page_title: Pat Metheny
section_title: Guitar synthesizer
hierarchical_section_title: Pat Metheny / Guitars / Guitar synthesizer
caption_attribution_description: Pat Metheny si esibisce in piazza San Marco a Venezia nell'ambito del Venice Jazz festival il 23/07/10
context_page_description: Patrick Bruce Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
  He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. Metheny has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awardsand is the only person to win Grammys in 10 categories. He is the brother of jazz flugelhornist Mike Metheny.
context_section_description: Metheny was one of the first jazz guitarists to use the Roland GR-300 Guitar Synthesizer. He commented, "you have to stop thinking about it as a guitar, because it no longer is a guitar." He approaches it as if he were a horn player, and he prefers the "high trumpet" sound of the instrument. One of the "patches" that he has often used is on Roland's JV-80 "Vintage Synth" expansion card, titled "Pat's GR-300". In addition to the Roland, he uses a Synclavier controller.
caption: Metheny with the guitar synthesizer
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