Drop tune pedal to get Baritone sounds?

[Reg18]

I’d love to get a Baritone guitar to experiment on but can’t justify the cost.
Was trying to figure out if a Digitech Drop Tune or Whammy V pedal would be able to do get me something similar on my standard guitar?
I’ve also looked into Baritone Conversion necks for my Tele but there’s not many around and maybe expensive.

[godgrinder]

^ Yeah true, for a 25.5" guitar you shouldn't have problem for intonation at C. Even A/B are more or less manageable although not 100% ideal. Will sound more natural than pitchshifters for sure.

[Reg18]

there seems to be a few baritone tuning options, what’s the easiest one to understand, preferable so I can play normal open chord shapes.

Edit: down a 4th looks like it might be the best option?

[jeremyb]

I had my telemaster in drop-A with a daddario light baritone set on it, could easily do standard B-B baritone tuning with those

[NippleWrestler]

there seems to be a few baritone tuning options, what’s the easiest one to understand, preferable so I can play normal open chord shapes.

Edit: down a 4th looks like it might be the best option?

Whatever tuning you're used to down 2 or 3 steps. Same fingering, different notes.

[The Scarecrow]

I’d love to get a Baritone guitar to experiment on but can’t justify the cost.
Was trying to figure out if a Digitech Drop Tune or Whammy V pedal would be able to do get me something similar on my standard guitar?
I’ve also looked into Baritone Conversion necks for my Tele but there’s not many around and maybe expensive.

I tried one of those Digitech pedals a few years ago and it's fine for a half or whole step down. However, a lot of that type of tuning is about the string tension and feeling looser. I play in one band in standard and one in Drop C... and i definitely favour the later now for comfort in playing.

Thicker strings and tune down, more fun. Pitch shifters don't sound quite right to me.

[Kris]

Ive owned pretty much all of the drop pedals and can confidently say after 3 steps they lose the plot.Going down to A or B sounds pretty awful although is dependant on your rig.Lots of gain will mask it but fuzz or slightly hairy sounds will be no good at all.It can kinda work in a recording setting but for just playing thru an amp listening it will sound off YMMV etc

[Reg18]

Anyone put a baritone conversion neck on a guitar before?

[H671]

I tried a pitch shifting pedal & agree with the previous comments - I didn't like it, but I'm having fun with my Squier Bass VI. The scale is longer than a baritone, but I'm able to play standard guitar chords or notes, albeit, an octave lower. I did read somewhere that you can use a capo to get this to the baritone scale length, but that would mean the notes & chords would change.

Edit: It was the Morpheus Capo Polyphonic pitch shifter.

[Kris]

Ive had a bass vi as well and put lighter strings on it to go to A standard.Worked well but the bigger fret spacing is a challenge heh.