Starlight

Bellamy uses a Manson guitar through a clean-ish amp with subtle chorus for the verse, then full distortion for the soaring chorus.

The track’s hook is primarily a layered prepared-piano melody, so the guitar functions as rhythmic support rather than the central lead instrument. The exact guitar and amplifier settings are not documented, and later performances were transposed down, so this preset uses the recorded key with a representative Manson, Vox and Marshall blend. Source: Rich Costey’s EQ interview, MuseWiki’s “Starlight” page and Equipboard’s Black Holes and Revelations gear page.