I finally got to try out a Baum Original Series Wingman!

 

In this article I am going to give you a hands on review of the Baum Original Series Wingman, Leaper Tone and Conquer 59.

On Sunday, I travelled up to Birmingham to visit the UK Guitar Show and I had a list of who I wanted to visit and which guitars to try out.

At the top of that list was Baum Guitars.  Based out of Aarhus, Denmark, this small but mighty company is bringing something special to guitar players all over the world.  Initially a custom guitar builder producing guitars costing in excess of £3k, thus not being accessible to many guitar players who are not professional, they have been able to bring their unique designs to more affordable price points that means that more and more people can purchase their guitars.

For me, I see that Baum are bringing fresh ideas to guitar design whilst celebrating retro finishes and touches a vision from designer Morten Bau.

The video below from Andertons gives a great overview of the range that is available.

Not everyone can purchase a guitar on spec from a website and at the moment Baum Guitars are only available from a handful of shops in the UK, non of which are near to me, so getting to the UK Guitar Show to try them out was a must.  In particular, I wanted to try the Baum Original Wingman.

Image provided by Baum Guitars.

Hands On Impressions

Pure excitement!  Sorry that doesn't help you much but when I picked this thing up I immediately had that feeling of connection and I really wanted to 'rock out' on it.

OK, so that subjective response will give you a sense of how it made me feel, but in terms of playability the neck was very comfortable with it's 25.5 inch scale length and 12 inch radius.  It had 22 frets with stylish crown inlays.  The fretwork was masterful with no sharp edges.

The pick ups are Gold Sound Jabmaster pickups and I found them to produce a tight and punchy sound that was perfect for rock lead lines.  The clean tones were articulate and great for rhythm.

I really liked the stop tail Baum Levitator Roller bridge and I believe that it can also come with a Bigsby tremolo too.

Playing the Baum Original Series Wingman with Leaper Tone and Conquer 59 in the background.

The Baum Original Wingman

Bearing in mind that my experience of this guitar was on an exhibition stand with lots of noise around me, this guitar made me excited and right now, if I could have one I would!

If you would like to know more about the Baum Original Series Wingman them click here for specs and pricing from Andertons.

I also tried the Baum Original Leaper Tone and Conquer '59.

Without writing too much, I found that both of these guitars were absolutely beautiful, well made and simply played well.  The Leaper Tone is a hollow body guitar with the Conquer '59 being a semi-hollow guitar.  Same neck and hardware as the Wingman but differs in body shape as well as these two had Bigsby trems.

The Baum Conquer '59

Walking away from the stand, the Wingman, for me, made a lasting impression but what I was very impressed with was how each guitar was totally different in tone and feel.  All good, but all different and appealing in differing ways and of course for use with different styles of playing.

All three guitars are just over the £1k mark and don't come with a case which is a little disappointing but they are well worth the money.

Have you tried a Baum Guitar?  What are your thoughts?

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