You NEED this sound! | Danelectro Baritone

The Dan Electro Baritone has been on my wishlist for decades. I finally bought one in a moment of weakness on Facebook marketplace. Not only does it have a cool sound, it fills a void that us producers and media composers need to fill.

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[VenusTheory]

I don't also need a danelectro baritone...I don't also need a danelectro baritone...I don't also need a danelectro baritone...I don't also need a danelectro baritone...

[LightsandMotion]

great point at 5:52 "the minimal mixes that we do are the most used." I've written some big sweeping tracks with 150+ track count in my day, but whenever I've had the fortune of having one of my songs featured in a movie trailer, more often than not it's been a minimalist / simple part of the song that they've featured. good reminder to oneself

[jacobpittman]

Jon, I stopped myself from clicking the like button during the commercials before the video, and I waited until the end of the video, like a good boy.

[JulesCalella]

If you all haven't heard it yet, Mark Lettieri has two albums where he uses a baritone for funk. They are Deep: The Baritone Sessions and they are so great. This guitar has so much potential and I really hope to see more people using it for different genres.

[tomgazella]

I had a friend recently point out that these guitars have 500k pots (which are for humbuckers generally). I changed mine out with 250k and tamed the high unusable high end from this guitar.

[joelt]

Yes I would definitely buy Soft Drums if it were available for the free Kontakt player👍🏾

[violao]

It is NOT a one-trick pony! I own a '90s Danelectro U2 Baritone (bottle headstock) that I bought from a bassist pal of mine. While working on my Fender Jazz bass over a bottle of wine in his repair shop he offered me it for only $200 in the '90s. What a pal! He had it strung with light bass strings and tuned E to E one-fifth down from a Baritone tuning. It is essentially a 6-string bass, tuned like a guitar, one whole octave down. While performing in a guitar trio, I can comp chords an octave up while the guitarist solos. It made a tone on a solo through my Galien-Krueger MBS150S head (Alesis Wedge Chorus/Delay) into my Aguilar GS112 that made the bass player in my Quartet's eyes pop out of his head. He was stunned by how hip it sounded. I want to buy another one so that I can actually run it like a proper Baritone to record with. The unique build with those lipstick pickups sounds insanely cool. I love the wood bridge on my unit too. My Bass (Baritone) U2 is piano black with white trim and I get countless compliments on its appearance.

[andrewboland]

Soft drums on free Kontakt - yes please! Instant buy. Oh, and the neck should be under the tension of the strings when doing truss rod adjutment. Love your videos Jon - keep em coming.

[jimsanger]

Don't fear the truss rod, as long as you go steadily.
I've always fancied a Dan Electro 12 string as I find Ricky necks too small, and now I want a Baritone too :)

[johnwallace]

i tune my baritone electric with 13s, to C standard, I like the extra tension. My acoustic baritone has 16s and is tuned to A standard. All of it is D'Addario, as that is all I can get here in Germany

[bagfacedog]

"I'm not sick. I'm just dumb." Love it! 😅 My new favorite line. I'll be pirating that one.

[akashyonzon]

You seem to be doing something different, something good. It turned out I'm happy watching a youtube video in a long time. Thanks mate!

[randyrektor]

Jingle bells in September! I'm here for it

[Durmomo]

"I dont know what Im looking at"
I felt this 100%, same.

[adriansympson]

YES to soft drums on free kontakt! thanks for another great video

[TomStrahle]

I love my Dano Bari. Well, I did, until my son borrowed it. Haven't seen it since. To replace it I got the Fender Telecaster Baritone. The neck pickup has that nice lipstick P-up tone, but the bridge has a humbucker which is much less buzzy for high gain metal like tracks. Great demo and video as usual Jon.

[jimsliverootsculturemusic]

Hi. You might have measured the neck relief in addition to eyeballing the neck. You need a .008" gauge for electric guitar. Tune your guitar to normal pitch, put a capo over the first fret, hold the guitar in playing position, press down above the 12th fret, and see if the gauge fits or scrapes through or has plenty of room to clear. If you have room, the neck is back-bowed and the truss rod should be backed off counter-clockwise about an eighth or quarter turn. If the feeler gauge was a tight fit, the neck needs more relief, so turn the truss rod clockwise to get a little dip around the middle frets. Re-measure to see what happened. If the neck has improved, play it for a day or two and check again. (If the truss rod won't move, try a drop of three in one oil and gently attempt to get it moving. Don't force it, may need a luthier.)

[jimrogers]

Hey John... the book, "How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great!" by Dan Erlewine, is an excellent book for the average guitar player to read and learn how to make the necessary adjustments to their guitar.

[TheSkulletMan]

I saw this guitar on sweetwater and the sparkles got my attention since I thought I was the only guitar unicorn. So I googled it and found this channel which is another new unicorn! Your videography is superb, as is your puns and overall demeanor. When or if I ever get my channel up, I hope to be a fellow unicorn like you.

[deanaf]

Did he really not think to look under the truss rod cover for the truss rod? 😮