Maton Watch: Slenderline DC1500

A quick look at a rare Slenderline which just sold on eBay…

Guitarnerd stories are a little labour intensive to get together, as I try as much as possible to keep my content unique by hunting down stories and taking my own photos….and not just cut and paste other content from other blogs (which is what a lot of other blogs do.) But with my full time job and the 5 bands that I play in, I only have time to post one story a week. To keep the site flowing a bit more quickly, I’m going to do ‘Maton Watch’ which are quick stories of Maton’s that pop up on eBay. This way these rare guitars are documented (which is the main purpose of guitarnerd) and also that there will be new content on guitarnerd more often. First up in Maton Watch is this beautiful DC1500 which just sold for $1500 ‘buy it now’… here’s the sellers description.

MATON SLENDERLINE semi-acoustic guitar, DC 1500, SERIAL NUMBER 365, COMPLETELY ORIGINAL, ALL ELECTRICS WORKING PERFECTLY, HOWEVER SOME NICKS & SCRATCHES, & TOP COAT HAS CRAZING, BUT THIS IS A 40-50YEAR OLD INSTRUMENT. COMES WITH ORIGINAL CASE,IN POOR TO FAIR CONDITION.THE GUITAR HAS WONDERFUL MELLOW JAZZY TONES & REALLY SCREAMS ON FULL TREBLE

It’s a beautiful rare speciman in it’s original case. I’m very partial to these guitars as they’re the companion to my Mastersound 1100 Bass…

The DC1500 has been well played as shown by the wear on the back of the neck, though these types of marking are usually attributed to leaning the guitar neck against an amp. A nice touch is that this guitar still has it’s original tuners.

The back is a beautiful flame maple done in a gorgeous classic Maton sunburst.The back grain of this guitar actually looks a lot nicer than the front, which is quite plain. .

The guitar sports a set of the black top Maton single coils, which have a similar look to my bass and were found on guitars from the late 60’s to early/mid 70’s.

So there it is. Congrats to the new owner… you have a beauty there.

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