Guitar as a Textural Device: The Baritone Electric

2 words: DOOM JANGLE
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[@gadavieira]

Eric is just guitar universe’s Bob Ross, chill guy, calming voice and a great creator of (sonic) landscapes.

[@LHudsonARTLIFTS]

👏👏 very apt description

[@Sperrythings]

Happy little notes

[@NomadicAssassin1]

midwest emo and post rock just sounds so good on the baritone

[@mantashaft]

Haugenaughts assemble!!!!

[@Taffafilms]

Love love love this alternatives tunning! So much fun!

[@tzviews1581]

I just wanted to say that it's nice that these Baritones are getting love. Squier releases a main line Baritone(non Cabronita) and literally no one talks about it. You are probably 1 of maybe 5 videos total that mentions this guitar. I don't understand. I own one of these and they're fantastic.

[@MrCarlos1335]

THANK YOU ERIC FOR AN INSIGHTFUL INTRODUCTION TO BARATONE GUITARS. I AM GOING TO TAKE A HARD LOOK INTO THIS TYPE OF GUITAR. GOOD JOB, WELL DONE.

[@MiguelOlivan]

I cannot hit the like button enough for this video. What a great sounds, what a great pleasure, what a great player... Many thanks for this!!!

[@peter9910]

Love to see another part to this series

[@davidweier]

This is the first video that I've seen a guitar player really showing off how a baritone is used. Oh and when you were playing that Black Sabbath riff I was grinning ear to ear, sounded so good!

[@mattysanford]

Can’t tell you enough how much I enjoyed this video. Baritone is my guitar of choice lately, and I really want to explore this open A. The Morphine moment just made it all perfect. Thanks as always!

[@guitarz]

Excellent video had to save this one for a quiet Sunday morning with a cup of coffee while the family is still sleeping.

[@scottlewis4387]

Thanks so much for this vid! It's been surprisingly hard to find content on the baritone that isn't eat up with metal.

[@eroger4]

You've sold me. I was looking for a baritone. Thanks!

[@TimothyPoitras]

This was such a joy to watch. Thank you. I'd love to see more about how you use your open tuning.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I've got a few Open D vids in this playlist! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ27h2yFjaeKaq8

[@markblagdon]

Yeah - new Haugen content!

[@gaulpict]

Eric... you hit the Mark Sandman hit I needed for today. I need it daily, so thank you

[@stevie7568]

Great video! Thanks. Gonna go check out a baritone this weekend!

[@evanphillips2126]

Great video as always Eric; nice to hear Mark Sandman get a shoutout- also have to say Nels Cline has done some really nice baritone work on Wilco’s latest album, something about baritone guitars and six string bass that sounds so perfect for Country 🤠

[@wirenoises]

Excellent video. I just picked up a Squire Baritone and was searching for some cool examples. Thanks! ✌

[@petelamontmusic]

Great video as always! Love the baritones, tend to keep one around, but somehow have two currently. I'll have to try the open A tuning. Also, keep wanting to try the baritone equivalent of Nashville tuning. So inspiring to have all of the options!

[@jeanallard7764]

Sounds really good Eric, as an aside your double stop course is phenomenal, having a blast with it.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yay! Thanks Jean! (I recommend jumping to Erics chill hendrixy etude 2 - that’s the best one)

[@jeanallard7764]

@@EricHaugenGuitar I am on it thanks

[@ctopher64]

Eric, I’m a guitar newbie, of sorts. My wife saw that I had one, and arranged for me to have lessons. 2nd lesson in, my work schedule changed, and for the past 12 years I’ve been bouncing from KZbin video to the next. Still learning….but getting better. I have sang all my life, so trying to learn… I have an acoustic/electric and recently sold a Squire and got an Epiphone Wildcat, (that’s another story) but also bought a Gretsch Baritone. I LOVE it!!! Great Video!!! Thank you!!

[@aaronkessman7832]

Love it! The double stops riff you play (like at 9:41) are very Silver Morning - but DEEP. drool......

[@TWC6724]

Would love to pick up a baritone guitar just for some fun. It can take you to another place musically speaking. Sounds so cool. Thanks Eric. Loved the Tom Waits!

