Linda Manzer

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Linda Manzer

Linda (Jane) Manzer, b Toronto, 2 July 1952, is a Canadian luthier renowned for her archtop and flat-top acoustic guitars.

She received her training from Jean Larrivée between 1974 and 1978 and later with Jimmy D'Aquisto in New York. Her greatest claim to fame is that she has and still does build many custom guitars for renowned jazz musician Pat Metheny including the Pikasso which has 42 strings and three necks. Carlos Santana, Stephen Fearing, Julian Lage, Henrik Andersen, Liona Boyd, Heather Bishop, Bruce Cockburn, Mike Francis (Pepe), Marie Lynn Hammond, Sherry Shute, John McGale and Gordon Lightfoot have to be mentioned as special customers too.

She currently builds about 15 to 18 instruments per year in her Toronto, Ontario workshop.^{[citation needed]}