Absolutely love the video and have been consistently rewatching it for the best 2 weeks. Don’t see many baritone builds on TH-cam. Thank you for explaining everything clearly on your process!
You are the guitar whisperer. 😂 I bought one of those DIY double neck stratocaster kits and I converted the bottom from regular guitar to baritone with just a set of strings and a baritone neck. I used guitar fetish Texas specials pickups. It turned out great.
@@TomTobin67 oh, is it the one with the carbon fiber pickguard and holographic boobs on the neck plate? You have comments turned off on the video, but I'd love to see a follow up video. Looks like a 28" baritone neck? You ever get it adjusted to be playable?
The build looks class! I've actually been considering doing something very similar, I have one of those Subzero bass VI's that I sometimes use with a jazz trio but I'm not a fan, a Strat style seems perfect for this kind of instrument. Good to see those Ebay necks are quality too!
TH-cam has been recommending this video to me for the past couple of weeks, and today I finally gave it a go. I have to say: instant subscribe. Baritone have been on the back of my head for a while now (mostly because of The Bunn, a Canadian TH-camr / sludge guitarist that advocate heavily pro-baritones). Anyway, loved the song you did on the end of the video. Loved the build, your video setup... thank you for your work!
Very inspiring! Watched this more than once now-I might do similar. I’m guessing it’s not strictly necessary to move and re-route the bridge and middle pickup. The tone would just shift a bit warmer with these 2 pickups being pushed a bit forward from the bridge. I’m thinking I might try this at first, that way a noob like me doesn’t have to route anything, and I can use a standard pick guard, or a “loaded” one ready to go. Then if I don’t like it, I have the option to move the pickups back closer to the bridge later. I’m thinking of doing this on either a hard tail Strat or Tele. I think the same neck maker does a 30” 24 fret T-style neck as well. I might consider installing a top mount Xtrem with roller bridge-easy install. Sparking lots of ideas!
I've been wanting to re finish my Squier mustang neck for that fender neck look and this is perfect! vintage clear and satin nitro! definitely buying these! awesome baritone build by the way! 👌
Awesome video! I’m so glad I came across this. I have a strat body with swimming pool route sitting around that I planned on converting to use a hardtail. Once I get that completed, I may do this. I’ve been wanting a baritone.
Cool Vid! I built a 30 inch Tele bodied Bari a couple years ago and I can hardly put it down. It's Pearl Lime Green with a hint of GoldBurst on the front, and Pearl Eggplant Purple on the back and neck. Did my own abalone inlays. Hipshot tuners and bridge. Aluminum strip body binding. DiMarzio D-Sonic in the bridge and DiMarzio Evolution in the neck...talk about tone! It's a beast. I call it the *Tele-Baller Booty-Caster.* You can see it on my channel along with a couple other builds.
Loethe brought me here too. I was thinking of getting one of those Electromatic Baritone's, but can't afford it at the moment. And then I saw that lovely Strat and recognised it as just like the Classic Vibe Strat I have, that's Pink Cream coloured. And yeah, of course, you are right, could just buy a neck. Nice video, thanks. Now I'm kind of thinking of doing what you have done, but maybe try to get something like the Squier Antigua. There is a Bass VI that looks like that, maybe I could start with that ... and convert it from Bass VI to Baritone. But then, I wonder if the main difference between a 30" Bass VI, and a Baritone is ... the strings?
I wanted to do something similar but concert an SG style short scale bass to resemble an EB6. Wish Epiphone would do a version of those, it would be a cool competitor to the fender stuff
About 6% of your scale length for the bridge pickup. I've just strung my scratch build 28.625" scale 7 string. You may also want to look at the spacing for the neck pick-up vs the original 25.5" scale neck position, and try to get that closer to the neck itself (it means the pickups spread a little which I didn't pickup during the video).A little less neck break angle at the neck pocket with moving the bridge and scale. Easier with a CNC but possible without just take your time and be accurate and planned. Awesome build.
Replace the ceramic magnets with neodymium. There's a guitar myth-buster guy on youtube that made his own homemade neo pups as well as an alumitone, AND a bigsby setup that you can dive bomb. Long story short, neos have the clarity and focus of the best alnico, with the power and bass that they lack, particularly on single coil pups. Slightly light on the windings+N52 neo magnets = great sounding pups instead of cheap ceramics.
