It’s upsetting that you haven’t received an answer for this after years. I’m looking to buy this pedal also for those type of sounds. I believe the recordings used a Coral electric sitar and that has a different sound than authentic sitars. The Coral was used in many pop and rock recordings (Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers, Do It Again by Steely Dan, etc.). I’d love to know if the Ravish can accomplish this sound as I’m in a 60’s band and could really use this. If it’s not capable of getting this sound, then I’d be wasting my money.

I did get a C9 for certain sounds and that works perfectly for what I need so hoping the Ravish will do the same.

I don’t know if the author of the post is still following this chain, but:

I owned a Coral electric sitar back in 1980 that I bought from Gary Talley (lead guitarist for the Box Tops). He used this same electric sitar to play “Cry Like A Baby” on the Johnny Carson Show. Unfortunately it was stolen from me. I just bought a used Ravish Sitar emulator, and it does far and away more than the Coral did. Although this does not sound exactly like the Coral, I would have to say that you can tailor it to genuinely capture the essence of the 60s electric sitar sound. Your audience will think it sounds just like the record, when in fact when they go back and listen to the original, they will find the original lacking. It is far more psychedelic and will open the door to not only doing the Stones, Box Tops, one-hit-wonder electric sitar tunes, but also sailing through the more esoteric ones. The droning scales in major, minor and “exotic” will take you to an all new “hypo-high”! You will get lost in time playing around with this. The Vinnie Bell model was basically a one-trick pony (but a great trick!). I just got the pedal yesterday, and here I am messing around with it on its simplest setting with the intro of BJ Thomas’s “Hooked On A Feeling”.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OXyAy35GO1Y

One other thing: the use of an expression pedal will exponentially enhance the capabilities of this emulator. You can buy a $30 M-Audio EX-P, and that will work just fine.