Italia Modena Sitar

[Funkshake]

Enjoyed your version of The End, sounded sweet

[Kyussfan96]

play this with a fuzz pedal

[jakekull]

2:35 Behind The Sun - RHCP

[hihowareyouitsme]

I'm sorry for that last comment, I posted it only after listening to Andy's demo in the beginning.

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

Where these guitars fail is that that limit how many notes you can bend. On a sitar some players can bend notes to create that Indian sound.

[ShadowPony064]

I'd be curious to hear how this sounds with a chorus pedal. Must check my local stores and try one although I haven't seen any locally so far.

[StrangerPage]

you should have played black mountain side by led zeppelin

i bet it would sound awsome on this

[laudypapa1]

3:35 is amazing

[CrenshawMoreno]

Andy! Thank you, for playing Behind The Sun! What a great song :-D

[510shredder]

nice...love paint it black ;)

[cantworkitout]

hahaha @ 1:18 i see what you did thar... METALLICA!! =p

[aektzis91]

Imagine running this through a big muff, MONSTER TONE!! ;)

[wedontknowone1]

Yea Im also with that guy who wants to see a detailed review of the italia mondial for the same reason that ther arent any good reviews on YouTube!

[MrTimothyWatts]

Is it tuned the same as a regular guitar?

[reallifereportage]

Andy what is your source for learning the music to all these songs? Surely you don't figure them all out by ear...

[piratpojken]

@reallifereportage i'm sure he does.

[stevalianarbone]

Amazing sound greatest cover ever of this classic

[jajaja12]

amazing guitar!

hey i have few questions

1. if i live in israel and i want to order this guitar from your shop how is it possible to make it?

2. lets say i ahve this guitar, what strings do i need to use for it?

3. when i need to setup this guitar? can a regular setupist fix this guitar or he wouldnt know what to do?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@jajaja12 Hello,

Yes, we ship worldwide!

The Modena Sitar uses regular guitar strings for the 6 string portion and uses .10 gauge for the mini harp. Any qualified tech should be able to set up this guitar.

You can add to cart for our shipping rates. Thank you,

PGS

[LedWhisky69]

3:30 This is the End!

Man, that's a beautiful sounding instrument and Andy plays it so well. 

[DrPrice1968]

I play a REAL sitar ;)

[CopperfoxMusic]

Schwing! Schwing! Schwing!

[brokenzaphyr]

Andy you're the hindu god.

[awesomejohnnet]

looks very fun to play

[fritze01]

Like a BOSS Andy, Like a Boss!!

That was epic man.

You really seemed to be transported away there a bit.

[8ulls3y3]

It's the most exciting thing I've recently seen around that I actually don't need at all. If you know what I mean.

[sharkyjoe77]

More, more!

[wordhurler]

Sounds great. The crackle finish is a nice nod to the Coral Sitar.

[ghaibboy]

Tour of duty soundtrack hehe

[Schpudd]

On their site it says this is now discontinued... be quick guys

[TheChinovnik]

oooooh it is soooo sick. i wish i had the money to get one. Andy you made my day. again.

[0418katt]

AMAZING!

[captainpaul]

confusion is when such good sounds come out of such an ugly instrument.

[milknhoneydollbaby]

@captainpaul for me it's gorgeous

[MrMuddyBleach]

That is awesome!

[TVRobot1]

Y u no Green Tambourine?

[jagutron]

nice!!



[Nelion5189]

@sharrer2: Autoharp strings, Zither strings?

[gokolink]

Yep. Robby Krieger definately meant for the end to be played on sitar, time simple did not allow.

[runlikehell73]

Blue Jay Lay :D

[turinturambar1812]

this is sick. how sounds a harp with an freaked out fuzz?

[humpdefunk]

Behind the sun rhcp :3

[snk07]

I...WANT....THIS!: Oo

[unfairrocks]

i wuold love hear that with distortion!and i bet i'm not alone on this! "LIKE" THIS IF YOU THING THE SAME! ;)

[sharrer2]

Where would I buy harp strings? o.O

[emploise]

Sitar Rig 5

[xboxnissan]

The black/red finish is AMAZING. I play metal and love Jackson, Schecter and such. But this guitar is beautiful and sounds great !

[pangtjoff]

You forgot to play Legal Man by Belle & Sebastian!

[apessk8s88]

WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT

[Socioistic]

Coolest. Thing. Ever.

[FreddyFuFu]

so cool



[roundabout145]

i new hes gonna play behind the sun :D

[rafsbio]

I wouldn't mind having one of these and starting a Kula Shaker cover band!

[slashy04]

you should have done freak show excess :(

[gonde21]

paint it black

[Lokar92]

This must be a bitch to tune!

[jelledegitaarman]

@Lokar92 Why?

[ultimateguitarwizard]

play half by soundgarden!