Thank God you've got that 400V tone cap to handle the blistering voltage coming out of those ceramic pickups! Totally enjoying the video but I did think that was a lil funny
Super nice. I picked up one of the Cabronita Squire Baritone Teles a few years ago, but have always considered doing one DIY. Maybe this was the inspiration I needed! Great Video Mark, and subscribed.
Would like to try this with a $60 unifinished strat style kit off Amazon, so that I can Shou Sugi Ban my own finish on it, as I used in my van conversion ceiling...
Great vid and great build! Totally didn't just inspire me to order one of these necks and actually learn how to use my CNC properly. Nope. Totally didn't just happen.
If you tune this E to E it's not actually a baritone, this makes it a bass. Also, the middle pickup being RWRP has nothing to do with tone, it just makes the in between positions hum cancelling. But pedantry aside this is an amazing build. I wish I had a CNC machine! I have so many ideas, but I don't have the practical woodworking skills to realise them.
For the bridge and bridge pickup, could you have used a top-load Telecaster assembly that is flat? That would allow you to use a cool Telecaster bridge pickup on a Baritone, AND, it would cover the original string-through body holes. Sounds cool, I think I might try it. I really enjoyed your content, Thank You EDIT, Additional thought, I'm pretty sure they make stack single coil humbuckers with ceramic magnets, just a thought if high gain is a consideration.
@@MarkGutierrez SO many options available these days. I remember trying to find guitar parts back in the late 1970s, I was usually ordering by phone and mailing in a money order! 4 weeks later the part arrived! My gosh how times have changed. Your Baritone turned out great, thanks for sharing your build with us.
Such a cool build! I've been wanting a Bass VI type guitar for a while now, so it's cool to see how easily one can be made. I'm curious, was there a reason that you didn't go for the Bass VI set of strings from Stringjoy? They have a sets with .90 or .95 6th strings available.
Hi. I remember reading through the description of the two packs of Bass VI sets they sell. I wasn't happy with the idea of an increased tension set. I ran the numbers of their balanced set through their string tension calculator. I wasn't happy either. I think I just wanted a custom set that would would for drop running. At lease that was my original plan. I ended up tuning to E. So in the end, I could have just picked up that Bass VI set.
A not-inexpensive project I have done the line, but a similar goal is down the line for me. I’m going to buy a 30” scale Bass VI neck from Alef guitars (I’m big into aluminum guitar stuff right now) but just build the body myself out of reclaimed wood. Single humbucker in the P position. I’ll need to put some sort of counterweight in the bottom and futz with the strap button positions for best comfort for whatever body shape I go with (which will also be designed for best comfort for my playing style and position). Metal is heavy, yknow?
Also, you can do a full custom set from stringjoy. I’m doing that for my current guitar project. 13.5-60 balanced tension for DADgad at acoustic tension. I love maximum effort strings.
my idea is to build a baritone neck with +2 frets in a standard 25.5 inch body. I went to stewmac fret position calculator and went by trial and error until I got 28.62 inches, which you get from fret 2 to the other 26 frets the same distance between then, plus the "negative" frets from nut to 2nd. It will have the same distance between a standard neck, but will be like standard E tunning from 2nd to 26th fret in a 25.5' and more 2 semitones from nut to 2nd fret in a 28.62'
Stringjoy allows you to make custom sets of whatever you want, you know that right? They even have a present Bass VI set that is exactly what you built there
This is so inspirational!!! I just wish you'd changed the curve of the scratch plate near the bridge instead of the little bit sticking out to cover the holes, but that's just me. Everything else is so great. Really nice colour choices. What is the tuning? Is it like a bass VI or is it G standard? Thanks for publishing your work on TH-cam like this!
Hey, this is a really cool build. I'm currently in the process of converting an old LTD M-10 into a 27" scale baritone. Coincidentally I bought a very similiar neck from eBay with the blocks and the 70's style headstock. One question I have though, when CNC'ing the new pickup cavities, would it not have been easier to just route a "swimming pool"?
Hello i was wondering why you changed the place of the bridge, what would happen if you didn’t ? Also the guitar looks really nice I’m gonna try to make one with the same neck
There are conversion baritone necks which allow you to install them without moving the bridge back. This particular neck was a Bass VI type neck which required the bridge to be moved.
