Welcome to the Chapman Stick^® FAQ wiki

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The Stick

Belt Hook - standing position, pitch, perch, tilt, etc
Cables - TRS (stereo) and mono 1/4” cable info
Cleaning - what to use, and especially what not to use
Crossed vs. Uncrossed Playing - Stick method vs. non-Stick method
Frets - Fret Rods, Fret Rails
Fret Markers - spacings, traditional, linear inlays
Intonation - truss rod adjustments, setup and string action
Pickups - Stickups, ACTV-2 and PASV-4
Refurbishing - C’est un chef d’oeuvre
Serial Numbers - #101 and on
Stands - Mods, custom, homemade
Strings - changing, setup, gauges, experiments and more
Tunings - thoughts about various tunings
Woods - various woods, graphite and bamboo

Chapman Stick History - a timeline of events leading up to modern Sticks

Equipment

Software

Guitar Rig
Notation
Ripping
Tab templates - copy the code in Edit mode, and paste/revise

Contributions on Various Topics

Dave Barrett’s page on Pentatonics
Sean Stirling on the Stick’s Anniversary

Credits

3-D graphics from Sean Stirling
Content from various contributors and Stickwire. Since this was migrated from another format, names of contributors weren’t brought over. Feel free to include your name and website or munged email address with your contributions!
Manny

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