stewblack Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 If I get one of these, can I still hold my head up on a bass forum? Or are they just a gateway drug leading inevitably towards the guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, stewblack said: If I get one of these, can I still hold my head up on a bass forum? Or are they just a gateway drug leading inevitably towards the guitar? I have serious GAS for one of these, because my guitar doesn't really like the BEBEAA tuning I'm using. https://www.gretschguitars.com/gear/build/solid-body/g5260-electromatic-jet-baritone-with-v-stoptail/2516002519 Edited April 12, 2022 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 I'm not in full blown gas, but there's been a small leak 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 ah yes, but are they really mini humbuckers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I had a baritone bitsa for a while. It was great fun but at the same time I found myself not really knowing what to do with it. I just seemed to play guitar stuff a lot lower! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 hours ago, stewblack said: I'm not in full blown gas, but there's been a small leak That's it then - once GAS escapes, it's out of control and too late already I'm so glad I'm not alone in suffering this condition lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 hours ago, stewblack said: If I get one of these, can I still hold my head up on a bass forum? No, sadly not. Sorry, but you do understand of course.....standards my dear boy....standards. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Get an Ibanez SRC6, more fun than a crack addiction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 8 hours ago, stewblack said: If I get one of these, can I still hold my head up on a bass forum? Or are they just a gateway drug leading inevitably towards the guitar? Yes of course you can. There are plenty of us who play multiple instruments on here. What scale length/tuning are you looking at? 28" B-B or 30" A-A? And how do you intend to use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Frank Blank said: Get an Ibanez SRC6, more fun than a crack addiction. Erm, you recommending it Frank? Or trying to put me off 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, BigRedX said: Yes of course you can. There are plenty of us who play multiple instruments on here. What scale length/tuning are you looking at? 28" B-B or 30" A-A? And how do you intend to use it? Oof. It's merely a tiny leak at present, I've not done anything like research. Are they not same as a normal 6 string? Tuning wise I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 42 minutes ago, stewblack said: Erm, you recommending it Frank? Or trying to put me off 😂 Heh, the former. I have one and it’s totally addictive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 21 hours ago, stewblack said: Oof. It's merely a tiny leak at present, I've not done anything like research. Are they not same as a normal 6 string? Tuning wise I mean Well, no they are tuned lower, that is the point of the baritone. So a guitar is EADGBE, a 6 bass (and the SCR6) is an octave down from that and a traditional baritone is a 4th down - BEADGF#B - the second string there is the E of a guitar (there is an 8 string baritone that doubles up the two middle strings, no idea why) Although technically anything between normal and bass is baritone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 On 12/04/2022 at 19:07, stewblack said: Oof. It's merely a tiny leak at present, I've not done anything like research. Are they not same as a normal 6 string? Tuning wise I mean Generally speaking they are either a 4th (B-B) on 28" scale or a 5th (A-A) on 30" scale lower than standard guitar tuning (E-E). I've not had a chance to try a 30" tuned A-A, but the 28" B-B sounded great with normal guitar chords even full ones at the first position, while I have never been able to get any decent clarity out of chords with more than 2 notes on a Bass VI (30" tuned E-E an octave below standard guitar tuning) unless I play high up the neck, which IMO defeats the object as I might as well use a guitar. Of course you can tune a Baritone any way you want the same as you can tune a guitar to things other than EADGBE. I have my Bass VI tuned EADGCE because I do a lot of work with open drone strings and the band has a number of songs in C or Am which means tuning the "B string" to C is more useful for me. BTW have you considered a Bass VI? That way you get to keep your bass player "credentials" whilst gaining access to some guitar type sound too. Just don't expect to be able to play full chords low down on the neck and get anything other than an undefined mush. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Thank you. I will give it all some serious thought. Particularly in respect to application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Bari is totally cool in the Bass Land spectrum of Me. My first Stick - melody side was too high. Greg Howard came up w/ the Baritone Melody tuning (a 4th lower) but I came into my own w/ the 12-string Dual Bass Reciprocal. It puts "my" guitar hearing in the right place. You gotta play what you hear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Been offered a lend of a baritone, but having just spent money which was meant for an invoice on a bass I don't need I'm going to hold off. Don't need full blown gas attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Maybe wait until you have saved up for another bill, and then try the baritone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 33 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Maybe wait until you have saved up for another bill, and then try the baritone? GENIUS! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfacefour Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 12/04/2022 at 17:10, Frank Blank said: Get an Ibanez SRC6, more fun than a crack addiction. That looks like a lot of fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I had a Gretsch Electromatic baritone. Odd thing. Drawn to it out of a 50/50 mix of curiousity and a desire of ownership. Found it to be neither guitar or bass, on the one side I suppose I wanted to do some odd/dirty drop-B stuff without going the 7-string route, or some kind of twangy Glen Campbell stuff. Not succeeding with either, I went the bass-six route and that didn't really pan out either, so I sold it on. Sometimes, it's not the having it's the getting that drives these purchases. Desire satiated, experiment was over. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg67 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 The Ibanez SRC6 is a blast, I had two at one point! But I've ended up with an Ibanez RGIB6 Baritone, with a custom Iceman shaped body 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 17 minutes ago, adamg67 said: The Ibanez SRC6 is a blast, I had two at one point! But I've ended up with an Ibanez RGIB6 Baritone, with a custom Iceman shaped body Thats nice, more like a fireman than an iceman, the iceman the horn is on the bottom. I have a bass fireman shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg67 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: Thats nice, more like a fireman than an iceman, the iceman the horn is on the bottom. I have a bass fireman shape Yeah, you're right, it's a reverse iceman aka fireman, don't know where my brains at today. I should know as I've got both shapes now, an iceman guitar and a fireman baritone. I like that bass a lot, am I remember right that you made it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 2 hours ago, adamg67 said: I like that bass a lot, am I remember right that you made it? Yep, I made that. I need to reset up the neck but I was quite proud of it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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