NS/Stick

The NS/Stick is an 8 string tapping instrument designed by Emmett Chapman and Ned Steinberger. It incorporates design ideas from both the original Stick and from Ned Steinberger's instruments such as the Stick's tapping fretboard and the Steinberger Bass' knee bar and headless design. The player can position the instrument upright for tapping or lower it to a horizontal position for picking, slapping, or strumming.

Don Schiff is one of the most well known NS/Stick musicians.

Tunings

; Standard Bass 4ths :Can be thought of as a six string bass with two additional higher strings.

1. Bb
2. F down a 4th
3. C down a 4th
4. G down a 4th
5. D down a 4th
6. A down a 4th
7. E down a 4th
8. B down a 4th ; Guitar Intervals :The string arrangement of a 6-string guitar tuned down a fifth (or baritone guitar tuning), with two lower strings.
9. A
10. E down a 4th
11. C down a major 3rd
12. G down a 4th
13. D down a 4th
14. A down a 4th
15. E down a 4th
16. B down a 4th ; Guitar Lower Octave :This tuning puts the E-to-E relationship of a standard guitar, down an octave, in the middle of the 8 strings, with a lower B and a higher A string to round things out.
17. A
18. E down a 4th
19. B down a 4th
20. G down a major 3rd
21. D down a 4th
22. A down a 4th
23. E down a 4th
24. B down a 4th