My Jerry Jones Supreme Sitar

[Willabe]

Well since I finaly got a dig. camera, I thought I'd share some pics of some of my babys.

I bought this in 9/06 at a vintage guitar show in the Chgo. area from Willies American Guitars. He didn't want to haul it back to St. Paul, Mn. so he let me have it for $700. Tag "say's" $1299 list.  Plays/sounds real good. It's a lot of fun. I remember a lot of songs on AM back when I was a kid in the 60's that had this sound. Steely Dan had it on some recordings too.

Gator Burst finish with a black gator skin/brown trim case.

Recommended gauges for sympathetic drone strings are;   .030, .024, .018, .016, .015, .013.

Tuned from the factory, D A D D D A, low to high, but you can use many different tunings.

I saw at his site he's retiring.


          Hope you like the pic's,     Brad      


  



  

[Willabe]

Here's a few more, check out the black bridge/saddle, it's on a slight angle and the part towards the neck goes up towards the strings, very, very close.

So when you hit the string the string buzzes on/against it and that's how it gets it's "sitar" sound.

[Willabe]

One last pic. and some info that came with it.

[bigsbybender]

That's cool. 

I once saw where George Harrison's (original Danolectro/Coral) Sitar was stolen, by Spencer Davis.....  Evidently he couldn't get his own?

I'm a regular visitor to Willie's, my sister lives just a few blocks away from there. They have nice stuff, but just enough old junk to keep me happy too.


j.

[Willabe]

Yeh, thanks, I like it a lot. I always wanted one. I seem to remember that story now that you mention it. A lot of guys had them.

I'm a regular visitor to Willie's, my sister lives just a few blocks away from there. They have nice stuff, but just enough old junk to keep me happy too.

Must be nice, the guy I delt with seemed nice enough.
 
Now every time I hear one on a song when I'm with my wife, I point it out to her and we both laugh. Her ear has gotten very good, I have a hard time trying to stump her with "who's this singing"?

Hey your up in MN.? I have a friend up there named Curt Obeda. (Don't know if I spelled that right.) He's guitar player, sings too, who came to play in the blues clubs here in Chgo. He lived here for 4/5 years, in the mid 80's? He plays left handed but right side up. He's very good. Plays a strat with a Super Reverb, last I saw him he had a SF SR. Dark hair, 50 something? He played with Hubert Sumlin quit a bit back then.

Do you know him maybe? I know the twin cites are pretty big but it's a small world sometimes when it comes to musicians.    


                Thanks,      Brad    

[G._Hoffman]

Hey your up in MN.? I have a friend up there named Curt Obeda. (Don't know if I spelled that right.) He's guitar player, sings too, who came to play in the blues clubs here in Chgo. He lived here for 4/5 years, in the mid 80's? He plays left handed but right side up. He's very good. Plays a strat with a Super Reverb, last I saw him he had a SF SR. Dark hair, 50 something? He played with Hubert Sumlin quit a bit back then.

I see Curt all the time in my shop.  He has been a regular customer of ours since before I can remember.  I like the fact he married Lolly because she had more Ray Charles records than he does!


Gabriel

[Willabe]

No way, are you kiddin me? Curts a good guy and like I said he's a very good guitar man, IMO. I haven't seen him in a long time.

Has he ever told you any stories about when he lived here? He's got some good ones.

Gaberiel would you do me a favor please and tell him I say hi. And tell him I comin up there and I'm bringin Lefty Dizz, Johnny Dollar, Sammy Fender, Chico Chissim, Detroit Jr. and Big Time Sarah with me and were all stayin at his house!           (That should get a laugh out of him)              

I wonder if he still has that red Fez hat with the golden tassel?      

I like the fact he married Lolly because she had more Ray Charles records than he does!

Yep that sounds like a Curt thing to say. I only met his wife once when I was up there and she was a great gal as I remember, he's a lucky man.


              Thanks,      Brad      


            

[G._Hoffman]

I like the fact he married Lolly because she had more Ray Charles records than he does!

Yep that sounds like a Curt thing to say. I only met his wife once when I was up there and she was a great gal as I remember, he's a lucky man.

I'll tell him if I remember, but he's not in all that often, so I may forget. 

Lolly is the host of a R&B, Blues, and Soul radio show every week on one of out community radio stations, and she is one of their biggest rated shows, so she really does know her stuff.


Gabriel

[Willabe]

Thanks Gaberiel.

Lolly is the host of a R&B, Blues, and Soul radio show every week on one of out community radio stations, and she is one of their biggest rated shows, so she really does know her stuff.

Sounds like that boy done good. Good for him/them. Sounds like a good match. 


                  Brad