[@suprbird]

Finally ordered mine thanks to your video. Have been eyeballing one for months. Debating to run this into my rumble 100 with a drive/reverb pedal or my mustang lt40s. Really appreciate your video and I can relate. Not a shredder so I like different types of guitars. Excited to use this in worship!

[@LSDis4me]

I just got my first baritone last month too. Good reminder to think of it as a textural device. Just put it in that open A tuning. Looking forward to writing some cool riffs with it. Bonus points for the Tortoise, Morphine, and Joe Gore references!

[@DeGroove]

Morphine, Waits, Qotsa and Black Sabbath in one movie…you nailed it again! Been wanting a Danelectro 59 baritone for a while… Cheers Eric, great stuff as always! And then sneak in some RATM at the end…

[@PeteLamont]

Danelectro baritones are really great!

[@rileycore7300]

Great stuff, always love the open tuning videos! Wish I had a baritone but have had one of my guitars in open D/Dm or C# since you did your videos on Open D and love the "doom jangle" I can get on it. I'd love to see more of this stuff! You missed a golden opportunity to say "Hau-low-gen you go" in the title though lol

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Bwhahahahaha DARN

[@kyletheenigma]

now we are talking Eric! the only guitar I own is a reverend descent baritone. it's probably my all time favorite guitar but it's hard to learn your videos sometimes as a one guitar haver. great to see low mids getting some luv..

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Reverend are such good gtrs!

[@macsarcule]

Thank you Eric! ✌️😌🎸

[@RobertGrayMusic]

I loved the Morphine reference too! Such a great band.

[@reginaldford3387]

Timely. My backordered Indonesian PRS SE baritone arrived the day after this video was posted. As usual, lots of good practical advice from Eric. I tried the open A he recommended, then moved up the third string a half-step to make it open Asus4 (i.e., DADGAD moved down a fourth). Both tunings make a nice drony sound, which is well suited to a baritone guitar and to fingering 1 or 2 strings against open strings.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

YESSSSS! DOOM JANGLE!!!

[@stuartmiller7419]

Great video. Thanks.

[@andreedipo6356]

I got the same guitar and put a P90 on the neck because I had one laying around and didn’t like the one that came in it. Great guitar. And you played Morphine, man! Anytime anyone plays Morphine the world gets a little better.

[@hardyshmardy]

I love baritone guitar! Saving up for one of those.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Best $299 I’ve ever spent!

[@hardyshmardy]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Dude, where did you find that deal (I’m in Germany)?

[@drwilliamlarge]

Doom Jangle. That is brilliant.

[@Reckefisch]

Fantastic, this video comes just in time! I got myself a baritone just three weeks ago and am still a bit clueless as to what exactly I should (and can...) do with it, other than just chug it like it was a glass of chocolate milk. Thanks, Eric! Edit: so funny that you started playing "No One Knows", because that's one of songs that made me get my baritone.

[@sorr0we]

butt..... chugging is fun!

[@Reckefisch]

@@sorr0we Always! But every now and then, one would also like to play something that remotely resembles music, my fellow bandmate ;^)

[@PatrickGeneLeBlancHardy]

Thanks For Sharing 🎸 🎶

[@JammingFellow]

Great video. I have have this squier on my dreamist😊😊

[@MrDNA118]

Man the timing on this, I've been going down a rabbit hole for the last 2 days on baritones. The Fender Brawler would be the dream! It sounds incredible through the fuzz Eric, awesome video as always. You should check out Nathaniel Murphy's cover of Wicked Game on his baritone, beautiful and haunting version of that song.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Ooooh I love chris Isaak and James Wilsey! Gotta check that out

[@judeworth938]

Thanks for this video. I had been eying a Gretsch but instead in May 2023 went with a Fender Squire. Same model you're playing. I play a lot of ambient style guitar with my baritone. The finish blew me away, PURPLE SPARKLE ! Spending some time getting comfortable with my relatively new baritone (Squire Classic Vibe Telecaster FSR Custom baritone 27" scale) which of course came tuned in the standard 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. Locking tuners, always helpful.

