Congrats on helping Gretsch sell a bunch of these. Cool stuff, man.

Bands like Thrice got me into Baritones (especially Teppei) Ive never really been into the whole drop Z chugging thing and have preferred more of a playing style like you demonstrated here. Super rad video 🤙🏻

Man that sounds delicious. That can do it all. As can it’s owner.

You gave a very nice demonstration of what it can do both in subtle tones as well as heavy metal. I loke the deeper groove of these & have only discovered them recently. Thanks for the video.

You managed to articulate what I was having such a difficult time trying to put into words. This is most definitely the push I needed to finally pick one up.

Thanks for the video, I really needed that sort of info: clean vs. dirty test sounds. Also I love the Sisters of Mercy shirt you go on!

Thanks for this video. I had been eying a Gretsch but instead in May 2023 went with a Fender Squire Classic Vibe Telecaster FSR Custom baritone 27" scale which of course came tuned in the standard BEADF#B tuning and Squire puts on .014-.068 gauge round wound strings....but since I have changed to flat wounds (which I prefer and have on all my electrics as they're more comfortable and there's no squeak moving along the fretboard) and gauges .015-.060. I have also discovered some very cool alternate tunings for baritone guitar such as : AEADF#B. or AEADEA (DADGAD equivalent) or GDADEA. or GDGCEA or ADGCEA.

Have same guitar and totally agree. It is a sleeper and for the price you get a lot!! Of course you did an awesome job showcasing this! Also glad to see you still have your Friedman SS100, scared me for a minute as that is like the GOAT for your style and vibe.

You’re killing me Zach. I’m going to look at one in the morning. Unbelievable playing. As always.

Between this and your Cantrell Epiphone video you've earned an easy sub outta me, Zach. Well done. 👏

What an awesome review, finally! Nice recording quality, great shots and overall structure of a review! Thanks man!

Awesome as ALWAYS Zach!! I'm postponing getting a baritone since always... maybe this is the one to get ASAP ;) Cheers buddy and please keep on rockin'! Nuno

Great talent + great sound = excellent performance

I got one of these and the only major thing it needed done to it was a neck shim. Once it was shimmed, even my luthier was blown away by how good it sounded and played. Definitely a great guitar, I like it more than the Reverend Descent baritone I used to have.

Clean to slightly dirty is where it’s at with baritones, at least for me. Love what you were doing during the opening!

That was a pretty killer riff when the drums came in!

My man has the whole catalog of NDSP plug ins irl. Sick sound, sick video. Love mine!

What a great baritone guitar! I hadn’t seen a Gretsch baritone before; thanks!🎸

Awesome tones! I have this exact guitar in London Grey - Only thing I had to do on mine was replace the output jack with a proper Switchcraft jack. I'd be playing and all of a sudden gravity would unplug it for me. Otherwise, it's one phenomenal guitar for the price.

That intro song was fking sick. I loved it!

Awesome chugs. And even more impressive clean riffs ❤

Yeah man, that’s sounding really good 👍🏻

Sick playing and great tones. I've been drooling over one of those models but with a bigsby for ages. I think I would have ten Gretsch if I wasn't broke lol.

I think you just convinced me to get one of these guitars; this is the only video where someone tries to get a good clean sound!

Great sounds!

I’m so amazed I have a Gretsch G5410T tri five Listing to what you were playing , it’s what I’m looking for You are bad ass on this guitar

I just bought this EXACT model guitar FROM ZZOUNDS before i even saw this vid!!!! Its a killer guitar. My first baritone.

Wow, what a great sound!

Great work on the demo, I love my G5260.

Love the sleeper remark. 👌🏾

the guitar is cool but your sound and songwriting skills are awesome! Please make this a full-lenght song!

5:58 pushes all my 90s JRPG Nostalgia buttons

In the intro track you produced one of the best guitar tones ever.

Baritones are great for getting those low tones often reserved for 7 strings... 6 string necks always felt like home to me, I can't play with same confidence on a wider 7 string neck, so to get those low rhythm tones, baritones make a lot of sense. Really the only need for a seven string is if you still need that high-e, and if you're mainly doing rhythm, the focus is on the lower strings and further builds the case for baritone. Baritone, it's a 6 string 7 string guitar :).

Love this guitar, definitely a nice sleeper.

Totally agree on using lower output pickups with high gain amps. Im using 2 bilts, one a baritone, in C and A with lollar el rayos into a fryette deliverance playing doomy shoegaze. That lower output keeps things tight and articulate. Love it. Great video btw. Also, have you seen the newer Aria Pro II Jet baritones? They look and sound great and are very reasonably priced

First tune is killer! great drop! you should release it. That is one gorgeous guitar too. love the jade colour. Whats your signal path/fx/ recording process? mix sounds great :)

Sounds badass!

Thank you for the demo with this scale length in B standard. While the Gretsch baritone is just short of 30" Bass VI scale, everyone else who has a "30 inch baritone" seems to tune closer to Bass VI tuning.

Yea, they have such a warm rich sound, I have never owned one, but I need to! Hows the Soldano? Never got to try one but its my favorite sounding amp.

