baritone guitars for non-doom usage?

[Blackened Soul]

That is why I bought an extra 5 string musicman/sterling bridge with my fretless project.. they do not come up often and you have to get them shipped from Indonesia.. so if I ever want to build/frankenstein/mod another 5 string stingray I’m good… other than the logo it’s the same as the us made bridge they used form 1987 to 2018.. and I’m sorry but I’m pretty sure Leo Fender designed in those big stud mounts for a reason… he’ll.. I’m pretty sure if I ever got a stingray special.. I’d change to the old bridge… and gut out the neodymium pickups…

[Blackened Soul]

Also this exists

[Blackened Soul]

And this

[Phosphene Audio]

Matt Hollenberg from Titan To Tachyon uses a Bass Vi with an aluminum neck, not sure who made what, but it sounds good, for both bass and guitar type stuff.

[dubkitty]

i’m quite familiar with the SpectraSonic, which Gretsch picked up as a model for a couple of years before the design reverted to TVJ. sounds like the demo guitar needs a heavier 6th string (is it a pain in the ass to describe guitars in broadly different tunings or what?). i was not familiar with the Eddy guitar, and am a little disappointed that my idea of what a Dyna baritone would be like was so far off the mark. maybe if it had Duncan Dynas, which blow TVJ’s Dynas away. bet it’s 30” scale…Duane Eddy was a large man, tall and beefy.

[Blackened Soul]

On a side note… how do the newer de armond compare to the Duncan Dynasonics? (I have a Duncan and tvjones in the same guitar)

[dubkitty]

that’s a tricky question to answer because the pickups DeArmond/Guild are currently selling as Dynas are not the same as the OG Dynasonics. they lack the deep spring-adjustment system and the rods are shorter. i’ve seen them called updated versions of the DeArmond 2000 pickups installed in 00s Gretsch Electromatics. AFAIK Gretsch is still making “real” Dynasonics, or rather Tokiwa is making them for Gretsch. any of this may change or have changed…i haven’t been following Gretsch that closely since Joe retired and the Gretsch Pages died. the whole “what is a Dynasonic” thing has really pissed off vintage enthusiasts, and i can see why. DeArmond 2000s are nice pickups that sound about 87% like a real Dyna, but they just aren’t the same. investigate with caution.

[Zork]

This could be of interest here: https://orangewoodguitars.com/pages/ora ... l-baritone
27.5" scale, 695$ incl. gigbag, no trem unfortunately.

[dubkitty]

interesting, but i suspect with that small body and big headstock that's going to neck dive like a kamikaze pilot.

[dubkitty]

of course, you could get around that with an acoustic-style strap that ties to the headstock.

[dubkitty]

i'm thinking that rather than getting WRHBs in Jazzmaster shells, it would be better to get them in their regular humbucker format because if baritone doesn't work for me it would be much easier to swap them out to something else. incurs the expense of a second pickguard, but probably better since if the baritone doesn't work a Telecaster with WRHBs is high on my list. the Teles are popular with the oddest assortment of guitarists i can think of including Jason Pierce, Rachel Goswell, and Richey Edwards. probably more easily adjustable for height than the ones in JM shells as well. that question can be left for awhile, though, because changing the pickups is far down the list of things that'll need to be done to finish the baritone. as can the question of whose WRHBs to get.

when i was searching for nitrocellulose lacquer i'm going to use to fix the Jetstar i discovered that you can also get non-aerosolized Candy Apple Red. assuming the Vintage White works on the Jetstar i think i'll paint the baritone headstock to match the current CVJM body. enough coats that i can polish it to a deep glow, and sanding shouldn't be horrible.

i also decided on stars as the fretboard inlay. i wanted something more interesting than dots, and don't really care for the feel of big inlay blocks on a fingerboard especially in the sizes that would be required for the first few blocks. i'm curious how many people will see it and go "Everly Brothers" and how many will say "commie." which both are kind of contemporaneous responses from the 1950s if you think about it.