Watch Matteo Mancuso (SNIPS) jam with Yamaha Revstar 720B.

Are you ready for Matteo Mancuso? At a very young age, Matteo is one of the fresh new talents that is shaking the dust off the guitar scene and one to look forward in the future.

Matteo’s feel for music paired with his unique finger-style and overall outstanding technique has struck a chord with guitarists worldwide.

Along with Riccardo Oliva on bass and Salvatore Lima on drums, Matteo and his trio SNIPS have been invited to play jazz festivals even before the release of their highly anticipated debut album.

Whilst acknowledging the heroes of the past Matteo brings his own modern approach into his playing, an ideology comparable with the ideas leading to development of Yamaha´s Revstar series, which has been Matteo´s choice of modern sounding guitars.Taking design inspiration from Yamaha´s Vintage Café racer motorbikes of the 60´s and the classic Yamaha SG double cut-away guitars while adding modern hardware and tone elements for today´s players, the Revstar series offers a variety of unique affordable guitars.

Matteo´s choice is this video is a RS720B in Vintage Japanese Denim finish. Equipped with a Bigsby Vibrato and 2 VT5 humbuckers, giving the guitar a clear, ringing tone that pick up the nuances of Matteo´s playing.