Re: [bomp] Coral Sitar

["Stephen Molly" <wytches@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think they did make the Coral Sitar.  Decca had a couple of electrics, the one I had was almost a SG type body with a mettal pick guard with a lined pattern in it.  All I remember is that it was Sunburst, one tone knob and played like crap.  I really think the body was plywood and hardware stamped out white metal.

I also think Decca made an accoustic


----- Original Message -----
From: ItsBoss9@aol.com
To: bomp@router.xnet2.com
Subject: [bomp] Coral Sitar
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:52:56 EST

> 
> 
> Matter of fact,
> the only Decca instrument I've ever heard of is the Coral sitar. I'm assuming
> 
> Decca created this, because they had a subsidiary label called Coral, and
> they
> were endorsed by Vinnie Bell (Decca recording artist who specialized in
> loungey  instrumentals). So, what's the story with this?
> 
> James
> 
> I'm not the best Vinnie Bell-head, but I do know that Vinnie Bell had done
> some thing where he invented that Underwater guitar sound, that liquidy thing
> you hear on soundtracks (probably HELLO DOWN THERE, for example) occasionally
> and some records... he's the only guy who was licensed to play that 
> sound... it
> was a strange set-up.  I think the Shangri-Las used him on "Sweet Sounds of
> Summer" for example... a favorite of the Domenic Priore/Darian Sahanaja
> friendship, and especially for that guitar sound, which I consider kind of
> Psychedelic/Surf/Pastiche.  We do have a Vinnie Bell album here 
> where he plays the Coral
> Sitar on loungey versions of all kinds of cool late-'60s Pop songs, but that's
> buried in a box as a move is taking place right now.   Tough to check it this
> month!  I'm sure the liners of that album have some revealing brag...  That
> said, Vinnie Bell is god.
> 
> Domenic
> 
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