
	Where results make sense

Topic: Warr guitar

	Warr guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Warr guitar (or tap guitar) is a musical instrument developed by Mark Warr that looks very much like a standard electric guitar, but can be played with "touch-style" techniques, like a Chapman Stick, as well as strummed and plucked.
		Traditional bass guitar techniques, such as slap and pop, pizzicato and playing with a plectrum (pick) may also be used.
		One of the most well known players of a Warr Guitar is Trey Gunn, formerly of King Crimson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warr_guitar (410 words)

	Touch Style
		With multiple strings covering the musical range of a bass and guitar, using 8, 10, 12 or more strings, the right hand, usually relegated to plucking the string, is now free to depress even more strings, covering even more chordal work or producing counter melodies and matching the parts played by the left.
		When you are using the Stick or the Warr guitar, you have that bass string in the middle of the neck of the instrument…and usually I find that that bass string can feed into the melody pickup.
		One of the chief complaints with the 5 string and 6 string bass is that the bottom string tends to ‘flap’, often producing an inarticulate note without a lot of power behind the amplification.
	www.globalbass.com /archives/may2000/touch.htm (2040 words)

	Introduction to Tapping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		However, I have chosen to use the generic term "tap guitar" to illustrate the fact that all these instruments have strings and frets, use electric amplification and generally look and feel like a guitar, though in some cases the body is very small or does not exist at all.
		On a tap guitar the string tension is so low (due to the long scale length) that the strings start to vibrate merely from the energy of pushing down on the string.
		Spanish tap guitarist Jesús Auñón plays on a standard PRS electric guitar, with all strings tuned a whole step lower (going a half step further than Jimi Hendrix, though of course he didn't tap as far as I know, or at least tapping wasn't central to his technique).
	www.tapguitar.com /intro.html (952 words)

	UofD - Interview with Adam Levin of Dark Aether Project
		Their style of music was relatively new to me, as was the Warr guitar, so I spent about 90% of the show watching what Adam Levin was doing.
		It's tuned mostly in fifths ("mostly" because the interval between the 2nd and 3rd string is a minor 3rd and the interval between the 1st and 2nd string is a major 2nd - these smaller intervals are due to string tension issues).
		Steve: Still...there will be people who hear your efforts on the Warr guitar, and the efforts of other Warr guitar greats, and become inspired to the point where they incorporate that instrument into their own musical repertoire.
	users.starpower.net /smh4/uofd/int_dap00.html (3013 words)

	Progressive Ears Interview
		His mastery of the nine- and 10-string Warr Guitar has given the band a savory and frostbiting edge for a solid 10 years - a long haul for most anyone aside from the group's sole original member Robert Fripp.
		TG: The most obvious difference is the Warr Guitar has a body and the Stick does not have a body.
		Essentially, both the Warr guitar and the Chapman Stick are in the family of touch guitars.
	www.progressiveears.com /library/gunn.asp?bhjs=0 (2837 words)

	Brian Kenney Fresno Press
		Kenney plays the Warr guitar, the union of a five-string bass and a seven-string guitar, and his songs range in subject from marijuana and beer to politics to bizarre ballads about having a kidney stolen while falling in love.
		It's built by Mark Warr, hence the name- although it is giant and COULD be used as a weapon the Warr guitar is a custom version of the Chapman Stick (tm), and there are many different configurations and tunings.
		Brian Kenney-Fresno is a one-man musical juggernaut – a self-described singer of modern folk tales, urban legends and epics of the absurd, wielding a Warr guitar (the unimaginable combination of a five-string bass and a seven-string guitar) and an orchestra of effects.
	www.bonghitrecords.com /bonghit/press.htm (6271 words)

	trey gunn: gear
		Mark Warr's particular specialty in instrument design is in the use of wood.
		One of the main design differences between this instrument and a traditional guitar or bass is how the instrument hangs on the player.
		When you wear a Warr Guitar the instrument hangs mostly vertically, but because of the way that it is weighted it can be pulled down into a horizontal position.
	www.treygunn.com /sound/gear.html (415 words)

	GEPR List of Progressive Rock Instruments
		It may be played like a guitar, with the strings facing forward with hands coming onto the fretboard from each side, or it can be swung in front of the player with the strings facing them, and both hands tap downward on the fretboard.
		The Warr Guitar is a relative of the Stick in that it is designed to be used by tapping the strings.
		Probably the most famous Warr Guitar player today is Trey Gunn, sometime guitarist for King Crimson, who has both a Warr Guitar model and a tuning named for him.
	www.gepr.net /proginst.html (5119 words)

	The Dark Aether Project - The Gentle Art Of Firewalking
		The title track then is one in which the gurgling of various bass like instruments (the Warr guitar in fact) figure quite strongly.
		As the ordinary guitar dominates the piece, the Warr guitar is allowed its place in the sun in the middle of the track.
		The bass and keyboards reign on this track [Adam Levin pointed out later that all instruments except the piano and the opening keyboartd part are on the Warr guitar], in which the guitar plays no role whatsoever.
	www.cs.uu.nl /~jur/reviews/thegentleartoffirewalking.html (793 words)

