Modern Guitarist:
Pat Metheny’s Equipment
Main Guitar(s):
- 1958 Gibson ES-175
- Ibanez Signature PM1000
- Linda Manzer Guitars
Amps:
- Digitech 2101 DSP Guitar Preamp
- Acoustic 134
Effects/Pedals:
- Roland GR-300
- Lexicon Prime Time Digital Delay
Strings:
- D’Addario strings: .11 (light gauge flatwound)
Other Guitars:
- Guild Dreadnaught Cutaway
- Ovation Nylon Stringed Guitar
- Sadowsky Solid Body Nylon Stringed Guitar
- Coral Electric Sitar
- 42 String Pikasso Guitar by Linda Manzer
Info:
- Pat Metheny is known for playing unusual guitars including a sitar acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, fretless acoustic guitar, twelve-string electric guitar, and a 42-string Pikasso guitar. The Pikasso guitar has three necks: one is a six string, the other two are 12-string unfretted necks for open string playing. Most of these guitars have been built by Linda Manzer.
Pics:
The 42-String Pikasso Guitar. Built by Canadian-based luthier Linda Manzer.
