Anyone else use baritones?

[i love sharin foo]

I have a '97 Jerry Jones baritone that I adore. I use it quite a bit. I like to make loops with my DL-4 and then layer baritone and detuned Jazzmaster lines together (I tune my Jazzmasters down to C# because I like the way open chords ring that way). The only bad thing is that it doesn't leave much room for bass lines, but I play at home most of the time these days anyway, so that isn't much of a problem. Delay and fuzz sounds great with it.

Justin

[sookwinder]

Yeah I have a Fender SUBSONIC  (long neck strat) from 2000 (no longer available).  Beautiful guitar,almost an autumn sunburst, it is  tuned B - B.

It has mainly been used for "cello like" fills or alternate voicing to give a thicker texture in a rhythm track.... mainly on slower numbers.

[mynameisjonas]

as soon as i get enough money, i´m buying a danelectro longhorn baritone. i played a gig last weekend with my bandmate´s jaguar baritone, and got hooked. i love the way it "kerrangs" when you play open chords. even with 100% clean sound it sounds like... war. in a good way that is.
it´s a wonder i´ve kept from buying one this long. i´ve always played the bass as if it was a guitar, most of the time not even touching the low e-string for entire songs. a baritone would be an excellent way to broaden the spectrum.

[i love sharin foo]

I love the way chords ring, too. That is why I always tune my JMs down a decent bit too. It is such an awesome sound, especially with a lot of reverb. There are so many good uses for them that I can't believe that I waited so long to get one too.

Justin

[zhivago]

I'd love to put together a USCG BassVI one day.....

[i love sharin foo]

I'd love to put together a USCG BassVI one day.....

You aren't the only one John 

If I didn't have this Jerry Jones, I would REALLY have a hard time not building my own VI.

Justin

[daydreamdelay]

like the Jazzblaster.. I got a parts list ready for this one too

[bassVIst]

I'd love to put together a USCG BassVI one day.....

me too...

[scottme]

Once my 63 VI gets reassembled, I intend using that much more (more as a bass).

[DarrelT]

Had a USACG bass VI neck on a Coronado for a while, then on my Jazzmaster for a while (Fender Bass VI string set).
Currently planning on putting a bari neck on my "Staronado" project.  I'd like to find a 27" conversion neck (same scale as the Jag bari), but have not had any luck.

[Stereordinary]

Yeah I have a Fender SUBSONIC  (long neck $trat) from 2000 (no longer available).  Beautiful guitar,almost an autumn sunburst, it is  tuned B - B.

It has mainly been used for "cello like" fills or alternate voicing to give a thicker texture in a rhythm track.... mainly on slower numbers.

I found one of these at a local guitar shop recently.  It was a Custom Shop NAMM edition in CAR with only one bridge humbucker.  I didn't play it because I didn't want to get hooked, but it looked like a steal at only $999.

[sookwinder]

The Subsonic I have has a HB in the bridge and  SC in the middle and Neck positions.... infact it basically looks like a hard tail strat with a HB in the bridge posi, that has a long neck on it.

But as I said before, the fit and finish on this guitar is truly amazing ... lovely guiatr to play and record with.

[JustAnotherNancyBoy]

I was planning on getting a baritone Jag, fixing it up for singles, and adding the rythme citcut and all.

[mynameisjonas]

I was planning on getting a baritone Jag, fixing it up for singles, and adding the rythme citcut and all.

but the standard baritone jaguar already has single coils and rhythm circuit, why not just get one of those?


i´m assuming you wanted to take one of these:

and swap the pickups and add a rhythm circuit..?

[DarrelT]

Those two beasts are different scales, right?  (not that is has anything to do with top)