music

sebastiano pavia

music lab

sitarcello

A guitar resulting from the clash between a sitar and a cello. Under the tempered frets 3 strings for sympathetic resonance, above 4 strings scaled for fifths. Padouk hollow neck with spruce top. Spruce body, bridges and wenge nuts. Mahogany frets. Unbranded humbucker pickup and guitar/bass peg.  With a 3-position korean selector it is possible to combine the sounds of the active and passive strings. It is designed to also be played with a cello bow.

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