Sitar Guitars?

Granny33 · Post by **Granny33** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:06 pm

in the liner notes of some devil for So Damn Lucky, it has dave matthews: acoustic, electric, &sitar guitars. what the hell is a sitar guitar?

paywad927 · Post by **paywad927** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:09 pm

i was wonderin the same thing

Granny33 · Post by **Granny33** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:19 pm

paywad927 wrote:i was wonderin the same thing

lol, and great yogi quote btw.

Granny33 · Post by **Granny33** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:19 pm

paywad927 wrote:i was wonderin the same thing

good i'm not the only dumb one then

and great yogi quote btw.

paywad927 · Post by **paywad927** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:20 pm

Granny33 wrote:
paywad927 wrote:i was wonderin the same thing
good i'm not the only dumb one then and great yogi quote btw.

lol, yeah yogi had a bunch of them, that ones my favorite

DrFartbrain · Post by **DrFartbrain** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:21 pm

You guys don't know what sitars are? Any of you listen to a little band called the Beatles?

paywad927 · Post by **paywad927** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:23 pm

DrFartbrain wrote:You guys don't know what sitars are? Any of you listen to a little band called the Beatles?

dont listen to them enough to know what a sitar guitar is, so do you mind explaining?

Stuntcheeks · Post by **Stuntcheeks** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:35 pm

The Sitar is a stringed instrument from India. Here's some information on it:

http://www.chandrakantha.com/articles/i ... sitar.html

Ravi Shankar is widely considered the master. George Harrison (the Beatles) spent some time w/Ravi learning the instrument. George is pretty much responsible for bringing the sound to the US.

The sitar sound was quite popular in the 60's, however it's a bitch to play (so I understand). I guess it takes a looong time to be proficient on them, so they came out w/a guitar that sounds like a sitar.

That's what a sitar guitar is, an instrument that plays like a guitar but sounds like a sitar.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:03 pm

he wasn't playing a sitar guys

it is a rather new instrument called a sitar guitar. it is a hybrid of a sitar and a regular guitar, it only kind of sounds like a sitar.

it would have said just "sitar" had they been playing a sitar.

Stuntcheeks · Post by **Stuntcheeks** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:09 pm

I don't think sitar guitars are all that new.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:14 pm

Stuntcheeks wrote:I don't think sitar guitars are all that new.

well i saw em for the first time in musician's friend a month ago

i hate em though, just get a real sitar for christ's sake!!

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:32 pm

I've seen pictures of timmy playing a sitar guitar.. it has harp-like strings across the top of the guitar.. just google it..

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:50 pm

Alright, the Sitar Guitar is not new. it's from the 70s, I believe. It was a guitar built to play like a guitar, but give off the sound of a stiar as close as possible (the sound of a real sitar is better). Also, the song Norweigen Wood off the Beatle's album Rubber Sole, that was the first time George brought out the sitar. He got one a few months earlier. He bought a cheap one at a music store, that had it imported from India. He fiddled with it a few times. Then, when they were finishing that track on Rubber Sole, they still needed something. So, George brought in his sitar, and found the notes, and there goes that famous sound reaching the masses. (later on he had help with Ravi Shankar).

It is a difficult instrument, but very spectacular sound.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:51 pm

yeah, but George used a real sitar, not some shitty knock-off

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:11 am

fatjack wrote:yeah, but George used a real sitar, not some shitty knock-off

yes, even that cheap first one he got was still a real sitar. You can even hear some on the outro to Brainwashed - his last album (that was finished by his children and friends after he died not finishing it, it's great and pure George).