I have had baritone guitars as my "preferred instrument" for about 6 years now,
and have owned/played these guitars:
Danelectro 63:First baritone I got, and our singer owns it now so I still play it sometimes.
Sounds like a Dano baritone. Twangy, little sustain.
Danelectro 67:Sounds/feels similar to the 63, but has vibrato and is solid body.
This was my main axe for about 1.5 year, then turned it into a Bass VI.
I like the Danelectros for their sound, but got tired of using them as the only guitar in a 1 hour set.
Mine was badly set up, so I wanted a guitar that was easier to play. Then got a:
Fender Blacktop Tele:Did not like this guitar. It was comfortable to play, but I never bonded with it.
Tried it with both .14-.68 and .13-.72 strings, but none of them felt right.
Maybe it was going from 30" to 27", or lipstick to humbucker, I don't know.
But I sold it after trying to make it work for about 6 monts.
Hagstrom Viking Baritone:Bought this after I sold the Blacktop Tele, and this was the guitar I was looking for,
sort of. It felt and played great. The stock bridge pickup was not really inspiring, so swapped it for a
Lollartron(and later on a GFS Surf90), which, both, worked great. Perfect balance of twang and balls.
Also added a Bigsby B7 and removed the neck pickup..
And of course after all this mods to make it perfect, some douchebag broke in to our van and stole it(and some other gear as well).
But it is a great guitar, specially with a couple of mods.
Squier VM Jazzmaster w/ Warmoth baritone neck:Put this thing together myself.
Cool guitar, horrible setup job(by me).
Sold it to get money to buy my Traynor YBA-1.
Partso Baritone Esquire:Bought this second hand, but according to the guy who built it it had a
70s Fender swamp ash body, Warmoth baritone tele neck and a Lollar 52T pickup in the bridge.
Loved this guitar. Was the main guitar when recording our latest(released yeasterday!) album.
But this guitar was also stolen when our van was broken in to.
Eastwood Sidejack Baritone:The one without trem. Bought this cheap second hand when both my guitars where stolen.
I liked to play it and it looked cool, but it felt a little cheap. If I had kept it, I would change the pickups and add a bigsby.
Electrical Guitar Company TT2 Baritone:This is the only baritone I got right now, and I love it!
Sounds great, feels great, looks great. Heavy as shit!
And expensive! But worth it.
Other baritones I have played:
Gretsch Electromatic Jet Baritone:Lent this from a friend right after my guitars where stolen.
Cool guitar, was a little weird going back to 30" scale.
The pickups where dull, so if it was my guitar I would have swapped them for something else.
Ibanez MMM-1:The guy from Staind signature guitar.
Nice to play, weird bridge, and ok pickups.
Fender Special Jaguar(the black one with buckers):Tried this it in a studio, but it was badly intonated, so did not use it on the record.
But it felt nice, so it could probably be a cool guitar.