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Electric Zeetar

Anyone ever seen this one in real ? The Rajah Zeetar is an instrument made in the 1960’s in the likeness of a sitar. Supplied with an electronic amplifier. Made in Japan. It comes with 2 eye-catching big magnetic pickups and the body is made of papier-mache with a…

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Today I added a small article about “doing jiwari” to the maintenance page. This seems for so many an insurmountable task, for others it remains a sacred secret on which sometimes insiders make profit by doing or pretending that this is only to be touched by a lucky few.…

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Hiren Roy Compact Sitar

Towards the end of last year Hiren Roy company came with their version of the “compact sitar”. At first sight a regular sitar with an original slotted head, but … …they simply cut the tumba by half. It looks very similar to Sanjay’s “studio travel model“, which has a…

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Jay Scott Hackleman and late Kartar Chand Sharma 21 years ago Jay Scott Hackleman was so very lucky to be able to spend a whole year in the very special company of some of the world’s finest traditional sitarmakers, Kartar Chand & Hari Chand Sharma. He wrote a profound…

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Onze goede vriend Bert Cornelis op toernee in India, het bewijs…: Een meer dan levensgrote affiche van Bert Cornelis & Pt. Uddhav Shinde, sitar & pakhawaj jugalbandi… in de straten van Latur, India. Op de affiche met Hridaynath Mangeshkar, een broer van de wereldberoemde Lata Mangeshkar. Een foto uit…

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… net als haar baasje, in winterslaap. In poezendromenland

Een hennep proefveld, bij ons in de buurt, ecologie een stap vooruit!! Hennep is een uitermate milieuvriendelijk gewas. Hennep verbouwen kan volledig organisch. De planten zijn vanuit zichzelf resistent tegen allerlei schadelijke insecten, waardoor pesticiden overbodig zijn. Hennep bedekt zeer snel de bodem, onkruid krijgt geen kans en onkruidverdelgers…

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Een leuk alternatief initiatief. Meer info over hennep producten op www.hempmade.be.

Our good friend Bert Cornelis on tour in India : Bert Cornelis & Pt. Uddhav Shinde, sitar & pakhawaj jugalbandi… in Latur, India. On the poster with Hridaynath Mangeshkar, a brother of the world-famous singer Lata Mangeshkar. More info about Bert on www.sitarplayer.be.

Seen at the annual top-event of music-industry in California : Look at the similarities to my solid body sitar. Or, check here: blog categories sitar making.

Last weekend I fitted the ivory jiwari on Chico’s sitar. It gave a noticeable warm and round sound… Good old friend Chico is very proud with his new ivory jiwari. Now it’s up to him to test the durability of the material.

This upper jiwari has also been made out of the same piece of billard ball about 9 years ago. Although this ivory is rather smooth, I have the impression that this jiwari sound lasts much longer than staghorn.

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