which of these two bridges for baritone?

[johnzah]

I'm building a jazz master baritone and I've had good luck with a fender hard tail on other guitars but I like the look and feel of TOM style bridges.

Any suggestions? or reasons why I should definitely NOT use one of these?
thanks!

 

[bagman67]

The only reason I can think of is that it's conceivable (you'll need to check) that the diameter of the holes through some versions of the stop tail might be too small to admit the heavy-gauge baritone strings.

 

[johnzah]

yeah, I was actually trying to figure that out. Between the hole diameter and the intonation screw getting in the way, I might have an issue. The TOM might accommodate them better.

One thing to consider is that I will be using lighter gauge baritone strings tuned to B. Probably 12's or maybe 13's.

 

[swarfrat]

D'Addario EJ22 is 13-56, and its sold as a regular guitar string set. You won't have any issues with that with nearly any guitar bridge.  I play them at concert pitch (I tune in parallel fourths with no half step shift, so it's actually Eb/Ab/C#/F#/B/E)

The math works out to 'next string guage is about the same as a half step in tuning or extending the scale length by the next fret.'.  So 13's becomes 11's on a baritone at concert pitch. I wouldn't take em any lower than C#, ( but I like a tight long skinny string)