Do you have any favorite tunings for baritone OR standard guitar? Share them here!!

B E A D F# B [Standard] (0:26) 1. A E A D F# B [Drop A] (1:02) 2. A E A D F# A [Double Drop A] (1:54) 3. A E A D E A [DADGAD equivalent] (3:31) 4. G D A D E A [CGDGAD equivalent] (4:31) 5. A D G C E A [Standard #2] (5:48)

The Bob Ross of guitar 😄

I’ve been playing in G Standard & Drop F. I started off using it for really heavy Doom Metal like some of the bands today who tune almost as low as a bass. Lately I’ve been loving it for softer psychedelic ambient sounds. It can sound really pretty yet also dark & evil at the same time.

Ser Davos, of the Baritone! I have always loved alt tunings on my standard scale guitars. I am going to buy a baritone soon and I found this video to be just the thing I needed to confirm that I need to do it. Thank you so much for putting in the work and taking the time out of your life to help teach us. Semper Fidelis.

CGCEAE on a standard guitar, it works better if you have thicker strings, and it sounds great!

Let me just say sir, your playing is some of the most beautiful, inspirational playing ive heard in a long time! Simply incredible!

You Sir have very elegant manners! I already feel more educated and encouraged to try some of those tunings! Thank you so much for posting the video!

Great video! I really loved your playing in the GDADEA part. My favorite tunings for guitar are EAEABE and DAEAC#E. The latter is really close to GDADEA but has some very nice chord voicings with the C# and E ringing out under everything

I just need a baritone guitar. I've wanted one ever since i found your channel. I love it!

This channel is a hidden gem. Pure gold to my ears. New subscriber

I'll be referring to playing metal as "getting down in the dungeon" from now on.

Wonderfully informative. Thanks for sharing this!

Thank you for this video! It’s so good to hear beautiful guitar tone on baritone everything else I’ve seen is super grunge Djent heavy stuff. Fun for a while but the chords and tones you get are what I’m looking for.

Your playing is so very different (and beautiful) compared to mine. Love the diversity this instrument can provide

I've been having a blast tuning my baritone to open A (AEAC#A) and playing with a slide. The baritone is great for blues.

Awesome tones! I love your tuning variations. I just ordered a baritone guitar because of your video. Lol! I'm a bass player with a secret guitar habit, so the baritone will be a cool variation. Thanks!

I absolutely adore your content, you have helped me with ambient guitar, and now I know how to tune my Barry I get in a couple of days, thank you so much. Subscribed.

Best channel on KZfaq. Thank you for the information Sir. Have a great day ahead. 🙏

just bought a baritone and this is a super demo of further experimenting - many thanks

Thank you very. I just bought the Danelectro Baritone.

Subscribed cause of the tone. Excellent clean tone

Such a beautiful tone😍

Awesome video. Very helpful.

Bill, i don't know where you came from but earlier today your ambient sounds hit my in box from 2015. So i have been listening to your post all day. After the 2nd post i heard, of course i had to sub and hit the bell. Many thanks.

Great video. I love using alternate tunings. On of my favorites is: Open C# (C#-Ab-C#-Ab-C#-F).

This is very inspirin'. I might try some of these on my baritone guitar. And as Daryl Hall said at the end of the Hall & Oates video fer Method Of Modern Love, "Don't mess with imperfection". And as I always say, keep up the good work!

That drop Celt tuning is just an ethereal playground. Playing it I don't know whether to sadly cry or weep for joy, musically speaking Such an emotional tuning ✌️🎶🎶

Thanks Bill, Great sounds thankyou, loved the DADGAD equivalent tuning. I'd love to hear your baritone telecaster with your PRS, and in comparison to the PRS , just to hear the difference in clarity of the open tuned chords.

Smart ideas...well spoken explained demonstrated thanks and God Bless You...

I’m a huge fan of your playing and the ambient style. I need to get a baritone guitar and a short scale bass! That lower register stuff is great. Your playing is so relaxing to listen to... awesome! I can listen to your playing for hours.

