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I had an acoustic years ago that, after a fire in my dorm (but on a floor above mine), was found floating in the water upon my arrival. From the point where it'd dried out, it sounded like a sitar, no matter what I did to it. I'm sorry now that I abused it Townshend-style back in 1978 during a er, happening, it'd be fun to fiddle with now. Isn't there some kind of kapo-style thing one can put on the neck to make this happen? Steve Goodman EarthLight Productions * http://www.earthlight.net/Other - Quasi-daily Cartoon http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack - Cartoons via Medialine! > good point. but there is an inexpensive way to make a sitar-guitar, if > that is the sound you're after...( and it sounds a lot better than the > variax..) just get a danelectro doublecut reissue ( i got mine for > $100) and call jerry jones in nashville and order his sitar bridge > (about $45) and it's a pretty direct install, you'll need to buy a > trapeze tailpiece (mine was $8)... so for around $150 and about an hour > or less of labor i have a great sounding sitar guitar. > > > monk > > > On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 08:47 PM, mark wrote: > > > So, you're point (I think) is that the clown (or the model) is in the > > eye of the beholder, eh? If that is your point, I think I'll agree. > > I was listening to the Variax's sitar model, and I thought they > > sounded great, a lot better than any synth sitar I've heard. However, > > I've never owned a sitar, or played one, so what I think is a good > > model, might be a bad model if you're Ravi Shankar. Since I hate > > clowns, anyone I see dressed as a clown is close enough to a clown for > > me to say, it's good enough. Since I like Sitars, but can't afford a > > good one or find time to learn and play one, I'd take a Variax or what > > seems equally as good, the Roland VG-88. Actually, I'd for sure go > > with the Roland, as I already have the hex pickup, so that makes it > > one less thing to have around. > > > > >