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Chords in open tunings is a great shout QOTSA on baritone.....awesome

[@user-km8hd3hr8s]

good sound😲

[@mattnoyes3588]

A lesson on chords in open tunings would be excellent!

[@Cautionary-Tales-Band]

It's like every song you pick is a personal favourite

[@HappyChillmore]

Thank you for this. I think I’m going to get this baritone conversion neck 28” and put it on my fender telecaster.

[@rodgre]

This is absolutely awesome. I’ve been using a Bass VI since the mid-90s but haven’t had a true baritone. I think I need a baritone Tele immediately.

[@rodgre]

And you quote Morphine. Damn!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Best $299 I’ve spent!

[@Paulyb7]

@@EricHaugenGuitar ah! The same ProAudioStar special I took advantage of!

[@marksargeant1019]

Love my Squier baritone only had it a year but it's so versatile sonically with its P90s. If you are playing with a bassist using the bridge pickup only helps to not interfere with the bass frequencies.

[@pieterplatvis4286]

How is this for a main guitar? Can you easily tune it back to E with a capo? And does it still sound good?

[@Paulyb7]

@@pieterplatvis4286 I think OP has a Cabronita Tele Baritone, I’ve got the classic vibe Tele Bari and it’s sick. You can transpose to standard E w a capo though obviously you’ll be working w a shorter scale. My ordinary tele pickups sound amazing, I thought the p90s in the cabronita were a little muddy but I only played it at the store

[@akashamitra8533]

This is such a beautiful video. I make ambient music and am looking for a guitar to add drones and low leads. I'm sold on the basis of this video!

[@scotthart7620]

Thanks!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Dude thanks so much!

[@karlheinzmosblech9090]

I own the black version of this thing: It's the nut. Some pencil applied and tuning issues were gone.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I’ll have to try that!

[@shitfer]

Morphine, Joe Gore, and Sabbath/ Fairies while demoing a baritone all in 1 video. My subscription was already rewarded.

[@gishuk]

Loving the Morphine reference in this one

[@healthyhypocrite2430]

Came for the baritone. Subbed for the mention of Tortoise. 🤘🏻💚✌🏻

[@johnpauldove3892]

Love Tortoise! Man, this sounds so dope.

[@TheGreatKrystoff]

ohhhh you've still got that RATM in you I see that smile lol! Great video as always

[@noyd4172]

I've really enjoyed playing lower tunings on guitar like Drop B and CGDGBD and find myself leaning toward thicker and thicker strings; really like the arranging opportunities and unique sound so may have to acquire a bari in the future.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah - the draw of the LOW!

[@stevesoldwedel]

If you haven't heard the song "Ghostwishing" by The Clay People, it's a prime candidate for being played on a baritone. Don't know if the original was, or whether it was just on the bass, but it's got a vibe like what you demonstrated here. On another note, I had no idea Joe Gore was the guitarist on "Goin' Out West", which song I love. He's such a great player. I got his book "The Subversive Guitarist" and I love his KZbin channel, too. He's got a great video where he plays "In a House (with a Heartbeat)" (at least that's what I think it's called) from _28 Days Later_ , it's awesome.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah! He's the man!

[@JarredDonkersley]

If I wasn't already subscribed, "doom jangle" would've caught me.

[@doremi5793]

I love this series! So inspiring, thank you!!! Sort of unrelated, but I've noticed you don't use jazzmasters! No love for those guitars?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

They are possible the most comfortable Fenders! For me, it'd be almost too-indie to have one though - I already feel kinda like a hipster parody of myself :-)

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

Funny I was singing Blondie's "Call Me"... over that Sabbath you were playing. Seemed to work! haha. Great video!!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oooh now there’s a collab I’d pay to see!

[@richardlynch5632]

Always go to David Lynch soundscapes with the baritone 😁 Fun stuff Eric😎👍 😎👍❤🖖 Love Brother

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah I had that on my notes TWIN PEAKS

[@wendigo1968]

I play bari a lot, a great tuning to explore things with is GDGDGA Labella makes a set of strings with an 80 low E and they work amazing for it.

[@timball8429]

Sounds great. Reminds me a little of Hejira by Joni Mitchell.

