Linda Manzer

Linda Manzer

Linda (Jane) Manzer, b Toronto, 2 July 1952, is a Canadian luthier renowned for her archtop and flat-top acoustic guitars.

She received her training from Jean Larrivée between 1974 and 1978 and later with Jimmy D'Aquisto in New York.Her greatest claim to fame is that she has and still does build many custom guitars for renowned jazz musician Pat Metheny including the Pikasso which has 42 strings and three necks.Carlos Santana, Stephen Fearing, Julian Lage, Henrik Andersen, Liona Boyd, Heather Bishop, Bruce Cockburn, Mike Francis (Pepe), Marie Lynn Hammond, Sherry Shute, John McGale and Gordon Lightfoot have to be mentioned as special customers too.

She currently builds about 15 to 18 instruments per year in her Toronto, Ontario workshop.Fact|date=February 2008

ee also

* Custom-made instruments

External links

* [http://www.manzer.com/ Linda Manzer Guitars - official website]
* [http://cjtm.icaap.org/content/23/v23art4.html The Larrivee Tradition of Handmade Canadian Guitars]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pikasso-Gitarre — Die Pikasso Gitarre wurde 1984 von Linda Manzer, einer kanadischen Gitarrenbauerin, für Pat Metheny gebaut. Die Gitarre hat 42 Saiten, drei Hälse, zwei Schalllöcher und wiegt 6,7 Kilogramm. Sie ist komplett mit Piezo Tonabnehmern und einem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pat Metheny — Infobox musical artist | Background = non vocal instrumentalist | Instrument = Guitar Name = Pat Metheny Img capt = Born = birth date and age|1954|8|12 Lee s Summit, Missouri, United States Died = Alias = Genre = Jazz fusion Post bop Contemporary …   Wikipedia

  • Larrivée (guitar company) — Jean Larrivee is widely regarded as a pioneer of modern guitar luthierie. His Larrivee, or L style guitar was perhaps the first guitar designed for fingerstyle performance. His C or cutaway guitars, originally designed at Bruce Cockburn s request …   Wikipedia

  • Baritone guitar — The baritone guitar is a variation on the standard guitar, with a longer scale length that allows it to be tuned to a lower range. The Danelectro Company was the first to introduce the baritone guitar in the late 1950s. Shortly after, Fender… …   Wikipedia

  • Guitarra Pikasso — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar …   Wikipedia Español

  • Bruce Cockburn — Infobox musical artist Name = Bruce Cockburn Img capt = Bruce Cockburn performing at the City Stages festival in Birmingham, Alabama, United States Img size = Landscape = yes Background = solo singer Birth name = Alias = Born = Birth date and… …   Wikipedia

  • Double neck guitar — A double neck guitar is a guitar that has two necks. Double neck guitarsThe most common type has 12 strings on the top neck, while the bottom neck has the normal six. Combination six string and 4 string are also used. Sometimes, people may… …   Wikipedia

  • Electric sitar — An electric sitar is a kind of electric guitar designed to mimic the sound of the traditional Indian instrument, the sitar. Depending on the manufacturer and model, these instruments bear varying degrees of resemblance to the traditional sitar.… …   Wikipedia

  • Experimental musical instrument — Gage Averill playing an experimental hydraulophone pipe organ made from a piece of sewer drainage pipe and plumbing fittings in 2006 An experimental musical instrument (or custom made instrument) is a musical instrument that modifies or extends… …   Wikipedia

  • Pikasso guitar — The Pikasso Guitar, or Pikasso I, is a custom made instrument created by Canadian luthier Linda Manzer. This 42 string guitar with three necks has been popularized by jazz artist Pat Metheny and can be heard on his song Into the Dream and on the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”