sparquelito Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 My first of its kind, and man oh man, is it interesting. I found a well-used ESP LTD Viper 200B in a local pawn shop this afternoon. I was just sort of goofing around, and so I didn't notice at first the unusually long (27 inch) scale length. I plugged it into a small Fender Mustang amp, tuned it up, and started running thru a variety of tunes. The strings were insanely heavy, but the feel and playability was fantastic. I was blown away by how rich and resonant everything sounded. At some point I realized that my fretting wrist was extended far beyond normal angles . Dummy me, it's a baritone guitar! I paid $160 out the door, and took it home. The black beauty polished up like a new penny, and I have spent the past few hours riffing and stroking on this really impressive guitar. Has anybody else discovered the joys of a baritone guitar, this late in life? What a revelation! Here she is, next to my old LTD B-50 bass. I guess this is now the LTD corner of my music room. More photos tomorrow. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Vet. Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I’ve never played a baritone anything. I’ve been driving around looking for pawn shop gems. Mostly struck out everyplace I go. Lots of Squier’s haven’t stumbled upon a 1980’s MIJ, lots of wore out amps, and lots of cheap Alvarez acoustic guitars. I know it’s just a matter of time before I find that ‘58 Burst with a 100.00 price tag on it.😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Navy Vet. said: ... looking for pawn shop gems. Mostly struck out everyplace I go ... Me too -- all of the nice guitars I have ever seen in a pawn shop are always either fairly or over priced. I have seen some nicely priced higher-end Squiers, but that is about it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 This is an interesting town for Pawn Shop guitars. Huntsville is halfway between Birmingham and Nashville, and for some reason I keep stumbling upon wonderful, dusty, grimy diamonds in the rough. I'm not complaining, that's for sure. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) I don’t own a baritone guitar, but I have a 7 string Ltd guitar. For a long time, I tuned it to B Standard (BEADgbe), but have recently been tuning it to BEADf#be (Standard Baritone tuning with an extra high E, instead of Standard 6 string tuning with an extra low B). I also primarily play a 6 string Ibanez bass, so I’ve firmly wrapped my mind around the low B string. Ltd makes some good guitars for the money. Besides the 7 string, I have a string MH-100QMNT that I won as a prize and an Ltd B-4E bass. And my grandson has a Ltd Viper 50 I bought him for Christmas 2012. All nice guitars for the money. Edited February 3, 2020 by tx-ogre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Vet. Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, sparquelito said: This is an interesting town for Pawn Shop guitars. Huntsville is halfway between Birmingham and Nashville, and for some reason I keep stumbling upon wonderful, dusty, grimy diamonds in the rough. I'm not complaining, that's for sure. 🙂 Huntsville is a much bigger ‘music town’ than Birmingham. And if you head a few miles to your west you know why. Birmingham in the in the 1970’s had a decent amount of live music clubs. Not anymore. Edited February 3, 2020 by Navy Vet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I played a couple of baritones. Came v close once to buying a Danelectro one. They are very nice & I like 'em 🙂 Nice job finding that LTD Spar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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