Full Hollow "Unity"

The Westville "Unity" is the newest model of our "Tribute Series" guitars and was inspired by the great guitarist Pat Metheny. It is a 16'' fully hollow archtop guitar with a solid carved Sitka Spruce top and solid figured hard maple sides. Its back is made of a special figured hard maple laminate.

Westville's owner and designer Masaki Nishimura has been deeply influenced by the work and music of Pat ever since he was a student and in 2016 after meeting Metheny in person at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Tokyo, Japan he started work on the "Unity" model with close input from Pat himself.

The stylistic touches of the "Westville Crest" pickup that the guitar features are based on the (← →) guitarist's KIN album logo that was released in 2014. The pickup itself was specifically designed to capture and reproduce the true qualities and sonic colors of this great instrument and its sound is reminiscent of the golden era of vintage jazz guitars.

The volume and tone control knobs on the instrument feature MOP inlaid characters from the secret code alphabet that was the prominent artwork design on Pat Metheny Group's "Imaginary Day" album in 1997. The original artwork design was by Stefan Sagmeister from New York City.
The building motif is the character for V - volume, and the railroad crossing motif is the character for T - tone.

The truss rod cover of the guitar also features another landmark from one of Metheny's most influential records - "Offramp" which was released in 1982. The ebony cover features the left turn road sign beautifully executed in lighter tonewood.

Masaki Nishimura designed the Westville "Unity" with deep respect for the great tradition of the Gibson ES series instruments while capturing the unique soul, spirit, and musical fingerprint of the great Pat Metheny in this unique and truly mesmerizing instrument. Its clear and balanced sound combined with its harmonically rich and smooth yet strong projection make this guitar truly sing!

*A traditional Westville plain ebony truss rod cover and Westville ebony dome knobs are included.

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