Do You NEED a BARITONE Guitar? Why I Like Having One

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@KeithShelley1 2 жыл бұрын

I've been playing baritone as my primary guitar for a couple of years now. They're like their own instrument. Normal scale guitars feel a little like toys now.

@Purple_Moose 2 жыл бұрын

It is baffling to hear that you used to play Periphery, but I love that so much that it's part of your journey. The band I'm in plays exclusively 7's, but I bought a Sire because of you and that's my favorite thing now.

@IIImobiusIII 2 жыл бұрын

I think of it like a classical string ensemble. mandolin, 12 string, acoustic, Strat, shredder, baritone, P bass, upright bass. Then there's the guitar synth. If it's got strings, I want one. There's one major drawback, though. The best piano teacher I ever knew, who was the Dean of Music at a prestigious faculty, told me. "If I find out you're playing an organ or synth, you're getting dropped. These require different techniques that will interfere with and limit your abilities." She meant business but was a total sweetheart. Rose Goldblatt RIP.

@samseitz9937 2 жыл бұрын

Your cover of “been a while” was deeply moving

@chriscapitanio2671 2 жыл бұрын

I have one of these Squiers too and I love the unique sonic range they occupy. Like you, I don't think of it as a drop-tuned guitar but rather as a distinct instrument. Mine got a nice workout today as "The Last Of Us" fever had me revisiting Gustavo Santaolalla's score for Part II. Lots of great moments there. It's fun as hell to chug on these but those big, Spaghetti Western-esque clean sounds are where baritones truly shine for me.

@steverolfeca Жыл бұрын

I use it to reset my my ear and creativity. Familiar phrases and chord shapes are transformed when you play them on a Bari. I also love that thick yet chimey sound in the upper register- the harmonics are wonderful. Oddly, I bought a used sunburst copy of your Paranormal Cabro Baritone recently, and just traded it in for a black one. So far, I've had a high end Warmoth bari Strat, an amazing Karol baritone acoustic, and yet this is the one that has moved me the most. 27", P90's and the simplicity of a Tele is the big win for me.

@GitShiddy 2 жыл бұрын

I have one of these Squiers, easily the best entry to baritone. Super familiar, super comfortable scale (unlike say a Danelectro or Gretsch), sounds great. I used a string tension guide to "match" my preferred gauge in E to baritone in B, including an unwound 3rd. Took the whole guitar from feeling kind of rigid and thus leaned me towards heavy riffs & open chords; and made it feel more fluid as such I can play sort of anything now. Cowboy chords to riff rock to chugs to blues to diade & triad melodies, ambience, solos all the crap I can do, I can do on a baritone.

@J.D.... 2 жыл бұрын

what gauge did u end up with? I cant find anything thats similar to my 9's either too little or too much tension.

@GitShiddy 2 жыл бұрын

@@J.D.... I went with 12-58 to "match" my 9.5-48 gauges relative tension. Used the stringjoy tension calculator & went full nerd to figure out the perfect gauges per string.

@tonystartup3817 2 жыл бұрын

Now that you're a dad I thought you'd be going more in the Yacht rock direction!

@mostlypostie1 7 ай бұрын

Wow, that first 4 mins!

@Oxidenitrate Жыл бұрын

When you played these are my favourite things, this become my favourite thing

@willgoodfellow3144 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same guitar in the Andertons oxblood and gold pickguard finish and love it. Such a good guitar for the money.

@robertpurdy4452 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite song creating instrument is my baritone guitar. In Junior High and High School I played the euphonium/baritone and it's the reason my creative juices like to play in that range of frequencies.

@brandonmoore7797 2 жыл бұрын

Your baritone videos get me pumped up. Definitely my next guitar related purchase. In my searches here near Washington DC in the US, the pickings are a lot slimmer than standard guitars.

@GitShiddy 2 жыл бұрын

Unless you want a baritone for more metal style playing, the Squier in this video is probably the best option to start. As it's just a Tele with an little longer neck, and relatively inexpensive.

@brandonmoore7797 2 жыл бұрын

@@GitShiddy thanks for the advice. I've been looking, but not many up for sale around here, used. People must like them. A few Danelectros, Gretchs, Douglases and few converted parts casters, but the paranormals seem to not change hands or they hold their value near 100%. You say you strung yours to reduce string tension. What did you settle on for string gage?

@GitShiddy 2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonmoore7797 They came strung with with 13-64, I went down to 12-58.

@brandonmoore7797 2 жыл бұрын

@@GitShiddy Thanks man. I've definitely come to appreciate a little less string tension, so having that as a starting point will be a huge help. Just tuned my Epi Les Paul down to C# for Down / CoC Pepper Keenan type stuff with 10s and it feels really slinky, but it's been surprisingly fun and easy on the hands. Reliving a bit of my high school musical interests and enjoying the Groove Metal stuff about as much as I did back then

@theericbeaty 2 жыл бұрын

You should really check out The Bunn’s channel. He’s known as “The Baritone Guitar Guy“ for good reason. He uses Helix as well and mainly plays Sludge Metal.

