I played the bass through high school for orchestra, and always loved the sound of it and cellos. Sitar is one of those instruments I'd love to have the time and money to get into - there are many sympathetic strings that create a "drone" sound behind the single note you play. If I ever won the lottery, I'd buy a bazantar. It's a bass with the sympathetic strings of a sitar. Bone-chilling sound, it's out of this world.