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AlfredB
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wow,
I got a rather inexpensive Squier Sub-sonic baritone guitar off of e-bay (27" scale). I kindalike buy and sell guitars (w/out making real money out of it - but it allows me to play a lot of different guitars and keep the "skim-of-the-cream) - so I planned on playing it a couple of weeks and sell it off again ...
I even thought that I need to put some decent PUps in there .... but boy was I wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This one is def. a keeper. Very nicely made, neck thru, and even the PUPs are REALLY good for rhytm parts (not sure about soloing in the higher registers, tho!).
Going from a regular guitar to a baritone (soundwise), is like hearing a yamaha bike take off and then hear a modded Harley Davidson doing the same - thats about the best comparison I can come up with. It definitely has a lot of weight behind the tone .... also this damn guitar sustains forever (and I'm talking sustain here, not sustain fading into feedback!!)
I set'er up "drop-D" for baritones (i am still experimenting, tho!) ... A-E-A-D-G-B, and A-D-A-D-G-B .... if you are into powerchords, the stuff that comes out of your 4x12 hits you like a freight-train .... wow, talk about ballsy sound
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point is: if you can get your hands on a baritone, give it a shot and see if they work for you - THEY ARE FUN!!!!!!!!
best of luck
alfred
I got a rather inexpensive Squier Sub-sonic baritone guitar off of e-bay (27" scale). I kindalike buy and sell guitars (w/out making real money out of it - but it allows me to play a lot of different guitars and keep the "skim-of-the-cream) - so I planned on playing it a couple of weeks and sell it off again ...
I even thought that I need to put some decent PUps in there .... but boy was I wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This one is def. a keeper. Very nicely made, neck thru, and even the PUPs are REALLY good for rhytm parts (not sure about soloing in the higher registers, tho!).
Going from a regular guitar to a baritone (soundwise), is like hearing a yamaha bike take off and then hear a modded Harley Davidson doing the same - thats about the best comparison I can come up with. It definitely has a lot of weight behind the tone .... also this damn guitar sustains forever (and I'm talking sustain here, not sustain fading into feedback!!)
I set'er up "drop-D" for baritones (i am still experimenting, tho!) ... A-E-A-D-G-B, and A-D-A-D-G-B .... if you are into powerchords, the stuff that comes out of your 4x12 hits you like a freight-train .... wow, talk about ballsy sound

point is: if you can get your hands on a baritone, give it a shot and see if they work for you - THEY ARE FUN!!!!!!!!
best of luck
alfred