Audiovisual recordings of jazz performance often show musicians’ interactions with bandmates and audience members, yet they also document interactions with instruments. How does the sight of instruments—and the sight of instrumental performance—affect how the music is heard? As a case study, this chapter compares Pat Metheny’s audio recording Imaginary Day with its companion video, Imaginary Day Live. Drawing on theories of performativity, it argues that Metheny’s guitars visually cite genres like jazz, rock, and world music. By juxtaposing instruments, he performs a musical identity that is intentionally unstable. The chapter then considers how Metheny’s instruments affect his improvisations, with an analysis of his performances on a forty-two-string guitar. If aspects of Metheny’s music are visible as well as audible, then images of instruments may help constitute musical significance, both social and sounding.