Maton Serial Numbers Search series#

The pick up system they currently run in there acoustics is the AP5 mic and it's a great acoustic pick up that was developed with close guidance of Tommy Emmanuel doing a lot of the testing. Maton started in 1946 (the same years as Fender). I'll chip in as a lover and owner of 3 Maton Acoustics. If I was to buy myself an acoustic guitar it would be strictly for home use or recording, and I would have to save up a long time because the only acoustics I have found which I really like are by Santa Cruz. I guess the electronics they have on their acoustics work because I see so many being played. Maton acoustics are very popular here, but to me they are often a bit boomy in the low end and a bit thin in the highs. The necks which work so well on acoustic guitars feel a bit odd on an electric. And I'm not actually that big a fan of Maton either! (Shock horror!!) To me their electrics feel like acoustics, much like Taylor electrics do. Sascha I can ask people who know more about these things, but I'm not much of an acoustic guitar guy. But, I may go looking for the finished product. I don't know that I can invest the time in all of the videos. I love the video and the guitar is swoon inducing.

Good for them that someone saw to it proper to dig into one of their fine instruments! 14 Maton is a famous maker, with or without Tommy, who is obviously a great Ambassador player, pounding those guitars into exopy aftermath!!! It's great that different parts of the world know something more than the rest of us. Jim, The Detonators' Paulie Bignell has a giant Maton guitar (or used to have, I don't know?) Jimmy, can you confirm that todays Maton acoustics sound best when amplified via the internal pickup system? I've read that from time to time. I've viewed them on his website with much interest 11 I know a luthier in Brisbane(the guitar repairer) use to restore some old Alvin and Maton guitars.

Gonna keep my eye out for some more Maton arch tops. 9ДЇrom one Jim R to another, thanks for the info! 10 There really would not have been many made in the 50s. Not sure of the model of the single-cut Maton I have seen, but it is so big the guy has trouble finding strings long enough for it. The guitar in the video was originally strictly acoustic apparently. There is a local player around where I live who has a huge, old (60s) Maton single-cut semi and that's the only one i have seen. have you ever seen a Starline like the one in the video? Any idea how many were built? 8 Maton guitars are everywhere here in Australia. If you have the tool it's easy and you don't need to loosen strings or anything. To adjust the truss rod on a Maton acoustic you remove the (oversize) endpin - the strap button at the base of the guitar - and insert a huge specially made adjuster which has to go from the endpin hole all the way to the neck block inside the guitar where the trussrod adjustment is made. When I worked in a music store over 20 years ago I learnt one more little tidbit about Matons. They usually have a warm tone but don't have as precise note definition as say Martin. Matons are known for their very comfortable, worn-in feel on the necks and slinky action. A lot of Aussies take great pride in using Matons as their acoustic guitar. But as Jeff says, they are far better known for their acoustic steel string guitars. The double-cut semiacoustic Matons from the 60s and 70s are not so uncommon - 335-alikes - but the singlecut semis are quite rare these days. The Mastersound is a solid-body electric which is enjoying a resurgence here. George harrison played an early Maton Mastersound back before the Beatle became famous. Bill May (May-tone - Maton) started the company in Melbourne in (I think) the 50s.

Yeah, I had seen some of those other model types when I searched, but finding another SA70 Starline like the one in the video would appear to be a longshot. They make some solid- and semi-solid body guitars that are pretty cool. They are more well-known for acoustic guitars, especially due to the Tommy Emanuel (sp?) connection. I tried a few searches for similar instruments on the market, and came up pretty empty. I had never heard of that maker before finding these videos. I fantasized that I would love to do something like this, but I'm not sure that I have the patience! 2 The amount of detail is fascinating, and watching this craftsman is enlightening and, I think, inspiring.

Maton Serial Numbers Search series#

I was mesmerized, and watched the whole series (although I will admit I fast-forwarded a bit here and there). This is part 1 of a series of about a dozen videos where a vintage archtop by Australian maker Maton is carefully and lovingly restored by a gentleman in the Netherlands by the name of Ad van Kuijk. I stumbled onto this last night on Youtube.