Ben Burnley Talks About His Baritone Guitar And Low Tunings

[darkwrath888]

Im sick of listening to Ben talk im gonna listen to him sing!XD thumbs up if you agree

[Venom1751]

BEN!

Please get back.. i can't fucking stand it anymore!

WE NEED MORE OF YOUR MUSIC!

[GPlayerLogan]

@Venom1751 Agreed, fucking thankful I got to see them on one of the last shows before they stopped touring with Nickelback.

[Venom1751]

@GPlayerLogan I really miss them ;/ And you are really lucky..

[Chrisgodoflard]

1 dude hates this.

[laureladams]

OMG... is he married?.. :(

[S7A1ND]

I love Baritones and BB!!!

[Coolpleck]

@neuracer I heard that he was engaged :)

[candcgen1]

at 1:00 it sounds like someone in the far far distance is playing the intro to Breath...or is that just me?

[SDADSDSFDSGDA]

@candcgen1 I think it's just u I can't hear that

[HitmanFhell]

@candcgen1 I can hear something too but i'm not sure it's breath

[MrMuddyBleach]

Too bad it's practically impossible to find baritone guitars to try out in a shop somewhere...

[cortem762]

@MrMuddyBleach I had to search for the MIke Mushok, because they are rare even though they are currently in production. Its pretty awesome. A lot of artists actually use it. Anthony Armstrong from RED plays it, Chris Clonts from decyfer down uses it. And of course Mike Mushok uses it since its his model. And a lot of artists use it as a backup for their USA Baritones.

[Songwriter4God]

You guys made my day when I read the e-mail newsletter thing form Fret12 and saw both Sameer from Flyleaf and Ben in the list of artists with video on here! Thanks for making the best guitar community on the web!

[Metallicafanfrom93]

his voice is awesome.....just so nice to hear, even on heavy songs

[TheOpenJam]

I play Drop A# (like Breaking Benjamin's Phobia and Dear Agony album tunings, what he talks about here...) on a "normal" Schecter C1-FR guitar. I use the thickest strings though: 0.012-0.56. Works for me. Anyone care to chime in?

[TheOpenJam]

I play Drop A# (like Breaking Benjamin's Phobia and Dear Agony album tunings, what he talks about here...) on a "normal" Schecter C1-FR guitar. I use the thickest strings though: 0.012-0.56. Works for me. Anyone care to chime in?

[wmc128]

7 string are better than Baritone

[smallgiant9]

@wmc128 it all depends on what you prefer to play and how you play. personally, i see no point in 7 string guitars.

[wmc128]

@smallgiant9

You could have a seven string guitar tuned to Baritone tuning(B,E,A,DF#,B) or for a sevenstring (B,E,A,D,G,B,E) you could use the G instead of the F#, and still be able play songs in standard tuning without changing the guitar and it's tuning, But that's my opinion

[DROPIt7]

@wmc128

don't think so. Because of their longer scale length, baritones have a much higher string tension that you couldn't reach just by putting thicker strings on it.

Ben uses a baritone but he has still a 13 - 68 string-set on his guitar!

I know, I am a stupid smartass.

[wmc128]

@DROPIt7

Yeah I know but the Low B string on the 7 string has higher tension than a Baritone, the Thicker neck plus the extra string puts even more tension on the neck.

[Ralenissocold]

@DROPIt7 i think he actually uses 16-72 string set

[DROPIt7]

@Ralenissocold

Ernie Ball Custom Set 12 - 56 for C#

Ernie Ball Custom Set 12 - 60 for C

Ernie Ball Custom Set 13 - 68 for A#

[Ralenissocold]

@DROPIt7 in his guitar edge interview im pretty sure he has 16-72 guage

but maybe i overheard

[DROPIt7]

@Ralenissocold you may be right,

i took this from bb's website: The Shallow Bay/Breaking Benjamin Underground -> FAQ -> Breaking Benjamin FAQ -> Section 7 - Band Equipment

[Ralenissocold]

@DROPIt7 that was the same info for the last tour i think....just go to the guitaredge interview and ben says he uses 16-70 guage(idk why you would use 16 guage....13 guage is thick enough >.<

[DROPIt7]

@Ralenissocold yes now i've seen it. but that's weird! IMO a 16-70 gauge is way too fat, but if he likes it, that's fine....

[Ralenissocold]

@DROPIt7 haha i play 12s and i think theyre thick enough but 16s?! Man ben is the man lol

[pu3nadira]

is it me or is his cheek looked bruised?