RA sitarmaker Studio Sitar

Gandhar Pancham

Vilayat Khan style

Made from decent wood, not the average plywood type flatback studio sitar you see everywhere..Nice tone unplugged also, very resonant sympathetic strings with what I would call a half open jawari.. Studio sitars have gained in popularity over recent years due to use by Ravi Shankar and Niladri Kumar. There are many variations of them from cheap plywood to fully carved mahogany. The volume is about half of a normal sitar with built in transducer and jack, has a good tone when amplified with no feedback. This sitar has a full mahogany body and is top of the line, as good as the famous name brands at 50% less. The main strings have mechanical tuners for convenience. Sympathetic pegs have plain friction pegs as used on the full Gandhar Pancham models.

And of course it has been air shipped (as are all of our instruments) to preserve its quality. In  stock!

$625+ shipping  with padded soft bag

OUT OF STOCK

10% off of transducers and/or preamp with order of this instrument. You can use an additional transducer on the outside for stereo amplification or separate signal processing.

RA Sitarmaker is a shop in Miraj India that has been making instruments for generations. All parts of the instrument are made within the shop unlike almost all other makers in India. Miraj sitars feature thinner tablis (soundboard) that are more of a rounded shape and known for a booming ready to go sound right from the beginning. RA Sitarmaker has made sitars under 2 other names in the past, Karasek Sound and Sugita.

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