Whaoo, I Finally Got My Baritone!

Taylor Martin Guild

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After a few months of aggravation, I received my new Guild 8 string baritone today.
It was shipped from California to Utah in 2 days!

The guitar is beautiful and the set up is good with the exception of the octave string for the forth string. [.012]
The octave string [.012] is a lot closer to the fret than the regular string [,047] is.
This is only a problem when I use a capo.
The octave string is muted by the capo unless I apply way more pressure to the capo than I would like.
I may have a tech lower the .047 string slightly at the nut to see if that helps.

The guitar sounds great and I like the shimmer that the two octave strings add.
This is a better sounding baritone than my Alvarez was and I think that the octave strings are a huge part of the sound.
The guitar was worth the wait.
 

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Capo not being able to clamp the octave string - it is NOT because "normal" string is too high - just have to have more pressure on capo - or softer - more flexible capo - same thing w 12-strings.

When you think of it - by the time the "normal" string is down - the capo might stop there - and measuring from TOP of strings the distance between top of "normal" string to fret just might not be enough for octave string. Therefore the capo needs to be either softer, contoured, or pressed with more force.
 

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I have had a hard time posting pictures due to my lack of computer skills.
How do I send a sound clip?


Pictures are definitely your problem and after you take the mandatory abuse we can walk you through the process. Shall we?

Sound clips, however, really are your problem. You need to host them somewhere else and link to them here.
 

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Hello

Capo not being able to clamp the octave string - it is NOT because "normal" string is too high - just have to have more pressure on capo - or softer - more flexible capo - same thing w 12-strings.

When you think of it - by the time the "normal" string is down - the capo might stop there - and measuring from TOP of strings the distance between top of "normal" string to fret just might not be enough for octave string. Therefore the capo needs to be either softer, contoured, or pressed with more force.

I glue a thin patch of mousepad material to my 12-string capos. The squishiness of the material smooshes down the main and octave strings without your having to over-torque the capo and throw the guitar out of tune.

You can find mousepads for pennies and one pad will last several lifetimes.

Been doing this for a couple decades. Works.
 

Taylor Martin Guild

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I have tried 3 different capos now. The Shubb buzzes the most and has to be cranked down much more than I would like to do.
The Kyser 12 string capo does a good job if I position the capo just right.
I also tried a G7th original 12 string capo and it did OK but was hard to get it clamped tight enough.
Looks like the Kyser is the winner for now.
 

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I just replaced the strings on the baritone. The bass pin was stuck so bad, it broke in half as I pried it out.
Had 6 bone with MOP dots that I used for the 6 regular strings. Used 2 of the old pins for the Octave strings.
Think I will order some Brass pins like I used on my Alvarez Baritone. They are easy to modify to fit the big bass strings.
I had to take a Dremel Tool to the Bass B string to get it to fit.
Can't understand why Guild would not have proper pins for these guitars.
 

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I just replaced the strings on the baritone. The bass pin was stuck so bad, it broke in half as I pried it out.
Had 6 bone with MOP dots that I used for the 6 regular strings. Used 2 of the old pins for the Octave strings.
Think I will order some Brass pins like I used on my Alvarez Baritone. They are easy to modify to fit the big bass strings.
I had to take a Dremel Tool to the Bass B string to get it to fit.
Can't understand why Guild would not have proper pins for these guitars.
Same thing happened to me with the first two pins!!!
 

Taylor Martin Guild

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Got my brass pins for the 8 string baritone yesterday.
Spent a few minutes with a Dremel tool and opened up the slot in one of the pins to help accommodate the huge bass B string.
To me, the brass pins help tame the muddiness of a baritone.
They also look good on the guitar.
Plus I can now remove the pins without breaking them like I did with the plastic pins that came with the guitar.

I'm really liking the shimmer that the two octave strings give to the guitar.
 
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Congrats on the guitar! It seems like these are getting pretty popular around here.
 

Taylor Martin Guild

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Being something very new, I am wondering about going a bit bigger for the octave strings.
The .012 is very floppy and doesn't capo very well.
I may try .014 and .016 on the next string change
 
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