What does this instrument sound like?

Well, the Chapman Stick sounds like a Chapman Stick. Some people say that it sounds like a guitar and a bass in one instrument, but this is more true for the way you can play this piece of wood. Yes, you have a stereo output, one channel for the melody strings and one channel for the bass strings, and you can send both channels through seperate effects and amplifications to finally get the illusion that you play two instruments at a time. But the sound of the Chapman Stick is unique. Here are some examples of the pure Chapman Stick:

Stick1.mp3 (MP3, Size 1,3 MB)

Stick2.mp3 (MP3, Size 1,6MB)