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You should consider a Bass VI. Listen to Sixty Second to What by Brent
C. Cooper off of the For A Few Guitars More compilation. Amazing sound
he gets out of that guitbass.
--- In , DP <noetical1@y...> wrote:
> You might consider the Danelectro Bass VI and string it
> with light guage strings...tuned E A D G B E'...
>
> -dp
>
> --- John Brownlow <lists@j...> wrote:
>
> > Since the 12-string discussion threw up a terrific
> > bargain which
> > several of us apparently were able to get hold of, as
> > well as a bunch
> > of recommendations for other guitars, how about
> > baritones?
> >
> > The obvious (new) choices at the top end of affordable
> > are the Fender
> > Jag Baritone ($700 most places), and the Jerry Jones
> > Baritone ($900
> > list). Then there's the Burns Barracuda ($700 from
> > music123... less
> > in a few places that don't have it in stock)... moving
> > down the price
> > scale there's the Gretsch Jet Baritone which
> > MusiciansFriend has for
> > $380 c/w dings and scratches or about $450 fresh and
> > minty. Moving
> > down further there's the Danelectro Hodad Baritone and
> > the vanilla
> > Danny baritone which go for around $250-300 on eBay.
> >
> > Heading downtown is the Jay Turser for around $230...
> >
> > Are these guitars really useful for (not necessarily
> > trad) surf...
> > I'd imagine so. I've never played any of them. Some seem
> > to be
> > designed to be tuned an octave below standard EADGBE
> > tuning, some a
> > fifth to ADGBEA, and some A fourth to BEADF#B which seems
> > the most
> > attractive to me since it gives you nice open E A and D
> > strings along
> > with a low B.
> >
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