Z-Stik combines drum, shaker and rain stick, wows Stevie Wonder
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Z-Stiks come in a variety of woods, each with a different timbre (Photo: Gizmag)
Z-Stik demo at Winter NAMM 2012 (Photo: Gizmag)
Z-Stik demo at Winter NAMM 2012 (Photo: Gizmag)
The Z-Stik comes in 3-point and 5-point models of differing lengths (Photo: Dahl/Z-Stik)
The Z-Stik's sound hole can be spoken or whistled into to achieve "special effects" (Photo: Dahl/Z-Stik)
Steve Wonder gives the Z-Stik a workout (Photo: Dahl/Z-Stik)
Z-Stiks come in a variety of woods, each with a different timbre (Photo: Dahl/Z-Stik)
Z-Stiks come in a variety of woods, each with a different timbre (Photo: Dahl/Z-Stik)
Drummer James Gadson poses with the Z-Stick, with creator Greg Dahl alongside (Photo: Dahl/Z-Stik)
Article Summary
Debuted at the aural Aladdin's cave that was Winter NAMM 2012, the Z-Stik is a wooden zigzag-shaped multi-use percussive instrument that its creator says "combines the most intriguing elements of a rhythm stick, a shaker, a fingertip drum, and a rain stick." The Z-Stik can be tapped and patted in various ways to achieve nice, organic-sounding percussive hits, and shaken to, well, sound like a shaker. "You can get tones from deep bass drum all the way up to bongo drums and everything in between clean or snare," says creator Greg Dahl.
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