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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:50 am
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| Judging from your serial number, it shouldn't be out of whack unless the previous owner did some weird shit to it. New strings, and truss adjustments really should be all it takes. Try to find Gregs video on board sighting and truss work. Good stuff there. cheers, kev Thanks for the help, Kev! You ... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:09 pm
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| okay, 10 new strings later... Changing the strings was surprisingly easy. I made sure to write down the frequency of each string on my piano tuner before I took each one off. I put them on bass first, 6 through 10 and then 5 down to 1 on the melody side. I watched the Greg Howard truss adjustment v... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:16 pm
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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:15 pm
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| The Xfret is playable, but a bit harder to play because the fuzzy is in that space too. you'll notice that when your RB arrives, that fret will be much easier to play because the space between X and the fuzzy is larger, thereby making X feel like all the other frets. cheers, kev Thanks, Kev! I was ... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:40 pm
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| You know, that Nick Beggs video was really good! I saw it once before, but I didn't realize he was playing Stick at the time (I didn't know there was such as thing.) Probably becuase he's holding it sidewise-ish when seated. This might have actually been my first Stick sighting and I didn't know it.... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:14 am
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| With you apparently living so close to a population of stick players, maybe they could help set it up properly. I would say put on the new strings right away, unless others here disagree. Old strings suck on any instrument (except so I've heard, bass). I echo rclere's comment about lessons. I plan ... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:34 am
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| When you're playing bass with only the left hand though, ya gotta move your hands. Stretching to reach a note is sometimes necessary (e.g. legato, or certain chord structures), but generally speaking you gotta move those hands, especially on the bass side with the fifths tuning. Something tells me ... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: First Impressions of the Chapman Stick -- a 3-hour tour |
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:45 am
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| I got the Chapman Stick (10-string, #5989, Rosewood) yesterday morning and had to go to a carnival with the kids, where I was violently ill from one of the rides. I didn't have much time or energy to investigate this new thing until later in the day. I've never even seen one in real life, much less ... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Chapman Stick finally arrives from Japan! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:02 am
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| Dude congrats! Stoked for you! Dont turn that shoulder strap into a noose though.... kidding... Look forward to what's gonna come out of those tappy digits... cheers, kev That's a "shoulder strap"? No wonder I'm swimming in it. I thought it was a "neck strap." Re-adjusts and lau... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Photo collages of Don's and Pat's stick |
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:47 pm
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| Congratulations, Don and Pat! Got mine today! |
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