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Location: Phoenix AZ | Now that Thanksgiving is out of the way let me be the first to wish everyone a WHITE CHRISTMS. |
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Location: south east Michigan | And a Happy New Year to all.
I know we've seen this guy before but he is amazing. It's just a whole different level of talent. Those guitars and amps have to be set up to be so sensitive to the touch and still this guy is flawless.
Try this one..... Simpsons Theme |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | (Ummm...Toby...I don't know how to tell you this, but...for those of us female-folk who may have just started cooking...it ain't over 'cause the fat lady ain't sung yet. Maybe by about 6 or so today.....)
Back to the video tape...I'll just put my guitar back in its case and go curl up in a corner and rock back and forth. The only part of the thing I could do would be the bass part--on a bass, no guitar. Wow.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Thanksgiving was officially over when I saw the first commercial of Santa sledding away on a Norelco electric razor. September 20th. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Yeah I know. That stuff make me crazy, too.
I wonder about that two guitar guy. Is this a case where his brain is wired in such a way that he can just see it clearly or is he a product of strict parenting. Was he locked in a room for days at time deprived of food and social interaction??? |
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Location: Delaware | All I want for Christmas is to be able to play one guitar, that guy can play two.....amazing |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
I wonder about that two guitar guy. Is this a case where his brain is wired in such a way that he can just see it clearly or is he a product of strict parenting. Was he locked in a room for days at time deprived of food and social interaction??? Actually what he's doing is playing it just as you would on piano, but has just memorized a different kind of keyboard. Not saying he isn't brilliant and I certainly couldn't do that even though I play both guitar AND piano. Ya know, I wonder if he even knows 'traditional' guitar? Maybe he's a piano player and just transformed his knowledge of the the piano keyboard to the guitar with out all the 'guitar' baggage that the rest of us carry. And he's likely tuned the guitars in such a way the the fingering patterns are as similar as possible to piano. Just a guess. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Very cool stuff...amazing...thanks for the link Dave! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That boy needs a stick. |
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Location: NW Washington State | Originally posted by (Mauvais) Beal:
That boy needs a stick. Acoustic Stick |
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Location: SoCal | Lately youtube videos have been bouncing around when I watch them. Anybody else notice that? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Or get out of California.
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | What is that 10-stringed thing the guy's playing? How is it tuned? Where do you get one? Who makes them? How cool is that?
Man, I wish I could try one. Will I sound like that? Absolutely not, but that intrigues me much, much more than the two-guitar thing does......
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Location: Phoenix AZ | That's an acoustic version of a Chapman Stick. They've been around for 15-20 years or so. In San Fran I once saw a street musician on a corner playing on. Tony Levin is one of the more notible bass stick players. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Yes.. the instrument is interesting enough. However, the over-produced green screen work (ocean waves, sea-side pavilion) and especially the incessent, over dramatic head movements made it hard to pay attention.
But I should be more foregiving. Afterall... tis the season. |
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Location: Wichita, KS | I saw a fellow playing a Chapman Stick at the local Border's store one one. He did a rendition of the Beatles' "Day in the Life" that was amazing. I wasn't aware that an acoustic version of the instrument existed. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I wasn't either.
The electric played by Emmit Chapman himself is an experience to watch. Used to see him at all the NAMM shows. He's great. |
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Location: NW Washington State | That Stick is a strange version of an unusual instrument. I think it's the only acoustic one; I'm not sure if Emmett Chapman built it or if Bob Culbertson did. The typical stick is a solidbody tapping board with 10 strings and a stereo pickup.
I think that Bob is playing in the original Stick tuning. The five treble strings are in fourths. The five bass strings are in fifths, but the lowest string is in the middle of the neck, highest string at the top edge of the fretboard. Other people have both sides tuned in mirrored fourths. There are dozens of tuning variations.
Search on YouTube for "chapman stick" and check out stick.com for more info. Leo Gosselin might be a player you'd like if you're not into jazz or spacey prog-rock.
There are only a few really good Stick players, but they make tapping guitarists (including those tapping on an acoustic Ovation) look like amateurs.
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Location: closely held secret | Friend of mine has a Stick. I borrowed it for a while a few years ago, hoping to get a handle on it. It defeated me entirely.
I may have to try it again.
btw, that guy in the acoustic stick video reminded me of John Corbett's character in "Serendipity". |
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White Christmas