One of the most prolific and fine jazz guitarists in the world and winner of 20 Grammy Awards, presents an extraordinary album of pure guitar.
By Carlos Passage
“MoonDial” is purely a solo guitar record with no overdrives, recorded on a custom nylon-string baritone guitar made for him by Linda Manzer.
Linda Manzer is a Canadian master luthier renowned for her archtop, flattop and harp guitars.
A luthier is a person who builds, tunes and repairs bowed and plucked string instruments.
Pat Metheny developed a special tuning system that conventional nylon strings cannot achieve “without breaking or sounding like a banjo,” he says.
His discovery last fall of a new type of string made in Argentina that was up to the task opened up a world of possibilities and can now be appreciated on “MoonDial.”
