Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

[Will S-T]

What string gauges, tunings and musical styles are you folks getting into?

I'm building a Tele to do some country, blues and Tex Mex and would love
to hear your experiences and advice. Here's the build:

Body - chambered two piece ash, flame maple top
Neck - Warmoth 24 fret, 28 5/8" scale, maple and r/w board, compound radius
Bridge - Bigsby B50, custom mustang bridge and Bigsby pickup surround
Tuners - Gotoh vintage HAPM
PUPS - Duncan Tele Hot Stack and SMN-2 neck
Switching - standard Tele layout, to be decided
Color - trans red, chrome and cream pearl guard

Your thoughts please regarding strings and tunings. Pickups are also up for consideration.

Cheers, Will

 

[Lampy H]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

Dude, you should totally do open B.

 

[Will S-T]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

Dude, you should totally do open B.

That's what I'm thinking, but what string gauge?

 

[Chad]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

Is open B tuned B, F#, B, D#, F#, B?

If so, I'd probably start with 54, 38, 28, 18, 14, 11, but experimentation would be in order. I generally prefer fairly light strings (use 9-46 in standard tuning on 24.75 & 25.5 scales).

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

Willy i'm home now.

zNo credit

 

[ChAoZ]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

D'Addario EXL157 Nickel Wound, Baritone Medium, 14-68 - tuned to drop A for the brutalz \m/

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

D'Addario EXL157 Nickel Wound, Baritone Medium, 14-68 - tuned to drop A for the brutalz \m/

He is going to need something that can go from brutalz to country at the flick of a switch.

 

[greekdude]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

Can you shred on those wire ropes?

 

[ChAoZ]

Re: Warmoth 28 5/8" Baritone necks

Can you shred on those wire ropes?

Nah bro, it's just for the 0000000's