Orangewood turns the Del Sol into a 27.5-inch fretless baritone with P-90s

Orangewood has launched the Del Sol Baritone Fretless, a limited-edition electric that combines a 27.5-inch baritone scale with a fretless, lined rosewood fingerboard. Built in collaboration with TreeTone Guitars, it keeps visual fret markers to help players navigate the longer scale while leaving the strings in direct contact with the fingerboard. The model is offered only in Pitch Black and carries a United States price of $795.

The guitar uses a chambered mahogany body, roasted maple neck and dual P-90 pickups. A three-way pickup selector handles the usual neck, both and bridge positions, while a mini-toggle changes the phase relationship in the middle setting. That gives the instrument another route to thinner, more hollow textures beyond the continuous slides, microtonal movement and altered attacks that come from its fretless construction. Orangewood includes a gig bag, and initial orders are expected to ship in early December.

The baritone scale is important here because it separates the Del Sol from many novelty fretless conversions. The extra length is built for lower tunings and greater string tension, while the chambered body keeps the design from becoming an especially heavy solid mahogany instrument. The maple fret lines also make it more approachable for guitarists who want the intonation freedom of a fretless neck without losing every familiar visual reference.

This remains a specialized guitar, but the specification is coherent rather than eccentric for its own sake. Players working in ambient, experimental, soundtrack or heavy low-tuned music get a production instrument that combines baritone range, fretless articulation and P-90 response at a price below many boutique custom builds.