And Now For Something Completely Different

[billroper]

Or at least different from any of the guitars that I already own.

I am now the proud owner of a mutant baritone guitar. I got the itch to have one after playing with the guitar that Barry Childs-Helton had built out of a Warmoth baritone neck and an Epiphone 12-string acoustic guitar. But the body looked like it was under more strain than might be good for it. So I went to my local guitar store / luthier and had Terry build one for me from a similar Warmoth baritone neck grafted onto a Mexican Fender Telecaster body. It took a bit longer to get done than I'd anticipated, but it sure sounds good.

Comments

[ericcoleman]

You should try a danelectro ... one of those has been on my list for several years now ...

[billroper]

Danelectro doesn't have any guitars right now. Otherwise, that's what I would have picked up.

(Trust me. I checked.)

[ericcoleman]

Are they out of business ???

That would really bum me out

and a full octave means that it's a bass ...

I'm going to go listen to some James McMurtry now ... he uses a bari a lot ...

you're making me want one ... wonder if anyone makes an acoustic bari ???

[billroper]

Well, yes, but a Bass 6 has a different spacing of strings and a differently shaped neck. By setting up a baritone guitar with the right set of strings, you can tune it an octave low.

Danelectro isn't out of business -- they still sell effects -- but they don't have any guitars right now. They keep threatening to get some more guitars in stock, but...

I just checked on eBay and there are some Danelectro baritones there at reasonable prices, as well as someone who is selling acoustic baritone guitars.

[billroper]

Oh, I've also got this tuned a full octave low instead of a fifth down...

[kyttn.livejournal.com]

The guitar sounds great :) I really enjoyed listening to you play it in the Lobby on Friday afternoon at OVFF!