A special guitar: the Pikasso 1

Some of those who know me will have already heard of that, but I still thought it was interesting enough to talk about it again.

That is the Pikasso 1. It was made by Linda Manzer for the guitarist Pat Metheny. Pat Metheny asked to have a guitar with as many strings as possible. The result is this guitar that took two years to build, has 42 strings (giving the total thing 1000lbs of pressure) and It weighs 6.7 kg or 14 3/4 lbs.

From the luthier’s website:

Four necks. Two sound holes. Two access doors; one on the upper player’s side and one atthe tail block. […] The body is tapered so that the side closest to the player is thinner than the side that rests on the players knee, thus leaning the top back towards the player for a more aerial view. This is also more comfortable under the player’s arm.

I’ve been looking for a video of it for a long time (I have poor observational skills, there’s one on the luthier’s page), and great news, you can see one here.