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Exploring the Danelectro Sitar Guitar Reissue
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- Welcome to Pedal Playhouse! Today, we're exploring the Danelectro Sitar Guitar Reissue, a unique and innovative instrument originally created in 1967. We'll start with an unboxing, then delve into its history and how to play the sitar guitar. If you can play the guitar then you can play the sitar guitar!If you can play the guitar, you can play the sitar guitar! It’s designed to be easier than the traditional sitar, as it uses standard guitar tuning, though it can also be tuned to alternative tunings like DADGAD and Drop D! With this reissue, the enchanting sounds of the sitar are brought into the realm of modern electric guitars as I put it through my pedalboard. Will it work with fuzz pedals? What other effects does this instrument love? Whether you're a guitarist looking to add a new dimension to your sound or just curious about this fascinating instrument, you're in the right place! Thank you so much for any time you spend watching this video, I really appreciate it. There are timestamps if you want to hop around and just hear sounds only, no worries I got you covered there!
In this video, I’ll cover:
🎸 unboxing and History: Learn about the origins of the Danelectro Sitar Guitar and its place in music history.
🎸 Design and specs: Explore the distinct features that set this Sitar guitar apart from a regular, including its sitar-like tone and unique bridge design while still being able to play like a guitar with its fretboard and tuning.
🎸 Sound Demonstrations: Hear the Danelectro Sitar Guitar in action through an effects pedalboard.
📹 Chapters:
00:00 - Welcome to the unboxing
02:57 - The focus of this Sitar Guitar video
04:04 - Short History of the instrument
04:42 - Sitar Guitar Tuning and bridge design
05:21 - The Sympathetic strings
07:11 - Beautiful B-Roll footage with the Specs
08:14 - Channel Sub & Support with Sweetwater links
08:37 - Unique body shape design and Neck Tip
09:30 - What is the Price?
10:15 - Jerry Jones Sitar Guitar at Walt & Grace Guitar Store
11:00 - Can you play Chords with it?
11:48 - Action height out of the box
12:05 - How we will explore the Pedalboard with the Sitar Guitar
12:48 - Sound Examples with effects
19:11 - Final Thoughts
20:07 - What is this channel about?
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SWEETWATER Affiliate links for the Danelectro Sitar Guitar
Danelectro Sitar - White Crackle - sweetwater.sjv...
Danelectro Sitar - Black Crackle - sweetwater.sjv...
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SHURE MoveMic Two Lav System
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Eventide H90 Harmonizer Multi-effects Pedal - sweetwater.sjv...
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The sailors with their ice cream observing sitar music
It was fleet week when I was there and I rarely see them during the year so that was pretty kool.
Best correction I've found for neck dive is to invest in a suede guitar strap...they don't slip on the shoulder like other straps. Simplest fix.
Ooo Thank you Greg! I was looking into some straps but they were the more complicated ones that wrapped around your waist but suede seems like a really good idea for grip. I appreciate the possible solution.
I enjoyed listening to you play. You're very talented.
Aww Thank you so much for saying that, I really appreciate your time in watching till the end and telling me this. Bless you ❤
Oh my god. The production quality and editing is insane! Awesome video!
Thanks so much Sid, put a lot of love into my editing so your saying that means the world ❤
wherever i may roam
By myself but not alone ❤ yeaaa great song utilizing the sound. Other danelectro sitar videos feature popular riffs so I thought not to copy that approach nor did I want a copyright strike 😆
I’m so glad I got my Rogue sitar when I did ($200 at the time). It’s completely identical to this, as well as to the Jerry Jones version some years ago. And it’s held up over the years.
Thank you for watching! I’ve seen those rogues! I’ve been curious about them too. Thank you for saying this as it’s important to know there’s more options and that it holds up much like the Jerry jones do also. They are really fun instruments, def hope it inspires others to give it a go with any brand version of the sitar guitar ❤
Thanks, I'd always wondered how those would sound fuzzed out.
