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Old 01-30-2019, 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Zandit75 View Post
Apologies if I've missed this info somewhere, but are there restrictions on the body size when it comes building baritones?
I understand the scale length is different, but does the body size need to be larger to accommodate, or produce the added bass sound? Could a significant enough bass sound be produced from a body of a 000/OM sized body?
I don’t think it has been mentioned in this thread, but I do recall it coming up in another thread in past few months. The person that started that thread was contemplating having a luthier friend rework a damaged standard guitar as a baritone.

As an example of dimensions, my baritone has 16 inch lower bout (not so big!), and a 4.75 inch depth at heel. The sound is very different to a standard guitar, even when playing notes that are easily played on a standard guitar.

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