CORAL

 ln 1966 the entertainment conglomerate MCA bought Danelectro. A year later it introduced a new line of Danelectro-made guitars, branded Coral. Coral produced solid and hollowbodied guitars, but its most famous product was the Coral Sitar. Introduced in 1967, it was co-designed by session-man Vinnie Bell, who had spotted a demand in New York studios for sitar sounds. The secret was the flat plastic "bridge" that gave a buzzy sound-and made intonation almost impossible. There was also a bank of thirteen extra ”drone" strings tuned in half-steps. Coral died along with Danelectro in 1969.