Jon S.
Tele-Afflicted
I need one for recording. Recommendations? Thanks!
Affordable new or newish (not vintage) baritone guitars
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corliss1
Poster Extraordinaire
Squier one is killer, and you can usually get a good deal on used ones.
Squier is good. You could also look for the Gretsch G5260 or G5260T (with Bigsby) - which is a simple Gretsch Jet solid body, baritone scale.
Don’t know what type of music you’re recording, but strung with flats and tremolo to taste, will yield a deep, classic baritone sound.
I’ve used one. Plays well, pickups sound good.
Don’t know what type of music you’re recording, but strung with flats and tremolo to taste, will yield a deep, classic baritone sound.
I’ve used one. Plays well, pickups sound good.
W.L.Weller
Friend of Leo's
I've got a Danelectro 30" scale baritone that I bought off a guy on Craigslist for $300 about 10 years ago, it completely rules. I swapped the stock bridge for a replacement, because the old one was sagging in the middle.
The original design of this bridge, from the early 2000s Korean production run, has the overall height set by the outer 2 screws, which the front of the bridge sits on top of. String tension causes the pot metal baseplate to sag under the 4th & 3rd strings. So I got a CJ Tooling bridge:
The new bridge certainly looks better, and is much easier to adjust, but didn't change the sound of the instrument anywhere near as much as I was expecting. Which was totally fine with me, it sounds fantastic. (If you just have to upgrade something, upgrade the tuning machines. The stock ones were pretty stiff, now I've got some smooth locking D'Addarios that snip off the extra string length, too)
If I needed "A classic baritone sound" I wouldn't hesitate to pony up for the current production Dano:
But I would suggest tuning it ADGCEA (perfect 5th lower than std guitar) rather than the "B standard" tuning many baritone players use (BEADF#B) since these Danelectros are 29.75" scale and the D'Addario .014 - .068 & LaBella .014 - .070 sets work out nicely, tension-wise.
The original design of this bridge, from the early 2000s Korean production run, has the overall height set by the outer 2 screws, which the front of the bridge sits on top of. String tension causes the pot metal baseplate to sag under the 4th & 3rd strings. So I got a CJ Tooling bridge:
The new bridge certainly looks better, and is much easier to adjust, but didn't change the sound of the instrument anywhere near as much as I was expecting. Which was totally fine with me, it sounds fantastic. (If you just have to upgrade something, upgrade the tuning machines. The stock ones were pretty stiff, now I've got some smooth locking D'Addarios that snip off the extra string length, too)
If I needed "A classic baritone sound" I wouldn't hesitate to pony up for the current production Dano:
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But I would suggest tuning it ADGCEA (perfect 5th lower than std guitar) rather than the "B standard" tuning many baritone players use (BEADF#B) since these Danelectros are 29.75" scale and the D'Addario .014 - .068 & LaBella .014 - .070 sets work out nicely, tension-wise.
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freshmattyp
Tele-Afflicted
I've always wanted one of these:
Agreed about trying to find a Danelectro. And about A-A tuning.
Hallo Spencer
Tele-Meister
If I lived in the US I would probably buy this: https://orangewoodguitars.com/pages/orangewood-x-treetone-del-sol-baritone
toanhunter
Tele-Meister
danelectro are good, they have doubled in price though in the last 5 years.
W.L.Weller
Friend of Leo's
That's a lot of guitar for $700. If I didn't already have the Dano, I'd be very tempted.
W.L.Weller
Friend of Leo's
Eight different Squier Paranormal Baritone Cabronita Telecaster (glad they didn't try to cram the middle three words onto the headstock) for sale on Reverb at the moment, from $350 to $550. Might be the cheapest baritone entry point.
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Hallo Spencer
Tele-Meister
I strung my Strat with standard scale with baritone strings and tuned to B. Sounds and plays good. Cheapest option and if it's only for a little bit of recording probably totally sufficient.
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