Thank you for a great video, Jeremy! Really enjoyed your playing here! And you are completely right on the strap position, so it will be repositioned. ;-) Apologies for the dust on the surface haha. Black guitars are indeed hilariously hard to photograph.
The headstock melted in Charlie's Chocolate Factory or when the South Pole Elves got hold of it. I have to admit the tone sounds really good even on cell phone speakers. It's fun that companies are taking risks with designs.
You gotta take risks sometimes. Some love our Teardrop headstock, others don't. And that's the point of taking risks with design. If everyone thinks it's "just okay", then the design is redundant IMO :). I'm glad you like the tone - even on cell phone speakers! :)
Nice looking guitar, sounds good. Yeah, it's not perfect, and I'd like more of a solid low end tone, but hey still nice for what you're getting. I saw someone write negatives about black acoustics. I've got a black acoustic Ibanez that came at a very important time in my life. I had a Charvel acoustic/electric that got stolen from me. I kept it at church and there was an event and it disappeared apparently in that event. It was very sad, and I really missed that guitar. But I had two small kids, my wife was working only part time so we could avoid daycare costs, and I just couldn't afford much more. My only guitar left worth playing at church was my first guitar, a Sigma GCS-6 but it had no pickup system, so it was mic only. So I used Swagbucks to earn Amazon gift cards, and saved up to buy a guitar. I knew Ibanez acoustics usually played well, and I ordered a small body AES10 small body cutaway (since I'm not a big person). I ordered it, and it showed, and I opened it to find that I didn't get an AES10, I got an AES20, solid black with a diamond shaped sound hole. And the Fishman electronics really do sound good plugged in. It's not the best acoustically, but it provided something I really needed at a time I struggled to afford anything. So that guitar has a special place for me. I've got better ones now (Martin X series and my mid 70's Guild 12 string) so I actually keep it at work, since I work in a homeless shelter ministry, and I use it at least once a week playing and singing hymns for the guys in the shelter. They are men that have problems where they shouldn't be in the general homeless population. So the Baum and the black top reminds me a bit of that one, although it's a much nicer guitar than my Ibanez. But sometimes the guitar can really matter and come at an important time in life. And I still use it to make music, encourage friendship and hopefully it's part of seeing lives changed for the good.
Honest review as always Jeremy! It has a nice shimmery sound but listening with headphones does seem a bit one dimensional sonically especially at that price point.
Enjoyed your playing and excellent review….. it appears to be a nice acoustic but I fail to see the why…. With the big three… Canadian options as well as high end tachs like my ef360 tt which is freaking awesome…. Don’t see an upside here…
The sound was uniquely midrange for rosewood and spruce. In that way, it seems like a waste of rosewood. Mahogany maybe? Also I hate the white pickguard--looks like something you'd find on a plastic toy Roy Rogers guitar. Also, what's with the model name? I think an Eastman would be a better choice for a quality Chinese acoustic. Just sayin'
Some love it, others don't :) And that's fine with us. Can't win everyone in, but sometimes you gotta stand out a little. Making it square would also have been weird, right? ;) I hope you dig the sounds though! :)
My pet peave, I don't like black acoustics, seems like they're trying to hide something with the wood quality of the top. Sounds like a higher end Yairii Without the bass or low mid clarity. Great sustain though. Peg head is original, less would be better due to possible case restrictions in that area. I Do like the tuners, but they give more of a retro look unlike the rest of the guitar.
It’s an absurd price for a production guitar made in China. The cartoon nutsack headstock really doesn’t do it any favors. The changes that they made to their electric headstocks was a huge improvement. It’s mind boggling that they’re going back to that, as an unproven in the acoustic world.
