Pat Metheny

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Pat Metheny performs during the Jazz Foundation of America presents the 2025 Spotlight Jazz Concert to honor Pat Metheny at City Winery on April 17, 2025 in New York City
Pat Metheny asks Ibanez to send him “cheap” versions of his own signature guitar – to turn them into artworks

By Janelle Borg Published

Between launching a new music label and studio album, Metheny spends his downtime transforming his Ibanez signatures into sculptures

Guitarists
Al Di Meola, Pat Metheny and Julian Lage
Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola and more of the biggest names in jazz and fusion are playing in London this year

By Guitar World Staff Published

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A stacked lineup of blues, jazz and fusion greats will perform across Spring and Summer in the English capital

Concert, Gigs & Tours
(from left) George Benson, Daron Malakian, Steve Vai, Marcin, and Yvette Young wield Ibanez guitars onstage
We chart 25 game-changing Ibanez guitarists

By Amit Sharma Published

While it’s easy to think of Ibanez as a company that’s solely at the cutting edge of metal machines for the modern age, they’ve also innovated much further afield, producing timeless acoustics, semi-hollows, and hollowbodies

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Guitarists
Detail of the TonePros AVT-II adjustable wrapover bridge and D'Addario strings on a Yamaha Revstar RS820CR electric guitar, taken on November 10, 2015
D’Addario recruits players to help test its strings – and there's one jazz veteran who is more reliable than most

By Janelle Borg Published

This particular player, who has been a D'Addario artist since 1982, is instrumental in analyzing the nitty gritty of in-progress guitar strings

Guitar Strings
Pat Metheny performs at The Bomhard Theater on October 06, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky
Pat Metheny recently discovered an all-new Argentinian guitar string – and it inspired him to write an album

By Janelle Borg Published

The jazz master explored the nuances of baritone guitar in his latest album, and a new set of strings from a brand he previously did not know about helped him unlock a new universe of sonic potential

Guitarists
Pat Metheny grimaces as he plays his signature Ibanez jazz box onstage in Spain
Learn how Pat Metheny's supreme soloing approach can elevate your jazz game

By Nick Mellor Published

In this deep dive into the fusion master's style, we’ll be exploring essential jazz concepts that will inject your solos with fresh ideas

Artist Lessons
Pat Metheny performs onstage
Pat Metheny is a true master of guitar, and every player can learn from his awe-inspiring fusion approach – expand your chops with these key concepts

By John Wheatcroft Published

We put Metheny's blues motifs, subversion of genre, his use of slurs and slides, unisons, and the targeting of crucial chord tones under the microscope – tabs and audio included

Lessons
Mark Egan
Fusion legend Mark Egan talks creative chemistry, custom basses and the spirit of improvisation on new album Electric Blue

By Bass Player Staff Published

With Danny Gottlieb, Egan has crafted another album of musical surprises and virtuoso performances

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Pat Metheny's Enigmatic Acoustic Work

By Dale Turner Published

Pat Metheny mastered jazz at an uncommonly young age, touring with legendary vibraphonist Gary Burton while still in his teens.

Musical Tips & Advice
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Pat Metheny's 42-String Manzer Picasso Guitar

By Damian Fanelli Published

Guitars
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