Hi there
I'm new here, I'm a guitarist and have never played a stick. I've just discovered this forum and it seems to be very warm and friendly.

I was firstly interested on the stick many years ago when I saw it on the hands of Tony Levin with king crimson, and since then, I've discovered many stick players and the idea of acquiring a stick has been always in my head, only dissuaded by the difficulties of ordering from Spain, shipping time, etc.
A few days ago, I had the opportunity of trying a NS at a local store, which has it on second hand... it was awesome, but... I don't know what to do.

The fact that I can get it Immediately is very persuasive, but I don't like the idea of acquiring a NS instead a traditional stick only because it's easier for me at this moment.
I like to research and explore new sound possibilities, I'm not inclined to the traditional ways of music, and I would like to have an alternative to the lack of a real bass in my music, so the NS seems to match my needs, but it seems to be more limited as the 10 and 12 strings sticks.
I would like to know which are te advantages of a NS over its predecessors.

I would thank very much any advise that could get me out of this dilemma

cheers

Thank a lot for your answer
The NS felt really fantastic, I didn't realize whether the action was setup low or high, I guess I was too exited to focus on such details, but it felt very sensitive to the fingers.

I'm still a bit confused I guess the real advantage of the NS over the standart is that you can apply picking, plucking, strumming, in adition to tapping, what makes it a very versatile instrument, but I wonder why couldn't these skills be applied to a standart stick, it's because the vertical position? its because the string spacing at the bridge?...
hummm, too many doubts in my head...

PD: you said "The NS is really really SICK", what did you mean?... I apologize my bad einglish

Cheers

Hola ! In Spain there is Guillermo Cides and his StickCenter ==> http://www.stickcenter.com/ where, I think, you can try all different models.
If I'm right, he lives in Tarragona, Cataluña.

thanks Yanlep and oceans

I think the NS is growing my choice, I think i wont regret the purchase as I'm feel inclined to versatile and rare instruments


Thanks for the little english lesson


Unfortunately, thats maybe the only thing that I've got in common with him

I don't really know whether is there a real place where the stick center is established, as far as I can tell from the website, they celebrate something called "stick camps" where different players meet to play. Thanks, I'll keep researching

Cheers

Ahh I remember having a similar quandary when I first started out on Stick. I thought that since I was a bassist playing the NS would be easier but having thought about it a lot going for a regular Stick would be the way to go because I had it up to here with bass. For me it was the right choice, and I found that when I sat down and learned the Stick, once technique started to form, all my ideas and concepts of bass came into the picture, it just took longer to get to where I am now as oppose to going with a NS Stick which would have been quicker to pickup. This was confirmed when I tried Steve's NS at the 2008 Midwest seminar, it felt like a huge bass guitar to me. I want to point it out that this worked for me, but it may not be the case for you, if theirs one thing I've learned playing the Stick, everybody is different and has their own unique and beautiful path to music, and this is just how mine is unfolding! My guess would be if you could try both and see for yourself!

Good luck and I hope it this helps!

Thanks to all
I've finally dropped to the NS option, i'll open a new topic

Cheers