Maton guitars in the 2000s

Through the 2000s, Maton Musical Instruments controlled the Maton name, and 2 plants built it: Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne and Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

4 eras touch the 2000s across 2 lines. The version changed in 2003. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Maton.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2000	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2]}
2001	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2]}
2002	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2]}
2003	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}	yes
2004	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2005	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2006	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2007	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2008	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2009	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Eras in the 2000s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Maton acoustic guitars (Australian-built)	1990–2003	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne	unverified^{[1, 2]}
Maton acoustic guitars (Australian-built)	2003–now	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne	unverified^{[1, 2, 3]}
Maton electric guitars, basses and amplifiers (1958 to c.2020s; end year unverified)	1990–2003	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne	unverified^{[1, 2]}
Maton electric guitars, basses and amplifiers (1958 to c.2020s; end year unverified)	2003–now	Maton Musical Instruments	Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne	unverified^{[1, 2, 4, 3]}

Other brands in the 2000s

Maton, year by year

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1
The Maton Legacy (company timeline)graded primary
2
The Maton story (History of Country Music in Australia)graded community
3
Maton Electric Guitars History (Futone Guitars blog)graded community
4
Maton (Wikipedia)graded community

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