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sorry im realising that i got the models completely confused,i thoguth this was the trey gunn model http://www.gearwire.com/touchguitars-8string.html this is the one i meant and is actually not a bad looking guitar wow this is develoed by Markus Reuter? the website doesnt specify what they cost,anybody know more info? On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Tony K <bigtonyk@gmail.com> wrote: > There's a new player on the tap guitar scene. > > http://www.touchguitars.com/ > > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Louie Angulo >> <louie.angulo@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > hey Per i saw one of your stick videos cheers man you are getting >really >> > good! >> > can you give me some info about it? which one is it? where did you get >> > it and what did you pay for it? >> > Ive checked out the warr guitars,i must say i like the looks better;-) >> > what are the differences in terms of playing are there any advantages >> > of that one or is it pure looks? >> >> Most questions should be answered at www.stick.com. >> >> Personally I started with a 12 stringed Grand Stick, but now I have >> settled with a 12 stringed Stick Guitar, the SG-12 (yet no video up on >> that one). It has a guitar length scale of 24 frets while the Grand >> Stick has 36 frets. The smaller instrument fits me better both in >> sound and shape, and I rarely need those ultra deep bass strings of >> the Grand. >> >> The Warr guitars are just too ugly for my taste. And they are too >> expensive and too heavy as well. What I like with the Stick's design >> is that it is minimal. The stick body is just bare bones and the kind >> of wood used hardly matters for the sound; you're getting the pure >> sound of steel and strings. The upright, almost vertical, playing >> position of the Stick gives both hands optimal access to the fretboard >> and makes it easy and comfortable to play. >> >> Finally, I really like the mirrored tuning in 4th on the guitar side >> of the fretboard and in 5ths on the bass side. You can explore chord >> voicings that aren't possible on many other instruments. Each >> fretboard side has two pickups and goes out through its own output. I >> set up my sound patches in pairs, so the melody and bass side go out >> through two different sounding but complementary effect chains. When >> playing this means you might "freeze a pad" with one hand while >> playing arpeggio with the other, or combine a bass line with chord >> vamps etc etc. >> >> The challenge to get on with this instrument is to rewire your brain >> to work better in multitasking mode ;-)) Drummers, piano players or >> harpists may have an advantage here. For me as a guitarist doubling on >> wind instruments it took many months to reach the threshold where you >> get both hands going fairly independently. >> >> Per >> > > > > -- > -==-=-=- > Tony > -- www.luis-angulo.com