Members benecol Posted January 21, 2007 Members Share Posted January 21, 2007 Hello - quick question, and while I know it should probably go in the electric guitar or even the bass section, I trust you lot's opinion more: I fancy getting hold of either a baritone or a six string bass to make spy film, spaghetti western, Tortoise-type noises. Now, I'm on a RIDICULOUSLY tight budget, so if I can get one guitar to do both these jobs, it'd be great. At the moment, I'm looking at reissue Dano's - I've read elsewhere (I think it was the FDP) that you can tune a baritone down to E - E; can anyone shed any light on this? Baritones look easier to come by (and cheaper), anyone care to let on how much fun they are to play? Is there a world of difference between a six string bass and a baritone? And finally, they'll both sound fine through a normal guitar amp, right? Thanks in advance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CicadaSilence Posted January 21, 2007 Members Share Posted January 21, 2007 I've got a Bastardcaster (Strat body, Dano 30" scale neck) that I use to experiment with lower tunings. I've tuned it E-e, and I could never get it to sound decent in that tuning. Too grumbly. I'm going to eventually toss some GFS lipstick pickups in it, hopefully that will give the tone a little bit more snap. I've always loved Dano guitars, I don't think you can go wrong with picking one up. Unless you're an appearance freak. A lot of people think they look cheesy. Most baritone guitars are 27" to 28" scale, and usually tuned A-a or B-b. The Fender Bass VI is a 30" scale, E-e instrument. The Dano baritones are 30", but I think they come from the factory tuned A-a. Another option is the Gretsch. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gretsch-Guitars-G5265-Jet-Baritone?sku=511568&src=3WFRWXX I'm not sure how much the Danos are going for these days, but the Gretsch is pretty reasonably priced. And IMO, a vibrato is essential for the type of stuff you want to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Auchenorrhyncha Posted January 21, 2007 Members Share Posted January 21, 2007 if you have a fender body around www.warmoth.com sells 28'' necks that fit in, if your in the UK the old sheldons worked great for joy division / new order's peter hook, and you can find them for a good price.shecter makes a baritone for Perry of the Cure thats pretty niceand E-E is fine, or A-A or B-B, or any tuning you can think ofand a vibrato is good to get!i made a pretty big pic filled post in the bass forum about baritones if you want to search there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johnny Beverage Posted January 21, 2007 Members Share Posted January 21, 2007 If you can get your hands on a Black (the other finidh has a hideous "celtic cross" on it) epiphone baritone that would be my choice. I had one for a year and i used it to record vocal lines on songs for which i didn't yet have lyrics. The only reason I sold it was to get a Dean Cadillac, my dream guitar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted January 21, 2007 Members Share Posted January 21, 2007 if you can find one of these you'd be set...Danelectro Innuedoi got mine for about $125, maybe $150. they can easily be had for under $200. they are solidbodies with strat pups, unlike typical Danos.if you want that spaghetti soundtrack twang you'll definitely want singlecoils--either Fender-style or lipsticks.http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/ has some cool ones too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted January 21, 2007 Members Share Posted January 21, 2007 You can actually try making a bari out of an existing guitar - I've strung up my Danelectro Shorthorn with a .16-.65 set tuned to low B - worked great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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