page_title: Bunker Touch Guitar
section_title: Play
hierarchical_section_title: Bunker Touch Guitar / Play
caption_attribution_description: English: Designed and built by Dave Bunker in 1999 in Mill Creek, Washington, this two neck, full range stringed musical instrument was the eventual successor to the 1961 DuoLectar guitar. (Photo taken by Dave Bunker.)
context_page_description: The Bunker Touch Guitar is a double-necked touch guitar developed by Dave Bunker.
context_section_description: Except for its twin necks, the Bunker Touch Guitar is similar in appearance 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.
caption: Twin necks define the Bunker Touch Guitar.
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