I was so smart that I saved $25 by not buying a case. I have a C45 which I bought from the Maton outlet at North Melbourne sometime in 1970. I'd greatly appreciate it if any knowledgeable person could give me some idea of the worth of each guitar. ![]() ![]() The sun-burned finish has some age-related, visible up close, crazing on the front. ![]() Later, he had it converted back to original, with the result that the 2 gold-finished tailpiece studs are visible under the original M trapeze tail-piece. The original owner had a friend who had a Sapphire with a fixed tail-piece, which he thought had better sustain, so he had professionally fitted a fixed tail piece. The guitar had a minor finish flaw near the bottom f-hole which was remedied by the Maton factory under warranty by fitting a custom-made, possibly unique, scratch-plate over the volume and tone controls. The original machine heads were upgraded to top quality models when the guitar was young. Great neck and frets.some fingerboard wear at the 'camp-fire' chords end. I have a top of the line, cedar top, ebony fretboard Maton C50 classical guitar (1976) in excellent condition in original case.Īlso a Maton Sapphire 3 pickup 303/6 (268) in very good to excellent for age condition.
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