[@BathedInMilk]

Sounds amazing. Wish they made these in this colour/finish in left handed :(

[@gimmenames9039]

Dude Morphine! Saw them in the Empty Bottle in Chicago back in the day! What a treat! Pls do a lesson on Morphine songs and licks.

[@OM10PYE]

Would really enjoy the chord over open tunings video please Dr. Eric (ph.D in tunes).

[@lewchaney2138]

Your HIWATT amp sounds great on those drone bass sounds. I would sure like to know about that multi-level guitar rack behind you.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

DRS racks on Etsy but it looks like they’re sold out now!

[@mantashaft]

I literally had NEVER played a baritone guitar until a few weeks ago. I saw Steve Miller play one decades ago, and I’ve always loved the idea of having one. So after I played it I was like, I must have one. But that is a story for another day.

[@ThibaultKV]

Such a cool one! And what about a little Morphine arrangement? It could be a nice challenge!

[@peanutygoodness]

Excellent points. I too lack the shredding bone. Well, I have half a bone for the shred, but I’m much more on board with the open sonic goodness. I also usually tune with the 3 top strings as a power cord or drop D shape, but with the bottom three strings tuned to a D cord shape - for a regular guitar I usually go down to C with the whole thing … so the top 3 strings as a barred C and the bottom 3 as a D shape (diamond shape?). I don’t have a baritone yet and have been eyeing the Fender/Squier VI for a long time. But I’ve never really been much for sunbursts or double bound anything until this. I was a drummer for many years and my guitar player played a MIJ Squier black w/white pick guard so I had my fill of tele tones all over San Francisco. Now maybe it’s my turn.

[@maxt774]

I appreciated the squire classic vibe shoutout! As someone on a really tight budget, it’s hard not to get swept up in thinking my CV 50s strat isn’t “good enough”. I’m thinking about getting a CV tele but idk if I should just go Fender…

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I think there's real pride in playing econo - punk rock, baby!

[@maxt774]

@@EricHaugenGuitar thank you!!:)

[@broncoxy]

_Looved_ the mean riffs, totally up my alley! Mind sharing some recommendations of that 'stuff you don't play anymore'? Also I think another good word to describe this 'almost funny, but still a little sad' sound could be 'bittersweet'. These chords sounded like an old man telling his story, in a way...

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Omg the latest IDLES record is so good.

[@broncoxy]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks man, will check it out!

[@paulsummerside]

Liked the idea of open A cool call. Was going to sell my Dean Baritone, but might be changing my mind. Think I’d still prefer your Tele-baritone that said.

[@tungtobak]

If I were to guess, my introduction to music with baritone electric guitar, though I did not know it at the time, ought to have been the Twin Peaks soundtrack. And if you count a Bass VI as a baritone guitar, much of The Cure's catalogue.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah! I forgot to mention them!

[@TheDrewjameson]

I already loved you but when you busted out Morphine and Tom Waits in the same minute. Dang dude...

[@justinrayguitars6024]

Love the tone of that thing. I played around with a bass 6 that a customer brought in and it was cool. Not big on the Classic Vibes though bought a Jassmaster and it feels like a cheap toy. Can't wait to give it a new home.

[@dbfisher]

Love Cory Wong and Maddison Cunningham’s use of Bari guitar.

[@oldasrocks9121]

Firefly will release a baritone from time to time, they have a "copy" of the Fender HSS Tele baritone as of August 2022, humbucker bridge Tele lipsticks in the middle and neck, mahogany body rosewood fingerboard.

[@duanefarland9988]

Dammit now I want a baritone tele!!!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Best $299 I’ve ever spent!

[@duanefarland9988]

@@EricHaugenGuitar you got a great deal

[@sandem100]

Thanks to this video I went out and got a baritone (Gretsch) , the Mrs isn’t so happy with you though!

[@braden_clancy11]

the morphine riff!!

[@matttorrence2900]

Wow.

[@GitShiddy]

Watching this and realising that somehow despite having a baritone (Squier Paranormal Tele) and being enamored with that sound, and also loving playing in that open tuning (the 1-5-1-3-5-1) I haven't put the baritone in that tuning. Seems like an oversight.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah man do it!

