RIP Emmett Chapman

[Bricksnbeatles]

Emmett Chapman, musician and Inventor of the Chapman Stick, has passed away.

I always admired Emmett, not just for his music or his invention, but for his innovations in touchstyle playing as a whole, and for his unique approach to the marriage of art and engineering in his musical instruments— he not only influenced me as a musician through his own music and the music he made possible (Tony Levin especially), but also as an aspiring engineer, luthier, and general maker of musical stuff when I was in high school. As far back as I can remember, I’ve aspired to own a real Chapman stick as my ultimate goal as a musician. Someday…

RIP to a brilliant individual.

Emmett Chapman, musician and inventor of the Chapman Stick, dies at 85

Emmett Chapman, the musician and inventor of the Chapman Stick, has died at the age of 85.

guitar.com

 

[Jonnytexas]

When I was in college in the 90's I had a band with a dude that played the Chapman stick very well. It was like having a bass player and a cross between a guitar and keys. I still got more chicks, though.