So I'm officially starting on a layaway plan to get a
Megatar. I've been emailing Traktor Topaz, and as soon as we have the price settled, I'll be on my way. I'm going to try to pay enough each month so that I'll have it in six months.
I'm getting a True Tapper Storm (the one with the Bartolini pickups), with black trim. I'm getting "bass bottom" tuning, i.e., both courses are in fourths, but I'm customizing it so the strings are in reverse. With my custom tuning, he said I might want to get an adjusted pickguard (at a price) so the pickups are positioned for tone the same as in non-reverse. He also said it really wouldn't make a significant difference in tone, but that he'd throw in edge dots for free, so I said yes.
So I'm way too excited about it. You should watch
this video, and maybe
this one too, to see a Megatar in action. Heck, I'll just put a bunch of links below. Follow them or not, it's okay. I promise none of them are a rickroll.
Kontinuum
Traktor explains their basic model, the Truetapper eclipse
Some guy plays "baby elephant walk"
megatar played by Brian WelchIn the interest of fairness, I must tell you of the existence of the
Chapman stick. It's been around a lot longer, and indeed Emmet Chapman, the founder, invented this method of "upright neck, arms parallel to the frets" tapping. However, I much prefer the tone and appearance of the Megatar, not to mention the enormously lower price. That, and the Megatar has a couple significant innovations built in, like the Buzz Feiten intonation system (and a friggin' body). Anyways, in the vein of the Chapman stick, here are some general tapping videos that show off what a Megatar can also do.
"One Cloud"
Guillermo Cides, "The days they are coming" (I think). Awesome looperfication
Guillermo Cides plays Bach
Not a Chapman stick, but same principle[/overexcited oververbose rant]