1958 Maton Ms-500 Restoration Pics

[mutronboy]

I bought this old Maton as awreck about 15 years ago, it had been badly sanded and half 'estapoled'.

Had to go for a sunburst to hide the previous butchery.

It's interesting that this early Maton original design looks quite modern in light of recent trends.

pics of front & back sealed with obvious problem visible in cutaway

sunbursting done on front & back

sunbursting on headstock & binding scrape...starting to look good

I'll post some more pics soon when I get some hardware on...I'm thinking of making a tortoiseshell guard

Also have to decide on pickups...BTW, it's a short scale neck

[ZoSo_Spencer]

Hey thats looking good, nice burst

I wouldnt put tortiouse shell on it......maybe a 5ply black pickguard custom made i think that would go nicely

Pickups - you should maybe a get a set of Bare Knuckles - www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk - they sound bloody good, they have demos in their forums.

Edited June 17, 2005 by ZoSo_Spencer

[mutronboy]

Hi ZoSo,

I do have the scratchplate the previous owner had made, it's black 3-ply with 2 strat pu holes.

The original scratchplate on these was thick black with white painted edging,

and the pu's were white surface mounted thingy's (you can see the original screw-holes.

I don't think strat pickups suit this guitar...it's too Gibsony looking..

I've got a pair of vintage Guild mini-humbuckers that might go nicely, but I'd have to do some routing.

Thanks for the tip on the BareKnuckles, I'll check 'em out.

My favourite strat pickups are the Kinmans, I have them on two of my strats.