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To me, Baritones are best as a melody instrument (e.g. traditionally
great for spaghetti westerns) and not as a replacement for the bass.
Baris do not produce the lower tone projection you want from a bass
instrument. The bass is primarily a rhythm instrument which may at times
lock step with the melody line, but with the drummer typically sets the
"groove".
That doesn't mean bass and baritone can't coexist. But there needs to be
some separation. I'm thinking of a tune like The Munster's Theme song to
possibly put that theory to work.
This is all just a humble opinion. Your band's expression may vary.
BW Dave
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>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Anyone play baritone in a surf band?
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>Currently I'm playing bass as a stand in for a guy that broke his
>hand. When he recovers he's supposed to go back to playing bass. The
>band has talked about incorparating 3 guitars into the lineup since we
>all get along so well.
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>I think it's a cool idea, but am worried that 3 guitars may be a
>little too busy, or that I might get bored just following the bass
>line playing single notes or doubling up a rhythym part.
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>Anyway, while listening to some Duane Eddie it occured to me that a
>baritone guitar might be really cool. Anyone else have experience
>playing baritone in a band? They seem to be making a comeback for the
>nu-metal guys (since they're tuned b to b, and those guys like drop
>tuning) which is cool because you can buy one for a lot less then a
>vintage Fender VI or even the Dano's.
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