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At 10:54 PM -0800 3/4/03, Chris Richards wrote: >That sounds like the Coral Electric Sitar... Finally, in the early >90's, I believe, a guy in Nashville named Jerry Jones not only >basically reproduced the original instrument, but also fixed most of >the intonation problems. I believe he calls it something like the >Baby Electric Sitar or something like that, and offers models with >and without drone strings. I have a Jerry Jones Master Sitar with the classic "gator" red crackle finish. I keep it tuned to an open D. I used it on the Alias Zone "Lucid Dreams" CD. The buzz bridge is made of wood. Otherwise it is similar to the Coral as Chris describes it. Jerry Jones also makes a Baby Sitar, which lacks the sympathetic strings. A couple of years ago NAMM he showed a version of the Master Sitar that had a head stock and regular guitar tuners for the sympathetic strings, rather than the autoharp-style tuners that require a key. I imagine this was a one-off, since it hasn't appeared on his Web site. For those unfamiliar, Jerry Jones filled the void left when Danelectro ceased production by creating improved versions of many of their models. Now that Dano is back he carries on in the same fashion. http://www.jerryjonesguitars.com/Master%20sitar.htm http://www.jerryjonesguitars.com/Baby%20sitar.htm Also check out the "shorty" 12-string http://www.jerryjonesguitars.com/Nshorty.htm -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com