Jay Scott Hackleman
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…
…new… SAS-01 …new…
Day 40 is another happy day: after the successful second glue-session, the body of this new sitar is complete. This one I baptise SAS-01, Semi Acoustic Sitar.
Once more,…glueing
Day 39: the big glueing, ctd… The soundboard as well as the fretboard has been glued at once. This means a day less to dry.
Carving of the top plate
Day 38 : Carving of the last soundboard. Follow the different steps… Drawing the zones to be carved, drilling holes, carving the holes,… until the holes are gone…
The soundboard
Day 30: Modelling the first soundboard. This is the result, after a first rough cutting and sanding session.
Body sides are ready
Day 26: Finishing the joint, making it equal to the height of the body sides and inserting an acoustic pipe between the neck and the soundbody.
The joint
Talking about a joint here means the connection between two different wooden parts of the instrument: the neck and the body. It is a very important item covering strenght and stability. The body is tilted 4° backwards and 2° downwards according to the neck’s axis. This doesn’t make it more easy.
The Solid Body Sitar
A unique combination of ancient and modern know-how. Specifications The making of Report Players This page is about a new style of sitar which is using pickups as the only means of capturing the sound. A prototype is fully working with an EMG model 91 accompanied by two hand…