Baritone Guitar Question

[Creeping Death]

Hey everyone I have been thinking about this for some time now and have searched to see if anyone has discussed this and can't find anything anywhere and I am sure it is because it wouldn't work/sound right, but I thought it could be interesting to discuss or hear from someone as to why it would or wouldn't be a good idea.

So in the continuing search for a thicker tone (Yes thicker not muddy, bassy, etc.) I have pondered the idea of getting a baritone guitar, but for a very non conventional use, cause i am not into the whole drop/standard A/B thing. I have been wondering if on a recording if I could play a baritone tuned a perfect fifth below my standard guitar to give the guitars an extended range therefore making the sound bigger and thicker.

I do not know anyone with a baritone to test what the real world sound of this would be, but I feel in theory it would work on a properly mixed recording.

Any thoughts and ideas are welcomed :icon_thumright:

 

[swarfrat]

My baritone acoustic is strung 14-59 and tuned C# to D (I tune in parallel fourths without the half step shift at the 2nd string). It's absolutely huge. It came strung 16-69, and tuned B-B std tuning, and it was nice and balanced, but lacked a little of the sparkle that I expect from acoustics and the WOMP I expect from a jumbo. The main thing this accomplished was getting the body resonance to line back up with the 'hammer zone'  from 6th string 3rd fret to 5th string 3rd fret.

Just remember that going up or down by 0.001" at the highest string is approximately equal to one half step difference in tuning change for similar tension. I sometimes play with a quarter for a pick, and this setup is loud, really punchy, and still has a really crisp top end.