Manson Guitar Works celebrates its 10th anniversary with 10 unique guitars

Manson Guitar Works has announced the Manson MA 10th Anniversary range, a limited run of precisely 10 unique instruments in celebration of a decade of the brand.

Each guitar started life as a standard swamp ash MA EVO body assembled by Manson head luthier Tim Stark. Each Manson dealer was then allowed to spec out a guitar, their requests being fulfilled by the Manson workshop.

Stark said of the initiative: “We’re excited to build these special instruments reflecting this 10-year milestone. It shows the versatility of the MA platform and I’ve enjoyed having direction from our dealer network as to what finishes and elements their customers would like to see.”

Across all 10 instruments, some specs are consistent. These include a dual-humbucker layout with a Sustainiac Sustainer neck pickup (an active pickup system that provides infinite sustain), and a two-piece tune-o-matic-style hardtail bridge. From these base specifications, however, dealers added a number of out-there variations, with in-built ZVEX Fuzz Factories and unique finishes and neck woods.

Manson Guitar Works CEO Adrian Ashton stated, “We wanted to celebrate our core product with some open creativity from our dealers. It’s been a fantastic showcase of the work we are putting out whilst keeping our MA EVO design at the forefront of the limited run.”
You can see the full list of guitars and the dealers they’re heading to below.

Apollon Music Japan

MA EVO with Night Sky Holosparkle finish, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, ZVEX Fuzz Factory, Gotoh 510 Hardware, Flame Maple Select Neck.

Imperial Vintage Guitars, USA:
MA EVO with Red Santa finish, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, Gotoh 510 Hardware, Roasted Flame Maple Select Neck, Red Side LEDs.

MA EVO with Purple Nebula finish, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, Gotoh 510 Hardware, Roasted Flame Maple Neck Red Side LEDs.

Mansons Guitar Shop UK

MA EVO with Original Orange finish, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, ZVEX Fuzz Factory, Black Gotoh 510 Hardware, Luthiers Choice Flame Maple 5A Neck, Ebony Fingerboard.

MA EVO with Gloss Silver Flake, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, ZVEX Fuzz Factory, Gotoh 510 Hardware, Roasted Flame Maple 5A Neck, Ebony Fingerboard.

MA EVO with Red Binding, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, Gotoh 510 Hardware.

MA EVO with Bluebell, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, Gotoh 510 Hardware.

Omega Music Belgium

MA EVO with Red Santa, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, Z-Vex Fuzz Factory, Kill Button Conversion, Gotoh 510 Hardware.

MA EVO with Purple Nebula, PF-1 Bridge Pickup, Sustainiac Sustainer System, Gotoh 510 Hardware, Roasted Maple Flame 5A Neck.