Sitarla

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Hideki Ishima playing a sitarla.

The sitarla (Japanese: シターラ, Hepburn: shitāra) is an instrument, conceptualized by Japanese musician Hideki Ishima and created by Masao Nagai in 2000, that combines aspects of the sitar with the solid body electric guitar.[1][2] It is a hollow-bodied instrument, 3 1/2 tones lower than a guitar,[2] with only three existing in the world as of 2008.[3]

Ishima said he had the idea for the instrument 15 years prior, but everybody told him he was crazy.[2] He now plays the instrument exclusively,[4] and it has replaced his guitar playing in Flower Travellin' Band.[5] It is featured on their 2008 album We Are Here.[6] The sitarla was displayed at the 2000 NAMM Show.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "石間秀機HP 本陣". new-sitarla.sakura.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "First I had the idea, nobody cared. They said 'you're crazy!'". jrawk.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  3. ^ "Sex, drugs and sitars". The Japan Times. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ^ "汝の隣人のブログを愛せよ - LOVELOG". Blogs.dion.ne.jp. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ^ "SXSW: Quick fixes with Flower Travellin' Band, Fleet Foxes' J. Tillman, Garotas Suecas, and more". San Francisco Bay Guardian. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Fricke's Picks: Flower Travellin' Band". Rolling Stone. April 14, 2009. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2015.


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