prowla Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I put in my max. bid on ebay and somebody beat me at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Try this and look at the grain: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solid-Chestnut-Wood-Trekking-Walking-Stick-AID-Cane-Rustic-Root-Ball-Stick-36/381564679245?hash=item58d706f44d:g:WGoAAOSweYhdEMMM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, yorks5stringer said: Try this and look at the grain: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solid-Chestnut-Wood-Trekking-Walking-Stick-AID-Cane-Rustic-Root-Ball-Stick-36/381564679245?hash=item58d706f44d:g:WGoAAOSweYhdEMMM Nice stick, but musically challenged... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 A Chapman Stick? There’s one for sale at Bass Direct at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 8 hours ago, ambient said: A Chapman Stick? There’s one for sale at Bass Direct at the moment. Thanks for that - it's more than double the winning bid of the one on ebay, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 02/06/2020 at 08:26, prowla said: Thanks for that - it's more than double the winning bid of the one on ebay, though. I saw it also, and thought it was kind of expensive. And quite old, too. The newer ones have better bridges and other improvements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Saw loads on the ground over the park today 😂 Sorry😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkelley Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 If an affordable one that actually does the job properly, whether someone's home-built kit or a DIY job or the real thing, ever came along.... I'd be very interested in trying it out. But honestly, I have no idea if I'd like it or not, since it's not something one can doodle around on at your local music store. I'll be curious to watch this thread in case you ever DO pick one up, and what you think about it if you do, as a noobie to it also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 09/06/2020 at 20:00, dave_bass5 said: Saw loads on the ground over the park today 😂 Sorry😬 Right then... What's brown and sticky... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Marmite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, paul_5 said: Marmite. I like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Just now, prowla said: I like that! I don’t, but then it it famous for polarising people! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, prowla said: Right then... What's brown and sticky... A boomerang that won't come back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkelley Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 As a bass player 1st., someone who wishes to play cool rhythm because none of the guitarists I knew, knew how to play rhythm, and someone who wishes to compose without sitting w/ a bass on my lap and reaching over to fart around on a keyboard, plus totally digging the SOUND of a Stick, is why I blindly put down $$$ on an instrument I had no idea how, or if, I could play. You have to be driven, hearing the march of a different drummer, playing on the opposite side of town, in the rain...People do buy the damn things thinking they'll get on with it, only to find it's NOTHING like they expected. These show up for sale from time to time. Unfortunately (for the buyer) the re-sale value is HIGH. YOU HAVE TO BE DRIVEN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I took a wild punt on mine in exchange for a nice bass in good condition (so is The Stick, people don't trash them) They are very different. And, as a bassist, you'll struggle to reproduce any up-tempo, blazing basslines that you might squeeze from a bass guitar. The tone of the bass strings is simply amazing. Clarity and sustain of a piano, attack of a harpsichord and warmth of a bass from the wood (or aluminium if it's a railboard) The melody strings can be a bit twangy and brittle sounding, but take well to modulation effects and delay. At least they're laid out as you might expect, even if you play them from above with the "wrong" hand! Anyone thinking of buying one; Do lots of research! I didn't (typically), and it's been a bit of a mission to pick up bits of info people might otherwise take for granted- For example, mine is a 36 inch scale. Apparently, there are 34s out there. You can play above what appears to be a zero fret. To stop a note, you just release the string against the integral damper. Problem is, there's now no facility to use an open string to pedal against or whatever you might want to use it for. On the plus side, any theory knowledge you have is immediately transferable, and learning to control the dynamics of the strings will come quickly to players of string instruments. Similarly, hammering on and off, trills bends and slides won't be too alien either. There are workarounds for some of the issues that prevent a Stick from functioning in a bass-like role; Playing uncrossed (left hand for melody, right for bass) stops your hands colliding. Simply turning down the melody strings and using both hands on the bass side can give a serious turn of pace if needed. I tried tuning the bass side in 4ths rather than 5ths, expecting a revelation. It didn't happen, so I went back to 5ths again! And an 2 female mono to 1male mono adaptor (as pictured) could become your new best friend. It means you can plug into one amp/DI/fx unit/desk channel/headphone amp if you need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 7 hours ago, StickyDBRmf said: plus totally digging the SOUND of a Stick, is why I blindly put down $$$ on an instrument I had no idea how, or if, I could play. You have to be driven, hearing the march of a different drummer, playing on the opposite side of town, in the rain...People do buy the damn things thinking they'll get on with it, only to find it's NOTHING like they expected. These show up for sale from time to time. Unfortunately (for the buyer) the re-sale value is HIGH. Agreed here. I missed out on a lot before I got mine. Turns out, I don't play it much but it would be one of the last instruments I got rid of. I got rid of my NS-Stick, as, in the words of my wife, the stick is a thing of its own, the NS stick was neither one thing or the other, but my stick would only go if I had another stick that was better! 1 hour ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: For example, mine is a 36 inch scale. Apparently, there are 34s out there. Mine is a 34, its a railboard. 1 hour ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: And an 2 female mono to 1male mono adaptor (as pictured) could become your new best friend. It means you can plug into one amp/DI/fx unit/desk channel/headphone amp if you need to. The railboard has a mono / stereo switch so you don't need that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 51 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: The railboard has a mono / stereo switch so you don't need that. Ah, but if you did have one (they're £2), you could run each half of your railboard to different FX/compression/EQ, then reunite the two signals before using a single amp etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 40 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: Ah, but if you did have one (they're £2), you could run each half of your railboard to different FX/compression/EQ, then reunite the two signals before using a single amp etc. Thats what the helix FX is for. And if not that a buffered mixer would be a much better idea than just shorting the output of two effects together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Thats what the helix FX is for. And if not that a buffered mixer would be a much better idea than just shorting the output of two effects together. I don't own a helix, though. And whilst I can and do use a mixer, sometimes the adaptor is more convenient. I've suffered no ill-effects at all from re-combining the two halves of the output. Mine's running the all-passive stick-up. Is the Railboard active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: And whilst I can and do use a mixer, sometimes the adaptor is more convenient. I've suffered no ill-effects at all from re-combining the two halves of the output. There are no issues connecting two halves of the output (their own lead can do that), its combining hte output of two effects pedals is not ideal. Not that it will break them. 22 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: Mine's running the all-passive stick-up. Is the Railboard active? Yes, but only for phantom power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Unless you're running melody and bass side w/ volume pot at maximum, the two leads into a mono plug ain't gonna cut it. Impedance mismatch or something like that. You need some kind of summing mixer. The PASV-4 pu and ACTV-2 pu have mono switches. Stickup no. I don't know how the Railboard pu works. Woodinblack- "it would be one of the last instruments I got rid of." I would grab my Stick if the house were on fire...it's the instrument I (try to) play every day, and while I have an assortment of basses (and guitars) to get an assortment of sounds that I CAN'T get on Stick, I much rather prefer to get a Stick sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I tried a Stick about 20 years ago. I still have a mild headache. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 5 hours ago, owen said: I tried a Stick about 20 years ago. I still have a mild headache. Not for you. Mine makes the headache go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMG456 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Late to this as usual but older style passive Sticks really need a buffered preamp to run in mono. It’s not that it won’t work by either flicking the switch or doing the old jack plug in halfway method but a lot of the clarity is lost due to technical reasons that I’m not fully up to speed with- impedance loading? A low cost solution is a Boss LS-2 pedal which is really useful for many other things too which is why I’ve ended up with two of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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