Video Manual: Electro Harmonix Ravish Sitar

A quick run-through of the features and functions of this behemoth of bhangra!

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[Archtops]

Electro-harmonix should pay you for such a well thought out tutorial. Thank you!

[alexmurphy]

This pedal looks absolutely incredible. When you realize how difficult the sitar is to play, how insanely expensive the sitar is you really start to appreciate how much work went into this pedal. My wife is North Indian, I’m a guitarist but if I could cover some hindi songs via this pedal (The Taj Mahal on the pedal is awesome lol) would be legit

[nancyh]

This is on my pedal dream list I just love listening to this little review over and over and over lol

[boscoblair]

Ranks among the best of all video tutorials on YouTube. Bravo!

[jean_c_santos]

I've had this pedal for some time now and have put more use into it as a pedal I run a synthesizer through than for guitar. Figuring out the presets always seemed daunting but this video really helped clear some things up!

[AndyMangele]

Even though I play some sitar as well I purchased this pedal some time ago, mainly for practical reasons (you don't wanna bring a sitar to a gig for just a few bars of indian sounds). But having that said it's a useful and unique sounding pedal that one can use for a variety of stuff (playing bass over it, etc.). But I can give you that: with a tutorial like yours my "getting started"-process with the Ravish Sitar would have been a lot easier! ;)

[robbymayer]

Hands down the best most informative video available on this pedal!

[davidapgar]

I just ordered a Ravish Sitar pedal along with two Moog ep-3 expression pedals. This seems to be the best video demonstration that I have seen so far. Others seem to show the Ravish in a light that really doesn't reflect a traditional Indian vibe, which makes the pedal seem unsuitable for the intended purpose. Its really not "intended" to play Western sounding open chords and expect it to sound good, but I'm sure in the right hands after spending hours like everything else you can come up with some really interesting stuff.

[sparks]

This was instantly bookmarked!! Thanks for the in depth look at this pedal, ... well done!!

[TylerGreeneMusic]

Just like every other comment here, killer job man. Controlling this pedal is no longer a mystery!

[dr_tomK]

Thank you for this tutorial. So useful. I just picked this up yesterday and was wondering how I was going to figure this pedal out. Problem solved!

[SoCalGuitarist]

Just got one of the pedals used, no box or manual, so thanks for this, everything I needed! 👍🏼

[aarcvault]

Far and away the best comprehensive, no bullshit demonstration for this pedal I've seen.
I just ordered one today, and I'm very curious to see what it sounds like with distortion and modular effects, though it sounds incredibly authentic and versatile all by itself.
Thanx for posting.

[goldenultra]

Great review, just want to say that you can add another speaker to the sympathetic strings, such as a toy speaker which can fit into your pedal board or pass the signal to another pedal board. So in theory you can have the left speaker for the lead sitar sound, and another right speaker for the sympathetic sound. This is probably where it goes beyond the sitar.

One last thing the m audio expression pedal is compatible with this. It is also good for heavy metal if the signal is passed to a fuzz pedal.

I would not get too nerdy with the key of the sympathetic strings, the important thing is to get the right tone A to G, and then just play with the scales to what sounds right.

[KenRubenstein]

I have a Roland SPV355, as well as a GR500 and GR700....running those synths into this pedal will no doubt sonically crush, kill and destroy all.

[KenRubenstein]

gorgeous pedal...just picked one up. Good job with this vid, my friend.

[alainvalodze]

Thanks. Very Helpful in understanding this pedal. Much appreciated.

[jameskidson]

Damn, this video is perfect and convinced me to buy one. Thanks for the effort and getting straight to the point in such a clear and helpful way!

[ShaighJosephson]

The sitar sound gets old real fast...but you can manipulate it with different reverb combos to be quite usable in ambient...

[cunparis]

Thank you for taking the time make this excellent video. I love Indian music (and food!) so when I discovered this pedal I had to order one. It's in the mail and I can't wait. After watching your video I feel like I already know how to use it. I'll be using it with a violin though, which will be interesting. If you know of any other pedals that would be useful with an electric violin please let me know.