I wondered that too, so I def wanted to solve that mystery for us all that wondered! Glad to do it ❤
Wow, this thing is sick! I love Dan Electro. Also, stellar pedalboard, Joan 👌
Awww Thanks for watching Stephen I’m happy to see you and ya dude you’d love this through your pedalboard! We are very similar haha ❤ 🙌
@@PedalPlayhouse Oh man, I would have a blast! You guys are always welcome at our studio in OKC if you're in the area. 👍
@@stephenbeyerthank you so much for invite, if I’m in that area I’ll keep it in mind that would be fun. 🙌 you have the coolest instruments
i have some legit gear but my daily go to at home is my danny reissue through yamaha thr10? who woulda thought? strung with 8s none the less....am i crazy? i don't know. all the while my toneking and 73 paul sit around looking sad "please play me daddy" i hear them say
That was alot of cool sounds. Great video as allways, and fun to Figaro 😊
Thank you so much Peter, good to see you and I am glad you enjoyed the sounds as well as the real Figaro cameo :)
Hey Joan, that is a very cool Guitar/Sitar.
The Tremolo-Pan sounds are very Sitar.
Totally agree about the Fuzz sounds, this is made for Fuzz.
I am really glad they are hard to get in Australia as I can't afford another Guitar right now. 😁
Thanks again
Take care.
Pete
Hahaha Pete you’re marked safe for now! Thanks for watching and telling me that, I appreciate it and glad you liked the sounds I caught to share.
holy crap! these are actually currently available. i hear ya, they need to be affordable because most folks are not $3k interested to try a new sound. like resonantors, i dig em but by the time you get the legit tone they are pricey. 60s supro folkstar sounds great, reissue models almost sound like a cheap thin guitar, not really resonator. reality is most sitar guitars probably get used a lot for about a week and then one might dable here and there with it, but at $799 i think it's a nice option and beautiful to look at when not on use. it's the gift that keeps on giving year around.
Yea, at that price point it can be something you use as a creative machine when you hit a wall with your other guitars in a way that may spark something to take back into your creative writing. At 3k I also like you couldn’t fathom that kind of investment but I always looked at them with wonder. It’s been a fun 3weeks so far and def still picking it up. I played it with an ebow last night and WISHED I thought of that for this, oh well next time next video for fun I will add it! Have a lovely day ❤
I like the sounds out of this thing. For sitar sounds, I've been using one of the modelling options on the Shuriken. But this is nice as it has those sympathetic strings that hold so much promise and possible fun.
May pick one up for that price.
Thanks for the demo!
Oooo I didn’t know about the modeling version, Thank you so much Zen! I wonder how it would sound combined with the sitar guitar even, would it give it further character 🤔 that is an idea. Yea the possibilities in learning how to play those along with the fretboard I definitely want to spend time exploring if I can accomplish it well with practice. For the price agreed it’s a fun instrument to explore creatively the what ifs of sound you could possibly make with music 😊
I at first thought you meant a modeling plugin 🤦 I see it’s a guitar now, is yours the longer scale length baritone style? I assume that would be kool with the modeling I’ll look more into this now as I’m intrigued haha thanks again
I've been eyeballing getting this for quite some time... you posted this about the same time I faved several on Reverb! (Hard to bite the bullet when I own an actual sitar and have very little storage space left for guitars... but I could see myself using this far, far more often than I use the sitar)
Which ones did you fav? Specific color? I too eyed these for a while, even the baby sitar the year before. I can see where you’re coming from having an actual sitar I can only imagine set up takes more time when you just want to get to creating music/playing. I showed my father this weekend on a visit and out of all my guitars I’ve ever brought for him to play them he played the sitar guitar far longer. It was fun hearing Aerosmith on it and other riffs haha ya it doesn’t matter what you play there is a very fun aspect to it and that it’s a guitar yet still different. I’m glad my video was helpful and timely AudioAstronaut! 🫡
@@PedalPlayhouse I like the red crackle, but I already got a red burst Danelectro 59x12 12-string, so I was actually leaning toward that white crackle you have.
