Before you buy Chapman Stick, Get the Facts. Examine the Features.

tomjones — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:33:41 +0000

Although the Chapman Stick company offers some instruments with various numbers of strings, we’ll here compare instruments with the full twelve strings. We’ll therefore compare a standard Chapman Grand Stick with the simplest Mobius Megatar Touchstyle Guitar, the TrueTapper Eclipse.

You may be pleasantly surprised by the TrueTapper Eclipse, when compared feature by feature with the Chapman Grand Stick.

(In another article here you can compare two identical MP3 recordings of Chapman Stick and Mobius Megatar instruments. Your eyes, your ears, your good sense, and your pocketbook will make it very clear.)


FEATURE DESCRIPTION	MOBIUS TRUETAPPER ECLIPSE	THE CHAPMAN GRAND STICK
6 Bass + 6 Melody Strings	Yes	Yes
Volume Knobs	Yes	Yes
Tone Controls	Yes	No
Dual Truss Rods	Yes	No
Through-Body String Anchoring for Tone	Yes	No
Tilt-back Head for Long Sustain	Yes	No
Adjustable String Saddles	Yes	Yes
Support Strap Included	Yes	Yes
Method Book(s) Included Free?	Yes	No
Output Cable Included Free?	Yes	No
Wide String Spacing for Ease of Play	Yes	No
Simple Fourths-Tuning Standard?	Yes	No
Buzz Feiten Intonation System Included?	Yes	No
Customize String Saddle Materials?	Yes	No
Customize Knobs, Straplocks, Bridgeplates?	Yes	No
Customize Tuners?	Yes	Yes
Customize: Choices of Pickups?	Yes	Yes
Customize: Active Pickups Available?	Yes	Yes
Customize: Bartolini Pickups Available?	Yes	No
Customize: Piezo pickups available?	Yes	No
Customize: Fanned-Frets Available?	Yes	No
Customize: Edgedots available for easy navigation?	Yes	No
Assembled to Your Specification? **	Yes	Yes

Typical Time for Assembly	2-6 weeks	5-9 months
Price?	$1600	$2500
Value?	Excellent	You Decide

** Orders placed direct with Mobius factory are custom-assembled to specification. However, pre-assembled Mobius instruments are often available for immediate shipment on the EBay Megatar Store.

Chapman Stick and Megatar Comparison Site » Fanned-Frets

Before you buy Chapman Stick, Get the Facts. Examine the Features.