Sitar String Sets
Our collection of premium strings and gauges is meticulously crafted to enhance the sound quality of your sitar, ensuring that you achieve the best possible tone. These strings are the very same ones used by Ashwin Batish in his recordings and live performances. Rest assured that with our set, you are getting top-notch quality that will elevate your sitar playing experience.
Not all sets are created equally! Our string gauges and quality are top-notch to ensure that you and your sitar sound the best they can. Ashwin has spent the last 35 years researching and playing the sitar, trying out every possible string gauge to determine what works best. This set is designed to accommodate most major sitar tuning styles, including those of Ashwin Batish, Ravi Shankar, and Vilayat Khan. Handmade in the USA by the Batish Institute, each set comes with extensive looping instructions and almost every string is individually packaged in a ziplock bag with a moisture-absorbent paper insert to keep them fresh. Additionally, a large 50-foot roll of sympathetic strings is included with the set, providing extra string lengths that can be very useful, as these strings are delicate and prone to breaking. When strung and tuned properly, they can last a long time. Each set is personally checked and approved by Ashwin, and we only make a few sets at a time, ensuring that each one meets our high standards. So buy with confidence! We also highly recommend that you invest in a good quality electronic tuner with a tone generator. Visual LCD tuners are not recommended for tuning a sitar.
