Anyone else use baritones?
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Re: Anyone else use baritones?
I think the Jag Bari is 27.5"
Not sure about the other
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Bass VI - A What?
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Re: Anyone else use baritones?
WOAH! SHocking instrument!
I used to tune my tele down to B, F#, B, B with the "not even slinky" set from EB, but it was kind of floppy and fell out of tune, so I got a baritone conversion neck, but it was too damn hard to play.
Now, I have some "Zakk Wylde ultra low-tune" strings (.70-11 I believe) and I rock my affinity tele down to B. AWESOME!
I used to tune my tele down to B, F#, B, B with the "not even slinky" set from EB, but it was kind of floppy and fell out of tune, so I got a baritone conversion neck, but it was too damn hard to play.
Now, I have some "Zakk Wylde ultra low-tune" strings (.70-11 I believe) and I rock my affinity tele down to B. AWESOME!
I prefer their older stuff.
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Re: Anyone else use baritones?
yeah the standard version is 28.5" and the HH version is 27".DarrelT wrote: Those two beasts are different scales, right? (not that is has anything to do with top)
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That would make a brilliant USCG project....SPudnik wrote: "Wouldn't mind having this...
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Re: Anyone else use baritones?
I will own a baritone sometime this year! I especially like playing "jazz chords" on them through cranked tweed amps or big muffs. Marshalls do it pretty nice too!
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Re: Anyone else use baritones?
I'm doing a funky doubleneck Tele with a Bass VI trem and Bari neck up top (powered by a couple cranky old Filtertrons). Here's an OLD pic without all the parts...
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i'm pretty sure it is...scottme wrote:That would make a brilliant USCG project....SPudnik wrote: "Wouldn't mind having this...
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somebody ask Curtis already...
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Re: Anyone else use baritones?
I use a '60's Dano standard (one lipstick, double cutaway, shorthorn, trained seal-shape pickguar ) baritone quite a bit. It sounds really good.
I especially like that with Danos, the only difference between the bass, six string standard, and barintone instruments are the position of the frets, the number of tuning machines, and the position of the bridge. And the slots in the nut, I guess. Otherwise they are exactly the same thing - same neck, same body, same everything. If you line them all up together people don't notice at first, then they either get all huffily dismissive and annoyed, or are awstruck but the goofy cheapness genius.
I especially like that with Danos, the only difference between the bass, six string standard, and barintone instruments are the position of the frets, the number of tuning machines, and the position of the bridge. And the slots in the nut, I guess. Otherwise they are exactly the same thing - same neck, same body, same everything. If you line them all up together people don't notice at first, then they either get all huffily dismissive and annoyed, or are awstruck but the goofy cheapness genius.
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Re: Anyone else use baritones?
bah! fender made a rather feeble entry into that line of thinking with the 22.5" and 24" interchangable necks.
I prefer their older stuff.