A guitar capable of meeting the demands of Metheny's complex playing style.

All maple hollowbody is 3.15" deep and 16" wide. It has a neck profiled to Pat Metheny's preference, and its ebony fretboard is fitted with medium frets for greater fretboard sound and easier note bending. Super 58 neck pickup. Black binding on the body, white on the neck and headstock. Gold hardware.

Ibanez PM100 Pat Metheny Hollowbody Features:

• All maple hollowbody
• 3.15" deep and 16" wide.
• Pat Metheny neck
• Ebony fretboard
• Medium frets
• Super 58 neck pickup
• Black binding on the body
• White on the neck and headstock
• Gold hardware

Ibanez PM100 Pat Metheny Hollowbody Includes:

• hardshell case

A special guitar that honors a special musician. Order today.

Ibanez PM100 Pat Metheny Hollowbody

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really different

Posted by chuycamilo from Calexico, CA on Dec 11, 2007

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Jazz, Classic

I have an ibanez artcore, and I have played this guitar and this guitar is very far to be like an artcore, it feels very different, it sounds amazing, its just the best electric guitar I've ever played, just think about the pickguard, I dont use picks to play, but it seems to be very uncomfortable to play this guitar with a regular picking.

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A great archtop with a modern flare

Posted by Joe from Tacoma, WA on Dec 16, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: semi-pro

Reviewer's Play Style: jazz

This is easily the most comfortable and best playing archtop I have owned. I prefer it over Gibson, Heritage and other similarly priced guitars. This PM is highly recommended!!

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Designed for Metheny, not for most of us

Posted by ListentoBreau from Connecticut on Nov 30, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician, Teacher, Student

Reviewer's Play Style: Jazz

This is a beautiful guitar. It plays unbelievably and sounds excellent (once the tone control is rolled down). But it has its problems. Metheny does not have a "normal" picking style according to most players, me being one. He holds the pick with a fist and pivots at his elbow. The guitar is designed after that. For anyone who doesn't play like this expect to put a pickguard on this thing to rest your fingers on. It gets to be very very uncomfortable after the 9 months I've had it. It is a whole different guitar with a pickguard feel-wise.

The pickup is a little bright, I find myself on "2" on the tone control most of the time. It does not need a second pickup! Bridge pickups ruin the acoustic quality of hollowbodies, and this one sounds very good.

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PM 100

Posted by Anonymous Musician on Mar 4, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: N/A

Reviewer's Play Style: N/A

The neck, fret work, and action is perfect. Very Gibson-like in the feel, but then it replaced Pat's ES-175. Fret wire size looks to be the same as the Gibson, slightly longer scale: 25" compared to 24 3/4" for the Gibson. Very dynamic pickup, can go from jazz soft to bight and expressive. Full bodied guitar can give feedback if not controlled, but the benefit is a sound with some depth. The double cut-away somehow gives a place for the hand in hitting the higher frets, somthing that Mr. Metheney obviously wanted. It is expensive, but the inlay work is excellent, and that doesn't seem to come cheap.

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not all it's cracked up to be

Posted by lbanez1900 from nj on May 27, 2004

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: classic, and rock

seriously, ibanez blew it. i love ibanez and, in my opinion, an ibanez artcore guitar isn't far from this model, which is sad considering this one is much more expensive. it's a good guitar, but not for this price.

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