Occasionally I get interested in the Chapman Stick. A curious device, I think. On the plus side, Tony Levin was badass on it - I saw Peter Gabriel live on the "plays live" tour, and I can still remember this thick, heavy clavinet-ish bass. the idea of playing pianistic bass and chords on a fretted instrument is kind of interesting. Plus, it's completely different & new.
The minuses are pretty bad though. It often seems to have an unpleasant, hollow tone, and every clip I've seen of it in use shows some dude or other playing goddamn awful noodly fuzak. Also the things cost a bloody fortune, even used.
Who has actually played (or attempted to play) one of these things? What did you make of/with it, I wonder?
― Pashmina, Thursday, 12 June 2008 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link