Baritone / Low tuning preset - From heavy (Loathe etc..) to ambient

[Paul Bradshaw]

NGD for me this week, with a Gretsch G5260 baritone (29.75" scale length ) tuned in F# Standard here, some nerdy tech explaining of the Multiband compressor here and filtering/boost before the amp(s)

The guitar itself has a particular tone with the low output mini humbuckers, tweak to taste of course

video above going over tones, explaining various things/tweaks as well

preset download below, or on my usual page ko-fi downloads

thanks for checking it out

 

[jaycal6]

Nice! Thanks for posting this. I have a Gretsch baritone I use for metal stuff sometimes, too. I stuck the grinder boost on there at 6db just for a bit more gain and grind.

 

[Paul Bradshaw]

Nice! Thanks for posting this. I have a Gretsch baritone I use for metal stuff sometimes, too. I stuck the grinder boost on there at 6db just for a bit more gain and grind.

thanks , they're great guitars i think

i haven't tried grinder/brutal style boosts just yet, but i can imagine it working well with cutting lows, the lower the tuning it seems to benefit more from less gain as well, the gretsch pickups have a very particular tone to them as well, which is cool

 

[jaycal6]

thanks , they're great guitars i think

i haven't tried grinder/brutal style boosts just yet, but i can imagine it working well with cutting lows, the lower the tuning it seems to benefit more from less gain as well, the gretsch pickups have a very particular tone to them as well, which is cool

Exactly, yeah, the boost helps to cut some of those lows in a nice way.

I first heard about the Gretsch from the YouTube channel thebunn

 

[2112]

That sounds mega

 

[Paul Bradshaw]

That sounds mega

thanks Leon not sure if you've been able to check them out before, well worth the detour, feels a bit like a workout with the fret spacing/scale length but a lot of fun

 

[Dj0ntboi]

I have one as well, what did you do to combat the extremely low output pickups?

 

[Domct203]

I also have that same baritone guitar, I installed an EMG AB220 booster in place of the tone pot, I keep it on the first detect (+8dB) and it worked perfectly for me.