Fretless Baritone Guitars

[AlanSam]

Continuing the recent discussion re baritone guitars - this is interesting :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpnTjN4dLag

and even more so this:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu4UXGPjPJY
astonishing! Love to hear him play some Bach. I'd like to hear a baritone tuned to 5ths like a cello (yes I know a cello has four strings). Interestingly Bach's sixth cello suite was actually written for a five string instrument - maybe Eastman could make a five string fretless baritone and corner the market LOL! Cenk Erdogan creates the reverb effect using a tonewood amp  (see link below) which is cordless and attaches to the back of the guitar. To avoid the introductory narrative skip straight to 1:27 :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASd911FqGNQ

[Meathead]

Alan! Great find. I totally enjoyed those videos. I've never heard of a fretless baritone. Talk about a hard guitar to play and make sound good! Thx for sharing. Might be a long time until we see Eastman make this model 

[AlanSam]

Alan! Great find. I totally enjoyed those videos. I've never heard of a fretless baritone. Talk about a hard guitar to play and make sound good! Thx for sharing. Might be a long time until we see Eastman make this model 

 Thank God for that lol! I guess Steve (sleigh) with his fretless bass expertise would be able to make something of it. If I had serious money I could see myself buying one to experiment with. Anybody interested in one can contact the maker here :-
https://canoralguitars.com/product/cenk-erdogan-model/
Hand made in Turkey it would run you about $4000 (including case and shipping) but excluding import taxes


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[sleigh]

It sounds very much like a fretless bass played high on the fretboard, Alan -- though learning the fingering would take some time and a LOTS of practice, and I won't be paying $4,000 for one anytime soon...