I've not messed with mine very much. It's a pain to tune & even more to keep in tune...the wooden pegs are the same friction pegs as on a traditional sitar...chalk helps but still tuning is a touchy deal. Also, I'm always worried about breaking a string...I'm not sure it all sitar strings have a ferric component that are needed with the magnetic pickups. I've not yet tried electric guitar strings to see how compatible they might be for installation.