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This terrible quality video is what inspired me to want a Chapman stick:
And this is my favourite ever stick piece:
And here's one of mine ...... (On second thoughts I'll spare you that!)
Just strap on your Chapman Stick and we'll play some rock 'n roll
I did actually get to be able to play the thing, I can show you a video if you want, but ultimately I couldn't get what I wanted to get out of the instrument. Another thing I have found with the stick is that it is infinitely more interesting when you watch someone playing it, listening to a CD of music definitely loses a big chunk of the interest. That was a slight turn off for some reason.
All this talk and the cool video's, I quite fancy getting it out ....
I would transpose to a new thread though so it's purely the build rather than the Tapladder stuff at the start.
2) Your hammer-on and pull-off volumes need to be as closely matched as possible. (I had already been working at this after reading a Holdsworth interview about his legato technique.)
3) I find the natural sound of the Melody strings on GRP Sticks kinda plinky plonky. It is improved by distortion. It is far better when triggering a MIDI synthesizer or digitally modelled guitar sounds.
You can probably guess from my forum ID that I am another Levin fan. Markus Reuter of Stickmen does a mean Fripp impersonation on Warr Guitar. Nick Beggs has done some interesting lead stuff with John Paul Jones.