New models, JB-28FF - fan fret baritone, available guitars
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JB-28 Specifications:  
Scale Length:   28.59”
Body Length: 20 1/2”
Lower Bout: 16 5/8”
Upper Bout: 11 1/2”
Waist: 9”
Body Depth: 4 5/8” – 3 5/8”
Nut: 1 13/16”
String Spacing: 2 5/16”
 
JB-28FF:  
Scale Length:   27.5-28.75”
Body Length: 20 1/2”
Lower Bout: 16 5/8”
Upper Bout: 11 1/2”
Waist: 9”
Body Depth: 4 5/8” – 3 5/8”
Nut: 1 13/16”
String Spacing: 2 5/16”
 
JB-30 Specifications:  
Scale Length:   30”
Body Length: 20 1/2”
Lower Bout: 16 5/8”
Upper Bout: 11 1/2”
Waist: 9”
Body Depth: 4 5/8” – 3 5/8”
Nut: 1 13/16”
String Spacing: 2 5/16”
 
FB-28 Specifications:  
Scale Length:   28.59”
Body Length: 19 3/4”
Lower Bout: 15 1/2”
Upper Bout: 11 3/8”
Waist: 8 3/4”
Body Depth: 4 3/8” – 3 3/8”
Nut: 1 13/16”
String Spacing: 2 5/16”
 
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JB-28, JB-30, FB-28 & and new JB-28FF (fan-Fret) Baritones

Baritone guitars are designed to be tuned lower than standard guitars, usually a 4th or 5th below standard pitch. This means that whereas standard tuning is EADGBE, a baritone guitar might be tuned to BEADF#B (4th) or ADGCEA (5th). Its voice is deep, round, and robust.

The Berkowitz baritone guitars were designed for John Jennings, co-producer and guitarist for Mary Chapin Carpenter. Jennings owns the JB-30 prototype, which he has used on albums by Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Gorka (Between Five and Seven, “Paradise, Once” ) and by Darol Anger (Heritage). Jennings said it’s “the cello of guitars.” Anger lauded Jennings’s instrument as being “the guitar from which all guitars emanate.” The JB-28, JB28-FF and JB-30 baritone guitars are built on the J-6 jumbo body; the FB-28 is built on the F-6 Concert. All baritone guitars are available with cutaways, Ryan Bevel the Wedge™ bidiretional body taper well as with the Wedge™ bidiretional body taper.