My new Warr Artist 8 arrived today, packed beautifully in its way cool A&S flight case. This is a game changer for me, the embodiment of several years of learning exactly what I need in a tapping instrument. The guitar is an eight string model, tuned in 4ths from B below bass E, and is monophonic with active electronics and 3-band EQ. The strings are relatively light, gauged .105 .080 .060 .035 .025 .016 .012 .010. It's a long-scale guitar that goes low, not a bass that goes high. And it does go low. The body is mahogany with a thin walnut laminate and a quilted maple top. The five laminate bolt-on neck has maple mains, two strips of mahogany, and a middle strip of walnut. The fingerboard is pau ferro. Warr Guitar inspired by Paul Reed Smith.

The guitar plays and sounds magnificent. I got lost in 90 minutes or so of improvised looping this evening, working with a variety of tones and styles. I simply couldn't be more pleased.

I'll have the proper picture and description up on the gear page in a couple of days.