	TouchStyle Directory
		Instruments: Warr Guitar (10-string mono in 4ths), Ashbory bass, Ovation acoustic/electric mandolin.
		Instruments: Warr Guitar, Chapman Stick, Santucci Treblebass(tm) and Theremin.
		"Warr" is a registered trademark of Warr Guitars, Inc. "Santucci Treblebass" is a trademark of Sergio Santucci.
	www.touchstyle.com /directory.html (1122 words)

	Adam Levin - Warr Guitar/Keyboards/Loops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As opposed to traditional guitar techniques where one hand frets notes and the other is used to pick or pluck the strings, with touchstyle one creates sounds by merely tapping the strings on the fretboard.
		In 1998 Adam switched to 8 string touch guitars custom built for him by Mark Warr of Warr Guitars which allow him access to a wider range of sounds and techniques.
		Adam's Warr is an 8 string instrument with the full range of a bass and guitar played wth the touchstyle techniques.
	www.progrock.net /adam.html (291 words)

	Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Stratocaster design brought electric, amplified guitar to musicians around the world, and directly led to the electric bass, and most probably to all specialty tapping instruments.
		Mark Warr's instruments are called 'guitars,' but their scale length is more akin to a bass.
		Warr's innovative counterbalanced strap locations permit the instrument to remain in either position.
	www.megatar.com /english/Touchstyle/Instruments/instruments.html (724 words)

	disinformation \| paradise regained: king crimson and robert fripp
		The Warr Guitar is a touch-style instrument like the Stick.
		The main difference between the Stick and the Warr is that the Warr can be played like a Stick and like a conventional guitar (picking and plucking in addition to just tapping).
		DGM can be seen as another stage in a trend that has created companies such as Henry Rollins' 2.13.61, Madonna's Maverick label or Frank Zappa's Barking Pumpkin, in protecting the copyright of its artists.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/article/id1933/pg5 (1399 words)

	Geometry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		If you would like to try out some of the techniques I describe, but do not currently play Warr Guitar or Stick, you can try tuning your guitar in fourths by raising the pitch of the highest two strings a half step.
		The Guitar Craft new standard tuning is tuned in fifths except the highest string which is a third up from the previous string.
		Guitar can be played touchstyle with the addition of a removable open string mute.
	www.stretta.com /~matthew/resources/geometry/fourths_guitar.html (224 words)

	Progressive Ears Album Reviews
		Trey Gunn is no longer the only Warr guitar player in town.
		For those not familiar with the Warr guitar, it’s basically an 8 string bass guitar that’s played by tapping the strings to the fret board.
		These instruments are very versatile in the fact that the wide range makes them capable of producing bass guitar sounds as well as higher notes normally associated with a regular guitar.
	www.progressiveears.com /asp/reviews.asp?albumID=3133 (587 words)

	Gear
		There are more photos of the various Warr instruments at the Warr Guitars web site.
		Up to the C (a major third lower than the guitars standard highest E) on the treble side.
		The output is split between the C and the Bb strings.
	www.izap.com /~pinnacle/gear.html (403 words)

	[No title]
		Joe played a lot of the Warr Guitar parts that were at the extreme low end, as well as some ambient swells on the higher strings.
		His Padauk Warr Guitar took the whole audience on a rip ride through the tone zone, with funky hammered bass sounds, avante guitar lead sounds, as well as strumming, shredding, and the use of foreign objects to attain novel sonic textures.
		William (on Warr Guitar) and his brother (on Ovation Acoustic Guitar) have a nice blend of tones and their jams have direction and cohesiveness.
	www.rayashley.com /superlink/reviews.htm (8060 words)

	Tappistry.Org - Play guitar, play bass, Chapman Stick, Warr Guitar, Mobius Megatar using the two-handed tapping ...
		Another interesting guitar player is Jesus Aunion from Spain, who has also studied at the E-Tap Seminar in Belgium.
		Jesus taps on an ordinary 6-string electric guitar, but he uses many techniques which are also used in flamenco.
		Slap: A technique developed initially on the bass guitar, but which is also used now on the guitar.
	www.tappistry.org /articles/index.php?itemid=30 (1211 words)

	JamBands.Com - November '98 - West Regional Report
		Chapman Stick, it is a 10 stringed fretless instrument resembling an electric bass or guitar, but with a range greater than both.
		A similar instrument used in the band is the Warr Guitar.
		Even if his guitar didn't make a sound, his philosophical approach to making music, running a record label, and living a quality life would still be awe-inspiring.
	www.jambands.com /nov98/regional/west.html (6299 words)

