Hi Voices,
Welcome to the "Cool kids" table.
Don't listen to the hype...I run my NSSTICK in mono 90% of the time. This is probably because I lean more toward the bassist side of things than the sticky side of things and for me its all or nothing usually. I'm either going to run some effects on the whole damn thing are not at all.
I hope that your new instrument will be the same source of enjoyment, wonder, inspiration, and healthy frustration as mine has been for me.
There is something magical about embarking on an instrument that has probably only been truly mastered by...uhhh...maybe Don Schiff. That means that there is lots of room for the rest of us to help shape and define what this thing will be...its own ground...neither bass, nor guitar, nor stick...but its own thing. A beautiful thing.
And you are now part of it.
There are lots of great people on here that will help point you in whatever direction you want to go...stick with it and good luck. Glad to have you here.
Dr. Froth