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Found the optimal tuning/string guage (Re: Baryton guitar strings/tuning?)

Yes, Anders, I've allways liked your sound (and plating) and this baritone replacement neck brought my tele into the land of the singing longnecks. 

Have not tried flats on bari scale, Patrick, but it would probably sound good too. But this is a tele with P-90 style bridge PU and flats would make that too smooth for my taste. I like flats for fretless though and the day I can aquire a fretless 27"-30" I will definitely use flats!

On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, Anders Bergdahl wrote:
Intresting, I have used 27" guitars (soloway) for a few years that i usually tune in standard E tuning, or sometimes in open G or D. I also sometimes tune down a whole step as you do to D... but tuned down permanently I would probabbly use 011 strings.. 
The 27" scale lenght gives me better intonation, better upper fret playability (the fingers have more room) and a much former, deeper sound on the low strings.. to me longer scale sounds better.. 

Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:16:01 +0200
Subject: Re: Found the optimal tuning/string guage (Re: Baryton guitar strings/tuning?)
From: perboysen@gmail.com
To: stanitarium@earthlink.net
CC: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com

Hi Stan,

I tune the Bari Neck Tele a whole step lower than normal guitar tuning. D G C F A D. I think the longer scale in this higher tuning (for a baritone) with .010 strings brings out the best qualities from the instrument. Sorry for being unclear.

On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, wrote:
just so peeps like me understand Per-you mean you only drop one string down to D right? thats what drop D means to me-or are you tuning all strings down a whole step? or are you open tuning to D ?


>
>Hi GAng,
>
>Just a short note to thank everybody that posted helpful ideas for
>stringing/tuning my Telecaster that recently received a baritone neck
>(fretted). After a lot of experimenting I have settled with ordinary
>guitar tuning lowered one whole tone; i.e. drop-D. The reason I drop
>it down is that I want to use .010 set strings, which is what I use on
>regular guitars. The bari tele sounds amazing at this tuning.



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Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen