For many years I’ve been fascinated by the Chapman Stick. It’s a strange instrument that requires the player to touch the strings onto the fretboard. For about ten years I’ve been trying to get hold of a cheap one. Last week, I was lucky enough to nab one on eBay. It arrived on Friday and I have spent the weekend experimenting with the instrument. It’s a lovely, wonderfully crafted instrument. Here are some pics:
Unfortunately, two factors have caused me to put the item back up on eBay. The first was that despite being able to play rudimentary basslines on it, I just couldn’t find a way of integrating into my existing setup. It sounded too…well, like a Stick. It was obvious that I hadn’t thought this through. I like my bass to sound like a bass and this just made me sound like Tony Levin. Did I really want this? The second factor was Highbury House being put into receivership, which was also announced on Friday. Oh the irony. When the going gets rough, the unnecessarily expensive instruments go on eBay. It’s a shame…I don’t want to sell it but I keep telling myself that it sounds rubbish and doesn’t compliment my music as a way of softening the blow.
So if you want to bid on this item (or know someone who wants to get hold of a cheap Chapman Stick) head over to here. If you mention this website, I’ll knock some cash off as a discount. 😉
Meanwhile, the sale of my record collection continues here.
Now I am off to sulk in the corner…
Found a stick, lost a stick
ive been looking for a chapman stick , it seems like forever. i am a bass player like you but ive grown weary of trying to create original music with others ,mostly because as a bass player there is only so much that i can do and it always turns out as a long blues jam that leads to nowhere . I use to own a stick back in the 90s , i owned one identical to the one pictured on your site but i hit really hard times and had to sell it for rent . much to my chagrin , i really missed that thing , i had gotten quite profficient with it after about 6 months of practicing 6 to 8 hours a night with it .Long story made short , all the models that sell on ebay are way too rediculiously expensive to buy and when i try to buy on e-bay i get sniped , it’s really aggravating because i feel like im doing competing bids with big music store chains that dont care how much they have to pay . please send me a reply for this instrument im extremely interested in buying it i just want to get an idea what you want for it so that you get what you want and im abe to get a stick at a reasonable price i am a serious buyer and will answer promptly . Thanks for your ad your giving me hope