 12-string Warr 'Raptor' model (discontinued) with typical hands-crossed tuning. | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | String |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Compositechordophone) |
| Inventor(s) | Mark Warr |
| Developed | 1991 |
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TheWarr Guitar is an American-madetouch guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. Invented by Mark Warr, a musician fromThousand Oaks, California,[1][2] it is related to theChapman 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 areTrey Gunn, formerly of the progressive rock bandKing Crimson, andColin Marston ofBehold... The Arctopus.
