Ravish Sitar : there's a whole world in this box

I bough the pedal to make a specific use of the sympathetic output. I wanted to take this signal to a mixer and combine it with some effects from a rack but I found a problem that kept me from doing this (read on).

The sound: Amazing. Plenty of harmonics, drone like sounds, nothing new to the EHX connoisseur. It does the same job as a Hog in some presets.

Two inputs for expression pedals offer many possibilities.

However, this is not a pedal to use right out of the box. It is very, very powerful, but you need to know what is it you want to do with it. The presets offer 4 different harmonizing scales with different modes so you can expect spending some time exploring different harmonizations (scales) in different modes, combining modes, and choosing the key signature (the works better in some keys, E, A and D in particular).

The sympathetic output carries the frequencies that would be excited in a sitar with the configuration of the preset chosen, however, even when it's level is CCW, it also carries the dry signal. This was the drawback to me, but it might not make a difference for another person.