The Stick community is made up of thousands of musicians worldwide, all pursuing their own musical vision on Emmett Chapman's amazing instrument, The Chapman Stick®.
The Stick is a two-handed tapping instrument based on Emmett's revolutionary "Free Hands" parallel two-handed tapping method, which allows musicians to play bass, chords, melody and all of the interplay possible between them at one time.
Emmett first discovered this way of playing guitar in 1969. Since that time his company, Stick Enterprises, has made almost 6000 instruments which have found their way to every corner of the globe and into every genre of music.
The Stick is a blank slate upon which you can tap your potential!
We are the exclusive manufacturer of the Chapman Stick family of instruments, which includes The Stick®, The Grand Stick®, The Stick Bass® the NS/Stick™ and the Alto Stick™. These are electric stringed instruments based on Emmett Chapman's "Free Hands" parallel two-handed tapping method. With Emmett's method you can play complete song arrangements, bass, chords, melody, all at once.
Our website has up-to-date information on all of our instruments, Stick seminars, Festivals, and new instructional materials and recordings.
We also publish Emmett Chapman's recordings and videos.
i love stick players. your instrument and community are inspirational. thank you for having me aboard your musical starship man !!! timothy heinen( composer/guitarist ) Acoustic guitar snippet
