• Amazing little box

  
  As reviewed by John Cervetti on 4/26/2012

  This box does more than just make your guitar sound like a sitar. When I took it out of the box, I turned a couple of knobs before starting it up. My Les Paul sounded almost exactly like a sitar. I used two small Fender amps as the drone sound can be split if you use the second output jack. The reason I give this four stars instead of five is because I could not find that original sound after I started checking out the presets. Besides a sitar sound, you can get nice sounding synth-like tones and textures. If you split the lead and drone signals, you can add whatever effects you think would sound good for either of those sounds. The documentation could have been a little better. I got close to the original sound and with a little research on Electro-Harmonix's web site anyone can find the settings to get that sitar sound. I have yet to try this little box out with a single coil pickup guitar. It may sound a little different. If anyone is not sure what this would sound like, go to Electro-Harmonix's web site and watch a couple of the video. I have been disappointed with some special effects but I am definitely not disappointed with this. I would really give this a 4 1/2 stars as only the documentation that came with the box is disappointing.

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• Better Then I Expected

  
  As reviewed by Jeffrey Tribby on 12/3/2012

  I had a choice to get a real electric sitar, but finding one is a major hurdle and a very expensive one, so I opted for another choice, to try out an EH Ravish Sitar pedal AFTER hearing a couple of demonstrations online. I must admit my hopes for this this were high. When it came in, I hooked it up to my Epiphone LP and started playing an electric sitar for all practical purposes. I tried it on different settings with and without the sympathetic feature. Shades of Beatle George! I was impressed beyond those high hopes. Then I got a wild hair and hooked it up to my ESP 8-string bass. I had to turn down the sympathetic setting, because it would overtake the lead otherwise. A bass sitar sounded pretty awesome. Then I went for broke and hooked the Ravish up to my 12-string slide guitar using the slide and - are you ready for this? - an E-bow. I wound up on some uncharted planet in a galaxy far, far away. I don't really know how to describe it, but it wasn't like anything I've ever heard before. I'm most pleased with the accurate sitar sound this thing delivers without a sterile digital sound. I got a warm analog sitar voice out of it. I have a lot more exploring to do, but if I'm already this satisfied with the Ravish Sitar pedal, I'm sure I'll only grow to like it and enjoy it more as time goes on. One thing is for sure, it sure beats putting out a couple thousand dollars for a Coral electric sitar or some hand-made equivalent. I'm not knocking them; I'm just saying this pedal is the way to go if you want the sound without the price tag. Oh, yeah, IT COMES WITH A POWER SUPPLY! How often do you see that. That's worth a sixth star.

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