What Is A Chapman Stick? 

You should envy him his hundreds of hours of hard practice!

Thank you for the kind words. Good to hear you have enjoyed my music.

Well life IS all about trying to perfect our ability at an instrument, isn't it? As a keys & bass player, I would love to try one of these but . . . I've never seen one in a music shop and know no one who plays or gives lessons!

Hello, With some practice and set-up (low action) you can do this on a regular acoustic guitar. When you tap the string make sure the guitar is held firmly, strike and hold the note down for sustain. Also if the strings are slightly loose or smaller gauge except the first and second string they ring better. I hope this helps, Bob

+Robert Culbertson I'm very interested in the Stick, but I can't find one locally to try. my main question is how hard are you tapping each string? How much force is required to produce good sound?

Dude. c'mon. You got some serious skills going on. No need to shove it under the carpet :D

The sound is created by hammering and continuing to hold the string on the fret while adding more notes on other strings, and not lifting off too soon.. The best way to explain the tone technique is on my "Getting a Good Sound" Lesson on youtube showing how it is done. Hope this helps

Does this take a lot of strength in the fingers?

Cool stuff...talented string guy...

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The sound of whatever you wish, to be honest. It is amplified, and so you can put it through distortion and play more rock style licks on the melody side. You can put it through other effects and achieve, for example, a sort of synth-pad kinda sound. The bass and melody side are two separate signals (it is a stereo instrument), and so you can amp the two separately and keep the tones completely separate, or you can opt to amp them together.

I did not think of that. The guitar is a 12 string with 6 strings. I liked the wider neck in this case. Thanks for listening! Also for anyone who likes to tap on guitar, I use light gauge strings.

Many acoustic guitars are set up with either a high action (long distance between string and fret) or heavy gauge (thick and stiff) strings. This makes it difficult and even painful for beginners to start with the instrument. If you really want to learn the guitar but are discouraged by the difficulty of holding the strings against the frets, I encourage you to find a local music store where the staff are willing to take the time with you to find a guitar set up for beginners. Tell them you want a guitar with a low action and the lightest possible gauge strings because you're learning to play. The disadvantage of the thin strings is that they don't have as rich a tone as some might like but for a beginner who is struggling to play, I think that's a minor complaint. They also tend not to last as long but a beginner should know how to change their strings as well. So buy a couple of sets. A stratocaster-style electric guitar might also be a good choice. The action is typically lower than an acoustic and it can easily be strung with very light strings. Beginners often dismiss electric guitars but I think that is a mistake. My first guitar was a cheap, Japanese stratocaster clone and I was glad to have it. I didn't have an amplifier for years - I told myself I'd learn to play the thing before I spent money on an amp. Another alternative is a nylon-string guitar. Some people don't like the sound but they are much easier for beginners to learn because the strings themselves are larger and also spaced a bit farther apart. If you're not sure, try one and see what you think. Best of luck!

Every string instrument will take a toll on your fingers, you just need to keep practicing every day and your fingertips will quickly become hardened and you won't feel a thing eventually.

The guitar side is tuned in 4ths EADGCF. the bass side is the same but inverted 5ths meaning the lowest note is the F. There is a brief demonstration of this on this short. ru-vid.comN9J2hK3Ih7s