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Has anyone ever used one? How are they tuned? Like a 5er but an octave higher? Did you find a way to use them in a musical setting? How do they compare to Irish bouzouki?

Not so sure if this is the right forum though :unsure: apologies

(there's no baritonechat.co.uk afaik)

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I had a go on a Baritone Danelectro when my band were recording recently, the studio owner had it kicking about. It was lovely actually, ideal for sparse picking, but sounded a little muddy for chordal stuff. We ended up using it for some ambient swells on a recording (with an ebow and a memory man) - it sounded great.

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[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1325781244' post='1487601']
Baritone guitars are tuned the same as a normal guitar but usually either a perfect fourth or perfect fifth lower.
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So that'll be BEADFB am I right? - Suppose, you could do as you please, but somehow a low B like a 7-string guitar? That should fit quite nicely with a 5string bass?

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Gus makes two different versions of the Baritone guitar.

The [url=http://www.gusguitars.com/product.php?model_id=4]G1 Baritone[/url] is based on the G1 Guitar but with a 28½" scale length and tuned B-B.

The [url=http://www.gusguitars.com/product.php?model_id=10]G3 Baritone[/url] has the same body shape as the G3 bass with a 30" scale length and is tuned A-A.

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There's a bit of discussion about them on [url="http://www.shortscale.org/"]http://www.shortscale.org[/url]. You can get varying scale lengths and tunings, from E-E (same lowest E as a 4 string bass) up to B-B (low B being an octave higher than a 5'er).

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Also popular with the 60s instrumental groups like the Shadows etc, so my BIL tells me.

Shameless plug for his Gretsch baritone/regular 6er double neck for sale here. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/150586-gretsch-g5566-jettm-double-neck-price-drop-18th-feb-l375/page__p__1564557__hl__gretsch__fromsearch__1#entry1564557"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/150586-gretsch-g5566-jettm-double-neck-price-drop-18th-feb-l375/page__p__1564557__hl__gretsch__fromsearch__1#entry1564557[/url]

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[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1325802726' post='1488166']
Didn't Duane Eddy use a baritone guitar?

Technically, you would think of it more as a guitar variant than a bass variant. All the chord shapes and scale patterns would be the same, for example.
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Yes he did, well a six string bass (E to E) and Glen Campbell used one for the solo on Wichita Lineman too.

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