# For curiousity, have any of the Doper musicians played a Stick? or a Megatar?

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I’ve been having these dreams all week, in which I’m playing a Chapman Stick. To the best of my knowledge, none of the shops in town have one, and so far, there’s no sign of one on CraigsList or eBay - not that I could afford one at present in any case.

So, out of sheer curiousity, have any of you ever played one? I tried one out in a music shop in Edmonton in about 1982, back in the days when I still had to look at my fingers to do anything. It was way beyond anything I could do at the time, but I now have some ideas I’d like to try out. Anyone played one, or its cousin, the MegaTar?