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What is a Baritone guitar and how are they different in terms of construction?

Tomas,

Check out this thread Baritone

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Thanks Dave!

Check out Linda Manzers website and also do a google search on Pat
Methany and Baritone guitars.

If you want to hear a baritone in action then listen to Methany's 'One
Quiet Night". The entire album is done on a Manzer baritone.

I have specs on Methany's baritone but theyre out in the workshop. Once
the rain subsides Ill dash out and grab same and post up for you.

Cheers

Thank you very much Martin. I would appreciate the specs very much, and I am a big fan of both Pat Mathany and Linda Manzer. I love that Picasso Guitar she built.

Tomas,

Heres the URL with a bit about Metheny's baritone guitar. Not a huge
amount of specs but it goes into the tuning and micing of the instrument.

http://www.acousticguitar.com/article/142/142,6044,OFFTHEREC ORD
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Cheers

Hesh, thanks for the reference to Matt's Blog. Very useful pics and some
amazing guitars Matt is building.

Cheers

I have built baritones as well, the new Bruce Cockburn CD will feature a track with one - next to all his Manzers !!!! I have the next one curing, it will be up and running in a couple weeks.

In general, I build them on a jumbo size body, scale length 28 or 29 inches 14 frets to the body. Daddario makes a std EXP set of strings for them, 16-70, they require the low A/B string tuner to have the hole drilled out a hair - they wont slide thru without a lot of force if you dont.

And oh yeah, they sound great !!!!

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Another nice instrument to be added to my already long list! Thanks guys, really informative and interesting!

Agreed...this has been nice to read. I hope others will join in.

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My ulterior motive is to build a baritone reso so I can get the bass hounds of my back

Tomas,
A great article written in ASIA GuitarMaker magazine can be downloaded from HERE
David Berkowitz is a great guy whom I'm sure will be glad to help. This article gives a lot of very detailed information about baritones. But any of the guys who have already built them above I'm sure can do just as good of a job as anyone else. Tony, especially is the go to man! A baritone is on my list of to do's too, but it will be 3 -4 years out from now.
Tracy

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Tracy
http://www.luthiersuppliers.com

Excellent stuff thanks Tracy. The bracing on David's baritones is
interesting......one lower face brace instead of two.

Ive read a few articles on baritone classicals where bracing design is quite
different from a conventional classical. Greg Smallman I think has done
alot of work in this field here in Australia.

Great articles. I just ordered a couple of preslotted fingerboards, 27.5" and 30". Right now I'm focused on building resonator guitars and will try this with a couple. I am excited by everything I've read about baritone guitars and the way they sound. Interested to see what happens in reso-land