Category Archives: Editorial

Manne shop in 3D

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Take a look INSIDE our shop using the Google Street View viewer. Here is the link. Use the normal Google Street View navigation tools to pan around and move through each door and see the entire shop. Simone Padovani realized …

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Luxury lost its luster

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I recently read a very interesting interview with Dana Thomas, journalist and New York times bestselling author, presenting her last book “Deluxe: How luxury lost its luster” So I ordered the book and I found a very interesting stories about …

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Acoustic Guitars are back

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Original Manne Acoustics are back. The new acoustic guitar line designed by Manne is produced with just three words in mind: class, tone and quality. No compromises. Just the best tonewoods, hardware and craftsmanship to achieve the very best overall …

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Interview on expressivesound.com

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Read the interview on this Italian site http://expressivesound.altervista.org/2012/10/29/intervista-a-manne-guitars/ Manne guitars is one of the most important manufacturers of guitars and basses crafted in Italy. The company is renowned for the quality and care that it exercises when building an instrument, …

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New model: VIBRABASS!

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After the very good success and appreciation by players of the new Acustica model guitar (now renamed AcoustiVibe) and after we had a request and inquiry for a bass version of the instrument, I took some time this summer to …

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Web Interview

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For those who speak Italian there is a nice interview at the “Assoli di Chitarra” website http://www.assolidichitarra.com/manne-guitars-chitarre-artigianali-italiane/  

Manne class

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“Trentino in Jazz” is a Festival organized by Enrico Merlin in the northern region of Italy of Trentino. Beautiful contryside and welcoming people and structure easily predict successful events.  This year the theme was “strings” with guitar as the main …

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Falcon Bass Project

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I designed the Falcon guitar line in the April of ’06 originally for Eko Guitar company. It was a flashback to the ’60’s incorporated into a modern production guitar, but retaining a vintage vibe and feel in a playable high …

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Dismamusica Magazine

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From Dismamusica (association of Italian MI production and distribution) Magazine June 2012 : Andrea “Manne” Ballarin is a still point (reference staying still) for quality luthiery, with products proposed also in top production lines.  Eclectic, Ballarin presents both an Acoustic …

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New Manne videos

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Two brand new videos are available to see of our latest model basses and guitars http://youtu.be/qojRGnqOBm8  Taos Thin Top http://youtu.be/NhChumi9jOQ   Kayenta 5 Thin Top Shot at Lo Studio Fotografico of Luca Fabbian, the videos illustrate the sculptured Manne instrument …

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