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Re: Baryton guitar strings/tuning?
It's the higher tension.
On Jun 2, 2012, at 2:09 AM, Per Boysen wrote:
> Well, my bariton scale Telecaster is not "low" (currently) but maybe you
> could see it as "unique" to tune it as a regular guitar despite the
> longer scale. I never thought about that way, I just tried regular E A D
> G B E tuning out of curiosity and since I happened to have a spare set
> of regulars - and am surprised how great it sounds this way! It doen't
> sound any bariton at all, just like a super Telecaster but with better
> intonation, better balansing of both frequencies and notes in a chord
> and finally much more prounounced fundamentals. So I'm wondering if
> anyone knows what mojo is at work here? My layman theory is that longer
> and thinner strings behave this way. Maybe it also has to do with the
> thin and high frets of this All-Parts neck? Both factors also applying
> to the Stick that executes these very same sonic characteristics. Just
> taking a guess here, I need to experiment more, also with normal bariton
> tuning (by thicker strings) and compare.