Coral Electric Sitar Textured Bombay Red
Description
Up for sale is a amazing Coral Electric Sitar in great condition. A few scrapes on the upper bout but otherwise looks like it didn't get much use. Comes with all the case candy too!
Comes with the original hardshell case and a pro setup by our in house tech
The Coral electric sitar was marketed as an easy and affordable way for guitar players to get a great new sound reminiscent of the difficult to master Indian sitar sound popularized by Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, and others in the ’60s.
The production version had six strings, along with a set of 13 drone strings on the bass side of the body, which, according to the owner’s manual “respond to the vibrations of the main strings transmitted through the sitar body.” The one shown here has the teardrop shape with treble horn, six strings with “Sitarmatic” bridge and six-on-a-side Kluson Deluxe tuners, 13 drone strings with two rosewood bridges with metal saddles and metal friction pegs designed to be tuned with a harp-style wrench, three “lipstick tube” pickups (two for the played strings, one for the drones), three Volume knobs, three Tone knobs, floating pickguard with the Bell Signature Design logo, a finish dubbed “Textured Bombay Red,” rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, and a Patent Pending sticker affixed to the back of the headstock.
Though Bell was not well-known outside the recording industry, Danelectro capitalized on his history and reputation as a musician’s musician; further promotion included Bell’s cover album, Pop Goes the Electric Sitar, one of his few solo recordings. Press releases and promotional materials from Decca Records and Danelectro (both by then owned by MCA) often described the Indian sitar as a revolutionary instrument for “raga rock” and as “…the ‘in’ sound for today’s popular music.”
Though rare, the Coral Sitar has been played in the studio and onstage by artists as varied as Buddy Guy, Yes, Rory Gallagher, The Clash, and Pat Metheny. Its unique sound has also figured prominently in popular songs during each decade; in the late 1970s, Eddie Van Halen used one for his solo on “Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love” from Van Halen’s debut album. The Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart played in the 1985 video for “Don’t Come Around Here No More” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. In 1991, Metallica used it for the intro to “Wherever I May Roam” and in recent years, MGMT guitarist Andrew VanWyngarden used one on Congratulations.
Details
Model
:
Electric Sitar
Year
:
60s
Modifications
:
None
Condition
:
Excellent
Weight
:
7lbs. 13oz.
Case
:
Original Hard Case
Finish
:
Textured Bombay Red
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