Read more about the musician and inventor who created the Stick and the innovative Free Hands method used to play his instruments.

Grace Chapman is the Head of Stick Enterprises, master Stick builder and leading us into the future.

An article written by Jim Reilly for the UK publication, Bass Guitar Magazine.

An article written by Jim Reilly for the UK publication, Bass Guitar Magazine.

Emmett’s own account of how this revolutionary new method of playing stringed instruments came to be, first published by Electronic Musician Magazine.

By Emmett Chapman. A reprint from Free Hands and Gordon Baird’s “Musician, Player and Listener.”

A published biography of Emmett, written by Jim Reilly. Available in our Online Stick Store.

Since the first production model was sold in 1974, Emmett has continued to refine and improve his original Stick design adding new instrument models.