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Smart Ideas
Sometimes there are ideas that solve problems so simply that everybody thinks: “Why didn’t I think of that??!!!” So when my Acoustibass player friend came to the shop and showed me how he solved the...
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New Manne videos
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...
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Dismamusica Magazine
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...
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Falcon Bass Project
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...
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Manne class
“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...
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Web Interview
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/
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New model: VIBRABASS!
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...
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Interview on expressivesound.com
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...
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Acoustic Guitars are back
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...
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Luxury lost its luster
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...
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Manne shop in 3D
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....
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Legno Veneto
www.legnoveneto.it There is a consortium created last year, that has started putting together all businesses about wood in the Italian region of Veneto, the region Manne is from. This is to shorten and...
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Manne T shirts
We have Manne t-shirts available now!! Take a look at the t-shirts page on our website: http://www.manne.com/it/t-shirts/ Currently it is based on an online Italian t-shirts company, so the final...
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Holy Grail Guitar show 2014
November 15-16 at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin. This was the appointment written on my agenda and on another 120 agendas of exhibitors and on another 7,000 agendas of high qualified visitors who attend...
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New Manne sites
New manne sites with our offers for repairs and set-ups or modern luthiery courses. http://riparazioniesetup.com/ all the instructions and infos on how to send us an instrument for repairs or set-ups....
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New Lutherie Courses
Several months ago, we started a program of individual courses for modern lutherie. Courses are dedicated to players or to luthiers and they cover many subjects from the setup and basic instruments...
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Stolen instrument page
After the misadventure at Musikmesse, we decide to create and post on facebook a page of stolen Manne instruments https://www.facebook.com/stolenmanne For now there are just our remaining missing...
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Sense and story of my guitar making
Recently a European guitar builders association FB group had some interesting discussions with us about the definition of handmade guitars and the sense of what we are building. “I can say that...
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The theft of 12 Manne instruments
On 31 July agents of the investigation department of the penal section of Municipal Poznan (Poland) Police, arrested seven men suspected to be the responsible for the theft of 200,000 euros in music...
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