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Increasingly, however, instruments have been
fruitfully used as a focusing lens for ethnographic inquiry,
providing insight into the political (Qureshi 2000;
Weintraub 2001), structural (Kouwenhoven 2001),
,\\ .': traditional (Fukui 1994; Kebede, 1977), symbolic (Roche
2001; Vetter 2001), racial, and gender-related (Waksman
\ 1999) implications of the musical tradition connected to the
instrument. In any of these cases, however, a physical
description of the instrument's material aspects is essential.
For the purposes of this project, this description will
'u'e address what the instrument, as an object, brings to the
grain.
The Stick Itself
The Stick was developed by Emmett Chapman
Figure 1.1 - The Chapman between the years of 1969 and 1975 while experimenting
Stick, Stick Enterprises,
2008, used by permission. with various approaches to playing and constructing the
electric guitar. Despite the debt the Stick owes its forbearer in terms of its basic fretted
electro-chordophonic construction, it is perhaps distinctive from the electric guitar in
more ways than it is similar. The design of the Stick maximizes the sound potential of
striking and holding strings against frets. This "tapping" or "hammering" technique is
not exclusive to the Stick. Many highly visible electric guitarists and bassists, ranging
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Hodges, Jeff. "Being" a Stickist: A Phenomenological Consideration of "Dwelling" in a Virtual Music Scene, thesis, May 2010; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28430/m1/15/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .