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Has anyone ever played one of these? My guitarist has one gathering dust in storage so I was thinking of buying it. The thing is more like playing piano than bass, but it might have some interesting possiblities. I've already done my fair share of self-accompanying bass/lead stuff on my five string, but this would be a completely different monster.

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Fuck guitar I'm getting me on of those
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The guy in Behold...The Arctopus plays one.
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The thing that would be the hardest to adjust to is that the heavier strings are in the center as opposed to in ascending order. I'm not sure I have the time to dedicate fully to learning a new instrument.
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You could play some fucking cool slide on one of those. Is there a standard tuning?
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croninburg wrote:You could play some fucking cool slide on one of those. Is there a standard tuning?
There's a "tuning" for it but I don't know it off hand. The only problem with playing slide on that is the action is SUPER low. Like barely off the fretboard since it's a tapping instrument. That wouldn't make it very good for slide playing in that respect.
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:lol: that's the funniest looking thing i've ever seen
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haha i always thought of getting a chapman stick since i heard tony levin playing one. are they hard to find?
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Dimejandro wrote:haha i always thought of getting a chapman stick since i heard tony levin playing one. are they hard to find?
Not hard to find, just pricey.
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you can play it with yer fingers like a regular bass but the tapping sounds much cooler.
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Ahh! god damnit Pflöyd, after reading this thread I decided to check these things out, and now I really want to get one for myself, and they're like $1,900!

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Muffin wrote:Ahh! god damnit Pflöyd, after reading this thread I decided to check these things out, and now I really want to get one for myself, and they're like $1,900!

FUCK, I gotsta get me a job.
I hope to get it for about half that. :tup:
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its rather awkward
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Firestorm wrote:its rather awkward
Well, I've played piano and bass for years so the mechanics shouldn't be terribly hard. There will be a steep learning curve, regardless.
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tgstk2 wrote:LTE uses many chapsmans... DT also....

you don't have to pick just put the finger on the fret..and you can do some serious damage with those things....you can play 8 finger patterns :roll:
I'm aware of the mechanics involved, playing the thing like a traditional bass would be absurd, and not sound terribly good since the action is barely off the fingerboard.
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Pflöyd wrote:
Firestorm wrote:its rather awkward
Well, I've played piano and bass for years so the mechanics shouldn't be terribly hard. There will be a steep learning curve, regardless.
well good lick with it :tup:
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let's not forget one of the greatest bass players of all time, tony levin.

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DeathSion wrote:
that was cool
Yeah, no shit. I have to wonder if it's worth getting since you get essentially the same thing with a keyboard.

Maybe I should just get a keytar!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozt9am44pKc

I was looking through the extra videos..and I think this one is cooler.
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DeathSion wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozt9am44pKc

I was looking through the extra videos..and I think this one is cooler.
Jesus, fuck this shit. I'm playing triangle from now on. :shock:
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BaptizedBurning wrote:let's not forget one of the greatest bass players of all time, Les Claypool.



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DeathSion wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozt9am44pKc

I was looking through the extra videos..and I think this one is cooler.

very cool !
left and right hand dexterity is amazing.
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