Silouette Bass Guitar - What exactly is it?

[whitestrat]

Is it a guitar? or a bass? What is it tuned to? What kind of strings does it use?

I'm sure someone here would know ya?

 

[rlarino]

Is it a guitar? or a bass? What is it tuned to? What kind of strings does it use?

I'm sure someone here would know ya?

it's a baritone guitar isn't it?

 

[puppyonacid]

It's basically a baritone guitar. It can be tuned pretty much how you like, but the factory sens them tuned A(below E on a six string guitar)-a. Thats A-a. Not sure what the other tunings are. Dunno if you're into Dream Theater but John Petrucci uses one a fair bit. Most notably on the albums SIx Degrees of Inner Turbulance and Octivarium. Check out these vids:

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[TonyEVH5150]

They offer the Silo set to two different tunings, E-e and A-a.

I know Joe Perry has used one before.

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[mesadualrec]

I really love the sound of a baritone guitar and if I was going for one it would be an EB one (obviously)

or wait for the JP signature one

 

[JohnnyD19]

I really love the sound of a baritone guitar and if I was going for one it would be an EB one (obviously)

or wait for the JP signature one

+1

 

[Larry]

Do you run it through a guitar or bass amp?

 

[DT1607]

You could do both. I'm not 100% sure if JP just puts through his main rig or not but I have seen some bass players use them.

 

[whitestrat]

Well, I have a baritone guitar, and it's a 27" scale neck. So when I saw this one at 29" scale, I got confused... Isnt' that really long???