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320e SLTD Baritone
« on: December 12, 2014, 11:11:36 PM »
I could never sing Neil Young's "Old Man" in standard tuning. Too high.
Here is a perfect example of how a baritone guitar lets you sing those songs.

http://youtu.be/3yQ1hmLe6xg

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Re: 320e SLTD Baritone
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2014, 10:47:15 AM »
Great use of the baritone.  Another example: Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair", which is normally capo'ed to the seventh fret on a 6 string but can be played in the same concert key with no capo on a baritone. 
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Re: 320e SLTD Baritone
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2014, 05:16:37 PM »
I use my baritone for Don McLean's "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)" and a few others.  They just become far more comfortable down two steps than at the original recording pitch.  Yes, I said two steps, not two and a half.  I tune my baritone C to C, using heavy gauge strings (EJ18, 59 - 14).  That gauge and tension just suits my left hand better than the original 70 - 16 set.
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