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swarfrat
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Been pondering again about the baritone... been spending more time building up the drum kit than buying guitar stuff lately, but ... I'm starting to think some more about the baritone electric.. I *Love* my Alvarez ABT-60. I tune it to C or C#, and I find it just works WELL for my voice.
So I got my old BK body sitting on a shelf, it's been mauled and mutilated. 13 pin jack (still wanting to get to that - just scored an "untested" GK-3 pickup, dumping the piezos). Battery compartment. I screwed up one of the mounting holes on the Wenge neck trying to mount inserts, got it cockeyed and got bummed about the whole deal. Then decided short scale is the wrong direction for me.
Budget is tight, or rather - I'm impatient. Toy budget has a trickle charge that would cover a neck in about two months for a basic maple/maple neck - if I can quit buying other toys. My absolute favorite guitar the last 20 years has been my maple necked Zion (ESP parts) - I have a GFS Memphis II in the bridge, and it totally rocks. Not sure if I'd go that route, as I already have one but... honestly it does what I like.
I'm kinda thinking a raw maple fatback with factory standard dots (because its maple, on a dark board I wouldn't get em), and tru-oil finish. Either keep the Mean 90's, or switch to a pair of Memphis, unblock the VS100. With the GK pickup finally in motion, I'm thinking this is obviously the guitar it needs to go in.
Here she is with the short neck:
Maple/Maple? Wenge was nice but I was going for that compressed midrange shortscale thing with it. This is more the fierce tight spank / growl, tight AC-30 / JCM 800 drive thing. I'm curious about Padouk for a bright toned raw finish. Not sure about the fingerboard. But honestly... part of me is going screw looks, go get yourself a $180 maple baritone fatback, both for cost and tonal reasons.
So I got my old BK body sitting on a shelf, it's been mauled and mutilated. 13 pin jack (still wanting to get to that - just scored an "untested" GK-3 pickup, dumping the piezos). Battery compartment. I screwed up one of the mounting holes on the Wenge neck trying to mount inserts, got it cockeyed and got bummed about the whole deal. Then decided short scale is the wrong direction for me.
Budget is tight, or rather - I'm impatient. Toy budget has a trickle charge that would cover a neck in about two months for a basic maple/maple neck - if I can quit buying other toys. My absolute favorite guitar the last 20 years has been my maple necked Zion (ESP parts) - I have a GFS Memphis II in the bridge, and it totally rocks. Not sure if I'd go that route, as I already have one but... honestly it does what I like.
I'm kinda thinking a raw maple fatback with factory standard dots (because its maple, on a dark board I wouldn't get em), and tru-oil finish. Either keep the Mean 90's, or switch to a pair of Memphis, unblock the VS100. With the GK pickup finally in motion, I'm thinking this is obviously the guitar it needs to go in.
Here she is with the short neck:
Maple/Maple? Wenge was nice but I was going for that compressed midrange shortscale thing with it. This is more the fierce tight spank / growl, tight AC-30 / JCM 800 drive thing. I'm curious about Padouk for a bright toned raw finish. Not sure about the fingerboard. But honestly... part of me is going screw looks, go get yourself a $180 maple baritone fatback, both for cost and tonal reasons.