Weekend Fun: The “Pikasso” Commissioned by Pat Metheny

Posted on Sep 2, 2006

The Pikasso took 2 years to build (approximately 1000 hours), and when the 42 strings are strung up to high tension, the Pikasso is under approximately 1000 lbs pressure. It weighs 6.7 kg or 14 3/4 lbs. and was commissioned in 1984 by Pat Metheny who asked Linda Manzer to build a guitar “with as many strings as possible.” The Pikasso has four necks, two sound holes, two access doors (one on the upper player’s side...