Baritone Guitar Demo

EPISODE NOV 28: Tom describes his Dan Electro baritone guitar.

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[Magnumscoffeefreek]

thats like saying why buy a truck when i can lift my honda and put bigger tyres on it. ;)

[AwfulVision]

WRONG. The position of the bridge, *as well as the length of the neck*, dictates the scale length. You could no more put a 26" or 28" scale length neck on a Fender Strat (which is meant for a 25.5" scale length) than you could a 24" short scale neck on the same guitar (trust me: in my young and stupid days, I tried this).

Yes, you could technically put a baritone neck on a standard guitar body, but the intonation would be irrevocably messed up until you put the original neck back on.

[The170460]

poor sound

[MajorImpact]

@AwfulVision

How do you explain the baritone conversion necks Warmoth sells then?

[duboyous10]

One good thing to note when playing these instruments is space between tones... Notes that are lower in pitch tend to "muddy" up as the soundwaves collide with one one another. Playing two low notes together, say, a G and an A, is much more dissonant than the same two notes in a higher octave.

That being said, it might be good to pay attention to your standard chord voicings and changing them to accomodate that dissonance. i.e.- removing the lowest B within a G chord by muting the A string.

[kc7wwy]

1st time I heard of one of those animals . cool and thanks.

[simondcr]

@AwfulVision if you just wanne have a heavier tone on a normal guitar put baritone strings on it and use standard tuning will i still be able to play power chords???

[101Volts]

I can imagine all sorts of people asking "Isn't a baritone guitar almost the same as a 7 string?" Well, Although it is like a 7 string minus the High E the guitar neck is longer, giving the strings more tension and therefore it has a different sound. You might also be able to use a baritone as a regular guitar if you put regular guitar strings on it, The neck just has to be short enough or the strings long enough. I think it would work with a 27" scale baritone, Any longer might not work though.

[DVpk47]

@someonesomewhere572 with a 7 string its standard with a b on top so BEADGBE but this is in baritone tuning which is BEADF#B so its similar but not quite the same

[mikeyFear0n]

@someonesomewhere572 Minus the high E string.. I guess so.. but 7 strings usually have more metal guitar qualities, like hotter wound pups or something, not all of them though

[Ongleonde]

The bottom B string is the same but the baritone only has 6 strings, so the highest string is a B also. Its just like playing a regular six string guitar but a fourth lower. A lot guys like Andy McKee and Antione Dufour use baritone acoustic guitars for a lot of their music.

[someonesomewhere572]

is this the same thing as a 7 string?