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Megatar and ZenTapper Tunings

For both ZenTappers and Megatars we generally recommend the BassBottom tuning, where bass is tuned in fourths, just like a standard 6-string bass. Learning is much faster with this tuning, and most of what you already know from guitar or bass transfers quickly, plus your right hand picks up what your left hand knows very [...]

Posted 31 August 2011 § All § BassBottom Tuning § Chapman Stick § Ease of Learning § Inverted-Fifths Tuning § Megatar § Uncrossed Stringing § ZenTapper ‡ Comments (0) °

Q: How Can I Compare the Features of Chapman Stick and Mobius Megatar?

A: There are two different ways to evaluate what you get with the cost of your investment … (a) You can compare the prices of the two most-similar instruments. For example, compare the TrueTapper Eclipse 12-string Megatar with the Chapman ‘Grand Stick’, and you will discover that the lower-cost Eclipse actually gives you better features [...]

Posted 11 July 2009 § Active Circuits § Bartolini § Buzz Feiten System § Chapman Stick § Compare § Delivery Time § Economy § Graph Tech § Improvements § Intonation § Megatar § Piezo Sound § Prices § Quad Output § Screaming-Ghost § Sound § Tone/Volume Controls ‡ Comments (0) °

Q: How Can I Compare the Sound of Chapman Stick and Mobius Megatar?

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 [...]

Posted 11 July 2009 § All § Chapman Stick § Compare § Effects § Guitar § Intonation § Megatar § Sound § Tone ‡ Comments (0) °