Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
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the guy who invented fire
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Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
The Yamaha Drop 6 guitars are not true Bartones and do not have a full Bari scale (30 inches) nor are then even that newer Bari scale (27-28 inches) the Drop 6 stuff from Yamaha is around 26.5 give or take and you could tune it to standard but even with 9-42's on it it's gonna feel a bit tight.
viva_360 said:
The Yamaha Drop 6 guitars are not true Bartones and do not have a full Bari scale (30 inches) nor are then even that newer Bari scale (27-28 inches) the Drop 6 stuff from Yamaha is around 26.5 give or take and you could tune it to standard but even with 9-42's on it it's gonna feel a bit tight.
viewaskew2k5
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Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
Just get a damn CAPO
Just get a damn CAPO
Zerberus
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Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
"Full Bari Scale" is something new to me... traditionally, 30" is considered a short scale bass and anything between 25.5 and 29.9999999999999999 is "baritone"
As far as the tension: I used 11-52 on my baritone in standard tuning (27" scale) and had no problems... though mind you I play 12s on normal scale in standard...
the guy who invented fire said:
"Full Bari Scale" is something new to me... traditionally, 30" is considered a short scale bass and anything between 25.5 and 29.9999999999999999 is "baritone"
As far as the tension: I used 11-52 on my baritone in standard tuning (27" scale) and had no problems... though mind you I play 12s on normal scale in standard...
Jeroen
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Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
There is actually a company that makes 27" solidbody and semi-hollow jazzguitars intended for standard E-tuning. The idea is the added scale length should add clarity, definition and 'tightness'. I can't remember the brand though, but their website is bookmarked on my PC at home. If I don't forget, I'll post a link this evening (which for me is in a few hours, it's 16:30 now here).
There is actually a company that makes 27" solidbody and semi-hollow jazzguitars intended for standard E-tuning. The idea is the added scale length should add clarity, definition and 'tightness'. I can't remember the brand though, but their website is bookmarked on my PC at home. If I don't forget, I'll post a link this evening (which for me is in a few hours, it's 16:30 now here).
SpeedDemon
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Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
Perhaps the link now
Jeroen said:
Perhaps the link now
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
Dano Baritones from the 50's and 60's were 30 inches (as are the reissues from the 90's...however the newest Danos and one of the Jerry Jones are 28 inch), Fender Bass VI is a 30 inch scale, the EBMM bari is 30 inches as is the OLP version of it, the new BC RICH Bari is 30 inches...sure with even larger strings you can tune them in the range of a bass but with a lighter set you can run C, B or A if you want.
Zerberus said:
Dano Baritones from the 50's and 60's were 30 inches (as are the reissues from the 90's...however the newest Danos and one of the Jerry Jones are 28 inch), Fender Bass VI is a 30 inch scale, the EBMM bari is 30 inches as is the OLP version of it, the new BC RICH Bari is 30 inches...sure with even larger strings you can tune them in the range of a bass but with a lighter set you can run C, B or A if you want.
Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
Hey Christian.....what kind of strings did Joe Perry use on "Back in the Saddle"? Didn't jack Bruce sometimes break out the old Fender VI back in the early Cream days? The Gibson and Epi SG short scale 4 string basses are a 30" scale ad they get down to bass tuning.
Hey Christian.....what kind of strings did Joe Perry use on "Back in the Saddle"? Didn't jack Bruce sometimes break out the old Fender VI back in the early Cream days? The Gibson and Epi SG short scale 4 string basses are a 30" scale ad they get down to bass tuning.
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
AH, herein lies the communication error... When I say "Traditional", I´m not talking about these newfangled electric things, I´m talking about the way it was before Leo and the others raped all of the terms like "Tremolo" and "Baritone"
2. They do, the Jackson CS will make anything you want
3. Mine was an Ibanez RG1077XL (that means I also had a seventh string which added even mmore tension, yet still the neck didn´t snap )
the guy who invented fire said:
AH, herein lies the communication error... When I say "Traditional", I´m not talking about these newfangled electric things, I´m talking about the way it was before Leo and the others raped all of the terms like "Tremolo" and "Baritone"
Depends 100% on what´s on there now and what it´s tuned to...if the difference is large enough (which it probably will be), yesviva_360 said:
1. They do, The DK 27 is a baritoneviva_360 said:
2. They do, the Jackson CS will make anything you want
3. Mine was an Ibanez RG1077XL (that means I also had a seventh string which added even mmore tension, yet still the neck didn´t snap
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
Im not sure about the strings Joe used, I do know that Joe has the Bass VI, an EBMM Bari, several Dano's and others Im sure...he favors the 30" scale Bari and he tunes it E to E. As for Jack, he used a Bass VI on Fresh Cream I don't think he ever used it again and sold it shortly after (as a side note, Leslie West now owns Jacks bass VI).
jdm61 said:
Im not sure about the strings Joe used, I do know that Joe has the Bass VI, an EBMM Bari, several Dano's and others Im sure...he favors the 30" scale Bari and he tunes it E to E. As for Jack, he used a Bass VI on Fresh Cream I don't think he ever used it again and sold it shortly after (as a side note, Leslie West now owns Jacks bass VI).
MattPete
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Re: Baritone Guitar ? Can it do standard e tuning?
I think you mean Soloway guitars:
http://www.jimsoloway.com/index.htm
Jeroen said:
I think you mean Soloway guitars:
http://www.jimsoloway.com/index.htm