I personally don't support the purchase of Made In China anything. They are an aggressive player on the world stage. If you buy their products you are supporting their worldview. It's a lovely guitar and the Ebony top with dark stain Rosewood body is very appealing. Sounds great. You had me at Denmark.❤But it's not a Danish-made guitar, it's a Chinese-made guitar. Any Luthier in the world can email their design to China and have a line manufactured there for sale. Making it appear to be a product of his/her country and that's deceptive. If Canada can make quality guitars using only Canadian employees, then why don't we see more American products? I know existing American manufacturers are building cheaper guitars now with laminate backs and sides with solid tops. Some have solid tops and backs with laminate sides. Using grown in-USA wood is cheaper too. Don’t help China in its bid to become more powerful than their enemy, Western Nations like Canada and the USA.🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦
@@JeremySheppard Yes, I typed this on my iPhone. Made in China. It could have been my Samsung. Made in South Korea. I'm not taking this position as someone forecasting a possible future, but rather from the present where China has already made huge gains in our economies starting about the time you were born. I'm looking at it from the point of a father unable to buy many products made in the West for my family because of the high unemployment caused by the 1982 recession. Unscrupulous Corporations saw an opportunity to close down production in their own country and shipped millions of good jobs overseas. China and Hong Kong and many Western businessmen saw an opportunity to take advantage of cheap Chinese labour to maximize their profits. Steve Jobs invented my device but chose to manufacture it in China where employees are treated exceptionally well compared to their peers in similar vocations. My complaint isn't with the expansion of their enterprise but with the Chinese government and what they're doing with their share of the profits. Jeremy, just because we HAVE been buying their products, doesn't make what they've been doing right. American jobs have been stolen in great numbers. Money-hungry corporations have been offloading production and putting Americans and others out of a chance for happy lives. Guess where most of the illicit fentanyl is manufactured? I would love to see how Epiphone could make dreadnoughts with full-body binding and great finishes and decent workmanship and then ship them thousands of miles to N America for a hundred fifty bucks ten years ago and more today but their employees are forced to work for less and I am not sure about the environmental impacts on the countries where they source their wood. Jeremy, I'd love to see someone like you, create a start-up guitar manufacturer made in the USA for the middle-income people in your country. Solid tops. Laminate back n sides made using American wood. Spruce, cedar, cherry or walnut and Washington Maples. I know from listening to you that you have the skillset and product knowledge and grassroots understanding of the folks who would be playing your guitars. 🖖✌️🇺🇸 I know I would go out of my way to buy a reasonably priced American-made axe. “Sheppard Guitars”. Stylized “S” on the headstock? Maybe just “Sheppard”? $💰$
The USA is also pretty aggressive on the world stage as well…just sayin. It’s also pretty aggressive on the national stage to it’s own… Justification is a matter of perspective and always has been.
@@Santaheckler Thanks. To your first point, I assume when you refer to the USA, you mean the government? It certainly has been aggressive in its history, but I am focusing on China's behaviour in a humanitarian sense. I don't disagree with you on America’s treatment of its own people. I'm not sure where justification comes into the subject I’m addressing. Two wrongs don't make a right. In fact, I stated that China hasn't gotten here without the help of unscrupulous American corporations and individuals. Until China stops being a bad actor in the world by using its own poor people to do it? I would like the world to buy products from their own neck of the woods. Plus, would it kill them to manufacture products invented or developed by them and sold to the world with their names on them? I hear they make a decent guitar? Make them and sell them honestly as a Chinese product. Just don't call it Covid 19⁉️🖖✌️
Looks are important. That headstock is a 100% non-starter. I don't care if this sounds as good as a 6000$ guitar. Maybe acoustic players are too conservative. But this? Come on. Pickguard looks like garbage, too.
Thanks for the feedback! :) Looks are indeed important, and our design is not for everybody. We know that. The Teardrop headstock in particular is an important aspect of the Baum design and originates from our first electric guitars. Some love it, some don't, and we're totally fine with that. It evokes feelings, as a distinctive design should, and to be honest - making a square headstock would have been a bit too easy, right? ;-) All the best, Jeppe / Baum.
@@baumguitars Hi, I appreciate the response. Yes, feelings have officially been evoked. I'm just saying, if your sales end up being a lot lower than expected, I can tell you the reason ... 😆 I can appreciate that it's difficult to set your brand apart in the sea of existing designs. But I have to believe that a great instrument at a competitive price would have wonderful chances, even in a crowded field. Why torpedo that success with a design that a majority (!) of players will find ridiculous?
