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Originally posted by jujueye
Tophat665 is on it. Sticks look really cool, but the people who are playing them probably also are great guitar players.
On the other hand, if you still have the Casio, why not try it again? At worst, you could sell it for cash towards your guitar.
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Yep, Tophat (and everyone else) tossed some extremely useful opinions into this thread. I appreciate it
The people who currently play stick professionally are indeed professional musicians, but back when they were first learning, the stick, as we know it, did not exist.
I no longer have the Casio - I gave it away a couple of years ago to a friend of my parents, whose teenage son was learning to play.
Playing devil's advocate in my own trial, I want to mention a point of view shared with me by a guy I know who is a musician himself - an instrument is an instrument, and the learning process would be challenging regardless of whether I start on guitar or stick. He suggested that I give it a shot, as long as I stick to it (pun intended). And I have a feeling I just might.
I might be nuts, but I have decided to give it a shot. I am currently in the process of finding out if they have any used sticks available. That should cut the cost by at least half. If it doesn't work out, I can always take advantage of their buyback option, and just send the stick whence it came. I admit it, my judgement may be biased and influenced by lack of sleep, but this is something thats been on my mind for a long time. Hopefully it works out exactly the way I have planned.