I love this ibanez headless ehb series bass and i recall it has a shortscale version, in your opinion would it be possible converted into a 7 or 8 string baritone headless guitar? 😂
I'm not a shredder, but I have wanted an inexpensive baritone guitar to do Glen Campbell "Lineman" and "Galveston" licks, some Eagles stuff and some Pete Anderson - Dwight Yoakam tunes. I'm wondering if you think this build could get the job done?
Hi Mark! Fantastic build. I watched a few times, and maybe I missed it, but could you explain what is going on when you are CNCing the heel of the neck? I'm assuming you had to modify it so that it would fit the import strat spec pocket. Did you have to modify the length, width, or depth?
Ok, so I have all of my parts. Routed the pickup cavity freehand, making my own pickguard, and putting the parts together. I see why you removed material from the heel. I didn't, and the height on my bridge is set at max. Still fully playable. My neck certainly doesn't look as pretty. Lots of little cosmetic flaws. But functionality is perfect. The body is actually great for the price. So, for a litle over $160 usd, I now have a quite decent bass vi/xl baritone. Thanks so much for posting this video, Mark. BTW, I love your other videos too.
If you paid for a photo editor to do the car work and a builder /luthier to route the body or a cnc service . And add in your time and knowledge value , it’s cheaper for anyone off the street to buy a baritone squier haha . But I love your videos . 😊
Great setup you got going on there! The guitar sounds amazing as well! What pickups did you use? Another question, I'm new to all of this, would not the length of the neck be good enough, rather than shifting the bridge and pickups? If not, why not? I also noticed that you did some cnc work on the bass of the neck, with the cnc, there's no audio only music, I'm not sure exactly what you did?
Hi, I used the cheapest ceramic pickups available on the market. I pulled them from an overseas guitar. Warmoth makes conversion necks that retrofit on any standard scale body. This neck is not a conversion neck, it's a traditional 30 inch neck, so we have to move the bridge back. Conversion necks avoid this by compensating the build of the neck outward, so the necks are longer toward the headstock. CNC work on the heel was to shave off 2 millimeters.
Bluddy great. I have bought (I believe) the same 30" neck - but the skunk stripe was loose. The guy gave another 25US off, which was cool. What do I need to watch for when trying to re-set & glue the stripe? This will go on a custom tele body with only single mini-bucker in the bridge....or should I look at a neck pup too? Really cool to see this vid, man. Love from Scotland!
fairly easy fix. I would use a vey thin super glue instead of wood glue. amzn.to/3QkzFNW that way you can set the stripe in first, clamp if necessary and flood it with the super glue. It will set in fast. Once dry, scrape the excess with a razor blade, then fine sand. Don't worry about glue getting on the truss rod, it will have no impact on it. Good luck, have fun!
awesome video! I did my first ever jazzmaster build/assembly with an all guitar fetish parts (except graph tech nut) this month and it was so much fun. I'd love to see you explain how you design and model in CAD.. did you have to design that body in cad prior to making the adjustments? or did you use the standard import spec strat body since thats what LIDOs are cut to?
For this build, accuracy of the body wasn't important. I literally downloaded the body off of grabcad. Wouldn't matter if the specs or dimensions were off cause I'm designing off of the center line with an origin point at the center of the end of the neck pocket. So even if the body wasn't a perfect match to the model, the center line is the same on both and I just used that has the origin point for the CNC.
Hi, the neck is great. I don't remember what I did with the finish of the neck. I think I was spraying a lot of stain nitro back then. A rattle can of satin nitro from Stew Mac.
Your voice is soothing. You're like the Bob Ross of guitar building. Happy little single coils LOLOL
if you want to hear the "bob ross" of lutherie check out "twoodford" hes got that bob ross thing going but he usuallly repairs guitars on hs channel
This channel should have WAY more subscribers.
I absolutely love that pickguard color over the off white.
Absolutely love the video and have been consistently rewatching it for the best 2 weeks. Don’t see many baritone builds on TH-cam. Thank you for explaining everything clearly on your process!
You are the guitar whisperer. 😂
I bought one of those DIY double neck stratocaster kits and I converted the bottom from regular guitar to baritone with just a set of strings and a baritone neck. I used guitar fetish Texas specials pickups. It turned out great.
