Bass Pitch. Please Explain.

[Mitch]

How many octaves lower is a bass to a guitar? Wikipedia says it's 1 but if it is then what is an e to e baritone guitar? Baritone guitars have a pitch imbetween a guitar and a bass or so ive read (read it in dan erlewine's how to make an electric guitar play great).

But dan erlewine also says baritone guitar is another name for 6 string bass but a 6 string bass is the same pitch as a normal bass but with 2 extra strings right?

Confused.

[borge]

1 octave lower.

a six string bass is usually tuned B-E-A-D-G-C (all 4ths, for symmetry of patterns I guess), 5 strings loss the high C.

[westhemann]

Baritone guitars are tuned (normally) to B...sometimes they are in dropped A

A baritone guitar is not a 6 string bass...

[SJE-Guitars]

But dan erlewine also says baritone guitar is another name for 6 string bass but a 6 string bass is the same pitch as a normal bass but with 2 extra strings right?

This is a confusion in relation of the baritone guitar and short scale bass - baritone guitars can/could be strung as a bass . . . examples commonly used in this subject are the Danelectro Baritone, Fender Bass IV and Jaguar.

Apparently a rather contentious issue to bass players!? Dunno why!

[Keegan]

Baritone is an octave above a 6-string bass, or a 4th below a normal guitar(like a 7-string without the high e) which is an octave above a 4-string bass.

Hope that clears it up =P

[borge]

to clear any possible ambiguity:

standard guitar tuning

E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4

4 string bass

E1 A1 D2 G2

5 string bass

B0 E1 A1 D2 G2

6 string bass

B0 E1 A1 D2 G2 C4

baritone guitar

B1 A2 D3 F#3 B3