Re: Sitar Sounds out of a Guitar

[Rich <rich@nuvision.com>]

There is also a studio trick that I read about some time ago and tried with
some success.

Take an acoustic guitar and lay it flat on the ground, soundhole up.  set
an E-bow on the A or D string, but detune the string so it is fairly slack,
and buzzes slightly as the e-bow vibrates the string.  then retune/detune
the other strings in sypathetic tune with the string being vibrated by the
e-bow.  You can move the e-bow back and forth to get the right amount of
buzz.  Add a bit of flange....

It was kindof a cheezy trick and a one-trick pony, but provided some
interesting textures.


later,

rich



At 03:30 PM 12/9/99 EST, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 12/9/99 11:20:40 AM, Kojaque@email.msn.com writes:
>
>>I was wondering if anyone out there knows a way to get a sitar-like sound
>>out of a regular electric guitar.  Is there a pedal or combinations of
>>pedals that would do it?
>
>I'd start with a compressor pedal, a particularly squishy one (Boss) Set 
>Attack low and compression a bit high, tone towards high end. Then next 
>plug 
>into a Flanger with a subtle, shifting thing going. If you can put an EQ 
>in 
>between the pedals you might dial out the mids. 
>
>Send this to a 3 second loop and set your drone with an open string, let 
>it 
>layer the same note at least twice. The flange should give you that 
>slight 
>overtone shift that the Tamboura produces. Then pick away for your Sitar.
>
>eric p
>echo park
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