Guitar World — https://guitarworld.com/artists/bands/president-teams-with-manson-guitars
- Published: 2026-09-11T14:34:25+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: guitars, metal, manson guitar works, president, gear
## Booked before they released anything
President were announced for Download Festival 2025 without putting out a single second of music. An EP and a debut album later, they're playing sold-out shows in the US.
## Manson signs them both
Manson Guitar Works, bought by Muse's Matt Bellamy in 2019, has added both of President's guitarists, Heist and Protest, to its artist roster.

> We're incredibly proud to be involved with both Heist and Protest from President
## Protest got there first
He's been playing an extended-scale five-string MV bass for a while now, well before the second half of the deal landed.
## Heist's baritone seven
His new Verona Modern is a baritone seven-string loaded with Fishman humbuckers and an EverTune bridge. Both players get custom logo inlays at the 12th fret.
## Neither guitar officially exists
You won't find either model on the Manson site, which points to pure one-off builds. By Guitar World's count, Heist's could be the company's first seven-string baritone ever.

> Any of you lucky enough to be seeing their sold-out US rallies, let us know what you think of these beasts!
## The bigger play
It follows Bellamy going full Meshuggah with an eight-string Oryx on Muse's new album. Manson is aiming at a growing market, and production runs could follow.

> a real statement of intent from Manson to integrate itself into the extended-range modern metal scene
## Key takeaway

Manson is using President's two guitarists as its way into the extended-range metal market, and the guitars it built for them don't exist anywhere on its site.