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Hey Bob!!! Here I am!!!!
Sorry... digest mode makes things lag a bit at times.
I do indeed play baritone on 4 songs, and we've added a slow tune on
which Rodd (our bassy Rat) plays it with a guitar melody. My personal
experience is it is FANTASTIC for lead playing (especially through a
2x15 cab). Chording is tricky - certainly no open strumming kind of
stuff, but a little chunky ryhthm sounds cool with that low kick. My
personal favorite use is with tremoloed (in Fender terminology...
vibrato to the technical folk)chords on slower spy stuff. Perfect
example would be on the Blue Hawaiians' "Experiment in Terror" off of
Savage Night. It's one of those instruments that's great for sonic
variety if nothing else.
And since I'm here and pontificating, I may as well start plugging --
see me play my baritone (and maybe Mel play HIS baritone) at the next
Suurfin' Sunday - April 2nd at the Hotel Utah in SF. Meshugga Beach
Party, Pollo, and The Lava Rats. Holy crap - what a good show!!!
Sorry I've been in lurk mode a lot lately - school and baseball have
been CRAZY. That should all be changing soon enough.
See anyone in Portland,
~Bill~
--- In , "Bob Steingraber"
<bobsteingraber@...> wrote:
>
> I have no experience playing Baritone guitars live, but
> I've heard Bill from the Lava Rats use a Danelectro bari-
> tone that sounded AWESOME live. Hey, Bill... you out there?
>
> Bob S.
