I've always been intrigued with Baritone guitars but I don't know alot about them: I've always thought they were like normal six-string guitars tuned an octave lower, or a bass guitar with two extra strings. That being said, how would you be able to use one in a band setting? Would I be able to play with a bassist or would a baritone just create too many problems and cause everything to be really muddy when playing with a bassist. Anyways, if anyone has any ideas then that'd help me out quite a bit, thanks in advance.
Steve-0
I would expect a baritone to be tuned around a fourth or a fifth lower than a regular guitar, although I understand that some six-string basses have been called baritone guitars.
I don't play one, but I've usually seen baritone guitar tunings listed as BEADF#B.
So that would make it a 4th lower.
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Thanks alot, I was mainly interested in them because I want to get a bass sometime in the near future and I thought that Baritone's and 6-string bass's were the same thing, and I know that alot of guitarists used baritones so I thought if I got a baritone I could use it both as a bass guitar in a band or as a lower-tuned guitar. Thanks alot for clearing that up.
Steve-0
Mabye you're thinking of the early '60s Fender Bass VI - I've always called it a six-string bass, but I've heard a few people call them baritone guitars. It was tuned an octave lower than a regular guitar, but with a shorter scale length, making it more guitar like. Note the differences in scale lengths (rough guide - not meant to be authoritative):
Baritone guitar - approx 27"
Bass VI - 30"
Standard Bass - 34"
5- and 6- string basses - 35"-36"
