Aaron H.
Bari SS vs Bari Atlantic
I’m a big fan of the Deluxe Baritone Atlantic, which makes playing almost effortless. I developed my style by putting giant thick strings on my SG and tuning it down, but the tuning heads kept exploding from the tension so I decided to upgrade to a real baritone. I couldn’t find anything as fun to drool over as the beauty and majesty of D’Angelico so that part was a no brainer. That being said, when the Deluxe Baritone SS arrived I found it relatively unplayable. A lot of that is my fault because I play percussively and I couldn’t find any way to get a decent kick or snare sound without plinking against the massive Great Dane P90 next to the bridge. Without pulling my hair out I discovered a solution. I raised the action just high enough above the P90 and then compensated for that by turning the truss rod clockwise to lean the neck back away from the bridge and now the action is just as fantastic as my Baritone Atlantic. Don’t tell my Atlantic, but the snare sound on my Deluxe SS is actually pretty awesome with a nice woody thwack to it.