Matteo Mancuso uses Yamaha guitars, including his Revstar Matteo Mancuso Signature RS20MM and a custom shop Revstar with Lollar Imperial pickups, plus a Pacifica Custom. On tour he uses a Line 6 Helix Stadium XL with an HX Stomp backup, and keeps a Marshall JCM800 at home.
“This signature model is an evolution of the custom Yamaha Revstar I've relied on for years, both onstage and in the studio.”
“DiMarzio pickups brought me even closer to the perfect tone that I chase in my head. Playing guitar is just more fun with DiMarzios!”
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“This signature model is an evolution of the custom Yamaha Revstar I've relied on for years, both onstage and in the studio.”
“DiMarzio pickups brought me even closer to the perfect tone that I chase in my head. Playing guitar is just more fun with DiMarzios!”
“I think it's just a standard American Strat that my father bought in the '70s, but the guitar itself was made in the '60s.”
“Digital amp modeling is so much more reliable.”
“When I first started working on jazz phrasing, there were a lot of chromatic passages that I stole from Pat”
Matteo Mancuso uses Yamaha guitars: his Revstar Signature RS20MM, launched in 2026, a custom shop Revstar and a Pacifica Custom for single-coil and whammy parts. In 2026 he called the Revstar his go-to 90 percent of the time; in 2023 he was seen with a Moonlight Blue Revstar RSP20.
Matteo Mancuso uses a Line 6 Helix Stadium XL on international tours, with a Line 6 HX Stomp as backup, and a Marshall JCM800 at home, according to his 2026 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown.
His signature RS20MM and custom Revstar carry DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary pickups, and DiMarzio also lists the Area 61. Premier Guitar's 2026 Rig Rundown shows DiMarzio Area 68s with a PAF 36th Anniversary bridge in his Pacifica, and Lollar Imperials in a Revstar.
Matteo Mancuso lists Dogal Strings among his endorsements on his own website, and he uses .009 to .042 gauge strings on his Revstar and Pacifica, per Premier Guitar.
Matteo Mancuso is a Sicilian guitarist known for his fingerstyle approach to jazz-rock and fusion on electric guitar. This guide covers his Yamaha guitars, pickups, Line 6 modelers and the records he has talked about.
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