Love your style!

My favorite is Drop Ab, or Bb standard variant on a baritone. Another cool one is Ab,Db,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb it ads some really cool chord voicings like on It’s been awhile by staind.

Buying a baritone has gotten be back into guitar after taking years off. It's such a beautifully haunting instrument. Thanks for this video these tunings are great.

Great stuff. Thank you, sir.

You should make a "down in the dungeon" T-shirt! I always love when you say it ahahah

Essentially any alternate guitar tunings down a fourth. I have been following a lot of your videos. I hope to be adding some of my own content soon. I have a baritone being built from parts right now. I had purchased the body and neck several years ago but issues of time and budget intervened. I am finally getting it assembled, complete with some custom electronics from various sources. I have studied music composition, played mandolin in a folk group, and some rock guitar. I am new to Ambient music, but I look forward to being a more active part of the community.

Hey man I just subscribed I'm about to dive into baritone land, down in the dungeon, love it. Ive done a lot of ambient electronic music, been picking up my guitars a lot more over the last few years.

Good video.The host had a very calming energy.

I bought myself a left-handed Eastwood sidejack baritone guitar and I play in standard A tuning. I think standard A has more variety personally. I got slightly heavier strings that were for standard A and they feel and sound much better than when I went a full step down with the strings that came with it. Thanks for the tip at the end!

I been straying away from Baritones because of all the Djent guys making Baritones seem for their style music. But, thanks to you i see Baritones in a whole different light. I believe it's time for me to try one. Thanks.

Ive found tuning a 25.5 scale guitar to C standard can work well as a baritone. But at B standard it starts to fall apart.

Awesome. I was thinking how to tune mine.

I'm on my way to pick up my first Baritone..A Squier Jazzmaster..Thanks for the great info!

GDGDAD! Perfect for slide playing and chord strumming

Love PRS! I still want one to this day!

Just got my 1st baritone guitar (Danelectro '56 Reissue) while relearning guitar after 30 years. I remember seeing this channel a long time ago thinking I would love to be able to play similar music. Now I can! Also, the neck of the guitar's almost 30 inches so I'm assuming I can go loooooooooow. lol

I'm tuning my guitars (not baritones) in BEADF#B, ADGCEA, ADADGB (as 7-strings without one thin), F#BEADG (8-strings without two), F#BEAC#F# (seven steps down). Thanks for double drop AEADF#A, it's gave me new ideas. String sets ErnieBall 13-72 and 12-62.

Ser Davos?

Great stuff. Love the Neil Young reference-

I tune my Squire 27inch bartitone in standard A tuning. I tune my Martin 12 string with nine strings in drop B ie C# standard with the lowest string at B. Single strings on the three lower courses, sometimes I use the single strings on the two lowest courses and on the highest.....I use slightly heavier strings....

Interesting video. I’ve been using CGCGCD on acoustic for years nor. Also CGCFCD is nice. I spent a very happy hour once in a guitar shop playing a Taylor baritone in the lower equivalents. So I guess that is GDGDGA and then GDGCGA.

So, I just picked up the White Gibson Bari SG (Unofficial Buckethead). It has light strings on now. I just bought some 13-62 strings for it and I like the idea of standard A tuning because it seems very understandable, that is same as the notes on the typical 5th fret one octave down. I also like that I get a whole octive lower of Bb which allot of Jazz tunes are in. Think the strings are heavy enough. I guess when I try out I will know. Also wondering if you have tried flat wound strings on it and what you think. Thanks

Thank you for showing ADGCEA tuning. I think it would be cool to play a guitalele with that, it's an octave higher

I really like Karnivool's tuning, which is essentially a hybrid of Drop B and E Standard (B F# B G B E). They were also the ones who introduced me to baritones in the first place

Amazing!! I am a bass player who picked up ukulele and when I try to play guitar it's not clicking for me. But if I did ADGCEA that's ukulele tuning + two bass strings.

