Warr Guitar

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Warr Guitar
Warr-Guitar-Raptor.jpg
12-string Warr 'Raptor' model (discontinued) with typical hands-crossed tuning.
String instrument
Classification String
Hornbostel–Sachs classification321.322
(Composite chordophone)
Inventor(s)Mark Warr
Developed1991
Related instruments
Musicians
Trey Gunn playing a Warr Guitar at Tampere Jazz Happening 2005

The Warr Guitar is an American-made "touch" guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. It is related to the Chapman Stick, another two-handed tapping instrument. The Warr guitar is designed for either two-handed tapping or strumming. Warr guitars have between seven and 14 strings.[1]

Perhaps the best known Warr guitar players are Trey Gunn, formerly of the progressive rock band King Crimson, and Colin Marston of Behold... The Arctopus.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Gunning for Warr". Premier Guitars. 2008-04-14.

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