Truefire "Ultimate Stick" DVD reviews are pouring in

[SteveA]

1--Spent an hour watching Ultimate Stick DVD tonight - great stuff, very inspiring and motivating.

Ray


2--Just wanted to say Thanks!!!! I order the Ultimate Stick the day you announced it and got it last weekend. As a long time (45+ years) guitar/bass player I took the challenge of becoming a Stickist a couple months ago. Since I know theory and structure well I have been able to find my way around locating chords, scales and such, but still feel like I have too many thumbs and not enough fingers, especially in the right hand. I sat down and watched the entire 1st DVD in one sitting and with your demonstration and explanation of pivot points for chord inversions and both left & right hand fingering through arpeggios and modal scales I have become much more comfortable (and therefore fluent) with my Stick. I had to travel for the last four days and leave my Stick at home, but the DVDs are in my mac now so I can keep it all fresh. Can't wait to get back home tomorrow and sit down and practice for the next 10 days before I have to travel again.

Thanks Again - Larry

3---I've been noodling around with my new stick (10 string, dark bamboo, turquoise recon dot inlays, pasv4) for a couple of weeks now, watching some of the DVDs and reviewing the instruction books.
When i started up Steve's Ultimate Stick DVD and watched the first couple of chapters, the proverbial lightbulb went off and the Stick's logic began to click.
Thank you Steve - while I am still a complete novice, I now have some direction in how I approach this fascinating instrument and where to go next.
As for Steve's new CD - fantastic, with a great mix of tunes and styles.

Jeff N

4--I had the chance to watch a chunk (or is that a kerchunk?) of this DVD the other day, and would highly recommend it to Stick players of all levels. Everyone has a slightly different perspective on playing an instrument, so match it up with material from other teachers and you will have a very good starting point.
I'm also convinced that more advanced players will experience a few "aha moments" while watching this.

Cheers,
Andy

[dhoffmanz]

Could you comment on the difference between these two courses? They are both the same price and both have a DVD, so I'm wondering what the difference is?

Thanks,

Dave

[SteveA]

Hi Dave.
The Mel Bay item is a spiral bound book, so there's text and diagrams and pictures etc. Included in the package is a one hour DVD visualizing some of the techniques in the book

The Truefire 2 DVD set is strictly video. It's almost four hours and goes through everything concerning learning The Stick.

There's obviously some overlap but each item is different. If you had both, you would have plenty of information and guidance to work on for a long time. There have been many positive testimonials, which has given me great satisfaction regarding the fact that it's helping the Stick community move forward. I know you will get a lot out of either or both.

Thanks
Steve A