Maton Starline 4606 60th Anniversary

Wer an Australien und Musik denkt, der kommt nahezu zwangsläufig auf den Welthit „Down Under“ von Men at Work…und auf das unsägliche Didgeridoo. Und auf Saiteninstrumente? Die Firma Maton hat ihren Sitz auf diesem Eiland und produziert erstklassige Gitarren. Bereits in der Ausgabe 4/2007 stellte grand gtrs drei Exemplare von Maton vor: BB1200, MS2000DLX und MS500. Nun soll nachgelegt werden. Et voilà: eine Maton Archtop, noch dazu ein Anniversary-Modell.

Those who regularly visit the Maton web site will already know John Fogerty has purchased several Maton guitars. Although we have no formal relationship with John, he is an admirer of our guitars and he himself said the BB1200 inspired him to write several songs for his new album “Revival” at a time when his creative juices were running low...

Maton would like to congratulate Tommy Emmanuel who was recently voted Best Acoustic Guitarist in Guitar Player magazine's 2008 Readers Choice Awards.

Tommy shared the accolades with artists such as Joe Bonamassa (Best Blues Guitarist), Larry Carlton and Pat Metheny (Best Jazz Guitarist), and Brad Paisley (Best Country Guitarist)...

View the full article here.

On Monday 17th March, former "Westlife" member Brian McFadden visited the Maton Factory and received a tour of operations. View video footage and check out what he had to say on this video: A Day In The Life Of Brian McFadden