Tap Tap Tapping at My Chamber Door

I've read a few articles lately on guitars with more than 6 strings. A 12-string is fairly common, that has 2 strings very close to each other for each of the guitar's 6 strings, and it's played the same as a standard guitar (although it does take some extra finger strength and stamina). That's all good, others have an extra string, or two, on the bottom end for extra bass for the guitarist. Interesting stuff but... it makes me think of a completely different instrument I first saw at an art fair years ago. A beautiful sound was floating over the noise of the crowd. I worked my way towards the notes. And finally stood mesmerized by Leo Gosselin tapping on a "Chapman stick". It's kinda like a guitar but with 10 to 12 strings, 5-6 for bass and 5-6 for melody. It's played with each hand tapping on the string(s) and not plucked at all. Bass, melody, chords, rhythm, percussion are all combined to a fantastic brew. It sounds like it's been over-dubbed and there are multiple tracks when it's all a single live amazing performance. There are many talented artists of the Chapman stick, including Blue Man Group, Mike Oldfield, Alphonso johnson, Dream Theatre and more. There are other more "polished" samples out there, but this YouTube below is close to what originally drew me to the sound.

 Take Five: Leo Gosselin