Can a Normal Guitar be a Baritone Guitar?

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Is it possible to restring any standard guitar as a baritone? Chappers & The Captain find out...

Ending jam: 20:04

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[damiencrow]

It should be noted if your sharp. You move the saddle away from the neck.. not toward.

[stephanemelo]

20:18 / 22:15 : cool single tap lick.
20:20 / 22:15 : Proud smile.
The captain never ceases to amaze, even himself.

[PeterDad]

8:31 "If it's sharp then it's too long". When In reality If it's sharp then it's too short, but they both said "if it's sharp then it's too long and has to go the other way". C'mon guy's you are making a living selling guitars and you get thus wrong?

Think "violin" (short sting length/short scale length) = high pitch
"Double bass" (long string length/long scale length) = low pitch.
Having learned that you shall never get it wrong again! -Peter

[royalcat]

To be totally honest, you guys were far overthinking it when it comes to getting a good string gauge.
Remember that when you get to B standard, you are now down a perfect 4th. In other words, the strings will start to repeat themselves from E standard. (BEADF# B; EADGBE) This means, if you want a good, comfortable string gauge for most of your strings, just use the same strings you did before for that pitch. For example, if you like 10s, just use 10s and throw out the high E string. X-46-36-26-17-13. (Maybe a gauge or two up for the "G" to compensate for the interval change.) You've now found 5/6 comfortable strings. Now to find the last, I would start with 56 and go up as needed. (a 56 + the previously mentioned strings is quite literally just a typical set of 13s.) Coincidentally, you guys were right on the money for what you wanted though. A 60 gauge string tuned to B is almost *exactly* the same tension as a 46 gauge string tuned to E.

If you do it this way, your guitars will be almost indiscernible in terms of tension feel.
Intonation and other things you guys mentioned will still take effort, though.

[montlejohnbojangles]

6:56 - The Captain retunes to Drop-Z, begins his new metal career.

[jerrymorganjr]

Choon your guitar. I like lower chooning.

[HerrMeier]

That little smile after Lee played that Mayer lick. He was like "See what I just did there?" :D

[lyonsson]

I did this with my Yamaha Pacifica. Used 13/62 D’Addario strings. Intonation was a small issue on the low B string, I had to cut the spring shorter on the intonation screw for that string. I tuned it B, F#, D, A, E, B. Plays great! I swapped out the cheap single coil pickups for some cheapish lipstick pickups. Love it!

[faboolean]

That g&l sounds like the kyuss guitar tone

[brpadington]

I used to tune my Flying V down to baritone tunings from time to time. It has a tune -a-matic bridge on it and it worked fine. They picked the most difficult type of guitar to do this on.

[AndreiGrozea]

Bill Steer of Carcass would say so, he's still playing a Gibson melody maker in B standard

[fatboysgarage]

I used 62-12 on my Soloist. Didn't have to touch my intonation at all. I've got it in standard tuning and it plays really well. All I had to do was file the nut down a little and it sounds amazing.

[Mulgy]

Damn Lee is sounding better every video, and that tuning really fits his playing, damn good!!

[Leo_ofRedKeep]

7:00 So Lee just invented Fjent, which is short for Flop Djent and sounds just like… well, you heard it ;-)

[pyrophosphate]

I can't imagine tuning to C and not playing the opening riff from Dragonaut by Sleep.

[mahmoudeledrissi]

For me rob is king amazing person on electric... and captain too. Love your videos guys

[xjesusxchristx]

You guys seem to miss a few important notes.

First, Type O Negative used B tuning, on standard 6 string guitars(and 4 string bass). They didn't use necessarily uncommonly large strings.

They aren't the only ones to have done so, but they are probably the most notable.

I myself have used B tuning on normal 6 strings since I was 12, and I'm 39 now. It wasn't comm9n enough yet, and we lacked internet, so using heavier string gauges didn't occur to me. I ended up just using my normal 9s through 42s.

What I've learned is this.

You do not necessarily need heavier gauge strings. Some guitars are more forgiving for this, and interestingly, it's various strats, and strat knock offs, that seem to like low tuning with lighter strings best.

Sometimes a guitar might not like the 9s, but never had an issue with 10s.

That flabby feel is something you get used to, and it becomes second nature to have a lighter touch for the tuning with said strings. The feel even becomes desirable, and part of the sound(sounds bad ass with distortion. For proof, check out any Type O song). Fast playing, and flourishes such as trills, hammer/pulls, slides, pick scrapes, vibrato, ect all become easier with a light touch. Tapping not as much, as sting tension helps with the repeated hammer/pulls.

As an adult, I've used baritones, and 7 strings - and I'll always love a detuned 6 with light gauge. It becomes a different animal, with it's own characteristics, which just adds another tool or varriation to your arsenal. So have a baritone, and a 7 - but don't rule out a detuned 6. Just treat it as another option. Most people knocking it, or not seeing it's value, haven't actually spent time with it. You have to grow accustomed to it before you can really judge if it's for you, or not.

[dominikrejmak]

I got that PRS almost 2 years ago and have recently swapped pickups for SD Blackouts and I must say, it sounds killer! And when it comes to tuning "normal" guitar to baritone tunings, I equipped my LP with 12-72 gauge strings and it does its job, feels comfortable to play and isn't floppy.

[phantomechelon]

Wow. Nut, string, tuning and intonation issues aside, this was another great demonstration of how well you guys play together. Really liking Lee's lead playing on this one.

[plasticoflamingo]

Out of all the freeform jams on Anderton's, Chappers & The Captain do the best. Just a couple of old friends hanging out, rocking out, together. So relatable. And so good. Cheers, mates.