DThomasC
Senior Member
It's just a Dearmond, not a real Guild, but it needs to be shown off somewhere.
It's not an ordinary Jetstar, but a Bajo-Jet baritone guitar. Bajo is spanish for "low", so should probably be pronounced "bah-yo", but when I see the word I think of "banjo", which makes me think of Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Anyway, with a 30.5" scale it's a little long for a baritone guitar, but I've been trying to play it like a guitar. If I wanted a bass I would have bought a bass.
Sorry about the shaky photo. Those crabs were making me nervous.
The Dearmond 2k pickups look like Dynasonics, but really they're more like P-90's in that the pole pieces are steel, not Alnico magnets. They use two bar magnets under the coil, one on each side of the poles like a P90. I will say that even though they aren't Dynasonics, they are pretty nice pickups. Clear and articulate without being too hifi.
The quality is generally good, which shouldn't surprise anyone that's owned any of the Korean Dearmonds.
This photo give a better idea of the color. I'm not sure if I like it, but it is what it is and it's mine.
The strings that came on it are .19 - .72 which I suspect started out as D'Addio EXL156, but they threw away the fattest string and replaced it with a plain .19. I have tuned to A D G C E A, a fifth below a regular guitar. The strings feel tight to me, but that might just be the way it is with a scale this long. I'll probably try a set of D'Addio XL157.
Anyone have any experience with these or other baritone guitars?
It's not an ordinary Jetstar, but a Bajo-Jet baritone guitar. Bajo is spanish for "low", so should probably be pronounced "bah-yo", but when I see the word I think of "banjo", which makes me think of Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Anyway, with a 30.5" scale it's a little long for a baritone guitar, but I've been trying to play it like a guitar. If I wanted a bass I would have bought a bass.
Sorry about the shaky photo. Those crabs were making me nervous.
The Dearmond 2k pickups look like Dynasonics, but really they're more like P-90's in that the pole pieces are steel, not Alnico magnets. They use two bar magnets under the coil, one on each side of the poles like a P90. I will say that even though they aren't Dynasonics, they are pretty nice pickups. Clear and articulate without being too hifi.
The quality is generally good, which shouldn't surprise anyone that's owned any of the Korean Dearmonds.
This photo give a better idea of the color. I'm not sure if I like it, but it is what it is and it's mine.
The strings that came on it are .19 - .72 which I suspect started out as D'Addio EXL156, but they threw away the fattest string and replaced it with a plain .19. I have tuned to A D G C E A, a fifth below a regular guitar. The strings feel tight to me, but that might just be the way it is with a scale this long. I'll probably try a set of D'Addio XL157.
Anyone have any experience with these or other baritone guitars?