A: A member of the Tappistry.Org was curious about this same question some time back.
He had in his possession a TrueTapper Eclipse, and his Stick, and so me made identical recordings — minimal effects, same settings — and as a further comparison he also recorded the same song on a cheap Strat-knockoff.
It’s a truism that [...]
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Q: How Can I Compare the Sound of Chapman Stick and Mobius Megatar?
How To Count the Frets
[reprinted by permission from MegArticles Two-Handed Tapping Archives]
Image by Brian Hathcock via Flickr
HOW DO YOU COUNT FRETS?
It’s not a silly question.
I have been surprised by how many times this question comes up.
Since this little question baffles so many people, I did a search on our favoriite search engine, and didn’t find the answer there. Google [...]
Q: What’s the best tuner to use?
A: Tuners vary. Of course, you can use any tuner, except for one thing you should keep in mind.
Electronic tuners have to have a ‘window’ of frequency that is acceptable. If the window is narrow, then it is very very difficult for the human to hit the exact spot where the light turns green.
But if [...]
Q: What’s the Best Way to Tune Up, with the Buzz Feiten Intonation System?
A: When you have the Buzz Feiten Intonation System installed on a guitar or a tapping instrument, your playing will sound more ‘in tune’ than on a normal guitar. But does it require some special way of tuning up?
Not really. Of course, the better you tune up, the better you will sound. However, the Feiten [...]
Q: How can I Reduce or Eliminate Hum?
A: Generally speaking, there is nothing in a guitar that actually generates hum, generally you can assume that the hum is being induced into the guitar, or it is being added to the signal of the guitar.
Experimentation is your friend. Here are some possibilities –
RECEIVING BROADCAST HUM
There is something in the environment which is “broadcasting†[...]
Q: How to Make a String Deadener / String Mute?
A: People sometimes ask if they can buy one of our String Deadeners, sometimes called a String Mute.
You don’t need to buy one from us, because you can make your own string deadener easy as pie.
Just go down to Ace Hardware, in the kitchen department, and look for ’shelf liner’. It’s a spongy material, usually [...]
Q: How to map the Megatar fretboard?
A: We are working on a chart that shows all the notes on the fretboard, and hopefully that will become available soon.
However, in the meantime, in the Method Book #1, in the Appendix, you will find some blank fretboard graphs, which can be photo-copied. These are only 8 frets long, and don’t cover the entire [...]
Q: How does one adjust the relative volume across the strings?
A:Without seeing and hearing an instrument, of course we cannot diagnose the specific issue of an instrument (any instrument) and its action, But here is some general information …
(1) First, it is a fact that little tiny strings wiggling in a magnetic field create a smaller signal than great big ‘ol strings wiggling in a [...]
Q: How can I get a Megatar when I don’t have enough money?
A:Well, who hasn’t been broke? Pretty much anyone who’s had a full life has had that experience at one time or anther. If you’re interested to hear about Traktor’s poverty in the college years, read this.
But of course, you realize that ‘poverty’ and ‘doing well’ are mainly states of mind, depending upon your being grateful [...]
Q: Where can I try a Megatar? Any music stores?
A: Someday, tapping instruments will be found in any music store. (If in fact, in that future, music stores still exist.)
But that day is still some years in the future. And in some ways this works to your advantage.
For example, one of the reasons our pricing is (relatively) low for a specialty instrument is that [...]
