Chapman Stick® Tech - Truss Adjustment with Greg Howard

[akinun]

This helped me a lot. Thank you, Greg! :)

[GabrielePala]

Thank you! This really helped me out... I had some dead notes on first two frets and now is perfect! :)

[stickplayers]

@GabrielePala Thanks for the feedback Gabriele. I love Emmett's truss design. Happy Tapping, Greg

[gibbs75]

when the next part of video?? i'm exiciting!! :-)

[biggeorge77]

Thank you Greg. I got my stick a year ago and Emmett showed me how to adjust it but never explained why.

I've been trying to play a horrible, buzzy stick for months now.

Mine has a "Double Truss Rod" I think he said.

[stickplayers]

@biggeorge77 The double truss is capable of some great subtlety near the nut, but it is a little more complex to adjust. If you use the visual sighting method shown in the video, you can do it, though. Each half of the truss will show its curvature clearly. Looking at the strings, untapped, there should be a slight increase in string height above the fret plane as you move from nut to 24th fret.

I hope that helps, Happy Tapping, Greg

[pfrields]

It's fantastic that you're leveraging the internet to provide great advice to Stick players everywhere! Nice work.

[stickplayers]

@pfrields Hi Paul,

Thanks for checking out the video. This medium is just so excellent for showing people how to do things. More to come...Happy Tapping, Greg

[bobculbertson]

Thanks Greg, it is real nice of you to continue to put in the time and effort work with our Stick community. Nice explanation.

[stickplayers]

@bobculbertson Thanks, Bob. You recent instructional YouTubes are really inspiring. Looking forward to the British Columbia Seminar in May and Interlochen in July with you. Happy Tapping.

[TheFolksinger]

Very helpful. Thanks for posting this.

[giedosst]

Nice!

[gibbs75]

thank you very much for this tutorial !!

maybe you can do it also for the bridge adjustement to obtain the lower hight of the strings?

thanks greg!

[stickplayers]

@gibbs75 Hi Gibbs, That's definitely the plan. None of it works without a good truss adjustment, so that had to come first. Stay tuned....

[grandstick]

Thanks for all of the hard work you put into those tutorials, Greg! You are such a great resource for the Stick community.

[stickplayers]

@grandstick Thanks, Paul. It's great to feel helpful. I should have made this video long ago, I think. One step at a time.

[perboysen]

Truly great tutorial, Greg! I realized I made a little mistake when recently adjusting my Grand. Will fix it now.

[stickplayers]

@perboysen Hi Per, Glad you found it useful. I'm always amazed at how a subtle little adjustment can make so much of a difference in how easy tapping can be.