It’s got kind of a ‘60s Burns guitar look to it (a famous old London guitar brand), and I’m here for that. I now realize I’ve seen Italian guitars, Japanese guitars, obviously U.S. and U.K. guitar brands, German guitars … but I’d never known of any Australian brands, so thank you and thank you Eastwood for the introduction!

That playing in the mix, righteous!!

It sounds really amazing, especially with the overdriven tones! really clear and cuts through nicely

Thanks for the review. Just looking at the one or two pictures on the Eastwood site, this guitar didn't really interest me,, but getting a better look at it on your review - and hearing it - have changed my opinion. It looks and sounds great.

Sweet playing and rad guitar:)

I got this guitar. It kicks ass!

Way cool jam! ✌️😌🎸

Mmm... The neck and bridge combination ( 5:41 ) is probably the nicest neck+bridge tone I've ever heard on a guitar!

Check the band Blass Beams, they use this guitar

@DemosInTheDark

4 ай бұрын

nice! will do!

What is the weight like?

Just on that tone choke switch....the original Maton FB620 had the "SOUND BARRIER" 2 way lever-style selector, some hated it but I use it all the time because you can go from clean blues to full on distortion through a fuzz pedal with the throw of the switch.

👌👍👍👍

Did you notice any tuning stability issues with the trem, I mean anything out of the ordinary with that style? I love this guitar but there aren't a lot of reviews or demos of this model.

@DemosInTheDark

11 ай бұрын

not terrible tuning problems, which is odd. when guitars come to me they come out of the factory. most stores actually do a set up before putting them on the floor, but i don't get that luxury. so, even big brand guitars come to me with some kind of tuning issue that i try to wrestle with my limited luthier skills. this one wasn't terrible if i remember though!

@slave_planet

11 ай бұрын

@@DemosInTheDark Thanks.

The headstock looks like Sids dog on toy story

@user-lz3lr3yx2d

9 ай бұрын

Lol

Are we sure the original Maton design wasn't riffing on Burns guitars aesthetics? When I saw that guitar my first thought was it must be a new Eastwood Burns model.

@DemosInTheDark

Жыл бұрын

my knowledge of maton history is pretty sparse, but the vibe is definitely similar!

@maspesasmasperras5554

Жыл бұрын

Burns and Maton were lovers so maybe they talked about it?

I had one in the 60's and they were only average - nothing special unless you ran them through a Fender Concert amp with reverb or echo. New they were half the price of the American strat and about half a good. This sharkbight model shown here is a combination of the early and later Fyrbyrds by Maton. Early models had toggle switches that used to pop when you changed pickups. The model shown here has slide pickup switches that were on or off. If you were careless you could switch everything off and have no sound. You said the pickups were P90's but I believe they are single coils. The Bigsby tremolo was ok and seemed to hold tuning ok. The headstock, like the one on the Maton Ibis around the same era is kind of goofy looking, and probably the worst looking headstock ever manufactured. Tuners were open and only average. Playability of the guitar was fine and the sound was a bit thin, but ok for instrumentals. From memory, they came out in black, red or white. The mode switch was for rhythm, lead and something else and was just resistors bleeding the frequency. Not particularly exciting. I swapped mine in 1967 for a sunburst Gibson ES335 TDN with a factory fitted Bigsby tremolo plus gave $60 extra. The Fyrbyrd is selling for anything up to $2,500 if original and the ES335 from $20,000 to $45,000.

I love your review videos as well as your playing, but I think it's pronounced Mayton.

@DemosInTheDark

Жыл бұрын

helpful! thanks!

Maton is pronounced ‘May-ton’

Can't believe Maton allowed China to remanufacture this

@MichaelCasanovaMusic

6 ай бұрын

I've got a friend who works for them, and he said the people running the company couldn't care less about electric guitars.