Al Di Meola's Guitars

The official PRS site listing for the Al Di Meola signature model.

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In the video "Al Di Meola Live - Midnight Tango on Elegant Gypsy 2015 US Tour," Al Di Meola is seen performing with a Gibson Les Paul Traditional Ebony.

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Al Di Meola has his own signature acoustic-electric by Ovation.

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Al Di Meola has a signature model made by Felipe Conde.

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According to the Unique Guitar Blog, Al Di Meola uses the Godin Multiac Nylon SA guitar.

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in this photo you can see al playing a gibson les paul custom.

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After some searching of what kinds of guitars Al DiMeola used in his arsenal, I stumbled across this picture of what looked like Al playing a Martin. After some looking into this it turned out to be a Sigma that he used for recording on his Beatles Tribute album All Your Life. Though it's listed in Spanish, it says the same thing in the link.

The link mentions that the guitar is a SDR-28H Limited Edition which is the SDR-28MLE.

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"Also rediscovered in my collection: An Al Di Meola prototype model Gibson Le Grand from the mid 80's used on my "Orange & Blue" recording and tour." - Al Di Meola

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"I’ve known of George Gruhn since I was a teenager. This is the first time we met at his store in Nashville. What a thrill! And I actually bought this beauty here!" - Al Di Meola This is the guitar he bought if you need to check it out https://guitars.com/inventory/am8357-new-veillette-avante-elan-12 Description: solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, 20" scale (six unison string pairs tuned to B to B), piezo and transducer with preamp, lightweight canvas case, custom design sold exclusively by Gruhn Guitars

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According to this article Al plays an 1948 Martin D-18 acoustic guitar.

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He showed his guitars in his home studio

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Al Di Meola playing "Cerreto Sannita" from his 2018 album Opus, he gives a brief look at his home studio

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About an hour in the video you can see a Guild 12 string acoustic, said to be used in the beatles tributes album

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According to the truss rod cover he uses the "Standard" Les Paul by Gibson in black / ebony finish .

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Al Di Meola is confirmed to use the PRS Custom 24 10-Top Electric Guitar, as evidenced by a YouTube video titled "Al Di Meola - One Night Last June (Live) Leverkusen 2006," where he is seen playing a Faded Whale Blue Custom. Additionally, this guitar also appears on the cover of his "Consequence of Chaos" CD. The video was provided by Orbs2009 and is part of the "Speak a Volcano: Return to Electric Guitar" DVD, recorded in Leverkusen, Germany in November 2006.

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