New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
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michaelpaffen
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Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:05 am Posts: 157 Location: Bergisch Gladbach (Germany)
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
Hi,
so it's a kind of "Back to Wood" ?
Will it just be available with bamboo laminate or in other hardwood laminates aswell?
Maple would be great. Very hard and not to heavy I guess.
Cheers
_________________ Michael Paffen
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler" AlbertEinstein
10 String Rosewood (Stickup) 12 String Rosewood (PASV-4) Classic Tuning (Medium Gauge) 2 Avalon U5 2 DBX 160A Lexicon MPX1
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:26 am |
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zaubertuba
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Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:25 pm Posts: 319 Location: Idaho
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
BSharp wrote: Half fretless versions can still be done but it's a bit labor intensive and would add $400. onto the price. Although the fretless sound and expression is great on the four bass strings, the intonation of each note adds another element to the mental concentration needed for two-handed string tapping.
I appreciate all the compliments on the new photos so far. "Sweet" I can understand (I think so too), but "moist" - I just don't know.
Best, Emmett. In fretless circles, seems like Harder=better (or at least has more growel). Bamboo's more rigid than some hardwoods, but is it harder? <<< Wonders how a bamboo half-fretless would sound...
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:25 am |
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shaunkara
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Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:11 am Posts: 50 Location: Malta
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
[quote="BSharp"...the intonation of each note adds another element to the mental concentration needed for two-handed string tapping.[/quote]
But it's damn worth the blood and sweat, every drop of it.
I remember the uncertainty in my first few days with the half-fretless NS, scared that I'd gone in way over my head. Can't say I've mastered the instrument by any stretch of the imagination, but the satisfactions it gives me are other-worldly.
The half-fretless isn't for everyone. It depends on what you want to achieve. To me, it's a dream come true.
And to stay on topic, very well done with the new NS! It looks awesome!
_________________ Half-Fretless NS/Stick Twenty-Six Other-Worlds http://www.26otherworlds.com
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Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:22 am |
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Mercury Sandoz
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Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:06 pm Posts: 171 Location: Modesto ,CA
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
Are the graphite necks still going to be available?
_________________ "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion"
BassLabs 10 string #5050 PASV4 baritone melody Mesa Walk About bass amp Mesa TA-15 amp
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Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:37 am |
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greg
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Joined: Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:07 pm Posts: 7088 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
Frank Lesko wrote: Are the graphite necks still going to be available? Hi Frank, I don't believe so.
_________________ Happy tapping, greg Schedule an online Stick lesson
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:57 pm |
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K Rex
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Joined: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:12 pm Posts: 2905
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
Greg,
Would it be feasible to invert the bass and melody groups so they are uncrossed like a Warr Phalanx? Would there be a custom charge for this?
Loving the rails, loving the bamboo.
Also, what is the current wait time for these instruments?
K
_________________ The vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.
-- Mikhail Bakunin
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Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:50 pm |
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grandstick
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:54 pm Posts: 248 Location: Richmond, Virginia
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
K Rex wrote: Would it be feasible to invert the bass and melody groups so they are uncrossed like a Warr Phalanx? Would there be a custom charge for this?
Loving the rails, loving the bamboo.
Also, what is the current wait time for these instruments?
K Hi Kev, Greg had that very idea a couple of years ago. We looked at the layout of both the bridge and the stringlocks in the nut - no-go. As I recall (I no longer have the NS) the bridge was the main stumbling block. See the photos here: http://stick.com/instruments/ns/bridge.html. Take care, Paul
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Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:09 pm |
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Randy
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
Emmett - I gotta give it to you. The all black hardware on the maple body of the N/S on your website is simply beautiful.
Amazing job!
Randy
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Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:44 am |
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harrisonbuick
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Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:56 am Posts: 22
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
Wow. I never knew bamboo was fitting for fretboard wood! But it's very appealing to own a instrument made from bamboo. I'd love to have it. It's no like they cut down the rainforest to get it!
The stainless steel frets. I suspect there should be a difference in timbre from ordinary frets when you use stainless steel, and maybe even more difference when they are pyramid shaped. Do the sound get more pointy? What happens to the tone when you change to these frets?
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:20 am |
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harrisonbuick
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Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:56 am Posts: 22
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Re: New NS/Stick necks - bamboo with Rails!
Randy wrote: Emmett - I gotta give it to you. The all black hardware on the maple body of the N/S on your website is simply beautiful.
Amazing job!
Randy can u give a url for that, pls?
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:21 am |
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