Warr Guitar
Appearance
![]() 12-string Warr 'Raptor' model (discontinued) with typical hands-crossed tuning. | |
String instrument | |
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Classification | String |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Composite chordophone) |
Inventor(s) | Mark Warr |
Developed | 1991 |
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Musiker | |
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The Warr Guitar is an American-made touch guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. Invented by Mark Warr, a musician from Thousand Oaks, California,[1][2] 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.[3]
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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Gunning for Warr - Premier Guitar".
- ^ "Music, Entertainment & More".
- ^ "Gunning for Warr". Premier Guitars. April 14, 2008.