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BTW. I forgot to even mention what I tune it to. I'm sure this list has a plethora of banjo players who are waiting with abated breath. I use 2,5-2 nylon guitar strings tuned down almost a full octave (open A). Here I am using it on a classic Cramps song shortly before it's wireless transmitter went AWOL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyIxh2pv94&feature=youtube_gdata_player Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks! That was a very interesting article. I haven't thought about > tuning up the two middle strings from a trad baritone tuning but I > will check out that. Makes the guitar closer to the TD Harp Guitar > where the harp strings double up guitar strings in the same octave. > Also similar to playing in the same octave on both fretboards of a > Stick. Having four alternative pedal notes at hand on a guitar must be > powerful. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.perboysen.com > http://www.youtube.com/perboysen > > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:38 PM, etienne guertin > <etsguertin@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> was reading this article. interesting approach to baritone strings >> http://www.acguitar.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=27434 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Per Boysen >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 5:09 AM >> Subject: Re: Baryton guitar strings/tuning? >> >> Well, my bariton scale Telecaster is not "low" (currently) but maybe you >> could see it as "unique" to tune it as a regular guitar despite the >> longer >> scale. I never thought about that way, I just tried regular E A D G B E >> tuning out of curiosity and since I happened to have a spare set of >> regulars >> - and am surprised how great it sounds this way! It doen't sound any >> bariton >> at all, just like a super Telecaster but with better intonation, better >> balansing of both frequencies and notes in a chord and finally much >> more >> prounounced fundamentals. So I'm wondering if anyone knows what mojo is >> at >> work here? My layman theory is that longer and thinner strings behave >> this >> way. Maybe it also has to do with the thin and high frets of this >> All-Parts >> neck? Both factors also applying to the Stick that executes these very >> same >> sonic characteristics. Just taking a guess here, I need to experiment >> more, >> also with normal bariton tuning (by thicker strings) and compare. >> >> On Saturday, June 2, 2012, chaz worm wrote: >>> >>> Cool Per! I've always preferred unique things. That is why my first >>> banjo >>> that I inherited, a very cheap horrible banjo, one of the first things >>> I did >>> was rip out the frets and made it a nylon strings. I think usually >>> banjos >>> will often use classical guitar sets plus a 1 string for the high >>> drone. >>> In my little town the local guitarsmith only has ONE classical single >>> but >>> it was the B string or 2. I like low things. Instead of the standard >>> 1,4,3,2,1. >>> I had an epiphany. Why not 2,5,4,3,2? >>> >>> It's now my favorite axe. My Baritone, fretless nylon string minstrel >>> banjo. >>> Fwiw, here's a recent clip of me not using it >>> >>> Check out this video on YouTube: >>> >>> Chaz Worm Medley (Plan B and Turn to Stone) >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> Chaz >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Per man you are getting all sorts of cool things these days, last week >>> the >>> Tim Donahue harp fretless, this week a tele baritone, what's next? >>> >>> one standard thought is that yes it has longer scale of the neck so one >>> suggested tuning is lo B E A D F# B which parallels std E A D G B E by >>> 4th >>> down. On a 12 string of late I have been using C G D G B E though I >>> jump >>> around a fair amount in tunings. >>> >>> how are you tuning your fretless harp strings? >>> >>> jim >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> For some reason I'm suspecting there are many guitarists subscribed to >>>> this list. So may I please ask you a question: What strings do you >>>> prefer for baryton guitar? >>>> >>>> I just achieved a bariton Telecaster, by replacing the neck with an >>>> American All-Parts bariton neck, and at the moment I'm playing it with >>>> .010 strings tuned as a normal guitar. This sounds so damn good I can >>>> hardly imagine a guitar can sound better! But isn't baryton supposed >>>> to be lower? Is the normal procedure to strap it with thicker strings >>>> and tune them lower? >>>> >>>> Greetings from Sweden >>>> >>>> Per Boysen >>>> www.perboysen.com >>>> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> jimgoodin.com - 'Acoustic guitar renaissance, color blue, repetitive >>> minimalism' >>> >>> From Brooklyn To Glindran, a new World/Free Jazz recording by Jim >>> Goodin & >>> Peter Thörn. Proceeds from this CD will benefit JDRF International >>> >>> Tips Across the Waters, a new app for iOS from James Goodin/Wood and >>> Wire >>> Ware. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Greetings from Sweden >> >> Per Boysen >> www.perboysen.com >> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen >> >