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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | A question for the effects gurus . . . I’ve been asked to simulate a Sitar sound for a number coming up in a few weeks. Any suggestions on what combination of effects might be necessary to accomplish this? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Professor, you can get a great one (for emulation) with the Roland VG88 unit.
Did you ever get one of your guitars hooked up to use the system? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The synth configuration? Not yet. The Brian Moore custom set up has curiously fallen to the bottom of the priority list. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | I recall seeing a guitar, back in the '60s at a local music store, that had a square of slate placed under the strings that gave it a somewhat sitar sound. I don't remember the company that built it, but I always thought this type of instrument was used on the lead for B.J. Thomas' "Hooked on a Feeling".
Anyone else seen one of these? |
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Location: NJ | check out the danelectro sitar pedal it is rather cheap.
I own an original dana sitar so that sound is not a problem for me
aother way is tune your guitar to b b b b b e |
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Location: NJ | Coral Sitar:
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Are those sympathetic strings hard to tune?
I suspect the effect comes from the type of pickup and maybe the transistors. It might be worth buying a used on ebay and fixing it, or cannabalizing its electronics.
And on a serious note:
Looks like a map of the US, i see a little leg for florida, and a bump for maine, a scoopy bump for texas, and san francisco has a strap button sticking out. The neck is Long Island, and totally out of proportion. |
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Location: NJ | Here's an ad for a "Rogue" model that esplains the symp strings tuning:
Rogue model on MF |
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Location: NJ | cliff
you posted a pic of the jerry jones sitar.
similar to my coral but not eacatly the same |
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Location: NJ | MyBad.
I pulled it off Wikipedia . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Witkopedia is full of erroneous info.
Just look up string tubes as a prime example. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | A seasoned witch can call you from the depths of her disgrace ...
Witkopedia. I like that. Not to be confused with Witkophilia, but that's a story for another day. Ooops, is this what Miles was talking about going off topic?
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Ooops, is this what Miles was talking about going off topic?
Dave Let me just check in the Witkopedia Ultimate Knowledge Edition and see what the Book of Wisdom has to say......
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Sitar sound emulation?