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Cool guitars hand made by Matt Proctor in Portland, Oregon. M-tone guitars have sweet shapes and finishes, and use steel, brass, aluminum and bone instead of plastic because real materials make real tone. info@m-tone.com
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M-tone blog posts
- Video Demo: Dynamo Played in the M-tone Shop
- Blue Amber Dynamo Heading to Infinity Guitars
- Elevator to Maui
- New Blue Slipstream Entering Orbit
- Premier Guitar Reviews M-tone Slipstream
- Cool Blond Dynamo at Infinity Guitars
- Mean Green Slipstream
- New M-tone Dealer – Infinity Guitars, Houston, Texas
- Slipstream Neck Work
- M-tones for Everyone!
- Back in the shop after NAMM
- Stackpole with a Thunderhead Finish
- NAMM 2012 – come see us at booth 2599
- Blond Dynamo
- New Model: The Slipstream
- Winter Blueburst Dynamo
- Great New Electric Guitar Book
- Catch the Elevator
- Scribble and Pop
- Cool Steel
- Cutting Curves
- Cutting Steel Pickguards
- Bales of Guitars On the Horizon
- New Dark and Moody – In the Sun
- A Mono Case for Every M-Tone
- Latest Blond
- Summer Fun
- Metal in the Midst
- Got Your Backs
- Proudly Presenting
- Guitar Race Heats Up
- Ride this!
- A Whole Lotta Dots
- Video – Stackpole Smooth
- Video – Dynamo Dirty
- Video – Dimensioning a Neck
- Roughnecks
- Blooming Red Dynamo
- Steel: because it’s not easy
- Upgrade to the M-tone workshop
- Creamy New Stackpole
- New Pickup Configuration
- New M-tone fresh out of the shop
- Recharging
- Testarossa vs. Bug
- Video – Neck Shaping
- Fir-tone
- M-tone Alder Stackpole (in progress)
- Thanks, Boutique Guitar Resource!
- Navy Orphan Rescue, Part 2
- Presenting the M-tone Dynamo Jr.
- Navy Orphan Rescue, Part 1
- Soon to be new.
- The Incomparable Mr. Moore
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Category Archives: Workshop
Metal in the Midst
I put a few of my sculptures up in the shop to keep me company when I make guitars. Inspiration comes in many forms.
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Guitar Race Heats Up
One of my summer projects is to build some cool guitars around these 1957 Soviet Sputnik pins I acquired. Watch the night skies for a new body shape with a boldly optimistic, period correct attitude.
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Ride this!
Coming soon: new “palomino” finish Stackpole. Honduran mahogany, new pickguard shape, same awesome kicking sound.
Video – Dimensioning a Neck
This jig straightens the edges and gives the final width to an M-tone guitar neck blank. I use a bearing bit on my pin router because adjusting the bit to the pin is a pain in the ass on this … Continue reading
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Roughnecks
About a year’s worth of necks – I like to rough them out and then let them sit for as long as possible, releasing all their stress before I put the fingerboard on. Reserve one now!
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Steel: because it’s not easy
Hand cut and finished steel parts are just one of the features that make M-tone guitars so cool. This pickguard, back plate and string bar are destined for a nice red Dynamo model, coming right up.
Upgrade to the M-tone workshop
Finally, a padded bench with all my final assembly tools close at hand. The skipping jambox is gone. With solid tunes and bright lighting, life is good. Now I just have to find a coin-operated “Magic Fingers” stool.
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New Pickup Configuration
M-tone is now offering the awe-inspiring combination of a Lollar Special T in the bridge and a TV Jones SuperTron in the neck position. Here’s a Dynamo in the works with that spanky new pickup configuration. Tele meets Gretsch, all … Continue reading
Testarossa vs. Bug
Here are a couple of new guys hanging out in the spray booth: red on the left and a faithful recreation of a particular 1960 VW bug’s grimy cream interior on the right. This is what happens when they let … Continue reading