[Eldererr]

1:18 whats that song

3:51 ive heard that from some The Doors song

[PrehistoricBeasts]

@Eldererr Metallica - Wherever I May Roam

[drdoggydog]

@Eldererr 1:18 is wherever I may roam by metallica

[MrExplorer260]

@Eldererr Metallica-Wherever I may roam

[metelegerald]

Andy grow a mustache!

[Eldererr]

1:18 whats that song

[TobyBallMusic]

is the main neck tuned like a normal guitar?

[66420192]

That little smirk, 1:26

[garyptaszek]

"Behind the Suuunnnn" :D

[Olpaj]

UNDER THE SUN BY THE RED HOT CHILIS. ID NEVER THINK I COULD HEAR THIS IN A MUSICAL STORE DEMO. HAIL ANDY!

[menga111]

My only friend the end

[96FenderTele]

sure , its a fun pedal

but how many times will you actually use this on a gig?

[TrippinGiraffe]

@96FenderTele It's not a pedal, it's a guitar.

[grofovakeva]

i would just love to hear that thing with a distortion just for the fun of it :DD (though it would probably have a really shitty and mushy sound)

[KlobberSaurus]

BLUEJAY WAY! No way!

[gkb911]

Dw Paint it black, i remembered as soon as I posted that comment...

[riseofthefallen301]

Really really cool instrument, but why not just buy a sitar?

[gkb911]

What is that at the start? Pardon my ignorance!

[DenKulesteSomFins]

@gkb911 Paint it black, by the Rolling stones

[JohnRegular180]

What would happen if you put this through an EHX Ravish Sitar?

[MemorymanDL]

@JohnRegular180 Awesomeness,

just a straight up smack in the face of awesome.

[cesteacy]

@JohnRegular180 you die.

[SpearWieldingOctopus]

@JohnRegular180 It would shatter the universe, you fool!

[ENTRY8band]

@JohnRegular180 Death to all mankind :)

[ChickenRapist]

@JohnRegular180

Opposites repel. You get a guitar tone with that.

[qsarpadoh]

@JohnRegular180 A Sitar-Chorus maybe?

[ClueBand]

The only gear review that features Blue Jay Way!

[InfectedAmaro]

Behind The Sun *w*

[Petergriffiths001]

Andy!!!!!

[moucon]

Haha Andy.. now you need an electric Oud and you'll be all set. ProOudShop

[jharri1]

Hello?



[jharri1]

Andy could staple a rubber-band to a beer can and I would want one after hearing him play it! Andy RULES!

[tr0picalpopsicle]

BEHIND THE SUN!

[sugeci]

ProSitarShop, right?

[secretagentYTer]

im confused, do the sympathetic strings just magically ring out?

[Acruhf]

@secretagentYTer the sympathetic strings vibrate with the guitar body when it is played.

[ZepIV]

@secretagentYTer On a sitar, the sympathetic strings resonate with the tones played on the main strings, hence the name "sympathetic."

[t3tsuyaguy1]

@secretagentYTer It's a part of the physics of vibration. When the air near a string vibrates at the same frequency it is tuned to, it will begin vibrating as well. In a traditional sitar, these strings run underneath the strings actually played. They are a big part (though not all) of that distinctive sitar tone.

Sympathetic vibrations are really important for many instruments. They can be something to worry about, or they can be used to great effect.

[ihaveaverybadcold]

man i would love to hear a demo of this is b tuning....with a bluesky rv5 elcap carbon copy and a volumepedal

[jimmyp73]

the end, epic rendition andy

[bsascottish]

great review.can you review the EKO Guitars 295

[VAIou812]

BEHIND THE SUN!!!! Old school Chilis!!!! I was talking to somebody on Facebook and listening to this, and when I suddenly realized what Andy was playing, I flipped out!!!!

[EpictheEpicest]

what happens if you break a string? You need to buy some expensive string pack specific to electric sitars?

[DanielandFriends]

Changing the strings on that would suck something awful

[freesoulvw]

Is it bad that my regular guitar sounds Ike that? Time for a tune up :)

[youknowyourrite1]

@fgonzalezb1990 only if you can make it... i'd think this would go better with mod. effects and delay and probably reverb especially.

[zoofields]

Old school red hot chili peppers!

[Fkepler2]

i was feeling there would have been some white summer/black mountainside thrown in there :-)

[rusher38]

Aww

How sympathetic

[frnzwrtz]

Adoraria um brinquedo desses de natal :D 

[Baconfish]

...Did I hear Andy stray into Killing an Arab at the end of the intro?

[Xplorervoodoo]

@Baconfish That was "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica...

[thefriendlyfinger69]

@Baconfish that's the end of "Paint it Black". It IS similar though! Would be great to see Andy do some old Cure...

