Repairing an Electric Sitar (?!) with 3D Printing
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- I got my hands on a really cool instrument, but it needed a bit of work to get back to it's former glory. Luckily I had 3D printing at my disposal to make it an easy fix!
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You probably won't see this, but hi Devin, I'm from India and Sitar is a traditional classical Indian musical instrument and it is considered to be a very respected musical instrument because it is goddess Saraswati's (The Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts and wisdom) musical instrument. The original instrument she holds in called a Veena, quite similar to a Sitar.
A lot of Indians do not see the beauty of a Sitar as well as you do, and you played it beautifully. The way you repaired it and made it work is absolutely amazing.
Keep up the good work,
Love from India.
Please like so he can see this.
Thanks for the info, glad you liked it!
Anamika Kukreja I think this video is soon going to be filled with comments by indians😋
Anamika Kukreja I knew I was familiar with the Sitar somehow just didn't know how. Good info.
iWinRar Thank you, I play the Sitar and the original sounds mesmerizing. If you're interested you should listen to the actual thing. Have a good day :)
And yet you did not tell him that he is using the resonate strings wrong? Or give the tuning tips? So you know nothing about sitar beside the myth that it is in and then you tell you play it..
i think you deserve that guitar more than anybody else who could've purchased it. you fixed it up real nice and treat it with so much care ^^
This is a perfect example of practical 3d printing! Enjoy your new sitar!
It is so refreshing to see someone actually use 3d printing to fix problems in everyday's life. Too many people just use 3d printing for fun and making toy figures and so on, and it's perfectly fine, but it gives the impression to unintiated people that a 3d printer is just a big toy, which it is not. Keep it up !
Thanks! You're right, people should see the real value in 3D printing
Simon Fontaine very true, but I don't have enough problems to solve, so for now, I'll muck around
Well it could be a big toy
It ~is~ a big toy for those of us without design and/or engineering skills :p (and who lack the time to develop them as a hobby)
@@make.anything Why not play Shake it off on it? Why is the body Masonite?
Just so you know it's not the bridge that makes the sitar sound. The other strings work as sympathetic strings so when you play a note on the guitar part it also vibrates the other strings which is also picked up by the pickup to create the kind of backing drone sound. There's a great video about it on Norman's rare guitars RUclips channel. Great work as always
Hmm it must be both, but I need to look into that!
That is the main idea of sitar - additional strings that resonate with the notes you play.
It's both things
Both could be true; that might be the way a traditional sitar works, but not necessarily this one. It looks like the neck is literally an electric guitar's neck, perhaps the bridge picks up the vibrations of the strings and outputs the sympathetic notes that make the sitar sound.
A little like a built in distortion pedal. I'm just spit-balling here, though
The buzz bridge contributes the most to the sitar sound on this instrument. The sympathetic strings are not that prominent on this instrument, unlike on the real Indian sitar
THAT?S FREACKING AMAZING!!! Btw, you usually don't srtum those 13 strings, they are called sympathetic strings, and they resonate with the normal strings, giving a sort of "reverb" sound to the instrument. India rocks.
Do a video dedicated to you playing some songs on that thing. I loved those songs at the end, would love to hear more!
Next time use saw dust and wood glue to fill in those gaps .
Regarding the sympathetic strings, Narciso Yeps played a 10 string guitar with 4 sympathetic strings. I really like the threaded caps where the strap attaches and the replacement cover for the electronics. The Japanese aesthetic in the repair of the cracks is pretty cool. I used the raku process to make some pots when I was young. I'm trying to think if some sort of modern day equivalent would be useful to you.
This is literally my favorite channel on RUclips, And I don't even have a 3D printer.
Please make a full upload of 12:30
Natanielc i wanna have the tabs ;-;
same
I'll try to make it into a full song sometime.. recording music is so time consuming for me!
Natanielc yes
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Thx for the reply! Maby a fun project for of you have nothing to do ;)
That was awesome! I would love to hear more of all your stringed instruments, maybe in the background of your normal videos or at least during a printing time lapse.
