Dano Sitar

[MrNovember]

So I played one of these the other day and I have to say if I had money to drop on a fairly useless but incredibly fun instrument it would be this thing:

EDIT: I actually played a Danelectro reissue of this that looks exactly the same.

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, those things are fun.

I used to have a Jerry Jones version.

I still have a guitar set up with a jawari bridge, it's a custom job built from a Kay Galaxie.

[scienceman]

I had one for a while and it was lotts of fun but I gotta say the novelty wore off after a while and then it just sat around.

[MrNovember]

I had one for a while and it was lotts of fun but I gotta say the novelty wore off after a while and then it just sat around.

Yeah I feel like that's exactly what would happen to me

[jrmy]

I had one for a while and it was lotts of fun but I gotta say the novelty wore off after a while and then it just sat around.

Yeah I feel like that's exactly what would happen to me

Times like this, I wish there was a convenient & affordable weird guitar rental service.

[MrNovember]

I had one for a while and it was lotts of fun but I gotta say the novelty wore off after a while and then it just sat around.

Yeah I feel like that's exactly what would happen to me

Times like this, I wish there was a convenient & affordable weird guitar rental service.

That would actually be a pretty excellent service

[friendship]

I had one for a while and it was lotts of fun but I gotta say the novelty wore off after a while and then it just sat around.

Yeah I feel like that's exactly what would happen to me

Times like this, I wish there was a convenient & affordable weird guitar rental service.

That would actually be a pretty excellent service

There are many companies that rent out gear, although I'm not sure if any of them would carry something as esoteric as this. Although it's a popular sound among psychedelia enthusiasts, so who knows.

I love the sitar and have wanted one of these for literally my entire guitar-playing life, but I too could never justify dropping the money on it. I guess Rogue made a cheap ($300?) one but who knows if it's any good.

[Chankgeez]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI78XtfLEN4[/youtube]

[Nelson Instruments]

Jerry jones also made the "baby sitar" which was a solid body version without drone strings. When new they sold in the mid to high $600 range. I would think a used one would be less....though some dealers think JJ stuff is insanely valuable now that they have closed up shop.

[D.o.S.]

I played around with a real sitar once.

I determined that a sarod is more my speed.

[friendship]

Sarods are the mad notes.


Oh yeah that baby sitar is very cool-looking too. I heard the sympathetic strings on the full electric sitar don't really resonate while you're playing the main strings, such as on a real sitar, but they are cool for tuning to a scale and using as an occasional drone.

[Chankgeez]

... I heard the sympathetic strings on the full electric sitar don't really resonate while you're playing the main strings, such as on a real sitar, but they are cool for tuning to a scale and using as an occasional drone.

That's not entirely true. They do resonate, just not very much. I think they're a little limited by design.

They do add to the overall sound of the instrument. There's a noticeable difference in sound between the regular electric sitar and a baby version. The regular version definitely sounds better.

[friendship]

... I heard the sympathetic strings on the full electric sitar don't really resonate while you're playing the main strings, such as on a real sitar, but they are cool for tuning to a scale and using as an occasional drone.

That's not entirely true. They do resonate, just not very much. I think they're a little limited by design.

They do add to the overall sound of the instrument. There's a noticeable difference in sound between the regular electric sitar and a baby version. The regular version definitely sounds better.

Very good to know. Despite wanting one for forever, I've never had the opportunity to play one.

[MrNovember]

I honestly didn't notice them resonating. But I also didn't play too long and had nothing to compare it to so there's that.

[Chankgeez]

The Jerry Jones I had was very nice. Better quality than most of the ones on the market today. Too bad he closed up shop.

Too bad about these too:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3jPyT7NeJc[/youtube]

From this video they sounded good. Quality seemed good too. Don't think they were in production for too long. I was interested.