@@JohannesLabusch First batch is almost sold out, so we don't complain. Our intention is not to mass-produce for everyone but to special design something for the few. So no offense taken from your comments, we get comments from both camps and that keeps us going ;-) Just curious, which headstock would you have preferred on these instead? All the best, Jeppe.
Thank you for a great video, Jeremy! Really enjoyed your playing here! And you are completely right on the strap position, so it will be repositioned. ;-) Apologies for the dust on the surface haha. Black guitars are indeed hilariously hard to photograph.
when shooting a black surface if you dont want to see "the surface" put something black in the mirror angle so the top isnt reflecting light
It’s so hard for companies to branch out from basic heastock shapes. At first I thought it was funny looking, but now looking again, I kinda like it.
I like it. It must be impossible to design one that isn't a martin, Gibson or Guild
I like it too! Gives me a “ye olde” vibe.
Thanks!
Looks like half a nutsack.
I call guitars like this the “Tuxedo” look. Headstock would look better in black, my opinion, but nice sound overall. Thanks Jeremy.
The name "Leaper Stage" sounds as bizarre as model names for Nissan cars.
The headstock melted in Charlie's Chocolate Factory or when the South Pole Elves got hold of it.
I have to admit the tone sounds really good even on cell phone speakers. It's fun that companies are taking risks with designs.
You gotta take risks sometimes. Some love our Teardrop headstock, others don't. And that's the point of taking risks with design. If everyone thinks it's "just okay", then the design is redundant IMO :). I'm glad you like the tone - even on cell phone speakers! :)
Great Review. Great Playing
I think it sounds great!
Could never have a black guitar. I really like natural wood. My whole house is full of natural wood furniture.
The headstock looks like its about to drip on the floor.
I think it is a good looking guitar.
I also think that you should make a shirt with this "fill the world..." motto
Nice looking guitar, sounds good. Yeah, it's not perfect, and I'd like more of a solid low end tone, but hey still nice for what you're getting.
I saw someone write negatives about black acoustics. I've got a black acoustic Ibanez that came at a very important time in my life. I had a Charvel acoustic/electric that got stolen from me. I kept it at church and there was an event and it disappeared apparently in that event. It was very sad, and I really missed that guitar. But I had two small kids, my wife was working only part time so we could avoid daycare costs, and I just couldn't afford much more. My only guitar left worth playing at church was my first guitar, a Sigma GCS-6 but it had no pickup system, so it was mic only.
So I used Swagbucks to earn Amazon gift cards, and saved up to buy a guitar. I knew Ibanez acoustics usually played well, and I ordered a small body AES10 small body cutaway (since I'm not a big person). I ordered it, and it showed, and I opened it to find that I didn't get an AES10, I got an AES20, solid black with a diamond shaped sound hole. And the Fishman electronics really do sound good plugged in. It's not the best acoustically, but it provided something I really needed at a time I struggled to afford anything.
So that guitar has a special place for me. I've got better ones now (Martin X series and my mid 70's Guild 12 string) so I actually keep it at work, since I work in a homeless shelter ministry, and I use it at least once a week playing and singing hymns for the guys in the shelter. They are men that have problems where they shouldn't be in the general homeless population.
So the Baum and the black top reminds me a bit of that one, although it's a much nicer guitar than my Ibanez. But sometimes the guitar can really matter and come at an important time in life. And I still use it to make music, encourage friendship and hopefully it's part of seeing lives changed for the good.
Thanks for sharing your story, David! And thanks for sharing music for those who really need it. :-) Have a great day. Team Baum :)
Honest review as always Jeremy! It has a nice shimmery sound but listening with headphones does seem a bit one dimensional sonically especially at that price point.
I'm not so sure about the Fender shaped tumor growing out of the Gibson headstock...
You nailed it on the description, so do we call it the guitumortar, guitumor or tumortar?