Which baritone neck?
@spastickitchen - Just some baritone neck I found on ebay.
@@TomTobin67 oh, is it the one with the carbon fiber pickguard and holographic boobs on the neck plate? You have comments turned off on the video, but I'd love to see a follow up video. Looks like a 28" baritone neck? You ever get it adjusted to be playable?
@@spastickitchen yep! Boobs etched on metal is a good thing.
I admire you, Mark. Building your own guitar! All that work. 😮🙂👍🏻👍🏻
The build looks class! I've actually been considering doing something very similar, I have one of those Subzero bass VI's that I sometimes use with a jazz trio but I'm not a fan, a Strat style seems perfect for this kind of instrument. Good to see those Ebay necks are quality too!
TH-cam has been recommending this video to me for the past couple of weeks, and today I finally gave it a go. I have to say: instant subscribe. Baritone have been on the back of my head for a while now (mostly because of The Bunn, a Canadian TH-camr / sludge guitarist that advocate heavily pro-baritones). Anyway, loved the song you did on the end of the video. Loved the build, your video setup... thank you for your work!
Very inspiring! Watched this more than once now-I might do similar. I’m guessing it’s not strictly necessary to move and re-route the bridge and middle pickup. The tone would just shift a bit warmer with these 2 pickups being pushed a bit forward from the bridge. I’m thinking I might try this at first, that way a noob like me doesn’t have to route anything, and I can use a standard pick guard, or a “loaded” one ready to go. Then if I don’t like it, I have the option to move the pickups back closer to the bridge later.
I’m thinking of doing this on either a hard tail Strat or Tele. I think the same neck maker does a 30” 24 fret T-style neck as well. I might consider installing a top mount Xtrem with roller bridge-easy install.
Sparking lots of ideas!
Love the look of the neck
I've been wanting to re finish my Squier mustang neck for that fender neck look and this is perfect! vintage clear and satin nitro! definitely buying these! awesome baritone build by the way! 👌
Awesome !!! I got a Walnut Jaguar Body lying around collecting Dust. You inspired me to make it a Baritone as well. Great Channel, keep going 👍
Awesome video! I’m so glad I came across this. I have a strat body with swimming pool route sitting around that I planned on converting to use a hardtail. Once I get that completed, I may do this. I’ve been wanting a baritone.
This is cool! It seems you're going for more of a Bass VI, than a baritone.
Look into Curt Mangan Bass VI strings. You'll love them!
Cool Vid! I built a 30 inch Tele bodied Bari a couple years ago and I can hardly put it down. It's Pearl Lime Green with a hint of GoldBurst on the front, and Pearl Eggplant Purple on the back and neck. Did my own abalone inlays. Hipshot tuners and bridge. Aluminum strip body binding. DiMarzio D-Sonic in the bridge and DiMarzio Evolution in the neck...talk about tone! It's a beast. I call it the *Tele-Baller Booty-Caster.*
You can see it on my channel along with a couple other builds.
Just found this channel and the quality of content is insanely good. Brilliant video, looking forward to more!
Awesome build brotha!💪🏽 Do you sell custom made pick guards by any chance?
I do love your conversion builds, so much detail and cools ways of showing us how you do it 😊
That's a beautiful guitar.
You can skip to the very end to hear the baritone in a mix. I think you can tell by my facial expressions that this guitar is loads of fun.
Just discovered your channel and I am staying.
Awesome. My favourite set up. Way to go.
You have a very smooth voice
Mark can write music as well as build guitars!!I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!he needs to make a soundtrack to showcase his songwriting chops
I was just looking at this exact neck I’m pretty sure… going to to try and put it on a squier jazzmaster I have.
Cheap… if you have a CNC and know what you’re doing. So slick though. Happy this video got recommended!
Loethe brought me here too. I was thinking of getting one of those Electromatic Baritone's, but can't afford it at the moment. And then I saw that lovely Strat and recognised it as just like the Classic Vibe Strat I have, that's Pink Cream coloured. And yeah, of course, you are right, could just buy a neck. Nice video, thanks. Now I'm kind of thinking of doing what you have done, but maybe try to get something like the Squier Antigua. There is a Bass VI that looks like that, maybe I could start with that ... and convert it from Bass VI to Baritone. But then, I wonder if the main difference between a 30" Bass VI, and a Baritone is ... the strings?
