So it really isn’t just a matter of semantics. And the converse would be pointlessly impractical - slapping a set of bass strings on a baritone guitar probably isn’t going to work because bass strings will likely be too floppy on a 27”-scale instrument to be of any use, and the tuners would likely be too small to be able to accommodate bass guitar strings anyway. You could use alternate tunings on the Bass VI if you wanted to, but that wouldn’t make it a baritone guitar it’d just be, well, a Bass VI with another tuning. They have a 30” scale length, like most short-scale basses, and they use standard tuning (EADGBE) one octave lower than a guitar. They’re strung with bass strings, albeit a special set made specifically for the model. The current Fender and Squier Bass VI models are considered bass guitars, as was the Fender original. Baritone guitars are sometimes tuned a fifth (ADGCEA) or even a major third lower (CFBbEbGC) than standard guitar tuning. Rather, they’re usually tuned a fourth lower than a guitar (BEADF#B), with the fifth-string E matching the sixth-string low E on a standard guitar. Baritone guitars almost never use standard guitar tuning (EADGBE). They’re strung with guitar strings, and they have a scale length usually somewhere around 27”, which is between the standard scale lengths for a guitar (around 25”) and a bass guitar (usually 34” around 30” for short-scale and 32” for medium-scale models). Then what’s the difference between the Bass VI and a baritone guitar? If it isn’t a semantic matter of two names for the same thing -as some suppose - what distinguishes one from the other?īaritone guitars are considered just that-guitars.
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