Members The Villano Dude Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 I am not sure what you mean by heavy Chris (weight or sound) but in either case, I love baritones and having additional tonal options in general. Try one out man, you might dig it. Or like I said before, buy both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members npfrs Posted January 3, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Originally Posted by Phil O'Keefe How big are your hands? A bari has a longer neck / scale, and chording on one can be tiresome... at least for me. I have small fingers. Still, I love having a bari - it's such a unique sound that you don't hear every day... but I use mine for single note lines and tic tack type stuff far more than for chords and power riffage. If you already have a few other regular guitars, maybe consider getting something that really expands your tonal options. If not, maybe the Jazzmaster would be the better choice. Get a set of 12's or 13's on there and it should be able to handle open D just fine, and it will be a lot easier to stretch out on. Originally Posted by Phil O'Keefe Baritones are really nice, and a lot of fun. I'm sure you'd find yourself writing stuff on it if you had one. That's kind of the trick to them - you can transfer some stuff from guitar, but it's really a different thing. You play a bit differently, and you'd almost certainly write with its strenghts and limitations in mind if you had one. They cover a huge frequency range, which can be darned handy if you're playing in a duo or trio. I'm not sure if or how much they'd need to be modded in order to set them up for 13's, but 12s shouldn't really be a big problem. I'd expect the nut to need filing, and I wonder about the vibrato and whether or not the string holes in it are big enough for 13s to pass through. If not, they can probably be drilled / reamed out a bit to allow them to fit. Very nice! What are you using for the looper? Yeah, a having a baritone wouldn't be just having another guitar, it'd be having another instrument, but, arguably, having a JM tuned to open d would also be the same (for my purposes for writing). As for the tech, I'm pretty sure he never files the nut for any set-ups, mostly just sends it out the door with 9s or 10s, whatever is on the guitar. Lame. Finally, it's a Boomerang III. I'm using it in serial mode. I now have the Sidecar and also the MIDI sync patch, so I'm experimenting with looping to a percussive loop (like a tambourine or shaker) and my drummer is used to playing to those already so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riff ie Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 it's on u, play as many of both as you can then make a decision and stick by it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members npfrs Posted January 10, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 The local store has a MIJ Bass VI and I tried it today. What a beast! No ideas forming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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