Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: David Houck on November 04, 2021, 09:06:05 AM
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A pioneer of two-hand tapping, and inventor of the Chapman Stick.
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Another "Family Business" like Alembic. I have an 8-String StickBass and a Graphite 12-String Grand Stick with MIDI. Always a pleasure to talk to Emmett & Yuta.
RIP
I don't know if others here watch Stick Used sales.....They seem to Never go down in Value? I know Stick Enterprises used to buy up / refurbish / resell Sticks.
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Wow. What a genius. As is anyone who can play one of those. Sorry to lose one of the innovators.
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Oh,
I am very sorry to hear that.
He was a genius.
I have played Chapman Sticks and NS Sticks in the past
and those are gorgeous instruments.
My condolences go to Yuta and the family.
Oliver (Spyderman)
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Yes, sad. In the 80s, the guitarist in my band also doubled on Stick. Met Emmett at the NAMM show when he was demoing his "Grid" MIDI system. I was VERY close to buying one, but at the time, I was getting heavy into synths and exploring fretless bass, so I felt I wouldn't have time to do it justice. Fast forward to 2 years ago, I started playing bass in a Peter Gabriel tribute band and have been considering a Stick again. Lots of looking at the website, figuring out what tuning might work for me, etc. They're hard to find and always seem to be around 2 grand. There was JUST an 8 string with MIDI on eBay for $2700 that was tempting me. A Stick triggering my synths could be awesome... But since I don't have that kind of money sitting around, I'll continue to fake it on 6 string bass.
Emmett will live on through all the musicians he influenced. RIP