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Coral Sitar, Model 3S19
ca. 1967
Danelectro Company
The sitar became a popular sound in the late 1960s, especially after it was used by George Harrison on the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" and by Brian Jones on the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black." Working for Danelectro's Coral line, New York studio musician Vincent Bell developed a guitar with an elongated bridge that creates a buzzy, sitarlike tone without requiring guitarists to learn another instrument. |