Cool! Going to build a bass vi soon myself.
Hello, I really enjoyed the music at the end 👌! Where can I listen more of it ? Thanks
30" is huge. I'll bet it could support A Standard tuning like a champ. Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
It is actually tuned in E. Like 6 strings bass. Beautiful build but... not a guitar anymore.
@@jullev6709still a guitar, it has a different voicing than a bass
SO FUNNY! I bought the same neck and received it today!
I wanted to do something similar but concert an SG style short scale bass to resemble an EB6. Wish Epiphone would do a version of those, it would be a cool competitor to the fender stuff
Awesome build
Commenting before watching it is freaking gorgeous! 😍😍
So how much is a completed guitar from you and your new company :) :) :) Great VID. Glad to see you explain WHY the bridge had to be moved.
That cardboard pickguard would be also damn cool. I love this build and it sounds awesome in the mix!
Really nice build. I would call it a Bass VI more than a Baritone Guitar. Cool outro jam in a 80' 'heroic' style.
Sounds great.
About 6% of your scale length for the bridge pickup. I've just strung my scratch build 28.625" scale 7 string. You may also want to look at the spacing for the neck pick-up vs the original 25.5" scale neck position, and try to get that closer to the neck itself (it means the pickups spread a little which I didn't pickup during the video).A little less neck break angle at the neck pocket with moving the bridge and scale. Easier with a CNC but possible without just take your time and be accurate and planned. Awesome build.
Cool build man ! I personally prefer a 36 inch scale Bari stringed with 00,8 to 0,38 strings tuned to C.
Replace the ceramic magnets with neodymium. There's a guitar myth-buster guy on youtube that made his own homemade neo pups as well as an alumitone, AND a bigsby setup that you can dive bomb. Long story short, neos have the clarity and focus of the best alnico, with the power and bass that they lack, particularly on single coil pups. Slightly light on the windings+N52 neo magnets = great sounding pups instead of cheap ceramics.
Beautiful project, it turned out great!
Good video, I'm learning a lot from this channel.
Just WOW !! GOOD JOB !
That's awesome Mr.G. I really want a baritone. Yours looks like a high end one. ❤
Dude you build a bass vi just get a vi bass set of strings. Loved the video keep up the good job
Thank God you've got that 400V tone cap to handle the blistering voltage coming out of those ceramic pickups! Totally enjoying the video but I did think that was a lil funny
i dont agree with everything you say but god damn when imm having a bad day your voice helps put me to sleep
Always thought about doing something like that for playing The Cure covers, since I can't really get a real Fender VI (or even the Squier one).
Super nice. I picked up one of the Cabronita Squire Baritone Teles a few years ago, but have always considered doing one DIY. Maybe this was the inspiration I needed! Great Video Mark, and subscribed.
Would like to try this with a $60 unifinished strat style kit off Amazon, so that I can Shou Sugi Ban my own finish on it, as I used in my van conversion ceiling...
Great vid and great build! Totally didn't just inspire me to order one of these necks and actually learn how to use my CNC properly. Nope. Totally didn't just happen.
great little project!
Your channel is so cool!
If you tune this E to E it's not actually a baritone, this makes it a bass.
Also, the middle pickup being RWRP has nothing to do with tone, it just makes the in between positions hum cancelling. But pedantry aside this is an amazing build. I wish I had a CNC machine! I have so many ideas, but I don't have the practical woodworking skills to realise them.
top shelf content
I love it! Thanks for the video
For the bridge and bridge pickup, could you have used a top-load Telecaster assembly that is flat?
That would allow you to use a cool Telecaster bridge pickup on a Baritone, AND, it would cover the original string-through body holes.
Sounds cool, I think I might try it.
I really enjoyed your content, Thank You
EDIT, Additional thought, I'm pretty sure they make stack single coil humbuckers with ceramic magnets, just a thought if high gain is a consideration.
Great idea. I hadn't thought of that. A top loading tele bridge would have been much easier.
@@MarkGutierrez SO many options available these days. I remember trying to find guitar parts back in the late 1970s, I was usually ordering by phone and mailing in a money order! 4 weeks later the part arrived! My gosh how times have changed.
Your Baritone turned out great, thanks for sharing your build with us.
