Redwood Dreadnought Cutaway

With the Redwood Series, Maton found a new voice. The pairing is unusual and deliberate: a Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) soundboard over Tasmanian Myrtle (Nothofagus cunninghamii) back and sides. The Redwood is plantation grown and sustainably harvested from the Otway Ranges in Victoria; the Myrtle comes from our longstanding supplier in Tasmania.

Tonally, Redwood sits close to Western Red Cedar but with a stronger treble presence and a more dynamic response than Cedar usually gives. Tasmanian Myrtle — Tassie Myrtle, as we call it here — has a smooth, maple-like tone, and alongside Redwood it adds warmth and sustain. The result is complex. Every frequency you would expect is there, but so is something else: a blend of overtones and a responsiveness to the smallest changes in touch that keeps offering the player new possibilities.

In the dreadnought body the same pairing has more air beneath it: a deeper, broader low end with the volume to carry a room, while the Myrtle keeps the bottom end firm rather than muddy. The cutaway opens up the upper frets, so nothing is out of reach when a song climbs. A streaky ebony fingerboard and bridge firm up the attack, and the AP5 PRO pickup system carries the character intact when you plug in.

This is a guitar that is hard to put down.