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new 8 string baritone taylor
(lemmy.world)
Super excited and wanted to share my just-peeled-the-plastic-off-new 8-string baritone! After playing a Guild baritone and discovering it pairs great with my flavor of finger-style, I traded up to this 326ce yesterday. Still learning new harmonic rolls, different ways to hit the paired courses, and such-- the lower register and pairs have been creatively inspiring. I don't see a way to upload a short sound clip here, but if that's possible and anyone is interest, lmk. Cheers!
Thanks! 27in is the scale length according to taylor's website. It's definitely easier than the jumbo Guild baritone, which I think was 27"--but yes, both of them are devastating on calluses compared to standard guitar. Actually, I mostly play mandolin these days and still baritone is quite a bit more difficult on my fingers.
The action is slammed down (lowered saddle & truss rod) to the point it buzzes a bit with a pick, but it plays like butter. I might loosen the rod tension a bit once I'm more comfortable with it.
B E A D F# B is "standard", although I've been mostly playing in open A tuning: mainly A E A D E A (dadgad, but lower) and more recently A E A D E G#.