@Xirrious 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah I need one. I love baritones.

@charlesharper7292 9 ай бұрын

Got myself an HB Amarok baritone. Phenomenal guitar. Still exploring.

@judeworth938 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. In May 2023 went with a Squire Classic Vibe Telecaster FSR Custom baritone 27" scale which of course came tuned in the standard baritone tuning of BEADF#B tuning and Squire puts on .014-.068 gauge round wound strings....but since I have changed to flat wounds (which I prefer and have on all my electrics as they're more comfortable and there's no squeak moving along the fretboard) and gauges .015-.060. I have also discovered some very cool alternate tunings for baritone guitar such as : AEADF#B. or AEADEA (DADGAD equivalent) or GDADEA. or GDGCEA or ADGCEA.

@ChristopherOrth 2 жыл бұрын

Baritones are great, and although there aren't many out there they tend to be a whole lot cheaper than standard guitars. I have a Chapman ML1 Baritone that I really enjoy. Neck through, two pickups.

@christopherjbutler 2 жыл бұрын

My Favourite Things sounds effing incredible on that thing in your hands! Good lord

@Aletheia_Z 2 жыл бұрын

For a quick test on drop tunings use a Digitech Drop, great tracking

@R3dbudd 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll always have a 7. Now that I mainly play a mexi strat it’s hard to go back and forth with the radius being so different. But with the 7 I can play full acoustic type chords and regular leads and grab the lower octaves on heavy choruses and play huge power chords. It’s worth it.

@Thr3-Words 2 жыл бұрын

You've often said you're not a metal guy, but maybe that's the reason your heavier compositions are so good 🤘 Edit: oh, and an idea: in your last video you said strats sound thin on the upper frets/strings: maybe put a Les Paul-imitating EQ at the front of the chain?

@picksalot1 2 жыл бұрын

I like the sound of a Baritone, and temporarily converted an Acoustic Electric into one. Ultimately, the neck didn't like the heavier gauged strings necessary to get a good tone, so I switched it back to Standard Pitch. I have a Preset on my HX Stomp with Polypitch to emulate a baritone. It works pretty well on single notes, but pitch accuracy and stability on complex chords is another story. I like not having to maintain an additional guitar.

@alfianbanjaransari4096 2 жыл бұрын

John does metalcore! This sounds glorious! It's also cool to hear you namedrop Loathe!

@givemeajackson 2 жыл бұрын

love the bass tone in the intro. also i was thinking porcupine tree a lot in the clean part.

@rockinfreakappotomus 2 жыл бұрын

I recently sold my Gretsch baritone and decide I could cover that ground with heavier strings on a 25.5 scale guitar. It works pretty well, but I sometimes miss having the longer scale. I found myself shopping baritones again last night, and now this morning this video hits...🤔

@timelwell7002 Жыл бұрын

I think you meant that you tune your Squier Bari as follows: *B-E-A-D-F#-B.* I prefer things either a little *higher* - say *C# - F# - B - E - G# - C#.* ~ OR ~ *lower* as in the Squier Bass VI, which is tuned a full octave below an ordinary guitar.

@mcd5778 2 жыл бұрын

Nice playing!! I just got a 277 bari

@KozmykJ 2 жыл бұрын

I have that Squier Baritone model too, in Seafoam Green. No truss rod problems here. I'm a bass player first who also plays guitar and I got the baritone to explore the 'in-between' tones. I'm also now interested in trying a 30" baritone like a Danelectro or a Gretsch. Or maybe it's just G.A.S. ... 🙄

@pedrofirmino1121 2 жыл бұрын

Super cool and different sounding intro. You should definitely do more baritone videos. Perhaps a comparison of the Squier baritone to the Gretsch g5260?

@KaiDown 2 жыл бұрын

Bloody love a baritone

@Brynnoodles 2 жыл бұрын

JOHN!! Really admire your playing - did you study music at any level at university or are you self taught?

@guitarz 2 жыл бұрын

Cordy's gone metal! Fantastic intro

@charlesharper7292 9 ай бұрын

Do check out the Harley Benton Amarok baritone. Seriously!

@christopherjbutler 2 жыл бұрын

Love this

@bradruhfel4883 2 жыл бұрын

You ever try new standard tuning on a baritone? It’s great fun highly recommended. I’d love to see you do a video on NST.

@johnnathancordy 2 жыл бұрын

What's new standard Brad?

@bradruhfel4883 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnathancordy NST is a tuning used by Robert Fripp. Mostly fifths with one minor third. Usually C, G, D, A, E. G. You probably need a special set of strings. String Joy has a blog post about this and they sell a set for regular guitar.

@cosmogang 2 жыл бұрын

I love baritones. Reminds me of Mew.

@ac8704 2 жыл бұрын

The Helix poly capo has really scratched the lower tuning itch for me. It works surprisingly well. I just have to use IEMs otherwise I can hear the note on the guitar clashing with the detuned output :)

@phowell333 2 жыл бұрын

The only problem is that it uses a lot of DSP. I use it in my band where we play some songs a half step down. Everybody reaches for another guitar except me!