What regular sitar allows very well is dramatic bend/vibrato action. But it has movable frets (not super easy to tune and keep in tune), and the sympathetic strings are VERY hard to tune. It would be nice to get the sitar sound with the simplicity, familiarity, and tunings of a guitar.
Probably my next purchase!
@@theaudioastronautI totally get that as a reason to not get another Red color instrument, I saw the black crackle first at NAMM and almodt was the one I was going for but then saw the White and same reaction towards it.
Thank you for sharing your experience on playing Sitar as it’s not something I’ve ever been in proximity of but was always fascinated by. That would make sense with moving parts it being a dedicated effort to keep it in tune might lean you towards a simpler way of getting similar sounds. If you do get one I hope it is exactly what you’d hope it would be for you ❤
As a woman & musician loved your comment about witchcraft ... as an old "hippie" the Danelectro sitar guitar has been on my wishlist. Live in Sydney Aust. so not sure if many have made it downunder. Will go on the prowl ! Ta for great review.
I laughed with happiness reading your comment hearing the joke was appreciated. Watched a lot of Monty python growing up 😂 I do hope you can find one locally! I have a friend that lives in Sydney and you all do get it rough with shipping. Thank you so much for watching and for saying this, made my night ❤
@@PedalPlayhouse love it when Americans appreciate Monty Python ! Quite frankly as women we know "witchcraft" trails have always been about controlling the bodies & minds of women. Now to just pop that carrot on my nose again ... ❤️🐱
@@titichartay7216hahahaha!
@@PedalPlayhouse ps you are toast - adorable black puddy cats ! ❤️🐱
@@titichartay7216yes they are! Get me into trouble always here 😅
It's like when Prince made his Tele disappear after ripping a solo on TV. Yeetus Guitarus Deletus.
Yess Hahahaha!! yeetus guitarist deletus is a great band name Zane 😜
@@PedalPlayhouse It sounds like the name of a Euro Synthwave band with keys player and Moog player instead of a guitarist.... and they only cover Emerson, Lake and Palmer songs. 🤣🤘
@@zanewalters5606I can totally see that and now hear it 😆
I can dig it, Rosie the Rive-Sitar.
The paintbrush, colors, canvas thing is definitely how I view my process, also.
Haha I love that! Yeaaa I think it’s a really great perspective to have 🙌
Very entertaining, love guitar unboxing!
Thanks so much Brywest for saying this and for watching! Glad it was fun ❤
awesome, I can see this channel going far! Great showcase of the instrument and the effects used
Thank you so much Octopaul for saying this! I hope in creating these videos it inspires people to connect and make their own creative sounds. Good ripples.
I'm in love with that cat painting ! (I made a painting once of dictators and world leaders as cats playing Risk 😂)
Mine was a gift from friends! And that’s awesome you painted that, I do believe when not home they play my board games 😝
Love your black, winged cat clock.
Thanks! Looking back at him always brings a smile to my face ❤️
Wow i never saw you on youtube before but the video was great! Underrated channel for real🔥🙏
Aww Thanks Max! I appreciate your watching and saying this ❤
Cool!
Thank you so much for watching and saying this ❤
Don't get me wrong, it sounds great with and without fuzz, but those ambient sounds are where it really shines for me. Thanks for showcasing a ton of different samples!
Of course! It’s why I wanted to get a bunch of sound ideas, like I even had more but had to cut them to not make this video longer then it already was hahaha
Ok, I finally got to watch this all the way through. Super cool sound out of this thing! I immediately got the urge to plug this into my Boss Tera Echo or TC Infinite Sample Sustainer. I feel like it would also take a phaser or chorus really well.
