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What guitar does Pat Metheny play?

Pat Metheny has been seen playing his Ibanez PM100 and PM120 signatures with D'Addario NYXL strings, a Roland GR-300 guitar synth, a Taylor 8-string and his Manzer Pikasso 42-string, all run through a Kemper Profiler with Ableton Live driving his Orchestrion on his 2023 solo tour.

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What guitar does Pat Metheny play?

His Ibanez PM100 Pat Metheny Signature, first released in 1996, and a PM120 played as a MIDI controller. On his 2023 solo tour he also had a Roland G-303, a Taylor 8-string acoustic and the Manzer Pikasso 42-string guitar.

What amp does Pat Metheny use?

A Kemper Profiler Power Rack, mostly on Fender Twin or Roland JC-120 profiles, feeding Yamaha DXR10 speakers, Meyer UM-1P monitors and Bose L1 speakers, per his 2023 Rig Rundown.

What guitar synth does Pat Metheny use?

The Roland GR-300 with a G-303 controller, part of his music since 1980. His Ibanez PM120 also drives an Axon AX 50 into Ableton Live 11 on a MacBook Pro.

What strings does Pat Metheny use?

D'Addario NYXL .010 to .046 sets, with one PM100 carrying an .080 flatwound tuned an octave down.

What books does Pat Metheny love?

On his own site he has said he loves John Zorn's Arcana: Musicians on Music, Lloyd Peterson's Music and the Creative Spirit, Tony Horwitz's A Voyage Long and Strange and Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Black Swan.

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Pat Metheny is the jazz guitarist and composer who has won Grammy Awards in 10 different categories. This guide covers his Ibanez signature guitars, Roland guitar synth, Pikasso 42-string and the Kemper and Ableton based solo rig from his Dream Box tour, plus the records and books he has praised on his own site.

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