What kind of instrument is this??

[rjgoos]

I was looking at the following picture from this year's tap seminar:

www.tapguitar.com/everybody2004.html

I don't recognize the brand of guitar of the guy standing in front of Jersey Ray, on the far right of the picture.

A new brand?

Jay

[James]

Looks to me like an early Warr Guitar. The Warr Heritage that I now own was the next revision to this design before the Artist model

What I'm puzzled about is how Daniel managed to get the bass pickup and strings on the other side. These early models would have been discontinued some time before the uncrossed string arrangement was discovered and people started adopting it. Floating pickups?

http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/images/warr/warr2.JPG (not mine)

Edit: now that I look closer, that headstock isn't a trademark Warr one. Compare it with Tobias and Jim's and the triangular shape is more similar to Wolfgang's. Maybe Siggi made it?

[Jersey Ray]

That is, most definately a fine guitar built by the Byelorussian luthier Yuri Vassilievsky, who lives and works in Brussels.

many of his guitars have a simpler layout, but this one is a custom guitar built for the Argentinio-Belgian guitarist Daniel Dellavalle, who is seen with it here. It is tuned in the classic Schell tuning, mirror 4ths.

Ray

[rjgoos]

Cool..a new entry in the market!


Jay