Guitar Story
Guitar Story
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Maton Guitars. Graded primary. Open the original.
Company-published timeline: founding 1946 Thornbury; Canterbury 1952; Bayswater 1990; Box Hill 2003; 'remains 100 percent family owned and operated'; electrics from 1958 (MS500 Mastersound). Read 2026-10-17 through a summarising fetch tool; not archived; published_on unknown.
8 facts on this site cite this source, across Maton. A quoted passage is the text the fact relies on.
| Fact | Years | Records | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maton Musical Instruments owns Maton[1] | 1946–now | Maton, Maton Musical Instruments | No passage captured |
| Maton Musical Instruments ran Maton Thornbury garage workshop, Melbourne[1] | 1946–1952 | Maton Thornbury garage workshop, Melbourne, Maton Musical Instruments | No passage captured |
| Maton acoustic guitars (Australian-built) built at Maton Thornbury garage workshop, Melbourne (full build)[1] | 1946–1952 | Maton, Maton Thornbury garage workshop, Melbourne | No passage captured |
| Maton acoustic guitars (Australian-built) built at Maton Canterbury factory, Melbourne (full build)[1] | 1952–1990 | Maton, Maton Canterbury factory, Melbourne | No passage captured |
| Maton acoustic guitars (Australian-built) built at Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne (full build)[1] | 1990–2003 | Maton, Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne | No passage captured |
| Maton acoustic guitars (Australian-built) built at Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne (full build)[1] | 2003–now | Maton, Maton Box Hill factory, Melbourne | No passage captured |
| Maton electric guitars, basses and amplifiers (1958 to c.2020s; end year unverified) built at Maton Canterbury factory, Melbourne (full build)[1] | 1958–1990 | Maton, Maton Canterbury factory, Melbourne | No passage captured |
| Maton electric guitars, basses and amplifiers (1958 to c.2020s; end year unverified) built at Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne (full build)[1] | 1990–2003 | Maton, Maton Bayswater factory, Melbourne | No passage captured |
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.
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