Thread: Matao Guitars?
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:52 AM
JohnSingsToo JohnSingsToo is offline
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Default I own a Matao bass

I bought a Matao bass from a guitar shop in Seattle in 1982. It is a copy of a Fender. I bought it because it was really cheap. About $75 as I recall. I lived in the barracks at Ft. Lewis, WA and I wanted something cheap I could practice on but it wouldn't be a huge financial loss if it got stolen. In fact, when I bought it the salesman asked me if I wanted to plug it in and I told him no since I wouldn't ever use it for a show anyway. I wasn't going to risk my MusicMan Stingray bass in the barracks. Nobody I know had ever heard of Matao, and neither had I. I just happened to be in the Pacific Northwest at the right time, I guess.
I still have the Matao, and it still has the original strings from 1982. Ironically, my MusicMan Stingray did get stolen later. Now I have an Ibanez.
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