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Baum Guitars is a Danish guitar and bass manufacturer based in Aarhus, Denmark. Baum Guitars was founded by Morten Bau in 2015. Morten Bau (educated Art Director) is the solely luthier and chief designer in the company. Baum Guitars offer custom shop instruments made in Denmark. In 2016, Baum Guitars established its private label of guitar pickups: Goldsound Pickups, which are hand-wound pickups for made for each Baum guitar or bass.

Anno 2020, Baum Guitars offer eleven guitar models and one bass model to choose from, which can all be customized within a variety of options.

All Baum guitars, basses and Goldsound pickups are designed by Morten Bau and made in Denmark.

History


The Begining of Baum

Morten Bau, founder of Baum Guitars, built his first electric guitar in 1989. Back then, Morten Bau had no idea of starting a brand, so instead Morten Bau educated as Art Director in 1998, as he dreamt of working with design and commercial concept developing. The years up until 2015 was spent on designing and building a variety of different guitars. These guitars were either inspired by classic guitar shapes or by own design.

Baum Guitars was founded in 2015. Same year, Morten Bau built four different Leaper model prototypes, respectively Leaper 212, 222, 232 & 242. These had the characteristic Baum headstock, a small solid or semi-hollow body with a different f-hole and a 24.75” scale length. In 2016, the Leaper Tone was designed – this had a bigger body, a longer scale length (25.5”) and a redesigned f-hole compared to the prototypes. These changes became cornerstones within the design of Baum Guitars. Following the Leaper Tone, the Conquer 59 and Conquer 69 was also introduced in 2016. In 2016, Baum Guitars established Goldsound Pickups, i.e. Baum Guitars’ private label of hand-wound pickups made specifically for each Baum guitar and bass. In 2017, Baum Guitars released four new designs: Verge, Backwing, Bluenote and Carve. In 2018, Baum Guitar launched its website and introduced another three models to the market: Leaper Jr., Wingman and Cooper. The Revolt was released in 2019. In 2020, Baum Guitars added the first bass, Nidhogg, to the line-up.

Baum Guitars first public appearance was at the annual Copenhagen Guitar Show in 2017,

where they debuted the Leaper Tone, Conquer 59, Conquer 69 and Verge.

Design
Characteristics & Construction

Baum instruments share characteristic design elements, e.g one of the three headstock variants, the f-hole, the custom covered Goldsound pickups, the curve and corner on the lower horn. The designs of the instruments derive from a mix of the Scandinavian design style and American Classic cars.

Hardware
All Baum instruments feature Schaller tuners, a synthetic TUSQ nut, Schaller STM Roller bridge and a choice of either a stop tailpiece or a Bigsby B5/B7.

Guitars

 * Baum Backwing, 2017
 * Baum Bluenote, 2017
 * Baum Carve, 2017
 * Baum Conquer 59, 2016
 * Baum Conquer 69, 2016
 * Baum Cooper, 2018
 * Baum Leaper Jr., 2018
 * Baum Leaper Tone, 2016
 * Baum Revolt, 2019
 * Baum Verge, 2017
 * Baum Wingman, 2018

Bass

 * Baum Nidhogg, 2020