Buying a baritone

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Buying a baritone

Unread post by West1331 » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:28 am

I keep looking at these Danelectro reissue baritones on Ebay. They sell for roughly just over 200 not including shipping. Ive never played one before and i wondered if it would be worth having it around considering its only 200$.

Is it worth it?

Anyone played one before?

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Unread post by mangold » Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:42 pm

i always thought it would be a good idea to have a baritone. you can just capo up to 5 when u play normally and then freekers just a capo move away. youd just have to remove the capo when not playing to prevent uber fretware on 5. i doubt these things are dreams to play, but its prolly worth 200.
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:06 pm

danelectros are suprisingly nice. i dont play guitar(i play bass) but ive played guitars and i know the feels that martins, taylors, gibsons have...the danelectro is certainly no gibson, but in my opinion, it had a very comforting feel.
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:05 pm

is this that ass clown that was selling one as a "6 string bass"?

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Unread post by mangold » Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:13 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:is this that ass clown that was selling one as a "6 string bass"?
yes, i remember that :lol:
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Unread post by kcw » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:04 pm

There are 6-string basses though. Ive even heard of 12-string basses.
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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:28 pm

kcw wrote:There are 6-string basses though. Ive even heard of 12-string basses.
they make all kinds of bases..but a baritone isn't tuned the same as a bass
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:45 pm

I have to say, I love the Fender Baritone that Coldplay uses. It sounds really nice on the Coldplay Live 2003 DVD
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:02 am

kcw wrote:There are 6-string basses though. Ive even heard of 12-string basses.
theres 12, theres 10, theres 8, everying on bass. but this guy had a denelctro bari electric, and was listing as either a baritone guitar or a 6 string bass.

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Unread post by kcw » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:30 am

Oh.
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Unread post by West1331 » Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:13 pm

if i did buy it i take it they make bigger gauge strings for it right?

im really thinking about getting it, everyone i ever talked to said that its too big for their hands but then again none of them can really stretch to some of the basic dave chords ex. 41, Trippin Billies.

i think i might just wait for awhile. the price seems to be set on just over 200$.

i did see the guy selling it as a 6 string bass that shit is hilarious. its not as worse as people saying its a gibson les paul when in the pictures its clearly an epiphone.

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Unread post by West1331 » Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:15 pm

also just curious if i put a capo on the 12th fret to make it an octave higher would that be just like having it in raised b?

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Unread post by thejoe » Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:53 pm

yes

not that it would be very playable, but yes
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Unread post by mangold » Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:23 pm

ive played my regular, cut out less acoustic capoed on 12 thank you very much! :)
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Re: Buying a baritone

Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:52 pm

West1331 wrote:I keep looking at these Danelectro reissue baritones on Ebay.
Actualy, Danelectro is associated with Jerry Jones. I saw a cheap Danelectro 6 string guitar, and it looked just like a Jerry Jones guitar.
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