the baritone guitar...

I’m always surprised when I overhear from someone in our shop: “what’s a baritone guitar?” Then I have the pleasure of blowing their minds with the answer: “it’s a completely different sounding guitar but you don’t have to change what you’re doing with either hand!”
In fact, if we didn’t have signs identifying our baritone guitars, most folks would’ve even notice they were different. The shape and the strings look like a standard guitar, but the moment you strum a chord, the deep, resonant growl tells you this instrument is something different. Baritone guitars sit in a unique space between the guitar and the bass, offering a rich tonal palette that can inspire new ideas and techniques.
What Is a Baritone Guitar?
A baritone guitar is tuned lower than a standard guitar—usually by a fourth or a fifth. The most common tuning is B to B, but you’ll also find baritones tuned A to A or even C to C, depending on the scale length, string gauges, and/or player’s preference. The typical scale length for baritones is 27-30” which provides the necessary string tension to keep lower notes from sounding floppy or muddy, while still maintaining playability.
​Baritone guitars are no longer just niche instruments for studio players and film composers. These days you can hear them in metal, country, indie, surf, and even pop and they come in a wide variety of price ranges for both acoustic and electric. 
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Here’s a few we have in stock right now:

Goodall MhJB Adi & Mahogany Jumbo Baritone

$9,200.00

Master Grade Adirondack Spruce Top

Mahogany Back & Sides

Mahogany Neck

Ebony Fingerboard & Bridge

Maple Binding

Gotoh Tuners

1 3/4" Nut Width

28" Scale Length

Includes Hard Case

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Taylor 324ce Baritone-8 LTD Limited Edition 8-String

$2,899.00

Baritone Tuning B-B

Solid Mahogany Top, Back & Sides

Mahogany Neck

Ebony Fingerboard & Bridge

ES-2 Pickup System

1 3/4" Nut Width

27" Scale Length

Includes Hard Case

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1959 Danelectro Model 4623 Longhorn 6-String Bass Baritone Guitar Copper Burst

$3,400.00

All Original Except Tuners & Headstock Logo

Masonite & Pine Body

Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard & Saddle

Original 'Lipstick' Pickups

Holes Drilled in Top For Some Reason?

1 5/8" Nut Width

29 3/4" Scale Length

Includes Non-Original Hard Case

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