I have been working on a converted weissenborn guitar set up to play Indian classical music, in the style of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Debashish Bhattacharya. For this I changed the main 6 string configuration to four main strings tuned C G C F and two drone/rhythm strings (called chicari strings) that run over a small curved bridge that gives a sitar type sound. I have also added 12 sympathetic strings that run over a curved bridge (called a jewari bridge). The jewari bridge makes the sympathetic strings swell when they are triggered giving a very distinct note rather than a more subtle reverb sound that western instruments with sympathetic strings usually have. There is a pickup embedded in the sympathetic bridge and a bridge plate pickup inside the guitar, they both run through the onboard preamp. Here are a couple quick videos I made to show the sound, please excuse my playing I am pretty new to this type of playing, no reverb or effects have been added.http://youtu.be/afjynDusnto?list=UUrVEkuWHRxWjAd3GQKufnXg and one with better sound but worse playing
http://youtu.be/V6g1G65vvI4?list=UUrVEkuWHRxWjAd3GQKufnXg To see the true masters of this style check out the two players I mentioned.
http://youtu.be/V6g1G65vvI4?list=UUrVEkuWHRxWjAd3GQKufnXg To see the true masters of this style check out the two players I mentioned.