Baritone guitars?

[Unsprung]

In my price range (even if pushing a bit), Musician's Friend has:
1. Ibanez MMM1 Mike Mushok Signature @ $744.49
2. Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom @ $699.99
3. Epiphone Les Paul Standard Baritone @ $499.00

At Earthshaking Music, there's an Italia D-Man Baritone @ $399.99

Haven't seen any Danelectro baritones, in a few years, and the Gibson Les Paul Studio Baritone is WAY out of my range. If I could find one, I think a Gretsch bass/baritone would be within my price range.

Wanting to recreate the tuned-up bass sound of Bert Kaempfert's song "A Swingin' Safari" has me wanting a baritone, instead of actually tuning up one of my two basses. Having heard the baritone-esque sound, in Kaempfert's music, has me thinking about some neat possibilities toward a rumbling hot rod/surf guitar sound that I'm looking for.

Matt

 

[chadsxe]

Look into the ESP/LTD baritones......

 

[Echelon]

Also, you can take a regular guitar and adjust the truss and such...

 

[Unsprung]

Look into the ESP/LTD baritones......

I must be blind...or durned near. I totally missed that one, and it was the next one below the Fender, on the "low-tuned & 7-string" list page at Musician's Friend. And it's also in my price range The Ibanez, that I'd mentioned in my last post, would be right at the top of my price range.

 

[Echelon]

Look into the ESP/LTD baritones......

I've owned a couple ESP's and they were great, the LTD's can be all right if you take the time to love them. I've never gotten and LTD from the factory that i've liked, it's possible I just have bad luck because other people seem to like them just fine. After a couple weeks of adjustments and some new pickups, they sound wicked-sweet.

Schecter also makes a C-1 EX, which is a really nice guitar, but they are hard to find for some reason...

 

[metalj]

stienberger has a new switchable guitar system out on their new guitars.

they have a rolling, almost a capo looking type thing that stays at the nut when in baritone mode and then your roll it down to be a regular guitar.

it looks really cool(no headstock), and is about 1/2 of what a lespaul might cost you. Look in the new musicains friend catalog that i just got in the mail.

cheers