Also it would be cool if whenever you finished a project you made a quick tile for the peg board.
It's cool guy!
Hell yeah
I always loved the sound of a sitar, this was really cool to see!
Cool to hear you visited Bisbee, it's where I was born and spent a large portion of my life, a truly beautiful town.
i absolutely love the sound of the sitar and the different ways you played it.
I LOVE Bisbee. I'm from MN but have a friend in Tucson, and every time I visit we go there. It's such an interesting little town. The locals were talkative and made us feel like neighbors. God, and the shops! The galleries! Part of me wants to rent a place there for a year and just create. Glad you got inspired there, too. :D
Oh my gosh, that last track you played was amazing! Could you share a link/song name with us?! I love it so much!
Thank you! It's an original song I'm working on
This was seriously incredible, I adore that electric sitar, it sounds gorgeous! The very end filled me with nostalgia too, my dad would sit and play that song for hours on end on his acoustic guitar when I was a kid and make me sing along, "I ONCE HAD A GIRL, OR SHOULD I SAY, SHE ONCE HAD ME," definitely brought back memories, haha.
I've seen something very similar to that instrument but the body of it was massive and it had your 6 traditional chromatic tuned strings and 2 additional sets of strings positioned above and below but I wasn't aware of whether is was a sitar.
It had a lush sound tho and some reverb, echo and chorus, phase or flange gave it that typical 70's psychedelia sound!
Play it like a demon!
The acrylic plate is actually supposed to touch the strings when they are ringing to add a drone resonance to the tone. There's a video where Tim Pierce shows Marty Swartz one of these you should check out. Maybe try springs instead of those 3d printed bushes?
Here's that vid: ruclips.net/video/TBLSY2C8ufs/видео.html
thanks for sharing.. I believe it's the acrylic piece under the bridge that is touching the strings, but in my case the clear piece of acrylic was touching the sympathetic strings (the harp). I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen.
I'd love to see more of you playing your guitars!!!!!!!!!!
every time you do I wish there was more!!!!
That song towards the end. Like. It sounded so cool.
NO WAY!!!! I was literally just at Yosemite!! Its a beautiful place!! I too climbed up Yosemite falls!!
DUDE DEVIN I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS IN MY FEED. I've been following this channel since I saw the bodysnatcher and your videos that resonate (like the sitar strings) with me the most are those you make involving your passion for music. I think I and a lot of your subscribers would be very interested in another look at the bodysnatcher, perhaps even a build of the second version you mentioned in that video, but I just want you to know that the bodysnatcher and all your sweet personal projects have inspired me to create more things, and brought out a passion in me to make. You're a very inspiring creator and I'm so very excited to see what you do next.
Thanks, I'm just as eager for a second version of the bodysnatcher as you are!
The harp thing is actually there to create sympathetic frequencies with the main 6 strings
True, but that do not resonate a lot, unlike the Indian sitar. There is no wrong way to play... Ravi Shankar broke many rules in Indian music
Loved the Norwegian Wood riff in the outro. The Beatles was my immediate thought as soon as I read "electric sitar" - you should try a full cover of one of their sitar tracks, perhaps Love You To?
Wonderful, love the red accents... groovy baby 😃
Wow! What an awesome guitarist (or should that be sitarist) you are. I could have listened to that all day long.
Is there no end to your talents!?
As always, your practical 3D prints are fantastic.
Another product that could be used to Fill that crack either to hide with similar color or highlight it with a contrast color would be Seamfil by Kampel. Seamfil is used to repair High Pressure Decorative laminates such as Formica on cabinets and countertops, it comes in many stock colors, but you can also order nearly any color that matches Formica, Wilsonart and Nevamar laminates, can be mixed, and most importantly, it does not shrink much as it cures. It does need solvents to clean it off, but, once it cures it is a pretty rigid product.
I've lived in Bisbee all of my life, it is really cool to see that you visited my town. I hope you enjoyed it, I hope you come back some day!
