Baritones

[toejam]

Re: Baritones

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whatever dude, the cure fucking rules. log yourself out. lemme know if you need help with that.

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[Niccolai]

Re: Baritones

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My question is I am wanting to tune the top 5 strings (high to low) up so the guitar is in drop b instead of b standard. Will this have an adverse effect on the neck as far as tension goes? The only difference i noticed is that the strings appear to be a little more difficult to bend.

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Just use thinner strings and you will be able to tune as high as you want without much neck adjustment

[Jason1212]

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Baritones aren't really a one-trick pony for downtuned metal...Robert Smith used a Fender one on a lot of the old Cure stuff.

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I thought Simon Gallup(sp) played the FenderVI. At any rate the Cure are a great band, their hardcore fans are annoying but a great band all the same.

[Matt Crooks]

Re: Baritones

My experience with a baritone is that the tone is "thicker" and not as "biting" on the high end. Meaning there was not nearly as much high end on the low B string, which, compared to a 7 string, caused it to not be as defined. Some of this is due to the extra thickness of the strings, but some of it is due to the scale length.

Edit: The Cure is a great band.