If the only thing you played was at 28 min till end was worth it that , that was so good !
Very interesting stuff! Do you think using a fender subsonic neck on a Strat requires moving the pickup routing?
Such a cool build! I've been wanting a Bass VI type guitar for a while now, so it's cool to see how easily one can be made. I'm curious, was there a reason that you didn't go for the Bass VI set of strings from Stringjoy? They have a sets with .90 or .95 6th strings available.
Hi. I remember reading through the description of the two packs of Bass VI sets they sell. I wasn't happy with the idea of an increased tension set. I ran the numbers of their balanced set through their string tension calculator. I wasn't happy either. I think I just wanted a custom set that would would for drop running. At lease that was my original plan. I ended up tuning to E. So in the end, I could have just picked up that Bass VI set.
How fun was that?! very cool vid.
A not-inexpensive project I have done the line, but a similar goal is down the line for me.
I’m going to buy a 30” scale Bass VI neck from Alef guitars (I’m big into aluminum guitar stuff right now) but just build the body myself out of reclaimed wood.
Single humbucker in the P position.
I’ll need to put some sort of counterweight in the bottom and futz with the strap button positions for best comfort for whatever body shape I go with (which will also be designed for best comfort for my playing style and position).
Metal is heavy, yknow?
Also, you can do a full custom set from stringjoy.
I’m doing that for my current guitar project. 13.5-60 balanced tension for DADgad at acoustic tension. I love maximum effort strings.
Pretty sure thats a squire vi neck great way to get a custom vi .
awesome work man
You noticed that about Fender jacks too. ✌️
Killer build mark. Can you turn up the lighting in your studio? Hurts my eyes on iphone
Love how dark you got the fingerboard. What are you using to oil your rosewood boards?
Great content. Awesome job 👍👏
LOVE it dude!! You should build and sell these! Haha
my idea is to build a baritone neck with +2 frets in a standard 25.5 inch body. I went to stewmac fret position calculator and went by trial and error until I got 28.62 inches, which you get from fret 2 to the other 26 frets the same distance between then, plus the "negative" frets from nut to 2nd. It will have the same distance between a standard neck, but will be like standard E tunning from 2nd to 26th fret in a 25.5' and more 2 semitones from nut to 2nd fret in a 28.62'
Awesome built thanks for the video \m/
He has lots of stuff in his stash. I find that sentence funny. Simple pleasures. 🙂🙃🤣✌️
i love your content so much man, absolutely amazing stuff. super relaxing as well!
Stringjoy allows you to make custom sets of whatever you want, you know that right? They even have a present Bass VI set that is exactly what you built there
Fender super 250’s are a bass vi set with guitar ball ends, 100-24 gauges, and all strings wound. Oh, and they’re only like 18 bucks.
This is so inspirational!!! I just wish you'd changed the curve of the scratch plate near the bridge instead of the little bit sticking out to cover the holes, but that's just me. Everything else is so great. Really nice colour choices. What is the tuning? Is it like a bass VI or is it G standard? Thanks for publishing your work on TH-cam like this!
Thanks! I think it's like a Bass VI. It's EADGBE but an octave down?
@@MarkGutierrez Oh, that is so cool. I would love to take on a project like this. Thanks for the great info.
Awesome video Mark! What is the drum sound you used for the music in your vid?
The drum sound was from a drum module in VCV Rack. I can't remember which one.
Hey, this is a really cool build. I'm currently in the process of converting an old LTD M-10 into a 27" scale baritone. Coincidentally I bought a very similiar neck from eBay with the blocks and the 70's style headstock. One question I have though, when CNC'ing the new pickup cavities, would it not have been easier to just route a "swimming pool"?
Yes. A swimming pool would have been much easier.
@@MarkGutierrez props on the build though! Really class looking. Hope mine ends up even half as good as yours
Hello i was wondering why you changed the place of the bridge, what would happen if you didn’t ?
Also the guitar looks really nice I’m gonna try to make one with the same neck
There are conversion baritone necks which allow you to install them without moving the bridge back. This particular neck was a Bass VI type neck which required the bridge to be moved.
@@MarkGutierrez thank you for your answer
How about a Piccolo bass project? :-)
How do I get you to modify a body and cut out a pick guard for me?
Wow! I love this! I want one!
