The Baum Wingman, a modern offset electric guitar built without compromise
The offset body guitar has been around since the early 1960s and the appeal hasn't changed. Lower body mass, longer upper horn, a playing position that balances differently than a Les Paul or Stratocaster. What has changed is what Baum built into the Wingman to make the offset body format work harder.
The mahogany offset body is 36mm thick rather than the 45mm most builders use. On an offset body guitar that reduction does specific work. Offset shapes shift the center of gravity forward of the strap button differently than other body styles, and a thinner body reduces the front-heavy feel that some classic offsets suffer from across a long set. The roasted maple neck is dimensionally stable across temperature and humidity changes, which matters more on an offset body electric guitar than most other body shapes because offset players tend to use vibrato systems heavily. The Levitator™ roller bridge replaces fixed saddle contact with rolling contact, so strings move freely through the bridge during tremolo use and return to pitch accurately. That is the single biggest practical improvement over classic offset guitar body designs, which are historically compromised by bridge friction under a vibrato arm.
The Baum Wingman won the Gold Award at the London Design Awards. A recognition for a design that is immediately identifiable without borrowing from anything already on the market.
Single coil, P90 or humbucker
The Wingman offset electric guitar is available across three pickup configurations. The Goldsound® Jabmaster single coils deliver the bright, articulate attack the offset style electric guitar is known for. The Essence P90 variants add midrange weight and a rawer, more direct response. The Skyline PAF humbuckers bring warmth and output for players who want the modern offset guitar body shape without the classic single coil character.
All three configurations share the same mahogany offset body, roasted maple neck and Levitator™ bridge. The pickup is the variable. The platform is the constant.
The Wingman among Baum's offsets
The Baum Wingman is the modern offset in the lineup. For a more vintage-leaning offset body guitar character with Goldsound® Goldbucker mini humbuckers and a different tonal signature, the Backwing covers that territory. Both models sit within the broader Baum electric guitar lineup, which spans offset, semi-hollow, solid body and S-type platforms.
45 days to find the right Wingman configuration
The three pickup voicings produce three quite different instruments under the same offset body. The Goldsound® Jabmaster, Essence P90 and Skyline PAF variants each reveal their character through actual playing situations rather than a music store quick test. Baum doesn't sell through retailers, so every Wingman ships direct from Denmark, set up by hand in Aarhus, with 45 days to play it in your own environments before committing.
