Maton WA May Custom Shop 808 Guitar with Sitka Spruce and Fiddleback Blackwood ID-11723

Maton WA May Custom Shop 808

As the head of Maton’s Custom Shop, Andy Allen has the ability to build a guitar that will produce the sound that the customer has ordered and wants to hear. The construction of a Custom Shop guitar is performed by a single, skilled luthier and this ensures every detail mirrors precisely the customer’s requirements.

It also ensures the look as well as the sound matches the buyer’s dream. Each operation is done by hand, the way Maton Guitars have been built since 1946, with no deadline. The process will take however long is required to meet the customer’s expectations. A masterpiece cannot be rushed

Designed as a tribute to the Maton founder, Bill May and to bring the best of Maton's heritage and their guitar making skills together, the W.A. May is a guitar for the connoisseur.

This guitar features a gorgeous fiddleback Blackwood back and side set with a blackwood neck and AAA spruce face to produce a huge sounding dreadnought guitar. Add to that the unique Custom Shop voicing and craftsmanship and you have a guitar worthy of the name W.A. May.

This W.A. May Custom Shop is equipped with the AP5 Pro Pickup system.

The AP5 Pro features Separate Microphone and Piezo input controls allow for blending of both microphone and piezo levels prior to sending the actively combined signals through to the tone circuits and master volume.

Highly selective cardioid microphone system allows for much greater microphone level before feedback in live environments. This newly upgraded microphone is direct mounted to the preamp casing via an adjustable arm, which permits easy final tweaking of microphone position to suit the individual artists style.

Custom features to this guitar include a cutaway, Blackwood neck with Slim Neck profile and Rosewood fingerboard, and a custom inlay at the 12th Fret.

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Specifications:

Shipping Weight: 20

Serial: 957

Top Wood: "AAA" Select" Grade Solid Sitka Spruce

Back Wood: Fiddleback Blackwood

Nut Width: 42 mm

Scale: 25.5"

Bracing: Maton X Bracing

Inlays: Cusotm 12th Fret Inlay

Rosette: Blackwood

Neck Wood: Blackwood

Fretboard: Rosewood

Nut Material: Bone

Saddle Material: Bone

Bridge: Rosewood

Bridge Pins: Ivory ABS

Tuners: Gold Grover Rotomatics with Pearloid Buttons

Purfling: B/W/B/W/B

Body Binding: Maple

Pickguard: Loose in Case

Headstock Shape: Solid

Headstock Overlay: Figured Satin Box “AAA” Blackwood centrepiece

Headstock Inlay: MOP Maton Logo

Frets To Body: 14

Neck Profile: Slim Neck Profile

Pickup(s): AP5 Pro

Case: Hardshell Case Included

Misc. 1: Gloss Finish

Misc. 2: Stainless Steel Frets