[thefriendlyfinger69]

@Baconfish that's the end of "Paint it Black". It IS similar though! Would be great to see Andy do some old Cure...

[jochiasson]

Changing strings must be a pain int the you know what....

[Ombrenuit]

@fgonzalezb1990 Probably not lol

[johnthe]

Seriously Groovie!

[stealyourface73]

I bet it sounds best in open C.

[SkateoverSchool247]

Behind the sun!!

[jomarthegreat1]

i LOVE stores like PGS - they don't care that their stock isn't 'the norm' in an age where names like Gibson and Fender (not that they're bad names) dominate the scene.

[gonzalezmacias]

Dear Santa......!!!!!

[FatherFerrus]

Great demo.

[BluesBrogio]

You love this job, don't you Andy?

[jonlag3000]

Well that is just f*cking awesome.

[ianwlad]

so awesome!

[SideshowBob180]

What kind of strings does the mini-harp use?

[iagobroxado]

@SideshowBob180 high E strings - 9s or 10s your choice.

[edadmartin]

George? Ravi ? Andy?  who are you??? That is the coolest guitar ever Great playin.

[dww0902]

Imagine this with some sort of vibrato tailpiece. Hmm...

[Hatafuriyamanokaiju]

Awesooome!

[marcussilvamgs]

Wherever I May Roam 1:17 :D METALLICA

[Guitarvirtuoso666]

can you also play it without the Sympathetic strings? (make it sound as a regular guitar)

[HallyIsNotVegan]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 My guess would be that you simply turn down the volume control for that pickup.

[Andy8Tran]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 You can turn that pickup off.

[CraigSpannier]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 Its the bridge, so probably not

[iagobroxado]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 It would still sound like an "electric -sitar" because of the buzz bridge, you can't turn that off! The symp. strongs just add some background harmony.

[plpicher]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 No, The sitar sound comes from the bridge, instead of being as sharp as possible as on a guitar, A sitar bridge is as flat as possible so that the string touches it as it vibrates creating a buzzing sound, on an electric model it doesn't vibrate very well so the sympathetic strings aren't very useful.

[Superninjasam]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 why would you want to?

[hailmasch]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 You could probably put something on top of the strings to stop them from ringing out, like tape.

[RobbyWheelerGuitar]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 At 2:00 he says "... leave the sympathetic strings on..." I don't think he would say that if you couldn't turn them off.

[SixStringHarmonies]

@RobbyWheelerGuitar the pickup turns off, of course. However, the strings will still resonate.

[RobbyWheelerGuitar]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 You'll still get the ringing sound of the strings, regardless though. Unless you stop them from ringing, of course.

[Shredsaplenty]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 I'd imagine so, just turn the pickup volume for them all the way down.

[ric4682]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 The sympathetic strings aren't what make it sound like a sitar, it's the bridge on the normal guitar side. The sympathetic strings are those harp sounding ones.

[dutchjap62]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 Why would you want it to sound like a regular guitar? The whole point is to sound like a sitar

[garyptaszek]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 you'd have to change the bridge. The bridge is designed to make the strings buzz.

[Guitarvirtuoso666]

I want Citar Hero to be released on the PS3!

[Metallimeister]

This is so killer!

[TheLOLmonstah96]

Ok PGS I appreciate this and everything you guys do but can you please stop the waiting and just demo the Chicagoan please?

[ET3BASS]

BEHIND THE SUN?! Andy, I LOVE you :D

[spotthepirate]

Behind The Sun? Gorgeous.

[nhlturtle87]

THE END!!!!

[jackwontknow1]

I like the doors cover!! "this is the end..."

[guitarsteve6190]

SMOKE MACHINE!

[hogie1525]

2:15 Behind the Sun!!!

[Ombrenuit]

Love it! I need a job :'(

[AlexSongDoesCovers]

Combine this with the Earthquaker Devices Rainbow Machine and the EHX Ravish Sitar.

[nicolanzarotti]

3:36 The Horror... The Horror!!!

[TheKAITEEDID]

I Love it.....I'm Thinkin 'Enter Sandman'' Intro would be sweet thru my Dude's Randall/EVH inbred amp...These in stock ready to be shipped n' deliveried before ''Bank Of God day..! Yours In Spirit, Kaitee

[JustinSimm90]

Very cool, would be sweet to pull one out for a solo at a gig. Nice price too!

[skate4lifebit]

I WANT!!!

[Gaelmusicvideo]

NICE !

[primalconcretefear]

When I read Sitar, I though "it would be cool if Andy played some Harrison"

Thanks Andy!

[SterilizeThePopulace]

That's pretty cool.

[SpankieDublin33]

UNDER 300!!!!!!



[mcafee1971]

@SpankieDublin33 Nope! $ 659.00 .

[sasukeuchihalb]

i like the paint it black intro (:

[GuitarBlues3]

Cool!