NEWS

THE MAGNETO SONNET SUPREME!

April 2026

Velvet Deluxe in Candy Red Silk

The Sonnet Supreme is based on the Magneto Sonnet Shape made out of a Basswood body adorned with a unique figured Laurel drop top. The Floating Tremolo combined with a set of staggered locking tuners and a bone nut ensures best string vibrations. The neck is made of a brown colored Roasted Maple with a Rosewood fingerboard.

Particularely noticeable is the new pickup combination with an MPMN-1 Mini humbucker combined to 2 MPRS 5 single coils. The size and lower output of a mini Humbucker has an impact on its overall tone as it will add a more top end which in our opinion makes it the best match to classic single coils while maintaining that creamy fat tone and sustain.

The Sonnet Supreme will be available as of May 2025 in finishes such as Brown Sunburst, Amber & See Thru Red Burst

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THE MAGNETO TOPAZ BASS!

March 2026

Velvet Deluxe in Candy Red Silk

The Magneto® TOPAZ bass was conceived to bring big tone on a 34" scale platform no matter the style or level you are playing.

Built on solid ground, the TOPAZ bass has a body made of Basswood, the neck is a 3-piece maple construction in order to ensure stability and the fingerboard is made of rosewood. The choice of the MCP-2 neck and MCM-2 bridge pickups is meant to ensure the necessary bottom frequencies required to play all modern forms of music. The controls offer a separate volume for each pickup as well as a general tone. If you are looking for a solid and powerful bass, look no further!

The TOPAZ Bass will be available in finishes such as Black, Candy Apple Red and Metallic Pearl White.

THE MAGNETO RUBY BASS!

March 2026

Velvet Deluxe in Candy Red Silk

The great breakthrough of the short scale bass happened in the early 60s as we all know. The recent years have shown a greater interest from bass player for this style of instrument. This is not only related to body and neck sizes since a 30” scale bass also has a very distinctive sound. There is also a clear evidence that shorter scales do not mean less bass frequencies, it is all the opposite in this case.

Magneto® guitars developed the new Ruby Bass with the intention to provide the musicians with a new form of aesthetics and tone. The choice of pickups and their placements have played a major role in the fat low end tones that you can get from this new instrument.

The body is made of Basswood and the neck is made of a layered maple construction in order to guarantee its stability. The Rosewood fingerboard is adorned with the newly designed Magneto Ruby inlays. A bone nut will ensure best tonal response coupled with a classic vintage type bridge on the other end. The tone is controlled by a volume, a general tone and a balance pot in order to get the best tonal sweetspot depending on your amplifier setup. The New Magneto® MAP-1 and MAJ-1 pickups have been designed to capture this unique and complexe sound architecture.

The Ruby Bass will be available as of May 2025 in finishes such as Ruby Red Metallic, Olive Whisper and Vintage White.

THE MAGNETO VELVET DELUXE!

May 2024

Velvet Deluxe in Candy Red Silk

Magneto® guitars will be introducing the new Velvet Deluxe by July/August 2024.

The Velvet Deluxe is a redesign of the former Velvet Custom, the original idea is to offer a 24 ¾” set-neck guitar with a lighter weight and pickups specifically tailored for both great clean and overdriven tones. The body is made of African Mahogany that is chambered with a carved top. The neck is made of African Mahogany and a Rosewood fingerboard adorned with the Magneto Rhombus inlays. A bone nut will ensure best tonal response. The Velvet headstock has a 14° angle and sports Grover Tuners. The neck to body transition was sculpted in order to ensure the best access to the higher fret positions.

The Velvet Deluxe was designed to have a broader tonal range; fat and focussed mids when played with drive but enough treble and quack to serve the classic clean tones.

The new Magneto® Metro Pole MAC-5 humbuckers are wound around Alnico 5 Magnets and offer rich harmonics with a tight and precise bass response. They are controlled by a 3-Wav switch, a master tone and a master volume.

The Velvet Deluxe will be available as of July/August 2024 in the new Silk finishes such as Metallic Green Silk, Candy Apple Red Silk, Metallic Orange Silk and Sunset Gold Silk.

For further information, contact your local Magneto Guitars distributor.

THE NEW MAGNETO STARLUX!

February 2023

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Magneto® guitars will launch a new guitar design by the name of "Starlux".

The new Starlux will be available as of middle of 2023 in finishes such as Candy Apple Red, Sunset Gold and Midnight Silver.

The Starlux was designed with the idea of bringing the spirit of the 50s into the next century. The basswood body is made of a semi hollow construction for improved body vibrations, the bone nut and retro style vibrato are helping to define a rich and lively tone which is immediatley noticable when playing the instrument unplugged. The body was designed to perfectly match the playing position and its semi hollow construction helps to keep the weight to an average 3.6 Kgs / 7.9 lbs.

The Classic Twin humbuckers are offering a wide range of possibilities crossing the boundaries of the conventional retro style guitars. The neck is a 3-piece hard maple construction for enhanced stability and tone, the fingerboard is made of Rosewood with the Magneto Starlux inlays. A roller saddle bridge is paired to the vibrato in order to enhance its tuning stability.

The very first models will be displayed at the coming NAMM show at the Lyon and Healy Corporation booth Nr. 4320.

For more information, contact us or your local dealer/distributor.

August 2020

PLANT A TREE!

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

- Chinese proverb

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At Magneto^® guitars we are fully aware that our activities have an impact on our planet. Despite the fact that a lot of our work is done by hand, there is no way that we can keep our work a 100% clean (or carbon neutral) for now. However, we always keep a true respect for the world that surrounds us and especially for its wonderful nature.

Hence we have taken the decision that as of September 2020, we will plant a tree for every guitar that we are building. Why? Well because trees are vital; they give us oxygen, store carbon, stabilise the soil and give life to the world's wildlife, not to mention that we are using woods to build our guitars.

In this vain we have decided to collaborate with the enterprise Reforest'Action in order to make sure that these trees will indeed be planted in the areas which have the most urgent needs.

July 2020

U-One Series: the new Magneto guitar line!

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In the past 10 years we have been very fortunate to supply guitars to many recording and touring musicians. We have also received many requests from musicians that we were not able to fulfil at the time; a lot of people have asked us if we couldn't make a guitar that would be more affordable. It took quite some time to elaborate the right product and production scheme.

Then in 2017 we have met a couple of old friends who have offered us to help in the production of a new line of guitars. After many months of development work, an alliance was made in 2018 to produce the all new Magneto^® U-One series. We have designed new models and created a few different versions of our Sonnet model that would accomodate the budget minded players. We have not forgotten about our original idea which is to maintain a quality level that would enable these instruments to be played on stage by professionals.

Our aim is to use our knowledge and expertise to produce a more affordable instrument. Just like our Magneto^® Guitars, the U-One instruments will be built with a slightly different balance in weight and volume hence delivering a more complexe and solid midrange focussed tone.

Check out our new models under:

https://www.magnetoguitars.com/guitars/magneto-u-one-series

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September 2019

Magneto Guitars Roadshow 2019

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Magneto^® Guitars and U-One by Magneto will be doing a tour through China together with London Session guitarist Andy G Jones. We will be in the following cities:

October 7th: Guangzhou, WeLoveMusic 维乐家, organised by Mr. Eric WONG
October 8th: Wuhan, LJF Jazz Music Bar
October 10th-13th: Music China, Shanghai. Booth # W2F26
October 15th: Beijing, Video production

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August 2019

Magneto Guitars to display at Music China

Magneto Guitars and U-One by Magneto will be exhibiting at Music China from october 10th through to october 13th. Come and visit us at our booth W2F26

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