INDIAN MUSIC FORUM ARCHIVES: Sitar Forum: new sitar has arrived

 

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Alan
new sitar has arrived Feb 17, 2004 08:25 p.m.


At 5:30 tonight fed ex left me the box containing the teak MPS shown on sitars etc web site , its been in the 20s here so i will let it warm up tonight an unpack it in the morning .patience may be a virtue but some times its tough
andowe
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 17, 2004 11:06 p.m.


Alan - congratulations from your MPS brother!!! Yes, patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to replacing strings on a sitar. When mine arrived it was crazy cold so I let it warm overnight before tuning and lost only one sympathetic. Lars assured me it would be Ok to ship during the winter and he knows his business. I only just started playing sitar so I don't know for sure what the effects of the cold are, but I've seen plenty of guitarists break cold high strings by just tuning up on winter night gigs.
It took a couple of days for a bright tone to emerge from the Mangla. It's sounding better and better now than in that first week. My instructor said it was a good sitar and a good value. Your MPS teak is really beautiful in the pictures on Lars� sitarsetc site, it must be amazing in reality. Get up early and jam bro! And I hope you love your new sitar as much as I love mine � or more : ) Good luck and good skills to you.

Peace, love and light
Andy

PS are you going to take lessons from David Pontbriand? Lessons are a good thing.

Estiven
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 18, 2004 05:24 p.m.


Wow, thats awesome, dude! have fun!!

yet it seems many people are getting new stuff. .
:-\ I wish I was getting a sitar from sitarsetc. .hehe maybe I should get a job, hahaha

Remco
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 18, 2004 05:37 p.m.


Must be the time of the year. . .
Congratulations!!!!
I know it's a daft question, but what differences do you notice between your old (tun?) instrument and this one. I know. . .stupid to compare different instruments. My surbahar is made from teak as well and is errr. . . quite heavy, to say the least. . .Tony Karasek wrote to me teak instruments have be played harder than tun ones. . I can't really tell, since switching between sitar and surbahar is . . .you get the picture. .

Peace,

Remco

Matt
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 18, 2004 05:59 p.m.


Alan, it's got to be thawed out by now. How is it?
Alan
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 18, 2004 08:44 p.m.



andowe (Feb 17, 2004 11:06 p.m.):
Alan - congratulations from your MPS brother!!! Yes, patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to replacing strings on a sitar. When mine arrived it was crazy cold so I let it warm overnight before tuning and lost only one sympathetic. Lars assured me it would be Ok to ship during the winter and he knows his business. I only just started playing sitar so I don't know for sure what the effects of the cold are, but I've seen plenty of guitarists break cold high strings by just tuning up on winter night gigs.
It took a couple of days for a bright tone to emerge from the Mangla. It's sounding better and better now than in that first week. My instructor said it was a good sitar and a good value. Your MPS teak is really beautiful in the pictures on Lars� sitarsetc site, it must be amazing in reality. Get up early and jam bro! And I hope you love your new sitar as much as I love mine � or more : ) Good luck and good skills to you.

Peace, love and light
Andy

PS are you going to take lessons from David Pontbriand? Lessons are a good thing.


yes i hope to take some lessons from David when i can time is tight as im juggling work an a night welding course , an i have to renew a state license for my job soon , trying to jugle to much , wish i could hit the lottery so this work stuff wouldnt cut into my fun time ,

Alan
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 18, 2004 08:48 p.m.



Matt (Feb 18, 2004 05:59 p.m.):
Alan, it's got to be thawed out by now. How is it?

its a beautiful instrument but until i get some lessons i cant make the sounds it is capable of , i shall try to practice an see a teacher when i can ,an will get better as i go along,

jaym
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 19, 2004 09:53 a.m.


Alan-Just so you know, David is not only a very good teacher but is also excellent at sitar setup and can work on jawari. How are the strings? Do they seem ok or brittle and cheap?
Alan
Re:new sitar has arrived Feb 19, 2004 04:02 p.m.



jaym (Feb 19, 2004 09:53 a.m.):
Alan-Just so you know, David is not only a very good teacher but is also excellent at sitar setup and can work on jawari. How are the strings? Do they seem ok or brittle and cheap?

David is a really nice guy to i enjoyed the concert him an amos put on a really good show , it was great seeing an hearing a surbahar,the strings seem ok lars sent along a spare set ,an i bought a set of pyramids to have on hand ,

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