raised b/baritone

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:02 am

ok... i was thinkin tha otha day...

ok, first of all a bari is tuned to low b right?

if that is so... what would it sound like to play a song intended for a baritone on my raised b guitar?

and another thing... is there an actual name for a raised b guitar... like soprano or somthin crazy like that?

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:05 am

how do you get a raised B guitar..? I just use a capo on 7th fret.. ??

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:24 am

get really light gauge strings and tune it up to that permantly
so you dont need a capo at all
its quite nice if you have 2 geeeeeeeeeetars

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 3:24 am

crash_in_to_me wrote:ok... i was thinkin tha otha day...

ok, first of all a bari is tuned to low b right?

if that is so... what would it sound like to play a song intended for a baritone on my raised b guitar?

it would sound like the song up an octave

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:57 am

bah, i'd rather just play 1 geeeeeeeeeeeeetar and throw a capo on there.. :-p unless of course for some odd reason I had 2 guitars laying around..

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:02 am

Jay wrote:
crash_in_to_me wrote:ok... i was thinkin tha otha day...

ok, first of all a bari is tuned to low b right?

if that is so... what would it sound like to play a song intended for a baritone on my raised b guitar?
it would sound like the song up an octave

well duh... well, ok.. what i meant was, will it sound good/ acceptable?

maybe i should just try it..

yea, dmbfan63, i did just have 2 guitars laying around

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:34 am

in classical gutars, an alto guitar is tuned to "A" so up a 4th. i think it is safe to just call a raised B guitar, "raised B".

enick · Unread post by **enick** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 4:00 pm

what gauge strings do you use for raised b tuning?

PureDaveAddict · Unread post by **PureDaveAddict** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 10:12 pm

I got 2 guitars and have been thinkin about tuning my old Art and Lutherie to raised-b, but i don't think i'd use it that much.

...which now that i think about it, wouldn't be much different to the # of times i use it now

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 12:42 am

please people, dont use raised be unless you have a guitar built for that tension, (like an alto guitar mentioned earlier), in most cases, the tension will be really bad for the neck

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 12:49 am

fatjack wrote:please people, dont use raised be unless you have a guitar built for that tension, (like an alto guitar mentioned earlier), in most cases, the tension will be really bad for the neck

oh dont worry... that guitar was only like 100 bucks at on cue

but if you use much lighter guage strings, isnt it about the same tension?

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 12:51 am

crash_in_to_me wrote:
fatjack wrote:please people, dont use raised be unless you have a guitar built for that tension, (like an alto guitar mentioned earlier), in most cases, the tension will be really bad for the neck

oh dont worry... that guitar was only like 100 bucks at on cue

but if you use much lighter guage strings, isnt it about the same tension?

i dont think the difference in gauge will matter that much when you are raising it so high...

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 1:36 am

you use way different strings...like an A on the low E, a D on the A....etc...

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 10:18 pm

Jay wrote:you use way different strings...like an A on the low E, a D on the A....etc...

yeah... somthin like that

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