It's a magazine headstock with a bookmark inserted.
Enjoyed your playing and excellent review….. it appears to be a nice acoustic but I fail to see the why….
With the big three… Canadian options as well as high end tachs like my ef360 tt which is freaking awesome…. Don’t see an upside here…
The sound was uniquely midrange for rosewood and spruce. In that way, it seems like a waste of rosewood. Mahogany maybe? Also I hate the white pickguard--looks like something you'd find on a plastic toy Roy Rogers guitar. Also, what's with the model name? I think an Eastman would be a better choice for a quality Chinese acoustic. Just sayin'
The question is....will the headstock repel more buyers than it attracts?. I know it isn't for me.
I dig it!
Some love it, others don't :) And that's fine with us. Can't win everyone in, but sometimes you gotta stand out a little. Making it square would also have been weird, right? ;) I hope you dig the sounds though! :)
I think it look cool
I don't like the hockey stick headstock.
I would like to take the tomahawk headstock to the next Florida State football game.
My pet peave, I don't like black acoustics, seems like they're trying to hide something with the wood quality of the top. Sounds like a higher end Yairii Without the bass or low mid clarity. Great sustain though. Peg head is original, less would be better due to possible case restrictions in that area. I Do like the tuners, but they give more of a retro look unlike the rest of the guitar.
yes. I want to see the wood
If you don't mind, what tuning are you using? It sounds like either drop d, or open g tuning.
DADGAD
@@JeremySheppard thanks
So no low tone growl and mis-placed strap button, not made in USA, but what is the neck profile? Thanks, Jeremy.
Thin C, very electric guitar feeling.
@@JeremySheppard and a great price!
It’s an absurd price for a production guitar made in China. The cartoon nutsack headstock really doesn’t do it any favors. The changes that they made to their electric headstocks was a huge improvement. It’s mind boggling that they’re going back to that, as an unproven in the acoustic world.
When will Baum learn they can’t use this headstock. Same thing with electrics. Shame cause they look like can be great guitars 😢
I think it's cool. It must be so hard to design an original shape.
HeadStock has a pompadour
I personally don't support the purchase of Made In China anything. They are an aggressive player on the world stage. If you buy their products you are supporting their worldview. It's a lovely guitar and the Ebony top with dark stain Rosewood body is very appealing. Sounds great. You had me at Denmark.❤But it's not a Danish-made guitar, it's a Chinese-made guitar. Any Luthier in the world can email their design to China and have a line manufactured there for sale. Making it appear to be a product of his/her country and that's deceptive. If Canada can make quality guitars using only Canadian employees, then why don't we see more American products? I know existing American manufacturers are building cheaper guitars now with laminate backs and sides with solid tops. Some have solid tops and backs with laminate sides. Using grown in-USA wood is cheaper too. Don’t help China in its bid to become more powerful than their enemy, Western Nations like Canada and the USA.🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦
What device did you use to type this? I understand the sentiment but can't see it in practicality.
@@JeremySheppard Yes, I typed this on my iPhone. Made in China. It could have been my Samsung. Made in South Korea. I'm not taking this position as someone forecasting a possible future, but rather from the present where China has already made huge gains in our economies starting about the time you were born. I'm looking at it from the point of a father unable to buy many products made in the West for my family because of the high unemployment caused by the 1982 recession. Unscrupulous Corporations saw an opportunity to close down production in their own country and shipped millions of good jobs overseas. China and Hong Kong and many Western businessmen saw an opportunity to take advantage of cheap Chinese labour to maximize their profits. Steve Jobs invented my device but chose to manufacture it in China where employees are treated exceptionally well compared to their peers in similar vocations. My complaint isn't with the expansion of their enterprise but with the Chinese government and what they're doing with their share of the profits. Jeremy, just because we HAVE been buying their products, doesn't make what they've been doing right. American jobs have been stolen in great numbers. Money-hungry corporations have been offloading production and putting Americans and others out of a chance for happy lives. Guess where most of the illicit fentanyl is manufactured? I would love to see how Epiphone could make dreadnoughts with full-body binding and great finishes and decent workmanship and then ship them thousands of miles to N America for a hundred fifty bucks ten years ago and more today but their employees are forced to work for less and I am not sure about the environmental impacts on the countries where they source their wood. Jeremy, I'd love to see someone like you, create a start-up guitar manufacturer made in the USA for the middle-income people in your country. Solid tops. Laminate back n sides made using American wood. Spruce, cedar, cherry or walnut and Washington Maples. I know from listening to you that you have the skillset and product knowledge and grassroots understanding of the folks who would be playing your guitars. 🖖✌️🇺🇸
I know I would go out of my way to buy a reasonably priced American-made axe. “Sheppard Guitars”. Stylized “S” on the headstock? Maybe just “Sheppard”? $💰$
The USA is also pretty aggressive on the world stage as well…just sayin. It’s also pretty aggressive on the national stage to it’s own…
Justification is a matter of perspective and always has been.
