I've been looking at this thing called an Electric Sitar and I was just wondering if anybody knew anything about it(i.e. does it work on a regular amp, does it need special cables?)

I think it's the butt of a joke in "This is spinal tap"

But seriously yeah, I think they work through anything a guitar would. I've heard nothing to make me thing otherwise.

ok well it looks like a normal guitar so i think that it would work like any guitar would. Thank you avian

Hey Alistair, I looked some stuff up on the electrics sitar, it sounds really cool (i downloaded some stuff) and it uses regular 1/4'' instrument cable, like your guitar cable and you should get one. Save up!

I'ts one of the instruments my friend is dedicated to spend his summer savings aquireing hah. good luck with that, I love sitars

Alternatively there is a new digitech pedal which makes your guitar sound like a Sitar. Its supposed to be really good.

Anyway, did you get one and is it any good?

No, that pedal suks monkey balls, I tried it out and maybe I would just have to mess with it a bit but it doesn't make your guitar sound shit like a sitar. Alistair, just get a real sitar.

I would only i don't want to invest the amount of money a REAL sitar costs if I just want to fool around on it.

It's an abolishment to music. It's been shaped after a guitar for god knows why. I think this is pretty fucking stupid as it makes it basically a guitar with a few different things. Feel free to point out my ignorance of sitairs now.

I really would love to learn a traditional sitair tho.

You can get a good deal on sitars from a dealer I met online. Not a drug dealer. Sell your Hohner electric and acoustic and your tele and there ya go, a good 600-700 bucks at a pawn shop. BAM new sitar