Has guitar music ever found another sitar?
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The sitar became a familiar sound in Western pop and rock during the 1960s, most famously after George Harrison used one on The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" in 1965. Guitarists and songwriters of the era were drawn to its distinctive buzzing tone and its associations with Indian classical music, and the instrument went on to feature on records by artists such as The Rolling Stones and Traffic.
Since then, musicians have periodically revisited that fusion, either by playing an actual sitar or by using guitar effects, such as "sitar-style" pickups or pedals, to approximate its sound without needing to learn a new instrument. This piece looks at whether that brief cross-cultural moment in guitar music has ever really been matched or repeated in the decades since.