@@Santaheckler Thanks. To your first point, I assume when you refer to the USA, you mean the government? It certainly has been aggressive in its history, but I am focusing on China's behaviour in a humanitarian sense. I don't disagree with you on America’s treatment of its own people. I'm not sure where justification comes into the subject I’m addressing. Two wrongs don't make a right. In fact, I stated that China hasn't gotten here without the help of unscrupulous American corporations and individuals. Until China stops being a bad actor in the world by using its own poor people to do it? I would like the world to buy products from their own neck of the woods. Plus, would it kill them to manufacture products invented or developed by them and sold to the world with their names on them? I hear they make a decent guitar? Make them and sell them honestly as a Chinese product.
Just don't call it Covid 19⁉️🖖✌️
Headstock looks a bit funny- hurts my eyes.
Extremely odf strap button placement. Should have moved it forward.
Noticed and moved! :)
@@baumguitars Love to hear that! :)
The proportions of the pick guard and proboscis headstock are rather unpleasant to look at.
Looks are not everything. But they can be a dealbreaker. Choose something simple and people will accuse you of good taste.
Gorgeous instrument, ridiculous headstock.
Yes, that headstock is hideous. They need to get something less obnoxious looking if they truly want to sell them.
😂 can't win.
Looks like a good guitar for an act that has dancers and costume changes but aren't concerned about no low end tone.
Not for me.
I'm an old Martin Fan Boy.
$500 yamaha sounds better to my ear. But that's just my opinion...
Strap button placement designed for guys with big pot belly's to even out the playing position....
Everyone wins, except the enslaved workers in China and guitars builders elsewhere being undercut by low wages
I hear that all the time. Where can I find proof or info about the workers experience?
@@JeremySheppard You can find proof in the price of the guitar
Looks are important. That headstock is a 100% non-starter. I don't care if this sounds as good as a 6000$ guitar. Maybe acoustic players are too conservative. But this? Come on. Pickguard looks like garbage, too.
Thanks for the feedback! :) Looks are indeed important, and our design is not for everybody. We know that. The Teardrop headstock in particular is an important aspect of the Baum design and originates from our first electric guitars. Some love it, some don't, and we're totally fine with that. It evokes feelings, as a distinctive design should, and to be honest - making a square headstock would have been a bit too easy, right? ;-) All the best, Jeppe / Baum.
@@baumguitars Hi, I appreciate the response. Yes, feelings have officially been evoked. I'm just saying, if your sales end up being a lot lower than expected, I can tell you the reason ... 😆 I can appreciate that it's difficult to set your brand apart in the sea of existing designs. But I have to believe that a great instrument at a competitive price would have wonderful chances, even in a crowded field. Why torpedo that success with a design that a majority (!) of players will find ridiculous?
@@JohannesLabusch First batch is almost sold out, so we don't complain. Our intention is not to mass-produce for everyone but to special design something for the few. So no offense taken from your comments, we get comments from both camps and that keeps us going ;-)
Just curious, which headstock would you have preferred on these instead?
All the best, Jeppe.