For years I've flipped back and forth between a bass and baritone. I really prefer the lower end sounds, but tired of having to tune down my standard 6 string. Finally decided to take the plunge and ordered the Schecter Apocalypse Baritone along with a Boss Katana Mark II 100 amp. (hoping I chose the proper combination). Still waiting for it to arrive, around new years, 2019. Really glad to come across your channel, love the beautiful sounds you produce with your rig. Thanks again for the opportunity to learn from you.

Have you ever tried playing 7 string guitars? They have the range of both baritone and standard guitars so you might like them. Also you could try DADFAE tuning which is open Dmadd9, sounds really good.

Id like to Do B-E-A-D-G and C or B again for it will be like a six string bass but one octave higher.

Awesome video... Always saw the lowest string like a base/foundation for the rest of the strings...Providing the low end to make a track appear beefy... Hmmm lowest string= low end?

Great !!! Thx man

I can tune to B Standard on my Jazzmaster baritone but it's more comfy to keep it in factory tuned A Standard. My favorite alternate tuning on it is F, C, G, C, E, A; keeping the baritone feel & double serving as a Bass VI

In case you still read comments here, thx first of all and a Q: i got my first baritone and tune it as if the lowest strings of an 8 string, so all in fifths, all down half a step. So F, A#,D#,G#,C#,F#. Tension is all fine. But, is it common to forego the 4th tuning of the two highest strings? I‘ve only been playing bass before so have not gotten accustomed to the guitar intervals yet, and am not sure if I‘m missing out too much or not. Thanks

I'm loving triple drop G... it's essentially a fifths style- G D G D G D. I got the idea from (trying to) learning Hindustan/ Raga stuff. But it's great for Doom & Ambient because you can just rake up the strings & get great harmonic sounds. I do the same on a guitar with CGCGCG... really awesome if you got a fretless. For my Fretless bass I'm using DADA which makes some fab drones. There's pluses & minuses with any tuning- but this is a fun one! I'm itching to try a version of Fripps' New Standard Tuning on Baritone. Pardon my long rambling. Mr CO Orion- you rock, great chan yo!

Amazing !!

A have a Tele-type Dean Zelinsky Baritone (28.5" scale) that is tuned to A standard (LOVE that tuning!). I strung it with Fender Bajo Sexto strings (16 to 66) that are unfortunately not available anymore. But at Stringjoy you have a lot of gauge and customization options. Check 'em out!

This video is quite amazing. Really great moods and sounds you are creating. Love it!!! Would the wide PRS neck kill my wrist since I'm a strat player?

Thank you!

Steinberger Synapse in Bb standar here... With DAddario 12 extra heavy (the White one)

Excellent video. Just curious are these chord progressions part of your original songs? Or can I steal them and try writing songs with them?! JK but yeah great intro to the baritone guitar thank you!

Thanks man

What’s your favorite baritone? The PRS and the Tele are really nice.

Great video. Question, can a baritone like that PRS handle, B standard, drop a, and c standard without having to be adjusting the truss rod all the time? What string gauges would you recommend for that?

Hello, I'm in the process of building a "Telecaster Like" baritone right now and still considering different pickups. Can you inform me of the model name of the guitar you are using in this video? I'm listening around now for pickups that are 1.) Clear and stringy 2.) Rich with a llittle sweetness and, 3.) Are not muddy or congested in the lower mids. The tone you get in this video is very nice and very close to the list of attributes I'm looking for in a pickup, especially for a neck pickup. During covid I decided to learn a completely new style of acoustic guitar that I had never done before and that I found beautiful. That eventually led me to celtic finger style, and guitar material that is like that. Stephen Wake, Pierre Bensusan, Michael Hedges. I managed to learn and play a number of tunes well that had enchanted me for years. This was on the acoustic but set out to build an electric that would be used primarily for this kind of music, and designed to be optimized for this. So, I have no interest in strumming or using a pick on this guitar - I have my regular Strat for everything else. If I could find out the make and specs on your pickups that would be great! Love your videos and thank for all your efforts in making them available to us! Best, Phil Donovan

I mostly tune to A E A A E A and A A E A A E (25.1” scale, 6 strings 14-72). My nylon string I have tuned to open B minor.

i know this isnt baritone but open Cadd9 is great fun to mess around in!