How was it? I just used my Ebow on it last night with a whammy pedals and dammit I wish I would have before because I would have included it here! It’s really kool and I’ll see about another video including that as a sound. I’m excited to keep trying new things with it, and maybe a strum pattern that works best without fuzz
The fact that especially in the white crackle I get Millennium Falcon vibes makes it even more attractive to me
That’s actually what I named the guitar, I said it in filming but in editing cut it out not to make this video even longer haha but we are def in the same page on Star Wars vibes with white crackle
really great review by the way - seriously considering this thing for a show I'm developing @@PedalPlayhouse
@@JNathanielBerke thank you!! I would love to see what you do if you do end up welcoming one into your home! Video wise or live show wise? I’m still learning ways to play it and explore uniquely how I can make it my own with expression. Is your channel linked to this handle? Def encourage you to pursue creatively as your North Star allwaaayys. I’ve wanted one of these for years, if you feel the same pull yaa it’s gonna be a good fit. 🙌
it's a narrative tv series about parahumans@@PedalPlayhouse
@@JNathanielBerke I just looked up Parahumans, premise sounds cool. What channel / network will it be for? if you don’t mind me asking so I can be on the lookout.
You could counteract the neck dive by placing your forearm on the body, or you could change the position of the strap button to the back of the guitar
Thanks Mark! I do show you can put your forearm on the body!
@PedalPlayhouse I saw a UA-cam video that showed placing the strap button on the back of the guitar, put the headstock at a 45° angle
@@markjohnson9485Yup! my 339 has its button in that position placement which is a good counter balance.
One of the nicest uses of the electric sitar is the guitar solo on "Do It Again" played by Danny Dias as a member of Steely Dan.
Thank you for telling me, I’ll check it out. A few comments told me about Rory Gallagher using one and I went looking and that’s goals for me now.
I for one enjoyed the buzzy strumming at 11:20. I also really liked the reverbs/delays at 17:00, I feel the sitar sounds really enhance the vibe. Very cool video Joan!
Thanks David! It can really be anything depending on how you approach it and ya reverbs and delays are definitely enhanced by the buzz especially when it’s a reverse delay!
A bass vi type of a baritone version of this would be so cool
Oh damn, I’d def want that version if it existed too 👀
Grab a Squier Bass VI it buzzes more than any sitar
@@contrordreI tried 2 in store a while back actually, the first one they gave me to try the knobs were frozen and the signal was DOA but the second one they gave me worked so yea build quality could sometimes bring happy accidents in sitar like buzzing 😂😂😂
Sitar with fuzz is a revelation!
Indeed it is Aleph! 🙌
Very interesting!
Isn’t it? Looking forward to what else I can learn in playing it from this point forward. Thank you for watching ❤
You can strum. Steve Howe’s strumming of this guitar on Close to the Edge sounded great.
I’m still learning! I think it’s a pattern of strum but the usual kinda acoustic strums this one just isn’t a fan of. With the fuzz so far I’ve had the most luck! I’ve had it for 3 weeks and will keep using it in vids so I’m thrilled to try other stuff with it too.
@@PedalPlayhouse I think the trick is that if you strum, don’t let the chords ring out and sustain all the time. Try working similarly to how a funk guitarist might strum, ie use bar chords and release pressure on your fretting hand occasionally to “kill” or dampen the chords. And the sympathetic stings can work with you or against depending on the chord sequences you use, but you can always silence those strings.
@@souldreamer9056thank you so much, I’m not a funk guitar player but looking into it seems to be the trick as yeaa just ringing out it’s a train wreck. I love learning new ways of doing things so thank you for taking the time to tell me so I can in future videos expand and get better at it with that angle of playing it in that style of muting. I’ve had it 3 weeks and still exploring much to my other guitars dismay haha! Appreciate it 🙌
Jeanie made the instrument disappear. It's a good thing that dr. Bellows didn't see that
Oh yea could you imagine the chaos if I wiggled my nose or folded my arms and head nodded instead?! 😆
Love it!
