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The Fosse Electric Sitar is a solid-bodied carbon fibre instrument, which despite its Stick-like appearance owes more to the classical Indian sitar than than other so-called electric sitars which are usually electric guitars with a buzz bridge and/or sympathetic strings. (Via Sitar Factory).
The above would appear to be a prototype. The production model, looking more akin to a traditional sitar in shape, is shown in this next YouTube clip:
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guitarz.blogspot.com: This highly unusual one-off luthier-built guitar by Bert Kwakkel is currently being listed for sale on Marktplaats.nl, a trading site based in The Netherlands, and is priced at € 2.250,00. It is essentially a 12-string acoustic...
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guitarz.blogspot.com: I guess this is the logical follow-up to the Space 1999 video clip we looked at the other day featuring the Coral Sitar. This clip comes from one of the Star Trek's more comic episodes, The Way To Eden, in which the Startship...
- Sitar Bridge And Pickguard Polishing
So I finally installed the sitar bridge on the doppelcaster, though until the last moment I thought that it would not work - the vintage bridge is really smaller, and I was about to give up when I decided to not use the string-through holes - it's...
Guitar
The Fosse Electric Sitar
guitarz.blogspot.com:
The Fosse Electric Sitar is a solid-bodied carbon fibre instrument, which despite its Stick-like appearance owes more to the classical Indian sitar than than other so-called electric sitars which are usually electric guitars with a buzz bridge and/or sympathetic strings. (Via Sitar Factory).
The above would appear to be a prototype. The production model, looking more akin to a traditional sitar in shape, is shown in this next YouTube clip:
© 2011, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- Bert Kwakkel Luthier-built 12+12 String Acoustic (with Sympathetic Strings)
guitarz.blogspot.com: This highly unusual one-off luthier-built guitar by Bert Kwakkel is currently being listed for sale on Marktplaats.nl, a trading site based in The Netherlands, and is priced at € 2.250,00. It is essentially a 12-string acoustic...
- ...and Speaking Of Indian Instruments, Pete List Plays The Shahi Baaja
guitarz.blogspot.com: It's not a guitar but it is a fretted, stringed instrument of sorts. Sometimes referred to as the "Indian Banjo", the shahi baaja is like some weird amalgam of guitar, sitar and typewriter! That description makes it sound like...
- Mohan Veena Indian Slide Guitar - Hybrid Between Jazz Guitar And Sitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: We first looked at Indian slide guitars here on Guitarz back in 2008. The Indian slide guitar is a hyrbid instrument, a musical chimera if you will, where quite literally East meets West and could be considered a cross between jazz...
- Mr Spock Jams On Vulcan Electric Harp Accompanied By Hippy Girl Playing A Bicycle Wheel
guitarz.blogspot.com: I guess this is the logical follow-up to the Space 1999 video clip we looked at the other day featuring the Coral Sitar. This clip comes from one of the Star Trek's more comic episodes, The Way To Eden, in which the Startship...
- Sitar Bridge And Pickguard Polishing
So I finally installed the sitar bridge on the doppelcaster, though until the last moment I thought that it would not work - the vintage bridge is really smaller, and I was about to give up when I decided to not use the string-through holes - it's...