Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
- windmill
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Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
Hello
I've been playing a MIJ Fender Baritone Special , the black humbucker,stop tail, Jag shaped 27" scale guitar.
It"s tuned to A-A.
Has anyone else got one of these or something like it,what do you tune it to and what gauge strings do you use ?
Thanks
I've been playing a MIJ Fender Baritone Special , the black humbucker,stop tail, Jag shaped 27" scale guitar.
It"s tuned to A-A.
Has anyone else got one of these or something like it,what do you tune it to and what gauge strings do you use ?
Thanks
- dvrader
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
I use Elixir Nanowebs 12-68 for tuning b-b. If I was tuning a-a, I would probably use Ernie Ball 13-72.
There are probably better strings out there, but I think those two are the cheapest.
There are probably better strings out there, but I think those two are the cheapest.
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
Thanks
A-A is feeling a bit "floppy"
A-A is feeling a bit "floppy"
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
Hello,
I'm thinking of playing some baritone guitar (27-28"), but I'm very curious, is there someone in the world who tuned such instrument to the regular E-E and it sounded not floopy? Probably, there are special strings for this?
I'm interested in playing guitar, but I'm a bass player, and usual guitars are too small for me.
I'm thinking of playing some baritone guitar (27-28"), but I'm very curious, is there someone in the world who tuned such instrument to the regular E-E and it sounded not floopy? Probably, there are special strings for this?
I'm interested in playing guitar, but I'm a bass player, and usual guitars are too small for me.
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
You would probably be better off with a 30” bass iv for e-e.
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
That should be "Bass VI" (IV is a typo)... and yes I agree 30" is a much better plan for E-E than 27 or 28
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
I'm talking about E-E which is equal to guitar tune, not 1 octave below. And I'm feeling more confortable on playing longer necks, than regular once.
So the questions is that if someone have experience to tune the "baritone" (27-28") instrument to regular guitar tuning?
So the questions is that if someone have experience to tune the "baritone" (27-28") instrument to regular guitar tuning?
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
I have the 28" one and I tune A E A D E C with chromes that I use on all my offsets so I just order custom sets 12 16 22w 32 45 65, I was tuning A-A with the bigger daddario baritone set, but I switched everything back to flats after about a year playing rounds on everything, I missed flats. I'll probably order the 70 for the A next time. The VI gauge strings never did it for me, too floppy and then the Squier VI came out so I run 106s on it from Kalium.
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
If you want to tune up to guitar tuning, 27" would work. The strings would be extra taut, not floppy.
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
When I bought my Baritone Special it was tuned standard E-E. I Don't know what gauge it was, but I reckon it was 10-46 or similar and it was definitely playable.
As they say above, the extra scale lenght provides more tension, not flopiness.
As they say above, the extra scale lenght provides more tension, not flopiness.
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
Okay that makes more sense, I should've asked if you meant bass E or guitar E as I wasn't sure.Jaga wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:31 amI'm talking about E-E which is equal to guitar tune, not 1 octave below. And I'm feeling more confortable on playing longer necks, than regular once.
So the questions is that if someone have experience to tune the "baritone" (27-28") instrument to regular guitar tuning?
So all you have is a normal guitar, but the neck is an extra fret or so longer. That means you need to do the strings UP a bit extra to get to the E (instead of D or Eb). So your strings will either be tighter than usual, or you could use a lighter gauge than usual. You should have no problems!
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Re: Fender Baritone Special -Tuning and string gauge
FYI- anyone wanting to put some flatwounds on your baritone but don't feel like forking out 70 bucks for a set of flatwound baritone strings, you can get the daddario 7 string flatwound set for like 17 bucks and just ditch the high string.