Cool! I hope so too :)
I hate to tell you, but the goofy strip of masonite and single central mounting-screw is, in fact, the stock 'factory' method of mounting the cover-plate against the three support-tabs. This ultra low-budget approach is typical of (the head of DanElectro) Nathaniel Daniel's industrial-design philosophy. (btw, I've been a professional guitar repair-tech for 40 years - that's how I know about DanElectro guitars...)
MY DAD FINALLY ORDERED A CR10 MY FIRST 3D PRINTER AND IT GETS AT MY HOUSE TODAY AND IM SO EXCITED
Wow, you're a genius man and you play that sitar like a boss. You should definitely open another channel to show us your musician tallent.
You’re insanely talented at 3d modeling and have incredible inspiration for coming up with 3d printable solutions
Really great use of 3D printing.
Have you ever looked at using Blender 3.1 with the Precision Printing Add on ?
The Sitar, G Harrison and Indian cross over are a favourite.
That electric sitar was a great find.
That's one heck of a sitar!
Great work- I bet that the strap lock system you created would be able to be patented and marketed, especially if it were produced in a nylon or similar plastic. Either way, beautiful work on the restoration!
Awesome you cruised through Bisbee! Next your in AZ stop by Sabino Canyon, in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson. It's gorgeous and I'll give you a fist bump as you pass by my house!!
The bass note in on the sitar sounds like a horn. Soooo cool and weird. Awesome Devin 2, I love guitars and 3d printing, keep it up!!
That playing was really awesome.
You should make the tuning adaptor as a piece of the sitar so you will not lose it. Maybe one that you can screw on those caps for your strap or anything else. And by the way, nice project!
can't believe you went to bisbee! thats amazing, being from sonora, i lived about less than an hour from it, and it is an amazing town that is full of some interesting people
I love the way this instrument sounds it is so so original and it is even better they u fixed it up
Should definitely add a music based weekly/monthly show to your channel. This ep was awesome.
Also the Sitar looked like the millennium falcon.
I would try making a larger tuning adaptor thats a hand knob and integrate the knob as the lock for one of the strap lugs. That way you always have a tuner on hand for the harp.
I've been looking for a video like this for so long, I managed to find one of these beauties at a guitar store while visiting family in Rhode Island and knew I had to get it ASAP. Haven't been sure on how to actually work the sitar so I've just been a bit lost. This video was super helpful!
This is beautiful, but the red is very bold for such a soft guitar, a grey, white or cream would look nicer. Still amazing x I just love the sound of it
I love it! I am strangely addicted to string instruments as well! Have you maybe thought about 3D printing a whole instrument? There is already an open source for a violin (the "hovalin") online. I'd love to see more music related stuff on your channel! :)
I just might some day!
Charlie P Cool idea !
Just got my first 3D Printer after following your content for quite some time. My new Prusa is working great, love your work!
How are you so talented in everything
Would the harp normally be tuned to a common scale used in indian music? I love what you did with the cracks and I'm a little eh on the brassy color, but the idea is still there, and that's neat. Also love that accent colour. I thought it would be weird with just the back cover, but the additional modifications tied it together!
Thanks! I know the red is striking, but I figured I should highlight the 3D printed parts :)
Not on this instrument. the guitar frets aren't tuned the same way indian music is tuned (equal tempereament vs. just intonation) so tuning the sympathetic string to indian tuning would be out of tune with the guitar strings.
niall oh thanks!! That's super interesting :)
One of your best episodes.
Just now seeing this. Joe south had a hit song in the early 70’s using this guitar “games people play”.
Very cool 👍
Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel, I was watching a video on an electric sitar and learned that your actually not supposed to play the harp built in to it. It's purpose is to pick up sympathetic vibrations and get a cool background sound. Just thought it was a kinda cool fact and you might want to know.
They are meant to ring sympathetically but do not ring out like they do on an Indian sitar. There is no wrong way to play them. Ravi Shankar broke the rules bu strumming across his...
Brilliant idea for straplocks!
I could watch and listen to you play that guitar all day
Nice playing on the sitar
Anyone else getting a SOAD / Serj Tankian vibe from the music at the end? That was awesome! :)
I have such a crush on devin
Obviously you need to make a wall mount for it now. Extra points if it mounts on your pegboard.
