![]() ![]() The ferrule for the lowest string is also oversized, so you can use a bass guitar string as your lowest without any modification. And it goes beyond aesthetics, too: the Ibanez RGIB21 is equipped with a set of EMG 60/81 active pickups and a hefty string-through bridge with side plates to help with stability. + Active EMG pickups + Fast Ibanez neck for speedy playing – Not great for cleaner, more restrained baritone soundsįrom its sleek, pointy looks, it’s no surprise that this is a baritone aimed at metal players. Price: £299/$299 Build: Maple neck with either pau ferro or maple fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets and 9.5” radius Hardware: None – tuning machines sold separately! Electronics: N/A Scale Length: 27” / 686mm Ibanez RG Iron Label Baritone RGIB21 Image: Ibanez ![]() ![]() It converts most 25.5-inch-scaled Fenders or Squiers into 27-inch-scaled guitars, with the fret spacing measured so that the bridge doesn’t need to be moved. The neck itself features medium jumbo frets, a comfortable 9.5-inch fingerboard radius and a C profile. Thanks to the nature of bolt-on necks, the conversion is of course completely reversible. ![]() The benefits of this are obvious: you keep the body, electronics and hardware you’re already familiar with, and your guitar gets the appropriate scale length for baritone tunings. + Keep the guitar you’re familiar with + Can be much more affordable than a full baritone, depending on your base guitar – Performing the conversion might be a hurdle for beginnersĪvailable with either a maple or rosewood fretboard and a Strat or Telecaster headstock, this neck replaces the one on your Fender or Squier guitar. Price: £399/$399.99 Build: Poplar body with bolt-on fully maple neck, 22 frets and 9.5” radius Hardware: Chrome-finished Squier vintage-style tuning machines, six-saddle string-through hardtail Electronics: Two Fender-designed P-90 pickups, master volume, master tone, three-way switch Scale Length: 27” / 686mm Fender Subsonic conversion neck Image: Fender Price: £1,168/$1,299 Build: Chambered double-bound mahogany body with German carve and raised centre block, set maple neck with C+ profile, 12” radius ebony fingerboard Hardware: Wilkinson vintage-style tuning machines, tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece Electronics: Rivolta Novanta P-90 (neck) and Brevetto humbucking (bridge) pickups, three-way toggle pickup selector switch, master volume, master tone, coil split and phase switches Scale Length: 28” / 711mm There’s also a phase switch to get more ‘nasal’ sounds, but with everything at full blast, there’s no shortage of low-end grunt, too. The chambered and double-bound offset mahogany body features a German carve and Firebird-style raised centre, with a set maple neck.Įlectronics are a versatile affair, with a P-90 in the neck position and a humbucker in the bridge, alongside a coil-split switch – these pretty much cover all tonal bases. With a 28-inch scale length, the Mondata Baritone VII retains the body outline and construction style found on Rivolta’s 25-inch-scaled Mondata VIII and XVIII. + Versatile electronics + Beautiful construction – No humbucking neck pickup tones Rivolta Mondata Baritone VII Image: Eleanor Jane Gretsch G5260T Electromatic Jet Baritone.Chapman M元 Standard Baritone Rabea Massaad Signature.The best baritone electric guitars to buy in 2023 at a glance There are, of course, no hard and fast rules, but considering the general target market of a guitar is a good place to start. Similarly, if you’re looking for a baritone to pump out bone-crushing downtuned riffs, something fitted with lipstick single-coil pickups could present issues. Start from the sound you want from the guitar and work backwards: if you’re looking to add clean, textural playing to a band’s sound, something with high-output active pickups might not be the best choice. Like any electric guitar, a baritone’s core set of features will tell you if it’s the right instrument for you. What to look for when buying a baritone guitar A longer scale means tight, fast playing at high gain remains clear, without a loss of low-end punch. They’ve also found favour with metal guitarists, who were tuning standard-scale guitars to C, B or lower. Alongside this, their ability to ring out low, foreboding melody lines with single-coil twang came in particularly handy for soundtracking Spaghetti Western films.īaritones are still widely used for this textural approach, and their fantastic ability to take on the roles of a bass and a standard electric has seen them adopted by everyone from Phoebe Bridgers to Emma Ruth Rundle to Hozier. Their low tuning meant they could harmonically match a double bass, but their bright, ‘twangy’ character suited the sounds of country and surf. Baritones were first widely adopted in the 1950s and 60s. ![]()
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