hamerhead Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 I'm intrigued but have never tried one. What's a good entry-level baritone guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Hmmm.... https://reverb.com/item/13670664-hamer-newport-pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerhead Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 See: 'entry-level' We're talking cheap here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, hamerhead said: See: 'entry-level' We're talking cheap here. That is cheap. C'mon man, we all know you use $100 bills in your walls for insulation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerhead Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 Shhhhhhhhhhut up! Next thing you know Shawn will be at the door asking to borrow 'insulation'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordsoftheJungle Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I've been intrigued by these guitars for a while now. There are quite a few entry level models by Danelectro, Fender and Gretsch for around $600 and then the next step up being Jerry Jones, Anderson, Chandler for three times as much. My problem is I can't find something in between! My problem is that I'm a gear snob AND I'm cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I've heard good things about the Squier 'Modified' Bass VI, it's got Jaguar pickups, a 30" scale, plus it's got a trem! No affiliation: https://davesguitar.com/products/fender/vintage-modified-bass-vi-3-color-sunburst/ I didn't use the 'regular' Fender/Squier website listing as it still lists fingerboard wood as rosewood...maybe it still is nowadays, maybe it isn't. Here's some wood trivia: the one listed at DGS uses Indian Laurel for fingerboard wood, I'm starting to see new Epiphones use this as a Rosewood substitute, too. Guess what? Indian Laurel is related to Korina (Limba); but on the Janka hardness scale, it's rated a little harder than Pau Ferro (and LOTS harder than Limba/Korina), and only slightly softer than Indian Rosewood: https://www.wood-database.com/indian-laurel/ https://www.wood-database.com/pau-ferro/ I believe ESP LTD and Schecter makes some imported Baritone guitars as well: https://www.espguitars.com/pages/extended-range ...or do a Google search for ' 27 inch scale length electric guitars new'...something recent should pop up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordsoftheJungle Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Reverend baritones enjoy a good reputation though I think they all sport humbuckers. The one I've been holding out for is a fender subsonic. It has an appropriate string tree and single coils plus its scale length is well into baritone territory (unlike many others). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triodecr Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 If you have a Strat or Tele you don’t mind swapping the neck on, you could get a Warmoth conversion neck for around $200. That’s for a unpainted neck so you’ve got paint/tuners/nut to deal with which you could elect to have warmoth do as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSII x 2 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I've got a Squier Bass VI, and really like it. Technically not a baritone, I guess, but if you use light strings and play up the neck, you can get into that territory. And played as a bass with heavier strings, you can have a lot of fun with them. Not too expensive, though they recently had a price hike. Still a good deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitaround Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I have a Fender Subsonic and it is a really fine guitar. It sounds different even played in standard tuning The PRS SE 277 seems like a good one, and there is a semihollow version with P90 as well. It looks like it is now discontinued so you might be able to find one at a cheaper price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonge Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I picked up a Danelectro baritone from an HFC'er up here a few years back that is a pretty decent guitar - plays and sounds good and the new ones are around 400-500ish. Best bang for the buck imho would be throwing a $200 Warmoth baritone conversion neck onto any strat or tele you have lying around (Birchwood Casey gunstock oil is an easy finish, and just add a nut and tuners and you're good to go). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 I'm with Stonge - the a neck is the cheapest route if you have a F-style guitar lying around. Stike may or may not be wrapping up one of those for me as I type this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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