baritone
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... for guitar builders.
I always imagined this with an acoustic or a Telecaster, due to the flat top with no contours. And as a baritone player, I only tune to B-standard, and I rarely play above the 11th position.
I imagined a baritone guitar with the same dimensions of a regular guitar. Instead of lengthening the neck, would it be acceptable to slide the bridge back 2.5" to make a 28"-scale and re-space the frets? Not as an aftermarket mod, but when building a baritone from scratch. It would fit in a regular guitar case.
A Telecaster bridge would drag the bridge pickup with it, and the neck pickup would be extra boomy. For an acoustic guitar, the soundhole would stay, but some changes in the bracing may be necessary.
Just curious.
I always imagined this with an acoustic or a Telecaster, due to the flat top with no contours. And as a baritone player, I only tune to B-standard, and I rarely play above the 11th position.
I imagined a baritone guitar with the same dimensions of a regular guitar. Instead of lengthening the neck, would it be acceptable to slide the bridge back 2.5" to make a 28"-scale and re-space the frets? Not as an aftermarket mod, but when building a baritone from scratch. It would fit in a regular guitar case.
A Telecaster bridge would drag the bridge pickup with it, and the neck pickup would be extra boomy. For an acoustic guitar, the soundhole would stay, but some changes in the bracing may be necessary.
Just curious.
