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Add to Compare2008 Manzer Manzer Indian Rosewood/German Spruce
One of those rare guitars which looks as good as it sounds, this 2008 Manzer, adorned with Canadian animals inlaid across the fretboard and Manzer’s trademark wood-and-Abalone rosette, makes the business of making music one that is as pleasing to the ear as it is to the eye. For the back and sides, Linda used some of the finest Indian Rosewood we’ve ever seen, bent into her tradmarked Manzer Wedge shape for playing comfort, and paired it with a German Spruce top that has striking contrasts of color across its medullary rays.
As you’d expect, the resulting voice is equally at home with a delicate attack or played with gusto, offering a well-balanced tone in all applications that is chock full of delightful overtones and articulate warmth. The trebles have an extra dose of clarity to them as well, but don’t overwhelm the other registers, instead providing an invigorating sparkle to the voice. After Manzer built the original Endangered Animals Manzer (which resides in the Canadian Museum of Civilization), she discovered a great fondness for this style of inlay, and has since made a select handful of guitars whose fretboards glitter with various animals, not all on the endangered list, of the Canadian wilderness.
Here, you can see a Dawson caribou, racoon, bears, and even an eastern cougar. Lastly, when you’d like to show off these handsome assemblages of Paua, Abalone, and Copper, you can do so at your next gig, utilizing the included Fishman Thinline undersaddle pickup for reliable amplification, and there’s an included Calton Flight Case to make sure it survives the trip.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.63 in Nut Width 1.72 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareNew Manzer Dehlicaster Indian/Spruce
We like to think that our shop contains some of the finest, strangest, and unique guitars on the planet. We’ve got seven-string nylons and 12-string baritones, Somogyi Mod Ds and Matsuda Deconstructions, fan-frets and adjustable necks and interchangeable saddles–but there’s nothing quite like the Linda Manzer Sitar Guitar. Linda’s work spans the length and breadth of what’s acoustically possible in guitar construction, so by comparison this “Dehlicaster” looks almost (almost) like an ordinary guitar with gorgeous Indian Rosewood and Spruce. Take one look at the bridge, however, and all bets are off.Linda’s sole source of information when she was building the first Sitar Guitar for Pat Metheny in the 1980’s was a brief two-page article titled “Djovari: Giving Life to the Sitar,” in which the respectable career of an Indian Sitar saddle carver is explained to Western audiences, perhaps for the first time. Linda scanned the article, and we’ve included it below. In modifying Djovari for the guitar, Manzer has implemented a system of Ebony shims to adjust the height of each string’s long saddle, allowing each string to be adjusted individually to optimize the amount of buzz and shimmer.Haunting and rhapsodic, with single-string leads inspiring sympathetic resonance from adjacent strings, the Dehlicaster is particularly moving. This is an instrument to completely change your perspective on what a guitar can look like, and what a guitar can do. With its esoteric and unmistakable sustain, the Dehlicaster is guaranteed to transport every fingerstyle arrangement or flatpicked solo into uncharted and exhilarating territory.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.06 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to Compare2007 Manzer Baritone Curly Koa/German
Linda Manzer needs little introduction to the guitar aficionado, but if you’ve never played one of her Baritone Guitars read on… Linda has a real knack for Baritone instruments, as evidenced by Pat Metheny’s use of one just like this one below on his ‘One Quiet Night’ CD. The purity and clarity of voice, that all her instruments share, really sets her long scale guitars apart. This stunning Koa and German Spruce Wedge body is small, by baritone standards, yet the voice is full and satisfying. The Koa offers great separation of notes played anywhere on the fingerboard. The playing dimensions are 1 3/4″ at the nut and 2 1/4″ at the saddle, again slightly smaller than some baritones, but combined with the body size and neck profile make this bari easy to hold and play. The 28.75″ scale easily handles low A tunings and can come up to B or C depending on string gauges. To sum it up, Linda knows Baritones…
Add to Compare2009 Manzer Manzer Brazilian/German
Pat Metheny describes the Manzer model by Linda Manzer this way… “the best acoustic guitar I have ever played“. Players like Pat Metheny have their pick of any guitar on the planet, so that is high praise indeed. This Brazilian rosewood and German Spruce model has the detailed clarity that makes it easy to understand why the best players would enjoy a Manzer guitar. In fact this one is built to the same dimensions as the first guitar she made for Pat Metheny in the 1980s. This was the last one made just prior to the start of the Metheny guitars. This one is perfectly balance, thanks in part to it’s Wedge Body design, and extremely articulate. This guitar makes it easy for the player to express themselves, and that’s what it’s all about.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.72 in String Spacing 2.16 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2000 Manzer Manzer Flame Maple/German
Linda Manzer is one of the most sought after luthiers with clients ranging from Pat Methany to Tony McManus. She has a closed order book so we are thrilled to have this gorgeous Maple body Manzer model with a cutaway. This guitar is clear and articulate with great vibrance and brilliance. It simply sings out and fills the room with beautiful music.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.13 in Woods Spruce - German, Maple 
Add to CompareManzer Wedge Indian/European
The Manzer model from Linda Manzer is her most popular design and for good reason. It’s a small body with all the articulation and power that has made her famous. The wedge body is extremely comfortable and also enhances the balance of this guitar. This one is in mint condition and we are proud to offer it to you.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.63 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce - European, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareManzer Manzer Custom Wedge Fingerstyle Indian/German
What a rare treat to have a Manzer Model from Linda Manzer here at Dream Guitars. This one is in like-new condition has a very sweet, open voice to go with the trademark balance and purity of the Manzer model design. This guitar is a model fingerstyle guitar with articulation at every position of the fingerboard, lovely presence and sustain as well. It’s impeccably crafted in Linda’s trademark understated style and employs the Manzer Wedge body design. We are thrilled to offer you this rare preowned Manzer guitar.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.9 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Indian
Linda Manzer is a Canadian luthier renowned for her archtop and flat-top acoustic guitars.She received her training from Jean Larrivee 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.