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Uploaded by on Oct 30, 2007

Introducing the newly dubbed "Notastrumstick"! This is all about why I use this odd name to refer to my instrument. Speaking of odd names, here's a list of other 3-string, diatonically fretted, guitar-like instruments:

1.Schneider Strum Stick http://members.aol.com/GeneNancy2/boo...

2.The Phoenix Shop Strum Stick http://www.nepenthebigsur.com/phoenix/strum-stick.htm

3.Horlocker Strum Stick http://www.smokeymountaindulcimer.com/strum-sticks.htm

4.Boehme or Boing Strumstick http://www.boehmemusic.com/en/string-instruments/strumstick.html

5.PicStrum http://www.picstrum.co.uk/

6.Longneck http://home.centurytel.net/Dulciaddic...

7.Q'Stick http://home.centurytel.net/Dulciaddic...

8.A'Stick http://home.centurytel.net/Dulciaddic...

9.Another "A Stick" http://www.everythingdulcimer.com/pho...

10.The Woodrow http://www.thewoodrow.com/

11.SweetStick http://www.moleintheground.com/index.htm

12.Olympia Walkabout Dulcimer http://www.walkaboutdulcimer.com/

13.Dove Creek Pickin' Stick http://dovecreekdulcimer.com/?page=ps

14.McCafferty Pick n' Stick http://www.mccaffertydulcimers.com/pn...

15.Mandilon-Size Pickin' Stick (Dulcimer House) http://www.dulcimerhouse.com/LS%20Pkn...

16.Dizzi Dulcimer Piknstick http://www.dizzi.co.uk/page28.php?vie...

17.Strumalong Dulcimer http://www.waringmusic.com/waring_har...

18.Bleach Bottle Banjo http://www.waringmusic.com/bleach_bot...

19.Dulcijo -- 3-string Dulcimer/Banjo http://www.ezfolk.com/dulcijo/index.html

20.Electric Firestick (Horlocker/Smokey Mountain) http://www.smokeymountaindulcimer.com...

21.Strummer from Down Under http://www.jupitercreekmusic.com/sdu....

22.Blue Ridge Banjimer http://meadows-music.com/banjimer.htm

23.Reed Mountain Banjimer (2 Designs) http://www.artfolk.net/banjimers1.htm

24.Dulcitar (Just One of MANY) http://cgi.ebay.com/3-string-cigar-bo...

25.New Era Treasures Dulcimer Banjo (4-string diatonic) http://cgi.ebay.com/AWESOME-NEW-DULCI...

26.Plans for Another Design http://www.donsplans.com/html/dulcime... (Scroll down a bit to the Stick Dulcimer)

27.Baglama in Strumstick Mode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5nh6z...

28.Strumbly http://www.heritage-music.net/servlet... North Art Heritage Music

29.Stick Dulcimer (Acoustic and Electric) http://www.michaeljking.com/stick_dulcimers.htm

30.TinGuitar's Stick Dulcimer (Acoustic) http://www.tinguitar.com/dulcimers

31. TinGuitar's Stick Dulcimer (Electric) http://www.tinguitar.com/electric

32.Tick Ridge Electric Stick http://user.mc.net/~bpentprs/tickridge/stick/

I've tried to include all these names as tags, but they won't all fit! Here, by the way, is where the Notastrumstick came from: http://www.smokeymountaindulcimer.com OR http://stores.ebay.com/
Smokey-Mountain-Music-Works.

I welcome comments and love to connect with other players. Drop me a line!

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  • Is it not a dulcijo or a banjimer?

  • @plaustrarius No, it's not. Those instruments have banjo heads and at least the dulcijo has an extra string like a banjo that doesn't extend all the way up the neck.. But thanks for playing! :)

  • Why don't you buy a real 'Strum Stick' made by the guy who copywrited the name and then you could call it a 'Strum Stick'?

  • @numbnuts234567 Because his instruments are far more expensive and don't sound as good as this one. They have a much smaller body and therefore less volume and resonance.

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  • you take a long time to get to the point.

  • The Wikipedia entry for 'dulcitar' is worth a look, oddly enough - it attributes the term to a luthier born in 1927. I first heard the term used in conversation with an instrument repairer some 30 years ago, so somewhere between those two dates it seems to have become generic. Anyway, must dash - I've just invented a circular thing that you put under stuff - four at a time is good - to make it easier to move, so I need to get a patent filed. : )

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  • Be careful not to call a piece of chicken a drum stick......

  • OR U COULD CALL IT A STRUM GUITAR

  • U COULD CALL IT A STRUMMER

  • @TurkiyeKalbimde You're right, it can have a sound hole. Some do, some don't, I'd only seen those without when I made the comment. mid-east dot com / Info / saz dot html Thanks for the info!

  • @KevinCNeece of course the saz HAS a sound hole, usually on the bottom of the instrument, but sometimes also on the side or the front of it, like we see it on your instrument.

  • @KevinCNeece thanks for your reply! Of course, no sound hole - you're quite right. However, the saz, baglamas and your invention must be distant cousins, at least !

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