From a small backyard workshop, Maton Guitars has grown into a truly great Australian success story. Currently, Maton employs more than 70 people and remains 100 percent family owned and operated.
Firmly established now as Australia’s favourite and most successful guitar, Maton is gaining acceptance on the world stage as an instrument of the highest quality. It is following Bill May’s vision of making handcrafted guitars at an affordable price. His philosophy still rings true today: “If you make a good guitar, the right guitar, people will want it.”
Bill May's philosophy meant that “precision in work is very important. Individuals are important – I must have them. I feel it is the right way of life for a man to come and work and to give his ability to a job which means something to him and something to the end user.” Bill May.
Maton Factory Melbourne Fl
Maton Factory Tour Post by druz15 » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:55 pm got to go on a tour of the Maton Factory last night with some of the employees from the music store I work at and wow! Maton Musical Instruments Company is a 100% family owned Australian company based in Melbourne and best known for its handmade Maton Guitar range. The Maton name is a derivative of the words 'May' and 'Tone'. Bill May opened Australia's first major guitar making facility in Canterbury in 1949. THE MATON GUITAR; FROM A GARAGE IN MELBOURNE TO THE HANDS OF ROCKSTARS. And if you go to the factory the making of a Maton is quite an extraordinary process to witness. So many people touch the guitar from start to finish, add their skill and expertise to create this perfection that is the Maton. It is a labour intensive process.