I finally got a baritone guitar by repurposing my 1994 strat and a local luthier is putting a 29 inch neck that he made by hand. We will be doing Half Nashville Tuning tuned to A or Bb A D G(octave up) C(octave up) E A. Basically like Pat Metheny. Note that the middle strings are higher. And I will be using 72 to 14. The middle 2 will be normal guitar which I plan to 15 and 11/12

So, I write songs, and I’ve noticed my vocal range usually works really well if my guitar is tuned to D! Is it worth buying a baritone guitar and tuning it to D to accompany my vocal range ? Also, will my voice and tone of the guitar blend too much ?

Love all the contributions to ambient guitar. I can't say how many purchases I've made based on your playing/ info/ reviews. Thanks so much!!! I was wondering if there are any sonic differences between this PRS 277 in this vid, and the sunburst you've used on another vid? Also my funds are limited, and there are no baritones in my area, that I could find...Do you have a favorite electric baritone sonically? Many thx again.

I play a lightly modified squier with 72-13 in b standard

You forgot one important one!!...once in ADGCEA (A to A if you prefer), go from there to one of my favorite GDGCFA!!...in the B to B tuning that would be AEADGB!!...cheers!!...

What is it that Mike Mushok of Staind does to his baritone strings' tuning?

“Down in the dungeon” 😂😂😂

Dan Electro 56 sounds great with these tips

Weird question but I bought a Danelectro baritone guitar from a guy who's a pro bass player. The strings he has on it are much thicker than regular guitar strings so I'm just wondering does anyone have any idea what they might be because I really like them. I have 10 gauge strings on my regular electric guitars and the 6th string on this baritone is about twice the thickness of my regular 10 gauge 6th string. The 3rd string on the baritone is around the same thickness as the low E string on my regular guitar and the 1st string on the baritone is around the same thickness as the D string on my regular guitar. It feels almost like playing a 6 string bass. If anyone has any ideas on what strings he has on the baritone, I'd appreciate it!

Hi bearded guru,first of all good job on your alternative approach to guitar,I like it a lot. I have a uestion for you,can I tune a baritone acoustic in real open c or the one step higher is gonna put too much tension on the instrument?

What makes a baritone guitar something very different from a 7-string guitar without the first string and a slightly different tuning?

Many thanks! What kind of string gauge do you use for "standard Baritone tuning" ?

What color is your guitar? I've had my eye on the gray semi-hollow SE-277. Yours looks almost green, which I dig a lot.

Seems you would have some experience in perfect 4ths tuning. I use this on the long neck of my double neck.

I'm curious... Has anyone made a 12 string baritone acoustic ambient song? Imagine a 12 string baritone acoustic with massive hall reverb any maybe some delay. The chords would sound so full and beautiful. I could be wrong though. Would be awesome if you can test that out Bill, if you have a 12 string acoustic of course.

Can you tune an SE277 to standard A (a full step down from standard B) with 14-68 strin gauges while keeping enough string tension to be playable? Ty

GDGDAD, AEADGD and AEADGC are also interesting

do you use these for acoustic baritone guitar also?

What tuning were you using in that little opening rif?

would baritone guitars like the SE277 or Squier Jazzmaster Baritone be able to support standard C (Maj 3rd lower from standard E)? if not, what could i do on my regular scaled guitar to tune it lower with the buzzing/flappy sounds?

Hey Bill! Which strings are you using on your baritones that are tuned to baritone standart tuning?

what kind of tune would be as on guitar Open C ?

That baritone DADGAD is amazing!!!

Not to mention partial capo possibilité but that would be a different video...