Maton Lap Steels

[David DeLoach]

I bought a made-in-Australia Maton dreadnaught acoustic guitar today, and while talking with Bill Warmoth @ Artisan Guitars in Nashville who sold me the guitar - and who knows everything there is to know about Maton - learned that back in the day Maton made lap steels

Anyone here seen/played one?

Found one on Reverb...

https://reverb.com/item/6434126-maton-s ... steel-1968

[Glenn Wilde]

Looks cool. I think Cole Clark guitars from Australia is some kinda offshoot from Maton, at least I remember hearing something like that. Cole Clark makes some fine Ricky like steels.

[David Irving]

Looks cool. I think Cole Clark guitars from Australia is some kinda offshoot from Maton, at least I remember hearing something like that. Cole Clark makes some fine Ricky like steels.

Glenn, Cole Clark may well have worked for Maton, but Maton is still going strong, and still owned by the family.

[Glenn Wilde]

Looks cool. I think Cole Clark guitars from Australia is some kinda offshoot from Maton, at least I remember hearing something like that. Cole Clark makes some fine Ricky like steels.

Glenn, Cole Clark may well have worked for Maton, but Maton is still going strong, and still owned by the family.

I did a little digging and both founders of Cole Clark were Maton employees and left there in 2001, they also both left Cole Clark. I found a video of a Maton steel being played, it sounds good to me.
https://youtu.be/I2_gd-sSdiI also looks like a D6 was available.

[David Irving]

That's got a great sound, Glenn. I wish I could get hold of one.

I have a couple of Maton electric guitars, and they have the best necks I've ever played.

[David DeLoach]

This was posted on in the Maton Guitar group on FaceBook...