Guitar Name: L.E. May
Series Name: Master Built
Product Code: MB-LE-MAY
Body Shape: Traditional Deep Body With Cutaway
Face: European Spruce
Back And Sides: Figured Blackwood
Soundhole Diameter: 95mm
Neck: Figured Queensland Maple
Fingerboard And Bridge: Ebony
Bracing: European Spruce – Scalloped Maton X
Face Inlay Rosette: Firmiana Timber with rings
Binding: 5ply timber/Satin Box with pinstripe
Scale Length: 25.5
Headstock Veneer: Ebony
Fretwire: Jescar FW43080
Number Of Frets: 21
Fretboard Radius: 12″
Nut Width: 1.736″ – 1 47/64″
14th Fret Width: 2.165″ – 2 11/64
Fingerboard Inlays: 4mm Pearl Dots
Back And Sides Finish: Gloss – VA Stain
Top Finish: Gloss – natural
Bridge Pins: Ivory ABS
Machine Heads: Ratio Gold – Open Back
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
End Pin Strap: Gold
Nut And Saddle: Bone
Guitar Case: Maton Deluxe Hardshell Case by Hiscox Included
Pickup: AP5 PRO
Strings: Elixir Nanoweb Phospher Bronze
€5.499,00
The Master Built L.E. May guitar is a tribute to Linda’s long history with Maton, and is the successor to our Custom Shop W.A. May model which was named after Linda’s father, Bill May.
The L.E. May is a sleeker version of the W.A. May and features a full-depth Traditional cutaway body as well as a slightly smaller headstock, which is modelled on the original Maton headstock from the 1940s but replaces the raised centre piece with a pinstriped centre profile. The art déco inspired pearl inlay remains, and the Ebony headstock is bound with Yellow Wood Ash. The neck is figured Queensland Maple, with an ebony fretboard and bridge.
The soundboard is carefully selected and thicknessed European Spruce and the back and sides are figured Victorian Blackwood. The body is bound with Satin Box outer binding and BWB inner binding, and a sound-hole that features a timber rosette, perfectly complementing the rest of the guitar.
The European Spruce soundboard is braced with European Spruce and has a Maple bridge plate. The bracing is “A” shaped for maximum performance and scalloped to achieve the exact tonal response and deflection we are looking for.
The guitar has a gloss finish and is stained to bring out the best in the figure of the body and neck, and comes with an AP5 PRO pickup system and gold Ratio open-back tuners.
