Ever heard of a Baritone Guitar?

in music •  7 years ago  (edited)


They're not super rare, but you'd still be hard pressed to find one in your traditional rock'n'roll band. It's similar to a regular electric guitar in that it has six strings, but has a much larger body and heavier internal bracing to support larger strings that are tuned lower. Typically, baritone guitars are tuned a fourth or a fifth lower than regular guitars which puts it right smack dab in the middle of a guitar and a bass. The tone is nice and thick and doesn't get muddy (unless you want it to, for that I suggest a Big Muff pedal, it sounds great).

Here's a video of one in action:
https://www.facebook.com/DarlaPhilly/videos/815345301970555/

Guitarists who like to tune their guitars down to C should probably consider just getting one of these. It's more natural and just sounds better. It also sounds great when you use a slide on it for that deep country twang!
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Great sounding plank those...tho to be honest what doesn’t sound good with an Big Muff on it eh?

Damn that's funky!

Very cool. I used to have a Baritone from Michael Kelly - Wish I still had it. On my Dtube/DSound the song Nobody is that guitar.