Watch 4 minutes of young guitarist Matteo Mancuso being outrageously talented at the 2023 NAMM show

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Matteo Mancuso at NAMM 2023
(Image credit: mikesgigtv / YouTube)

NAMM 2023: There's absolutely no doubt Matteo Mancuso is a rarified guitar talent. Every clip we see of him proves it – frightening right-hand technique just for starters. So we don't need an excuse to post this clip from the NAMM 2023 floor posted on YouTube by mikesgigtv of the young Sicilian demoing a Bacci baritone. 

You can subscribe to the Matteo Mancuso YouTube channel for more of his playing. 

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Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.

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