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Bass Guy
24-05-2014, 04:09 AM
This is Claymore. A 10-string Chapman Stick made circa 1986-7 of polycarbonate.
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A video demo will be put up once I have restrung it and figured it out a bit. I have lusted after one if these for over 25 years, so you can imagine that I am rather pleased at the mo'...

keloooe
24-05-2014, 04:46 AM
Nice one BG!

stan
24-05-2014, 05:34 AM
amazing bit of gear.
Isnt it great to finally get something you have wanted for so long - I hope it lives up to the dream, enjoy!

dingobass
24-05-2014, 06:02 AM
Mmmmmmmmm..... Finger tappin good!

lawry
24-05-2014, 06:47 AM
I am really going to be keeping tabs on your learnings with this BG. I've always been amazed by this thing but I only have four fingers and one thumb on each hand and they don't always do as they're told. I am pleased for you!

Brendan
24-05-2014, 12:54 PM
Oooh a one way boomerang! All the best with it Bass Guy - way out of my league!

Fretworn
24-05-2014, 09:54 PM
So it's a bass/guitar one. Not a bass/bass one. So are you just spending every free moment watching Nick Begg, Tony Levin or Trey Gunn on Youtube trying to work out what you can do with it?

Bass Guy
24-05-2014, 11:02 PM
Watching/listening to those chaps, and Greg Howard, Steve Adelson and Rob Martino. Plus I am doing something I have never done before with a new piece of gear- reading the manual.

It's going to take a while to get used to it. Physically it's a very odd instrument- weighs quite a bit, the pickup is highly sensitive, and cannot be played whilst wearing tracksuit pants. I discovered this to my peril last night... :D

dingobass
24-05-2014, 11:26 PM
Reading the manual? Are you feeling OK. there Bassguy?...... When I told Miss Fe you were reading a users manual her response was "bloody hell, is he turning into a girl"? :)

Bass Guy
25-05-2014, 03:43 AM
I flummoxed about for five minutes, and then thought "nope, need the book!"

lawry
25-05-2014, 03:48 AM
What's a manual?