Sen Gupta vintage sitars

Kharaj pancham ~ Ravi Shankar style

7 main strings ~ 13 sympathetics ~ natural top gourd and detailed penwork.

What do you do when you are offered two older sitars from a great maker? Automatic "yes". Older vintage sitars are often sought out by professionals as they have a broken in sound and great response. These came from a player in Kolkata who hardly played and was more of a collector so still waiting for your break in. Have a nice tone as good aged wood will always offer. And from one of the leading makers in India you can't go wrong as it was built correctly from the very beginning!

Both instruments have been completely refinished with brand new antler jawari. All work was done by Jayanta SenGupta himself. They're the best vintage instruments we've ever had come through here as they are basically like new. These 2 only in stock.

First: 20 years old with blue label. Has a half closed jawari. Full decoration on penwork, tabli carvings, and neck with half decoration on the gulu. Antler bridges and tar gahan/meru. Approx. 13 1/2 inch tabli. Modern style grommets (phulia). Natural top gourd, comes with fiberglass case for the sitar and a separate fiberglass case for top gourd. Pictures of exact sitar below here. Great sitar for a Nikhil Banerjee, Balaram Pathak style/sound of playing.

$1900 + shipping  includes Fiberglass cases  SOLD!!

Next: 12 years old with black label. Has a half open jawari. Full decoration on penwork, tabli carvings, and neck with half decoration on the gulu. Antler bridges and tar gahan/meru. Approx 13 3/4 inch tabli. Modern style grommets (phulia). Natural top gourd, comes with fiberglass case for the sitar and a separate fiberglass case for top gourd. Pictures of exact sitar below here. Great for a more Nikhil Banerjee type sound, has a nice sustain, more of an Indrajit Banerjee type of sound. Comes with a fitted extra resin bridge.

$1900 + shipping  includes Fiberglass cases SOLD!!!