Thanks so much 😊
Well… that’s certainly different. The guitar for the guitarist who already owns everything else.
Rory Gallagher used to play one of those kooky guitars through a few pedals. Just listen to his music.
That’s a good idea, Thank you I now will. I’m def curious 👀
Just looked it up, ok that’s freaking kool as hell. I now have new Goals. 😮
Yesssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😊 yay! ❤
Great review! The sound starting at 15:00 was my favorite!
Thank you so much! Yes! The higher strings with that combo was pretty happy sounding texturally and glad you loved it!
Nice playing....
Thank you so much for watching and saying this ❤
I thought I saw colonel sanders until I realized it was just the navy…
If it was I would have been star struck, I love his chicken!
I hate being a left handed guitar player (especially since I felt like I had no choice in the matter, being a switch hand person depending on activity, and never being comfortable with right handed guitars no matter how hard I tried), because apparently we don’t deserve access to instruments like this.
I have friends who are lefties and are guitarist/bassists and always feel bad when I see through them that you lefties have such lack of access to guitars. I’m sorry it’s not fair, there should be more effort to fix that.
On a sitar, the sympathetic strings are underneath or to the side of the main strings, so I'm wondering how the danelectro sympathetics get triggered so far away without having to strum them. (Cool video! ❤)
They are to the side of the main 6 strings strings. Reverberation of the strings transfers according to what’s said about the design thought behind adding them. The bodies hollow and light weight so it carries reverberation better along to the strings
@@PedalPlayhouse Sorry, I did not understand your 2nd sentence.
@@genepozniakok I’ll rephrase! good vibes transfer easily!
@@PedalPlayhouse 🤣
I had a '59M Danelectro NOS version type guitar that had a metal u-shaped plate that you could place onto pins on the bridge to make it sound like a Sitar. The metal plate barely contacted the strings to make that sound. Unfortunately, I sold it in 1970. I haven't been able to find any info on it, though.
Whoa, so maybe it was in a sense prototyping for the 1967 sitar guitar then and was first attempts. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and this instrument I love learning about this. Maybe they made only a small number that not many survived time.. 🤔
The only effect pedal style you didn't use is the EHX Ravish. Lol. I understand the Dano sitar pedal is considered one of the worst pedals ever. Someday I hope to be able to be competent on using the Ravish, however it may. Be more practical and faster to get one of these. Thanks for the thorough review.
@@SuperOhdannyboyI had the ravish as one of the first pedal I EVER rented! Pedalgenie was cheaper back then as a program. It def was not something to try as your first effects pedal at all but takes a bit of time to learn how to use and I admit I was not patient enough for back then haha! Thanks for watching Dannyboy and sharing your ravish experience as the mention of the ravish took me way back. I have not tried the Danelectro Sitar pedal but I’ve other people use it so I agree with you 😆 it’s not easy to get sitar sounds in pedal form unfortunately tho it probably would have been funny to stack sitar on sitar right? Yeaa that was a missed opportunity there. I also used a ebow on this sitar guitar after posting this video and I wished I included it! 😩 next video I play effects pedals in I’ll def add it in as well as the sitar guitar along with my other guitars as a sample. Always next time.
The ultimate phrygian shredder guitar!
I do love me some Phrygian.. a bit too much actually 😅😂 haha Thanks onionheadguy!
@@PedalPlayhouse no prob thanks for making this review, I think a lot of gear channels are a little shy of picking up this odd guitar! Sounded great though especially through all the time based effects!
@@onionheadguy7094of course! I wanted to share what I learned and my joy so far exploring this instrument finally as I’ve always wanted to. I go where my heart pulls me and hopes that it inspires other folks to think outside the box and play with effects in new ways and have fun. Good ripples. Anything is possible and I think other channels might have some fun too if they try it. You can play vintage songs with it but I wanted to show it can be whatever you want it to be and approachable.
very silly and informal video :D subbed ❤️
Thanks so much for watching and yesss silliness is always part of the playhouse and happy to have you along for the journey now Chikennuggies!