[@fivetimesyo]

Until a guy can sit around the campfire and casually pull out a keyboard to impress his girl, the guitar will never die.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah! The portability!

[@peppertoni]

Been listening to some QOTSA lately? I looove their version of Goin' Out West on the Era Vulgaris B-sides. Btw if you ever take request would love to see you take on a Kurt Vile song! Think you would find some guitar parts you'd really love in his catalogue.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah for sure! I LOVE his early stuff

[@WTF-Cubing]

Doom Jangle. If it didn’t exist before, let it be know that Mr. Haugen named it first.

[@hellogreg1973]

giving me flashbacks

[@HappyChillmore]

Do you think a jazzmaster or a telecaster would be better for a baritone?

[@scottburns2345]

Take me now lord!

[@RobertGrayMusic]

Sounds just like the Joni Mitchell song "Hejira" 🙂

[@mattgilbert7347]

Clean it's kinda..chintzy. A little kitsch, a little chintz, like you said - almost funny, as well as sad. Not quite Camp...but sorta adjacent. Chintzy Americana. I'm reminded of the classic Simpsons episode featuring the master of Camp, John Waters. He's trying to explain Camp to Homer. I believe he said something like "the tragically hilarious? Hilariously tragic?" Homer: "Ohh yeah, heh heh. Like when a clown dies." Baritone guitar: Sounds like when a clown dies. I saw Morphine live in Sydney mid-90s. Maybe '94. I can't recall if it was a Thursday in the afternoon..but they were pretty cool, too. ;) That Dusky Augustus has to be the best sounding Octave Fuzz I've ever heard, man. I checked out his website a while ago, Idk if he's still making them? I'm OK with my Oz-made Used Art Sounds Artavia but for it to really come to life, it needs to be stacked into a mild, fairly neutral EQ overdrive. I'm loving my Boss OD-3 and Vick Audio Mount Pleasant. Artavia>OD-3 gets me total Purple Haze 💜 :) Love your Textural Device uploads. They justify my many guitars, amps, pedals, and sundry tonal tools. Have a great weekend, Maestro.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

There is something very john waters for sure!

[@poppyonepug1]

I’m looking at the specs. The string gauge is .014-.068. Is that what you are using or did you switch it out for a different gauge?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Just stock for now!

[@leekthomas737]

there's one in the guitar store and I can afford it and I'll still be able to eat if I get it. . . . what should I do??!!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

It is the will of Yahweh. Do it!

[@leekthomas737]

@@EricHaugenGuitar nah, I actually bought your zen/caged lesson instead. so far it doesn't it doesn't have that whiplash movie instructor vibe to it. I wonder how well I'm going to be able to sing while I think about all that stuff though.

[@lairdhanstrum6335]

I don't know if you read comments posted this late but aesthetically I like this video better than the last few. That big Joe Rogan looking mic arm doesn't really fit your style in my mind. Thank you so much for continuing these great lessons, I give money and buy Tabs when I can. TrueFire is a complete game changer for me! And Super Thank YOU (because that's a thing?) for your little "you don't suck" comments, not enough people support you as they teach you.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I know you don't like the big podcast mic - buuuut you'd be surprised at the crazy resonant frequency I have to deal with in this room. It was really tough to eq it out of the little lav mics, so I had to go with the bog boi - it's much more directional and easy to work with in post!

[@lairdhanstrum6335]

I kinda feel Like I saw a genie and said "I wish I knew what to wish for"... I would have thought up a good question if I knew you would write back!

[@Nowandthen-zen]

🤟🏻✌🏻🎸🎶🍕

[@gab_ale]

That thing is screaming to play SOAD Aerials.

[@blues61]

You connived me into acquiring a Danelectro 12 but noooo, that wasn’t enough for you. Now you’ve tricked me into lusting after yet another unique axe. A pleasant pox on you and your ancestors, sir! 😉

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I'm the worst! (btw I just picked up a vibratone cab in Asheville - you'll see it on the channel in a few weeks. Let's the sickness GROW LIKE WEEEEEDS)

[@TheSiresband]

I hear a voice... in the back of the room.

[@ronlight7013]

Wow, approaching Joni Mitchell territory sonically speaking.