Doing Things Wrong

Danelectro Catalogs

Danelectro Catalog 1963

Here are some catalogs from the two golden eras of Danelectro - the sixties and the nineties. Use the arrows to flip through the pages.

Danelectro Catalog 1967

Danelectro Catalog 1968

Danelectro Catalog 1998

Danelectro Catalog 1999

Danelectro Catalog 2000

Years ago you could get this stuff cheaply on eBay, but nowadays it is rare and expensive.

This book has a lot more.
Still available on Kindle.

The key is the shallow angle between the saddle and the string. A proper guitar bridge has a sharp break between the saddle and the string. This shallow angle causes the classic sitar buzz. This is a very easy part to make from any decently hard wood. A scrap of fretboard blank is ideal. A little experimenting, and you will get it. Then you can convert any guitar into a "sitar".