early morning sitar

[amarillos1]

that sounded relly nice! way to go man.

[nnuhnoh]

Bravo to this young man for sharing his best, which I like. As for what makes a cheap sitar, my cheapies' problems are that the upper frets buzz the strings; rough sympathetic peg holes (tuning doesn't stick); peg wood weak (one broke); or you don't like the sound from the jawari/bridge; nipples (for holes of sympathetics) chipped or sloppy. One "expert" cracked my good sitar's neck and did crappy jawari work since he wasn't charging me after his crack. I liked my cheapie better. Buyer beware.

[nnuhnoh]

My 1st was a super cheapie to see if I'd like it. My guru didn't like it, but being a poor boy from the gutter, I was thrilled just to have it and do my best, feeling it a privilege just to attempt such beautiful ragas. It gets harder not to be a sitar snob after years of improving in my attempts. To me there's something attractive about being poor and getting art out of the best I can afford.

[scbryan420]

what makes your sitar cheap and badly made?

[guitarrodan104]

Probably the quality of the wood used. My dad used to know an Indian guy who was really good at sitar, and he shown one to him in a shop somewhere, but the guy didn't want it because it was too heavy. Good sitars are meant to be as light as a feather apparently, so it probably explains why this guy hates his.

[scbryan420]

what kind is it?

[guitarrodan104]

Not entirely sure. Probably one with a crappy quality pumpkin at the bottom.

[tripmonk0]

Light as a feather? Not always but an older sitar might well be due to the wood drying out.

Nick tripmonk0

[pleasantms]

It sounds like a nice, authentic sitar!

[Iluvworldpeace]

is it hard to play?

[thewonderwall1987]

it depends. being a guitar player i didn't find difficult to play a sitar, but maybe others yes, i don't know. the hardest thing is stay in the right position and hold the sitar

[tripmonk0]

Sounds like Peter Sellers on sitar just before the credits of his film 'The Party'. The film where he plays an accident prone Indian actor.

Nick

[metallicarox523]

this sounds amazing!!

[daz199md]

ive never seen a sitar with such a small upper gourd

nice todi, meends are good ( in tune)

timing is good, nice slow pace

sounds like it was ravi shankar-influenced?

check out my sitar vid, there is also audio delay :)