I hope your Sweetwater rep isn't too upset. The last thing this world needs is another Drake feud.
Omg you’re right! last thing we need is another Drake feud!! Hahaha! My feed was flooded with that for a week, makes me now wonder what would Sweetwater Rep Beef would look like 🤔 Thanks for watching Pickyyeeter! I love your screen name 😂
"Will it fuzz?"
Does it djent?
👀 that’s a very good question now 🤣 I wonder if some of the djenty channels would try 🤔
re: the unboxing... I hate it when that happens :)
Right? I need to get more practice but at the same time I’m scared to try again for where it might go. Transdimensional return policies I don’t think are a thing :(
@@PedalPlayhouse Haha, for now :)
@@JeffJacobsonMusic if it keeps happening they def are gonna have to consider putting in in the legal details at sweetwater. One must Snap fingers responsibly.
yes!
🙌 ❤ yes indeed!
sounds like it would be cool with a slide!
Omgggg I should try that! I just tried it with an ebow last night and WISH I knew to include it here! I just watched the ebow video JHS made that tells you how to use it correctly and I finally get to use it right haha after all these years! I have a slide I’ll def one of these nights try 👀 wee!
Woohoo!!
Wooohooo!!
Awesome! I'd love to hear it through a RAT or an Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold
I love rats too! I played it through various distortion and def loved it through fuzz and a metalzone. I kinda wanna pickup an hm2 and see how much more the fuzz of the bridge will make even more angry bee sounds with chainsaws from that pedal. I borrowed from a friend once but never forgot that sound.
why?
Not an easy bridge to intonate while balancing the buzz equally for every string .
Yea I’d say it’s Pretty decent regardless considering an actual sitar is far more complicated.
I can't play a Guitar, so does that mean I can't play the Sitar?
Where there’s a will there’s a way!
It did the fuzz thing rather well.
Doesn’t it? Haha maybe a little too well 😂
We didn't hear any drones? You can play the harp strings, no?
You can play them if you wish but I said in the video I wasn’t there yet to have an example but there are other people in videos where they do! It’s really cool and I want to work towards it.
@@PedalPlayhouse I imagine retuning the harp bit with evil intervals for infernal jazz sitar drones. The fuzz certainly suits it.
@@PorchBass yes that definately is what I’d like to do in explore a bit more doom next time and also I saw folks playing the 6 strings with tapping and then plucking the sympathetic strings also which I so want to learn how to do.
Pluck around and find out
Hahahaha I like that soo much! 😂😂
i wish they would make it lefty
I wish with instrument brands they would have some form of assembly that devoted a percentage to lefty folks. So you aren’t left out.
Too twangy a sound for me ,but I'm glad you found a good sound that you like.
Thanks Fredrick! It’s not for everyone but if folks that do like it are inspired to make music with it as I am then that’s wonderful as well.
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reissue?!?!
They were made in the 60s so this is the 2024 version.
@@PedalPlayhouse I got one a lil while back, I was excited to see a reissue on it with new colors! are there any new pickups or bridges or is it all the same?
@@ohtravo997 are yours the classic lipstick pickups? I only know of this model as it’s the one I have. No experience with a previous danelectro model unfortunately to know travo.
it's a contraction that means to issue again, hope this helps
Pizza nuggets
No Dino? Or is that pizza with Dino nuggies on top?
Cats.
Always cats here ❤
Dogs.
It makes me absolutely cringe every time I see someone grabbing a guitar by the neck and swinging it around or holding it up in the air.
Stay away from Harley Quinn then! Hahaha
Why, though? It's a strange thing to get worked up about.
Guitars are generally held by their necks...
I like toting my vintage theremin around by grabbing it by the antenna!😂