Mateus Asato
Mateus Asato (December 29, 1993) is a guitarist from Campo Grande, Brazil, who now resides in Los Angeles. He rose to fame through by posting videos of himself playing guitar on Instagram, and has since amassed over one million followers. He has toured with several pop stars as a guitarist. He also has his own signature guitar with Suhr Guitars. Career. In 2013 he attended the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California. His career began when industry professionals discovered him through his Instagram account. He then toured with Tori Kelly and Jessie J. Asato also began to do  guitar clinics in South Korea and in Singapore. In 2019 Guitar Magazine named him one of the 50 most exciting young guitarists in the world. He has also played some shows in Las Vegas along with Bruno Mars. American musician John Mayer has said that Asato "is one of the best guitar players around.” In February 2021, Asato shut down his popular instagram account. Signature guitar. The boutique guitar company, Suhr Guitars, released a signature guitar for Asato. At the 2020 Namm show Suhr guitars revealed a new Mateus Asato signature guitar would be released soon. Style. He has developed  his own fingerstyle method of picking; heavily reliant on hybrid picking. His playing style incorporates jazz-influences, double stops, and complex single-string and chord slides. Guitar World magazine called his style Neo Soul. Personal life. His grandparents were of Japanese descent and came from Okinawa, Japan. He began playing guitar at ten. In 2013, when he was 19 years old, he moved to Los Angeles, California.