Pikasso guitar
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The Pikasso Guitar, or Pikasso I, is a custom made
harp guitar
created by Canadian luthier
Linda Manzer
.
Its name is ostensibly derived from its likeness in appearance to the cubist
works of Pablo Picasso
.
and can be heard on his song "Into the Dream", and more recently, live renditions of "Are You Going With Me?
" and on the albums Quartet, Imaginary Day
, Jim Hall & Pat Metheny, Trio->Live, and Metheny Mehldau Quartet
(The Sound of Water), his 2007 second collaboration with pianist Brad Mehldau
. The guitar can also be seen on the Speaking of Now
Live and Imaginary Day
DVDs, and at the oddmusic.com web site. Metheny has also used the guitar in his guest appearances on other artist's albums and on a Jazz TV show, Legends of Jazz
, where he referred to it simply as 42-string guitar. When he was asked if wasn't that guitar called Pikasso, he said "...the woman that makes it calls it the Pikasso Guitar."
Custom-made instrument
An experimental musical instrument is a musical instrument that modifies or extends an existing instrument or class of instruments, or defines or creates a new class of instrument. Some are created through simple modifications, such as cracked drum cymbals or metal objects inserted between piano...
harp guitar
Harp guitar
]The harp guitar is a stringed instrument with a history of well over two centuries. While there are several unrelated historical stringed instruments that have appropriated the name “harp-guitar” over the centuries, the term today is understood as the accepted vernacular to refer to a particular...
created by Canadian luthier
Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...
Linda Manzer
Linda Manzer
Linda Manzer is a Canadian master luthier renowned for her archtop, flat-top and harp acoustic guitars.She received her training from Jean Larrivée between 1974 and 1978 and later studied with the late Jimmy D'Aquisto in New York....
.
Its name is ostensibly derived from its likeness in appearance to the cubist
Cubism
Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...
works of Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
.
Players
This 42-string guitar with three necks has been popularized by jazz artist Pat MethenyPat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
and can be heard on his song "Into the Dream", and more recently, live renditions of "Are You Going With Me?
Are You Going With Me?
"Are You Going With Me?" is a song by American musician Pat Metheny, composed by Metheny and Lyle Mays. First recorded on the Pat Metheny Group's third album, the Grammy Award winning Offramp , and played live by the Pat Metheny Group ever since, it has become a "timeless" trademark Metheny song,...
" and on the albums Quartet, Imaginary Day
Imaginary Day
Imaginary Day is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records. It also won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, while "The Roots of Coincidence" won Best Rock Instrumental Performance....
, Jim Hall & Pat Metheny, Trio->Live, and Metheny Mehldau Quartet
Metheny Mehldau Quartet
Metheny/Mehldau Quartet is a jazz album released in 2007 by Nonesuch Records, and is a collaboration album between guitarist/composer Pat Metheny, and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. The first disc, Metheny/Mehldau, was released in 2006, and contains mostly duet recordings with the exception of two...
(The Sound of Water), his 2007 second collaboration with pianist Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist. Besides leading his own group, the Brad Mehldau Trio, he has performed with many renowned artists, including Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Larry Grenadier, Peter Bernstein, Jeff Ballard, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Kurt...
. The guitar can also be seen on the Speaking of Now
Speaking of Now
Speaking of Now is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 2002 by Warner Bros.-Track listing:# "As It Is" – 7:40# "Proof" – 10:13# "Another Life" – 7:08# "The Gathering Sky" – 9:22...
Live and Imaginary Day
Imaginary Day
Imaginary Day is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records. It also won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, while "The Roots of Coincidence" won Best Rock Instrumental Performance....
DVDs, and at the oddmusic.com web site. Metheny has also used the guitar in his guest appearances on other artist's albums and on a Jazz TV show, Legends of Jazz
Legends of Jazz
Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis was a 13-week, public television show, produced by the Chicago-based independent music entertainment company, LRSmedia and distributed by WTTW. It was first broadcast on public television stations in April 2006...
, where he referred to it simply as 42-string guitar. When he was asked if wasn't that guitar called Pikasso, he said "...the woman that makes it calls it the Pikasso Guitar."