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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Wood versus Metal - Any Intrinsic Tonal Differences? |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 2:38 pm
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| Real good answer Greg. I'd like to know if we play the Railboard, do we also need more effects on it to get a better tone...reverb, chorus, delay, etc...??? My answer is no. I'm still over the moon at how beautiful my Railboard sounds with no effects, or just the smallest bit of reverb. Of course, ... |
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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Wood versus Metal - Any Intrinsic Tonal Differences? |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:58 am
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| Are there any intrinsic tonal differences between wood-based and metal-based instruments that one should keep in mind when deciding between Railboards and regular Chapmans? The pickups are so different that it's really hard to do a direct comparison. The Railboard has a very clear and warm sound th... |
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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Benefits of tunings |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:54 am
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carvingcode wrote: This may be the 'Dumbest Question of the Month", but what are the advantages/disadvantages of the various tunings?
There is no dumb question here Randy. I cannot answer quite well this question but I've already seen that someone else did...and Greg is the best to give you the right answer... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Let the adventure begin |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:51 am
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Replies: 15
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| Welcome to this forum...the best place to get all the information you need to know about your new instrument. |
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Forum: Free Hands Friday Topic: RECAP: Free Hands #20 - JIM REILLY |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:03 am
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| What can I say more...still very interesting. And what a privilege to have Emmett on Jim's presentation . Congratualtions guys. |
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Forum: Stick® Method Topic: Looking for a dynamic/envelope-follow filter pedal (like And |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 4:10 am
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| I almost finish to listen to this album and wow...I can see I have a lot more work to do to sound like this. Every notes is in his place, the feeling of each song has his own quality...well...a marvellous player. |
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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Is this Giancarlo? |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:58 am
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| This domain? http://giancarlo.com/giancarlo/Welcome%20.html Seems to be working. Also, I love his full name, Giancarlo Caffarena. And his music, too. -Eric It also work perfectly on my side and the key word on YT is not Giancarlo like I tried but "thematchsticks"...this way you reach dire... |
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Forum: Chapman Stick® Topic: Is this Giancarlo? |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:55 am
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He's using 2 different sticks but as you said he's wearing the same hat and if you look carefully he has also the same beard. He's playing the stick with the same "angle" (position), the same style of music. Or...it's a "clone"...  |
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Forum: "Teflon" Instruments and Musicians non-Stick Topic: Touch Guitars© |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:51 am
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| Two-part music, executed well, and with independence and spontaneity, is the holy grail of two-handed tapping, and completely attainable. Emmett, your instrument and method are intertwined perfectly, each one supporting the other. The entire tapping continuum from independence to interdependence. W... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Solo Utopia |
| Alain |
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:46 am
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| I truly love these events. We can see on these pictures that everybody is an art lover. These pics are great (colorful). The paintings on the walls are amazingly beautiful. I just can imagine the music that came out of this ambiance. Congratulations. That is simply pure art. |
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