Pickups for Baritone Guitar

[briny001]

I was thinking about starting a baritone project and I was wondering if a bass pickup would be cool or at all sound good.  I've been thinking about a configuration involving 3 EMGs.  An 85 in the neck and an 81 and an EMG HB (Bass pickup in guitar humbucker housing) in the middle and bridge postitions.

What do you guys think?

 

[jackthehack]

Don't think I understand the concept; have never seen anybody install a bass PU on a guitar; is there something out there on the market or is this something you dreamed up?

 

[briny001]

EMG makes a bass pickup that is in a guitar humbucker-sized housing. It's intended for basses with a narrow string-spread.
I want to use an EMG 85 and 81 in the baritone for sure.
What I was wondering was,  what would the tonal possibilities be for a bass pickup in a baritone guitar?  Basically I just wanted a little something extra, so I was wondering if anybody had ever seen or played a baritone with a bass pickup in it before.

 

[Jwheeler]

I have an 8 string Warr guitar, which has Bartolini's in it.  I play some stuff that I would play on a baritone guitar on it, and they sound great.  I can get good distortion sounds, clean, whatever.  I'm sure the EMG's would sound good as well.

 

[Shmoopie]

just get two humbucker routes, and try the bass pu first, then if you like it, make a third third route, or get all three if you plan on getting a stat, or something that has a pick guard. it will all work together, id suggest going with an 18v setup, and it would be cool to use a preamp in conjunction with the bass pup, and some emg guitar mods with the 85 and 81, like an afterburner or a phase shift. or a resonants cut or boost.

they use regular guitar pups with a baritone, so i don't see why a bass pup would hurt, and les claypool has a super narrow neck 6 string bass with incredibly light gauge strings, so its pretty much one step up for a baritone guitar, and he has emg bass dc's in it.

i always wanted to get a super long scale baritone with a wide neck, put ultra heavy strings on it, tune it like a six string bass, and use bass pups.

 

[nathan a]

Cool idea, it could sound awesome especially if you go ballsy and use heavy strings. 14-80 set-- hell yes. The meaty low strings could really bring the bass pup out.

I like the 3 pickup strat idea, put the bass pup in the middle.

 

[briny001]

I think I'm gonna go with a baritone Flying V.  I'm gonna try to make the body myself and use a '67 V pickguard. 
nathan a, I would definitely use some heavy-ass strings.
right now, this is kind of a pipe dream, 'cause I don't have much money at the moment... and I really want to work on my 12-string project first... dammit, with Warmoth, I'll probably be broke my entire life.
thanks for the input, guys.

 

[nathan a]

Honestly, this idea of a 3 pickup baritone with a bass pup in the middle has me really thinking... I'd be interested in doing something like that, eventually. I'd want to look into more thin-string-spacing bass pickups.

For the standard pups, I like the two humbuckers idea, I'd do a duncan jazz in the neck, and.. who knows in the bridge. Always wanted to try out gibson's tony iommi humbucker.

 

[Jwheeler]

I was looking at the Rio Grande bass pups and it looks like their humbucking bass pups are pretty narrow too.  I wonder if they are in a standard housing like the EMGs?

 

[Shmoopie]

yes, the pitbull is in a standard humbucker housing.