	TalkBass Forums - View Single Post - Experience with a Warr Guitar
		I'm thinking about using one almost exclusively for my next band (a trio) and I want to be able to cover the low end as well as some melody.
		I'm very good at fast tapping on the guitar and pretty good on the bass, and extremely good at that sort of stuff on the piano.
		Those of you who have played these instruments- how much harder is it to master than the guitar or bass (two instruments I am definitely pro level with)?
	www.talkbass.com /forum/showpost.php?p=50589&postcount=1 (103 words)

	Emmett Chapman Stick Enterprises bogus lawsuit -- Description and Table of Contents
		Mark Warr, manufacturer of the highly-regarded Warr Guitar touchstyle instrument, found his business seriously damaged (but not destroyed) by legal expenses.
		Chapman charged defendants with redirecting customers from Stick Enterprises to Warr guitars, Chapman was able to identify only four such customers.
		However, all four gave declarations stating otherwise, saying that they purchased Warr guitars for various reasons but not due to any influence or redirection from defendants.
	www.traktortopaz.com /lawsuit (1197 words)

	Musical Instruments Fair and True
		Though I play more Warr these days, I still love my ADG - it was such a joy when I got it in 1998, my first true "tap guitar" with a body.
		I think that the biggest advantage Warr guitars have over ADG's is that Warrs have a number of great tones (through pickup selection switch, tone controls, etc.) while the ADG has one great tone, which you can effect, distort, etc., with your amp rig.
		SInce ADG and Warr come from the same shop, you know the ADG's are made to a high standard, but with a more basic design, compared to their Warr cousins.
	mars.superlink.net /~rayash/gear.htm (859 words)

	Jim Wright Bio
		It was during this time in 1977 when Jim was inspired by the Chapman Stick, a guitar/ bass hybrid tapping style instrument that he heard during a demonstration of this new invention.
		The Warr Guitar brings all of the latest music technology to the tapping-guitar world and allows Jim to play guitar, bass, and synthesizer all at the same time.
		Jim is a knowledgeable jazz musician, essentially a guy who went to school, who took the time to read the Real Book and delve into diverse and unusual styles of music that most of the populous would shun.
	www.wadepreston.com /wright.htm (546 words)

	Guitar Tricks - Warr Guitars
		Has anyone ever played a Warr Guitar?(http://www.warrguitars.com) i know that Trey Gunn uses them and he has his own Signature Series but have you guys ever tried them?
		a warr sounds different to a stick - i´d love to have a warr too (especially the phalanx), but at the moment that thing is too expensive for me.
		Don't feel bad, Azrael...unless i find a long lost civilization i can't even imagine having a warr guitar any time in the next 10 years...plus your getting that Dragon guitar that makes even more drool come out of my mouth...i can only dream of the things you are doing man....
	www.guitartricks.com /forum/showthread.php?t=7348 (391 words)

	Bill Burke on MarylandParty.com
		Bill Burke from Maryland has also proven himself quite adept on this monstrous instrument as well...[his] music is more than just for fans of the stick and Warr guitar.
		“Effecting an icy cool, nocturnal minimalist guitar sound that owes a bit of it’s vision and intensity to pioneers such as Robert Fripp and Trey Gunn, Maryland based guitarist Bill Burke stakes a claim of his own with his 2005 CD Comma.
		A new master of the 8 String Warr guitar, Burke makes use of his talents with some interesting musical moves.
	www.mdparty.com /performer.asp?id=7224 (373 words)

	Cinema Inferno
		Its compositions vary from fusion to short oboe and clarinet duets to the spirited shonabop of "Taireva" to "Pyramid of Five"; the centerpiece of the album, it blows away all psychedelic space rock I've ever heard with its intrepid spirit and time-warp atmosphere.
		Next there is the luthier Mark Warr, who designed and oversaw the construction of my guitar - and of course he built Paul Mimlitsch's Warr Guitar.
		Mark Warr is a fireman out in California, a professional fireman, but when he is not busy fighting fires he has all this time on his hands.
	www.rayashley.com /superlink/inferno.htm (1896 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY KEITH "MUZIKMAN" HANNALECK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Robert Fripp (guitar, vocals), Adrian Belew (guitar, vocals) Trey Gunn (warr guitars) and Pat Mastelotto (traps and buttons) are a lineup that still commands respect from their peers while captivating music listeners worldwide.
		Although “Level Five” indicates a numerical sequence, I can tell you that there are many different levels of musical consciousness attained listening to the complex rhythms and the timing in songs such as this.
		Trey Gunn — Warr guitar, fretless Warr guitar
	www.progressiveworld.net /kingcrimson9.html (249 words)

	Interview with Trey Gunn of King Crimson
		Trey said Chapman is suing him and Mark Warr and three other Stick players.
		Chapman apparently claims that Trey is conspiring "to destroy his business" and that's the basis of the suit.
		The Warr guitar in no way infringes on Chapman's intellectual property." He said that Chapman has been misrepresenting the lawsuit in public, and he is unsure of the real motivations behind the lawsuit.
	www.ram.org /music/articles/gunninterview.html (801 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)