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His dual Bartolini pickups provide a warm and rich sound which you can hear in his songs (see links below).
The MaxTapper Dual is standardly equipped with custom Graph Tech 'StringSaver' nut and string-saddles for a warm and smooth sound.
Stephane Lemaire, born 1963, began learning music theory at age six, and began piano at age 8. As a teenager, in parallel with formal studies at the Versailles Conservatory, he practiced rock and jazz with local groups, and then experimental electronic music and music concerte, and learned to play bassoon in his spare time!
In 1988, he completed the piano curriculum at the Conservatory, and since that time has been composing advertising jingles, music for websites, doing song arrangements, and playing instrumental pieces. In recent years, he has learned to play bass, and accompanies singers primarily using keyboards. He is now the touch-guitarist with the French jazz fusion group 'Le Proverbe Chinoise'.
In the songs below, he has provided us with a warm and rich yet clear sound from his MaxTapper dual. All four songs are traditionals. (Violin on 'The Morlough Shore' and 'Toss the Feathers' courtesy Michael Hasseguy.)
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[English Translation of Stephane Lemaire's testimonial -- ]
"I have been playing the MaxTapper for eight weeks now, and the first thing to say is that the instrument is very pleasant to play, (it is) light and easy to handle. The MegStrap is quite practical -- it doesn't get wrinkled or misplaced, and it is comfortable.
"I love the MaxTapper sound -- It is warm. It is fat and deep!
"And the two channels are truly separate (almost no crosstalk between the melody channel and the bass channel), so I can use for example an overdrive, or a long multi-echo on the melody side without having the bass line interfering with the melody.
"Altogether, it is a true delight!"