Sounds killer 👊🏼💀

Great Sound !! You can make anything sound good: you have that magic touch. Only Baritone Guitar I own is a 1998 Danelectro: works for me on the old spaghetti western movie songs - Th Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and other songs by Ennio Morricone. For other guitars I just use standard D tuning: 2 semitones lower than standard E turning because I can’t afford another guitar. Lowering each string 2 semitones also works on my 1992 Ibanez UV 7 String.. Of course I’d love to have a Gretsch Baritone, but it’s not in my budget right now. 😁🌴🥥🎸 Still in Arecibo Puerto Rico 🌴🌴🌴Len🌴🌴🌴

Maybe if I buy one, my jams will be this phat and dope 🖤

Your content is always top notch.

I really dig the chord tones from a baritone, good guitar work - thanks for this demo! How do you feel this would work for a single guitarist in a rock/blues cover band?

Getting hints at Loathe with this one... ;). Once again we must share the same music library. 🎉

I love this guitar, and I change my old 7 string with one of this... For me the best thing is that a 7 string has only one string more than a normal guita but is a normal guitar playing normal chords and arpeggios... Baritone guitar can play beautiful low chords and arpeggios (sorry for my bad English)

Killer!

Tasteful riffing , much appreciated. Thanks!

Excellent song! 🤘

I personaly love baritones. The tuning stability and intonation seems supperrior to shorter scale guitars IMO.

nice temple of love shirt man...

Just got this guitar it's a beast.....great playing...got tabs?

I guess I need one too. $600 isn't too bad at all for what you get.

These pickups were much maligned when Gretsch was using them on their Pro range back in the mid 2000 to mid 2010s, but somehow everybody loves them on the baritones. Go figure :)))

Can anyone explain to the what "I.St." stands for since on Thomann there are 2 models of this guitar and they seems identical? I also checked if it's for a lefties but it doesn't seem so

Great tone! Did you ever try Digitech Drop pedal? Probably it won't be as tight as native longer scale guitar tuned down, but its very handy alternative to me. What do you think?

Hey, Zach! What is the chain for the guitar, how do you make it sound so clean?

A Sisters of Mercy tee shirt! Not something you’ll see much nowadays ❤

What fx are you using here?

Is the string spacing at the picing area (or nut, for that matter) any wider than a typical scale guitar? This is a big thing for me. I need wider string spacing. Also, is this B to B? Thank you!

Well I'm sold

I'm holding out for an ESP Viper-1000 because I love the ESP necks & shorter length...but you are making me want one of these too.. You've made it sound the best I've heard with the stock pickups...even better than many with upgraded pickups which was another thing I didn't want to have to do.. Great playing, tone & beautifully done demoing what this thing can do. You got a sub. Question, how do you feel about an ESP Viper being modded with a floy'd rose? I know they have a version of the Gretsch with a Bigsby trem but they aren't great for doing Dimebag type dive-bombs or pulling it up. That's what I would like ideally...A Baritone that plays like my ESP MII Deluxe (90's model). Any thoughts or suggestions?

Hello. What tuning do you have this guitar tuned too?

what were you tunes to here.. thanks

Obviously the Baritone is the star here and sounds so sick! BUT…..what’s the signal chain look like for the bass track in the intro?

I’ve been researching on the 7 and 8 string . Just not the sound I’m looking for Something about you playing has peak my interest on this guitar Like when I got my Gretsch 5410 , watching andertons from the UK .

My friend keep on talking about the 7 and 8 string but they don’t sound right and the way you play sold me on this guitar It has the high and lows just right . I have a Gretsch G5410T tri five electromatic , I’m using a boss Katana 100 watt amp. What’s your thoughts.

Is this jade grey metalic?

A baritone guitar is like a 7 string with the high E string removed,, but it doesn't require a fat lower B string to get that low. Longer strings are naturally lower in pitch, so they can achieve the desired pitch without being slack.

This needs a Loathe cover

I love the song you play at the start of this. Is it online somewhere? The melodic power is right up my ally a la Thrice

Great video man! Your playing sounds awesome! What tuning are you playing in this video?

Interesting as I wasnt aware there was any such thing.

Is this possible to tune in E standard E A D G B E

Zach... Could u tell us which interface do u use? Your recordings are always so punchy and clear.

Zach are those the 14 to 72 strings that come stock ? I’m looking for another set for mine .

Nice. By the way, what tuning was used in this video?

the drums go hard, how did you get those?

Did you double track to get that wide sound at 1:01? Or are you just using a doubler of some sort?

Is that the same as a Bass VI?

String gauge ? That was Drop G ? Thanks!

Is that the JVM?

You don't tune down. It's more like tuning to standard E tuning, and then magically adding neck and string length to the guitar. So you're tuned to E, but the E is at the 5th fret now. That's literally true - if you checked the tension on the strings, it would be the same as a standard neck guitar. You just get notes a fourth lower because the neck is lower.

It’s not the nut of your cut, it’s the cut of your nut REAL TALK