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Zac Childs
Why I Needed a Baritone Telecaster Guitar
30 minutes Posted Jan 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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Baritone electric guitars live in that perfect middle ground between standard guitar and bass, and once you understand what they do best, it’s hard to live without one. In this video, I’m diving into baritone guitars, why a typical 27” scale baritone is very different from a Bass VI (usually 29–30” scale), and how each one functions in a band context. While they can look similar at first glance, they play, feel, and sit in a mix very differently. I also talk about classic effects choices fo...