This is a rare and special treat.
Most likely there are a handful of others around the world.
The designer and only builder ever.
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died not long back.
Almost certainly, no more will be made.
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ever.
Designed by Dave Bunker, to his own VERY unique design.
Think Chapman stick, but more manageable.
He built all of it, from cutting down the tree to fabrication of each custom part.
This one was custom built for me in his shop in Marysville.
He also gave me a few lessons.
I'd never played guitar, but it was relatively easy to pick up.
The importance of the early touch guitar to the standard single-neck guitar's evolution was acknowledged by its display at Seattle's Experience Music Project Museum (now called Museum of Pop Culture) when it opened in 2000.
Dave Bunker detailed the development of his invention in a videotaped interview conducted by the museum.
[20] His uniquely designed touch guitar[21][22] continued to mature,[23] and was featured in headline shows at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas from 1964 through 1974.
[24]
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=o_BHrkF7YRM
https://youtu.
be/gYzh6OhIHxo?t=53
About Dave.
https://bunkerguitars.
com/dave-bunker/
Play:
Except for its twin necks, the Bunker Touch Guitar has some similarities to a typical guitar.
However, it is dissimilar in its style of play.
Strings on the Bunker Touch Guitar are not strummed or plucked, as in the traditional, single-necked guitar.
Instead, all strings respond to touch or tap.
On the Bunker Touch Guitar, a note sounds when a string is held down and stops when it is released.
The left hand plays bass lines on the lower neck, while the right hand simultaneously plays lead lines on the upper neck.
It has no head at the top end of the necks (as on conventional guitars) because its tuning keys are located at the base-edge of the instrument.
There is a second bass neck.
Lots of info online, but VERY few pictures of others, beyond the ones Dave built and used himself through the years.
But here is a great explanation.
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=DjsQxGgUTZw
Note that the one for sale also has MIDI, triggered by the strings.
I haven't seen a video of that in use.
The guitar output goes into a silver box with audio breakouts for the guitar and bass.
Put each on its own amp.
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Or, you can use an output that combines the two.
His website is still up, but he is no longer around the build them.
https://bunkerguitars.
com/
The last one I saw that sold was on the market sold for about $7000.
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