Shi love your work it made me buy a 3D printer
YOUR_A _WIZARD_HARRY I'M A WHAT
YOUR A WIZZARD HARRY!
Poliswag - bob HARRY YER PUSHING ME OVER THE F*****G LINE!
nice! Which one?
Damn you are so multi-talented, nice job on fixing and playing it well!
We really need to get Devin and Angus (Maker's Muse) together for a jam session.
I could listen to this all day, sounds great, good job
Wow, that sounds amazing!
Awesome video and playing! I did a little research, and those little 13 strings aren't actually meant to be played. They're supposed to vibrate with the body and create a cool drone effect.
you should make some knobs for it so that theyll match the spacers and strap locks.
Isint the coolest thing you own your RUclips channel? XD
12:34 sounds like the start of an alternative edm song
wicked cool.. one thing, when filling gaps with carpenter/wood glue, use fine saw dust as a fill, it'll shrink less and be stronger! very large gaps, believe it or not, soak toliet paper or paper towel and push into the gap .. fills, shrinks less, holds super strong.
Thanks :)
👌🏼 Another top quality video with amazing results!! Keep it up! You are one talented man.
Ps. Please do a long video of you playing the sitar it sounds so cool
I play a normal sitar and I can't really say I like it being modernised because I was taught to stick to tradition but this is pretty lit and sounds good
Add a a neck from a bass guitar onto it and see if you can adapt extra electric sitar pickups to work for bass strings.
What a great instrument! U know how to fix AND play it !
This is all so insanely cool.
came for the 3d printing, liked for the sitar playing
You probably would like to keep the goldish crack, and I'm not an expert but I would be cool to fill the cracks smooth down with sanding and hydrodip the guitar body ?!
your playing is god damn beautiful
I have one of these. I bought it new and it came with that inspection plate like that. Looks like a Jerry Jones Master Sitar.
2 things... 1. Have you seen the danelectro sitar? And 2. Maybe try a drum key for the harp... It may not work but of the nuts are squares it's very possible that a drum key could work
Drum key is the wrong size. They give you an autoharp wrench, but my main complaint is that it is not a tight fit.
Do you think you could use a multimaterial printer and create convincing tortoise shell effects in 3d prints?
Show us how you designed the strap clips they turned out great.
That is awesome. That sounds so cool.
I would totally try printing an additional guard out of different colors in case I ever wanted to switch up the look of it- you could totally go crazy with colors and texture to make it even more unique! I'd also try making little wing nuts for the tuning pegs for the harp that could stay on the guitar full time, or even a simple tuner (similar to what skateboarders use to tighten their trucks?)- if you ever wanted to travel with this guitar I'd hate to have to carry that wrench around! (Also, side note- do you think you'll sell/release the files for the strap locks? I'd love to have some myself! 😊)
Good ideas! The strap lock files are already linked in the description :)
Those small strings aren't harp strings, they're sympathetic strings. if they're tuned properly, they being buzzing when you play the same note on the guitar strings, so the sound rings out without you even touching them
This was awesome man! Love the guitar!
that is amazing. And you fixed a traditional indian instrument with 3d printing :D You are amazing :D
That is so cool, I love the sound
This video was awesome. Nothing more to say here!
I think the copper crack accent fits the situitar because you got it from Bisbee that was originally a copper mining town
+burninpotato good point 😁
Pick holder on the guitar would be a good idea
5am and here I am watching this
John Z me too
I have a 3D pen and I love it but I run out of ideas could you make a video on ideas 😊-thanks
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Make some sort of slider that fits on the strings to mess with the sound when moved around
That sounded great
THIS was so cool!!! I've never heard anything like it, but I love it! Where's that Spotify track? Lol 😁
TOO.....MUCH......SMART PEOPLE STUFF! JK! This is what 3D printing really is! It is a practical of example of what it can do!
Nice find!
A, I in love with this instrument? Yep. Will I ever get my hands on one? Probably not.
Katrina The one he has, in perfect condition, is upwards of 2000$