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Sitar Bar
Posted: 22 Mar 2001 3:43 pm
by MUSICO
¿Is there any sound clip on any site where I could hear what a sitar bar sounds like in use?
Jeremy Williams
Gandia Valencia
Spain
"Still haven't got the steel and already worrying about experimenting with different bars......sound like a true PSG player already"
Posted: 22 Mar 2001 4:50 pm
by Jack Stoner
Listen to Tim Mcgraw's Remember Me. Paul Franklin used a sitar bar on that recording.
Posted: 22 Mar 2001 10:09 pm
by Cliff Kane
It sounds like Leo LeBlanc uses a Sitar Bar on the John Prine song, "Sam Stone". Leo LeBlanc played some great stuff with John Prine.
Posted: 24 Mar 2001 3:20 am
by MUSICO
Im not really looking to hear the sitar bar in context in a song.
I would like to hear some vendors comparison sound file.."This is a lck with bar A and this is the same lick on a Sitar bar"
Jeremy Williams
Gandia Valencia
Spain
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by MUSICO on 24 March 2001 at 03:25 AM.]</p></FONT>
Posted: 24 Mar 2001 5:44 am
by Jack Stoner
I don't think there is anything like that around. Maybe someone that has both a regular and sitar bar could record a short clip for comparison for you.
But, you know how Paul Franklin sounds with a regular bar and the licks on the mentioned record will tell you what he sounds like with the sitar bar. It's not a direct one for one comparison but about the only thing available.
Posted: 27 Mar 2001 11:20 pm
by Chris Brooks
Jeremy,
For what it's worth, I have been using a Dunlop sitar bar as my main bar for a long time now. I play with the round surface, then for the sitar sound roll the bar slightly so that the flat surface contacts the strings.
This eliminates picking up and putting down (and maybe dropping!) bars.
The Dunlop sounds OK. I think it's a chrome bar.
Try the sitar bar for a semi-dobro sound, and
the sitar sound through a slow phaser is cool ...
Suerte,
Chris
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from the oasis ....
Posted: 28 Mar 2001 7:33 am
by John Macy
Listen to LeeAnn Womack's "I Hope You Dance"--very prominent sitar bar fills in the first verst, into, turns and chorus' by Paul Franklin.
I have been messing around with sitar bars for years, and have had just about everyone ever made and been disappointed in all of them until I bought a Franklin. Paul's Dad makes the best one ever--lightweight, and that seems to be the key. It's killer.
Posted: 28 Mar 2001 1:45 pm
by Cameron Parsons
I spoke with Paul Franklin Sr., and he stated that he doesn't have any sitar bars in stock, and will not be making any for several months. If any of you would be inclined to sell your sitar bar, please E-mail me at
CameronPhrygian@AOL.com.
Posted: 31 Mar 2001 7:18 am
by Mike Perlowin
I've tried a couple (NOT including the Frankin) and the one I like best is the Dunlop.
Posted: 4 Oct 2002 12:55 pm
by Stephen LeBlanc
<SMALL>It sounds like Leo LeBlanc uses a Sitar Bar on the John Prine song, "Sam Stone". Leo LeBlanc played some great stuff with John Prine.</SMALL>
I don't know what a Sitar Bar is...anyone have a link to a picture?
Leo used a steel square bar (about 1/2" thick) on "Sam Stone".
Leo was my Dad, I agree he did play some great stuff with John Prine.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Stephen LeBlanc on 04 October 2002 at 01:57 PM.]</p></FONT>