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Chris Sattler
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Hunter Valley, Australia
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 1:51 am |
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Watching a clip of Rusty Young with Poco playing Indian Summer I noticed he plays with a hexagonal bar which then he switched back to round about 3:40. Are these commonplace? I've got to say I've never seen one before. Surely it is played with an edge and not a face although he does appear to have the face down. Check for yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bKzPxP1Po8&feature=player_detailpage
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 4:48 am
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Jim Dunlop sells a Sitar bar, with a flat about ΒΌ" wide milled down it. If used with care and some practice, you can get a full-on sitar sound, or a bit less buzz and you can sound like a bottleneck slide.
I have one. I don't use it much, but it's fun
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 8:34 am
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| That is an outstanding performance. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 2:23 pm
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| If you have an un-plated, polished stainless bar, you could just go to a machine shop, and have them precision grind a flat on it. I had a buddy who was a lathe operator make me a bar with a flat. Hardly ever used it, but it did sitar sounds quite nicely. |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 12:54 pm
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Bobbe Seymour sells sitar bars.
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Chris Sattler
From:
Hunter Valley, Australia
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 8:41 pm
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| Don't think I need one. I've got my hands full with the round one. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 9:51 pm
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Can't say I have ever had the need to sound like a sitar.
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 31 Oct 2011 7:46 am
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| But then what're you gonna do when they call for "Games People Play?" |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2011 7:59 am
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| Or you can play a frightfully obnoxious version of "Free Bird!" |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 31 Oct 2011 8:20 am
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Bzzzzt! Repetition.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 31 Oct 2011 11:06 am
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| But then what're you gonna do when they call for "Games People Play?" |
That's never happened, but it is a good song.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 31 Oct 2011 12:52 pm
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I have a Dunlop sitar bar. I used it when I need to play Norwegian Wood.
But The Dunlop is flat on one side. I've never seen a hexagonal bar like that before.
Maybe the different sides produce different sounds?
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Allan Jirik
From:
Wichita Falls TX
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Posted 31 Oct 2011 7:38 pm
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| My dad made me a brass bar with a flat edge during my experimental phase (early 70s). Can't remember using it much but it was fun to mess around with. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2011 6:03 am
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| If you're content playing single notes, you can get much more control over it just by using a regular bar with an extreme forward slant. You can play a whole octave on four strings without sliding your hand, just change the slant. |
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