Baritone conversions-who's done one?
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Baritone conversions-who's done one?
Got a mate considering swapping a strat neck for a longer scale one,pretty sure ive seen the odd one go thru here over the years.Anyone done this? whats the yay and nay? cheers!
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
I think Warmoth do conversion necks? Normally you would have to move the bridge for it to intonate I can't imagine that would be an easy job if it's a strat body
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
I saw Chris Armour in Wellington doing a blues gig with a Baritone Tele, bloody brilliant. I think he did some slide on it as well.
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
Was that the natural looking one? If so it was a W.D Music Tele baritone conversion neck on a Swamp Kauri body. Heavy!WellyBlues wrote:I saw Chris Armour in Wellington doing a blues gig with a Baritone Tele, bloody brilliant. I think he did some slide on it as well.
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
its usually only gibsons that run out of travel,theres no prob intonating a 25.5" guitar in B or A.ReidySetGo wrote:I think Warmoth do conversion necks? Normally you would have to move the bridge for it to intonate I can't imagine that would be an easy job if it's a strat body
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Yeah, such a good sound. Complimented him on it afterwards. B or Bb tuning? not sure. Was perfect for the blues he was doing.Repair_Rob wrote:Was that the natural looking one? If so it was a W.D Music Tele baritone conversion neck on a Swamp Kauri body. Heavy!WellyBlues wrote:I saw Chris Armour in Wellington doing a blues gig with a Baritone Tele, bloody brilliant. I think he did some slide on it as well.
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
I have a 27" scale tele neck for a project im about to start building. The one i have needs the bridge moved back a 1/2" due to it being made slightly wrong. I think a lot of the other (allparts/wd/warmouth) all should be good, just they all seem to be different scales.
Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
Damn i was just looking at baritones, a partscaster would be perfect. I have a Telecaster body with no bridge stuff drilled too
Where did you get that 27" neck from??
Where did you get that 27" neck from??
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
Pitbull Guitars in aus. Was about $100 for a Maple tele one.Optical wrote:Damn i was just looking at baritones, a partscaster would be perfect. I have a Telecaster body with no bridge stuff drilled too
Where did you get that 27" neck from??
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
true,id only heard bad things about pitbull.So the body that was made wrong was from them too? be nice if there was something between warmouth and PB price wise.
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
No the scaling on the neck is 1/2" out. The fix is to move the bridge back that amount. There are WD and Allparts options which are cheaper than Warmouth, but you are still looking $350+(NZD) for one.Kris wrote:true,id only heard bad things about pitbull.So the body that was made wrong was from them too? be nice if there was something between warmouth and PB price wise.
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
I thought that the whole point of the conversion necks was that you didn't need to move the bridge - otherwise whats the point? I assume that they alter the length of the heel or something to push out the nut/12th fret measurement?
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
In most cases this is correct, however Pitbull got the measurements wrong on their conversion necks and only realised after they had stock and went on sale. They arent on their site, but you can ask for them.Lostininverness wrote:I thought that the whole point of the conversion necks was that you didn't need to move the bridge - otherwise whats the point?
I chucked it on my tele this afternoon, heres the stock neck:
vs the pitbull neck:
And the whole neck against the ruler:
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
28 5/8" Tele stalled project, not exactly conversion neck but oh well..........
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Re: Baritone conversions-who's done one?
Nice! So is that purpleheart and.....? What kind of tuners are to go on that?ChAoZ wrote:28 5/8" Tele stalled project, not exactly conversion neck but oh well..........