Maton CW80 80th Anniversary Dreadnought

Please note: This guitar comes with a hardshell case.

Since 1967 the CW80 has probably been behind more great songs and performances than any other Australian acoustic guitar. It was never a precious instrument — it was built to be a reliable, robust workhorse, and it turned up wherever players did: in the recording studio producing hit songs, on the road with a touring artist, at an open mic in a coffee shop, at home after a hard day’s work. For generations of Australian musicians, the CW80 was simply the guitar.

After a brief hiatus it returns to mark Maton’s 80th year, rebuilt in its classic timbers. A AAA Engelmann Spruce soundboard over Fijian Mahogany back and sides, with a figured Queensland Maple neck and rosewood fingerboard and bridge — the combination used on the model from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, before the neck, back and sides moved to Queensland Maple. Five-ply rock maple purfling replaces the original plastic binding, and the polished nitrocellulose finish is stained in the traditional Maton colours of the CW80’s “golden era”, 1978 to 2000, with a herringbone rosette to match.

In the dreadnought body it does what a dreadnought should — a full, rich low end with the power to drive a room — while Fijian Mahogany keeps the midrange warm and dry rather than glassy, so strummed chords stay distinct instead of blurring together. Maton’s current bracing adds the clear top-end presence today’s players expect. The AP5 PRO pickup system and chrome Grover Rotomatics ready it for the stage.

A guitar that honours a rich past, built to become a future classic.

SPECIFICATIONS

Guitar Name: CW80 80th Anniversary Dreadnought
Series Name: 80th Anniversary
Body Shape: Dreadnought
Face: AAA Englemann Spruce
Back And Sides: Fijian Mahogany
Soundhole Diameter: 100mm
Neck: Figured Queensland Maple
Fingerboard And Bridge: Rosewood
Bracing: Scalloped Maton X
Face Inlay Rosette: Herringbone
Binding: 5 Ply Purfling - Fibre/Rock maple
Scale Length: 25.5"
Headstock Veneer: Standard with Rosewood Veneer
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: 7mm Dots
Back And Sides Finish: Vintage Nitro
Top Finish: Vintage Nitro
Bridge Pins: Ivory ABS
Machine Heads: Chrome Grover Rotomatic
Pickguard: Black Bevelled
End Pin Strap: Chrome
Nut And Saddle: Bone
Guitar Case: Standard Maton Case
Pickup: AP5 PRO
Strings: Elixir Nanoweb Phospher Bronze 12 - 53