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The 12-String Acoustic Guitar.

The 12-String Acoustic Guitar.

Matt Umanov

Matt Umanov describes how the 12-string acoustic guitars became a staple in American blues, folk, folk-rock & pop music.

The 12-String Acoustic Guitar.

Matt Umanov

Matt Umanov describes how the 12-string acoustic guitars became a staple in American blues, folk, folk-rock & pop music.

The NAMM Show.

The NAMM Show.

Matt Umanov

The NAMM show has been a meeting place, and display venue, and idea exchange Mecca and so much more for our industry for over a hundred years.

The NAMM Show.

Matt Umanov

The NAMM show has been a meeting place, and display venue, and idea exchange Mecca and so much more for our industry for over a hundred years.

Gibson As Pioneers.

Gibson As Pioneers.

Matt Umanov

Gibson's designs for their mandolins and guitars presaged the entire industry’s thinking about fretted instrument design.

Gibson As Pioneers.

Matt Umanov

Gibson's designs for their mandolins and guitars presaged the entire industry’s thinking about fretted instrument design.

273 Bleecker Street ca. 1940. Future location of Matt Umanov Guitars.

Our building.

Matt Umanov

We’ve been here for over forty years now, and the building has been here for just over a hundred, since 1922.

Our building.

Matt Umanov

We’ve been here for over forty years now, and the building has been here for just over a hundred, since 1922.

Michael Gurian & Me.

Michael Gurian & Me.

Matt Umanov

Michael Gurian and I go back a long way, and pretty deeply at that. Here's the story about our relationship and the effects we had on each other's careers and lives....

Michael Gurian & Me.

Matt Umanov

Michael Gurian and I go back a long way, and pretty deeply at that. Here's the story about our relationship and the effects we had on each other's careers and lives....

Slide!

Slide!

Matt Umanov

     Slide!!!  Yep, it's Jackie Robinson stealing home in the '55 World Series but it's also a whole special world of American guitar music. Sorta starts with the Hawaiian...

Slide!

Matt Umanov

     Slide!!!  Yep, it's Jackie Robinson stealing home in the '55 World Series but it's also a whole special world of American guitar music. Sorta starts with the Hawaiian...