Soo, maybe this will be informative, since my baritone is tuned from LOW-low to relatively high.
kosta wrote:aen wrote:kosta wrote:The Jaguar Bottom Master is 28.5" scale and is tuned E-e like a Bass VI.
Good luck finding one.
True. I made the comment moreso to say that you can tune that scale length to one octave below standard, but that the strings will be a little bit floppy potentially.
Here's my input.
I made a baritone out of a Blacktop jazzy body and a warmoth 28" scale neck. It's tuned in a lowered version of new standard tuning. Here's the tuning, low to high, and the corresponding gauges:
F: 90 bass string
C: 70-.75 bass string (I don't remember if it's 70 or 75....
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G: 46 bass string
D: 26 from a D'addario 14-68 baritone set
A: 017
C: 13
I think the 17 and 13 are just regular guitar strings..... The high C is pretty tense, but not scary tense, more like a 12 in standard. The low F is just a
tiiiiny bit too loose for me, but it's totally playable. I just thought of this, too. Since it's a jazzy body, the strings extend over the bridge quite a ways further than most guitars. I think it might help the tension some
@magiclawnchair: If you like the feel of the scale on the agile (it's 28" right?) then maybe this will give you an idea of tension, etc. If you wanted to tune in the bass register, and not have really huge strings, you probably want the 30" scale.
I dunno where y'all live that you can't get single bass strings....but you should be able to order singles from d'addario if you're unlucky enough not to have a local shop that sells singles. D'addario also makes a light gauge bari set that actually use for my 25.5" guitar in dropped Bb.
Edit: Also, I cut the bass string at the single-wound portion of the strings, leaving enough room to fit through the tuner, but there's a superfluous bit of string wrapped around the stem. It looks kinda dumb, but it works fine.
" - smile_man
