Warr Guitar - Amazing guitar

The Warr Guitar resembles a standard electric guitar, but is designed for two-handed tapping techniques like a Chapman Stick, as well as more traditional guitar or bass guitar techniques (like strumming, pizzicato, slap and pop or using a plectrum) that are difficult on a Chapman stick. Because of the placement of the instrument's strapholders, the Warr Guitar may be played in a more upright, Stick-like position, or horizontally, like an electric guitar.


Jim Wright - Warr Guitar Synth Solo


The instrument may be strung and tuned in a variety of ways. It may be built with anywhere from seven to fifteen strings. The strings may be arranged such that the lowest is in the center of the fingerboard or the lowest string is nearest the player. The fingerboard may be fretted, fretless, or a combination of the two. The instrument is built with custom-designed Bartolini magnetic, piezoelectric, or a combination of these pickups. If piezo pickups are used, onboard MIDI electronics may also be added, to allow the player direct triggering of Roland or Axon synths from their instrument. The neck is constructed of multiple, quartersawn laminates of varying thickness. Instruments built with ten or more strings have two embedded, dual-action truss rods and dual 1/4" outputs.

Warr guitar Players
Warr guitar is a relatively rare instrument, however it can be used in any genre, most commonly jazz and metal. Behold the Arctopus is a instrumental metal band that consists of a Warr guitar, 6-String guitar, and a drummer. The Warr guitar provides such a complete sound that one Warr guitar player can play as much music as a bass player and one or even two guitar players.
Trey Gunn - King Crimson

Behold The Arctopus - Transient Exuberance
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Warr Guitar - Amazing guitar