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Topic: Sitar Bar
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MUSICO
Member From: Jeremy Williams in Spain
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posted 22 March 2001 03:43 PM
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¿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" |
Jack Stoner
Sysop From: Inverness, Florida
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posted 22 March 2001 04:50 PM
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Listen to Tim Mcgraw's Remember Me. Paul Franklin used a sitar bar on that recording. |
Cliff Kane
Member From: Long Beach, CA
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posted 22 March 2001 10:09 PM
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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. |
MUSICO
Member From: Jeremy Williams in Spain
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posted 24 March 2001 03:20 AM
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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
[This message was edited by MUSICO on 24 March 2001 at 03:25 AM.] |
Jack Stoner
Sysop From: Inverness, Florida
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posted 24 March 2001 05:44 AM
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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. |
Chris Brooks
Member From: Providence, Rhode Island
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posted 27 March 2001 11:20 PM
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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 ------------------
from the oasis ....
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John Macy
Member From: Denver, CO USA
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posted 28 March 2001 07:33 AM
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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. |
Cameron Parsons
Member From: Angleton, Texas
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posted 28 March 2001 01:45 PM
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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. |
Mike Perlowin
Member From: Los Angeles CA
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posted 31 March 2001 07:18 AM
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I've tried a couple (NOT including the Frankin) and the one I like best is the Dunlop. |
Stephen LeBlanc
Member From: Los Angeles, CA
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posted 04 October 2002 01:55 PM
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quote:
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.
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.[This message was edited by Stephen LeBlanc on 04 October 2002 at 01:57 PM.] |
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