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Johnny Isaacs · August 27th, 2004, 10:25 PM

I've borrowed a friends 60's Silvertone and it's great, but I can't get it in tune to save my life. I don't think I'm crazy, but I'm rapidly approaching it! He told me he thought it was A-A. When I try that, it feels like the tuners are going to explode. B-B would be worse! The closes I can get it to with out feeling too crazy is E-E. Is that right? Does the octave go lower on the top three strings?????

Help!

JOhnny Isaacs

Big Smokey · August 27th, 2004, 10:57 PM

It sounds like he may have it strung like a six string bass (E-E). The Gauges on a Bass VI would be .024--.084.
On my Baritone Strat tuned to A-A, I go with a .014-.072 for a nice low tension feel...
You should be able to do a Baritone-like thing with a Bass VI...
Many of the George Jones cuts from the 60's like "Love Bug" were cut with a Bass VI and not a baritone..

e-merlin · August 27th, 2004, 11:11 PM

A normal Baritone would be tuned B to B but you'd need baritone strings.

ye olde fretmonkey · August 28th, 2004, 12:16 AM

I do mine A through A. It stays in tune fairly well, considering it's a cheapo Korean Danelectro.

Those things feel flimsy as hell, though...I'm really careful with it.

Walter Broes · August 28th, 2004, 01:20 AM

Baritone string set B-B or A-A, six-string ("Tic-Tac") bass String set E-E.

Tele295 · August 28th, 2004, 10:31 AM

I have my Danelectro Baritone set up for tic-tac 6SB tuned E-E. Take at look at the strings, Johnny. If they're all wound strings, it's probably an E-E set. Baritone sets normally have 2 plain unwound strings.

My 6SB
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August 27th, 2004, 10:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Johnny Isaacs Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,642 30 Photos	How do you tune a baritone guitar??? I've borrowed a friends 60's Silvertone and it's great, but I can't get it in tune to save my life. I don't think I'm crazy, but I'm rapidly approaching it! He told me he thought it was A-A. When I try that, it feels like the tuners are going to explode. B-B would be worse! The closes I can get it to with out feeling too crazy is E-E. Is that right? Does the octave go lower on the top three strings????? Help! JOhnny Isaacs __________________ Myspace music page I've never trusted a guitar player who hasn't licked a few 9volts... Famous last words...... after this one, no new Tele's!

August 27th, 2004, 10:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Big Smokey Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 571	Howdy Johnny! It sounds like he may have it strung like a six string bass (E-E). The Gauges on a Bass VI would be .024--.084. On my Baritone Strat tuned to A-A, I go with a .014-.072 for a nice low tension feel... You should be able to do a Baritone-like thing with a Bass VI... Many of the George Jones cuts from the 60's like "Love Bug" were cut with a Bass VI and not a baritone.. __________________ www.bigsmokey.com

August 28th, 2004, 12:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Age: 49 Posts: 3,658	I do mine A through A. It stays in tune fairly well, considering it's a cheapo Korean Danelectro. Those things feel flimsy as hell, though...I'm really careful with it. __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

August 28th, 2004, 10:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Latchodrom, CA Posts: 4,028 14 Photos	I have my Danelectro Baritone set up for tic-tac 6SB tuned E-E. Take at look at the strings, Johnny. If they're all wound strings, it's probably an E-E set. Baritone sets normally have 2 plain unwound strings. My 6SB http://community.webshots.com/photo/...42455960UktWfV __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

August 28th, 2004, 01:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Walter Broes Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Age: 39 Posts: 560	Baritone string set B-B or A-A, six-string ("Tic-Tac") bass String set E-E.

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