The sitar entered rock music when the Beatles were looking for new inspiration on their trip to India. For the Woodstock generation, the buzzing, hypnotic sound was just right, and the 'coral sitar' was the instrument of the hour, as it was much more manageable than an original sitar. And the fretting typical of guitars made it much easier to play, too! The Danelectro Sitar brings the flower power sound back to life. With buzzing sounds including the essential 'drone' strings . The reissue keeps very close to the original and convinces with strong character sounds. A special feature of the electric sitar are the 13 unfretted, but resonating drone strings, which significantly influence the subliminal sound of the sitar. There are no limits to the Tuning of the six main strings and the 'drone' strings.
The Danelectro Sitar at a glance:
Electric Sitar
Semi-Hollow poplar body
Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard
Three Vintage Lipstick single coils
Three volume and three tone controls
Chrome hardware
Sitar-style hardtail bridge, rosewood and aluminum bridges for drone strings
Kluson Style tuners, tuning pins for drone strings
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