Hi Raul,
No offense taken, no problem at all. I believe that the
qualities of the fast attack you refer to are due partly to the very low action
(strings are as little as 1mm above the frets) which allows for subtle or very
dynamic tapping. And of course the strings are tapped against the frets , so
metal on metal. On the other hand, if you can pluck a bass Stick string with
your thumb and then it sounds very much like a bass guitar. The string
tension on a Stick is much lower than on a bass guitar and this also
contributes to the sound. There are a few choices in pickups, which of course
are designed to work well with the Stick, but I feel its not the pickups so
much as many other factors that give the Stick its sound.
-Qua
From: Raul Bonell
[mailto:raul.bonell@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 7:47 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Stick looping videos
hi qua,
sorry qua.
2007/9/28, Qua Veda <qua@oregon.com>:
Hey Raul,
Its fine if you don't like the
Stick, but I have to disagree with you, the Stick is
capable of a great range of tones and dynamics.
true. not ofense intended.
anyway, you may? agree with me that the fast attack
on the stick is louded up by the electronics of the
instrument, since it's not present on regular basses or guitars.
and i think i misunderstood per's "clear" by "clean", and also
i ended up using the verb "bear" which it seems to have a
different/harder
meaning than i thought.
excuse my rude english!
any way to get a digest-translated-into-catalonian version
of the LD mailinglist?... ;-)
raül.
p.s.
6 million people and our mother tongue
continues disappearing...
i can think of other small european countries
in the baltic with a million or two people and have their
own official language. why can't we?
arrgggggggh... c.is.not.s
-Qua
the clear tone
this is far from being true regarding the sound of a stick,
since the pickups are designed specially for them and add
some punchy sound (nice for funky) that everybody loves the
first days, weeks,... but after some months nobody can bear it (o.k.!
somebody).
and
the polytonal character. So far I'm still quite happy with using the
flute as the main instrument, after having played it for three years.
I think I'll stick to flute in the future, even when learning new
instruments. I kind of like the flute too for looping, because you
can do a lot of non-tonal sounds with your mouth besides playing
plain notes. Not many other instrument offers that option.
Greetings from Sweden
Per Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
www.looproom.com
(international)
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