MATON TOMMY EMMANUEL TE PERSONNAL custom shop GUITAR – SPECIAL ORDER –

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Maton TE PERSONNAL custom shop acoustic guitar

Bill May founded Maton in 1946. Maton’s name is derived from the words “May” and “Tone”. Until the mid-1930s Australian industrial manufacturing guitars were virtually non-existent. Good quality guitars were hard to find and at this time the best guitars were in the United States. Melbourne-born jazz musician, teacher and luthier Bill May decided to change all that. During the early 1940s Bill established a custom guitar manufacturing and repair company called “Maton Violin Making and Repairs”. In March 1946, Bill and his brother Reg launched Maton Corporate Musical Instruments, the opening of Australia’s first major violin maker based in Canterbury, Melbourne, in 1949. Maton now has a new modern facility in the Melbourne suburb. Maton is still a 100% family business, operated by Linda and Neville Kitchen (daughter and son-in-law of Bill May).scale length 25.5 inch lower bout 365 mm upper bout 284mm waist 230mm depth lower-123mm shoulder 96mm top wood AAA spruce body wood Bees wings (type of figure) maple fingerboard Indian rosewood binding ivory

scale length 25.5 inch

lower bout 365 mm

upper bout 284mm

waist 230mm

depth lower-123mm shoulder 96mm

top wood AAA spruce

body wood Bees wings (type of figure) maple

fingerboard Indian rosewood

binding ivory