Manzer Custom Models are wild and yet still wonderful to listen to and beautiful to behold.

Um… how many strings did you say you wanted? 

To discuss custom projects please contact Linda Manzer at linda@manzer.com.

Pikasso

This custom instrument was created for Pat Metheny in 1984. Linda and Pat collaborated on the design together. Featured is the original version of The Wedge™. Video See/hear Pat Metheny playing the Pikasso Guitar live in concert in Warsaw with Anna Maria Jopek & Friends. Origin In 1984 Pat Metheny asked me to design and...

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Endangered Species Model

This is a custom version of the Manzer Au Naturel Archtop commissioned in 1990 by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. (For more details about Manzer Guitars in museums visit the Museum Page.) Inlay After receiving this commission, I realized that whatever I produced would likely be scrutinized carefully by many people long into the future....

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Little Manzer

Sure it's small but... sometimes that's what you need. See/hear Pat Metheny wow the crowd at a concert in Warsaw with his Little Manzer.

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Baritone

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL Rave review "We call this the 'sound cannon' in the studio. This is a great guitar"Craig Snyder Sound Originally designed for and with a New York City studio musician, this is a longer scale "Manzer" steel string guitar. It is not to be confused with a bass guitar. It is a low tuned...

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