Do you do anything like putting a kit together for customers? I’d love one without the tuners or electronics.
I love this ibanez headless ehb series bass and i recall it has a shortscale version, in your opinion would it be possible converted into a 7 or 8 string baritone headless guitar? 😂
That is just fucking insane. On the outside it's so clean but it was so simple. I could build one of these!
I'm not a shredder, but I have wanted an inexpensive baritone guitar to do Glen Campbell "Lineman" and "Galveston" licks, some Eagles stuff and some Pete Anderson - Dwight Yoakam tunes. I'm wondering if you think this build could get the job done?
Крутой баритон, крутой мужик🎉
Very inspiring!
Hi Mark! Fantastic build. I watched a few times, and maybe I missed it, but could you explain what is going on when you are CNCing the heel of the neck? I'm assuming you had to modify it so that it would fit the import strat spec pocket. Did you have to modify the length, width, or depth?
Hi, I only had to modify the thickness of the neck heel. It was a little too tall by about 2mm. I just shaved off 2mm. that's all.
Thanks so much. Knowing that, I would much like to try the same trick, just without a CNC.
Ok, so I have all of my parts. Routed the pickup cavity freehand, making my own pickguard, and putting the parts together. I see why you removed material from the heel. I didn't, and the height on my bridge is set at max. Still fully playable. My neck certainly doesn't look as pretty. Lots of little cosmetic flaws. But functionality is perfect. The body is actually great for the price. So, for a litle over $160 usd, I now have a quite decent bass vi/xl baritone. Thanks so much for posting this video, Mark. BTW, I love your other videos too.
@@spastickitchen so cool!
what would happen if you just left the bridge where it is originally? wouldn't you just have a slight smaller scale baritone? or no?
If you paid for a photo editor to do the car work and a builder /luthier to route the body or a cnc service . And add in your time and knowledge value , it’s cheaper for anyone off the street to buy a baritone squier haha . But I love your videos . 😊
amazing!!! and u like tom delonge!!! W
How does your partscaster baritone compare with your firefly FFJA baritone? Do you prefer the humbuckers or the single coils for a baritone?
Great setup you got going on there!
The guitar sounds amazing as well!
What pickups did you use?
Another question, I'm new to all of this, would not the length of the neck be good enough, rather than shifting the bridge and pickups?
If not, why not?
I also noticed that you did some cnc work on the bass of the neck, with the cnc, there's no audio only music, I'm not sure exactly what you did?
Hi, I used the cheapest ceramic pickups available on the market. I pulled them from an overseas guitar. Warmoth makes conversion necks that retrofit on any standard scale body. This neck is not a conversion neck, it's a traditional 30 inch neck, so we have to move the bridge back. Conversion necks avoid this by compensating the build of the neck outward, so the necks are longer toward the headstock. CNC work on the heel was to shave off 2 millimeters.
So anything over a 30" neck would be considered baritone, that's measuring from the nut to the bridge?
Bluddy great. I have bought (I believe) the same 30" neck - but the skunk stripe was loose. The guy gave another 25US off, which was cool. What do I need to watch for when trying to re-set & glue the stripe? This will go on a custom tele body with only single mini-bucker in the bridge....or should I look at a neck pup too? Really cool to see this vid, man. Love from Scotland!
fairly easy fix. I would use a vey thin super glue instead of wood glue. amzn.to/3QkzFNW that way you can set the stripe in first, clamp if necessary and flood it with the super glue. It will set in fast. Once dry, scrape the excess with a razor blade, then fine sand. Don't worry about glue getting on the truss rod, it will have no impact on it. Good luck, have fun!
@@MarkGutierrez Ok man, thanks for the reply and advice!
awesome video! I did my first ever jazzmaster build/assembly with an all guitar fetish parts (except graph tech nut) this month and it was so much fun. I'd love to see you explain how you design and model in CAD.. did you have to design that body in cad prior to making the adjustments? or did you use the standard import spec strat body since thats what LIDOs are cut to?
For this build, accuracy of the body wasn't important. I literally downloaded the body off of grabcad. Wouldn't matter if the specs or dimensions were off cause I'm designing off of the center line with an origin point at the center of the end of the neck pocket. So even if the body wasn't a perfect match to the model, the center line is the same on both and I just used that has the origin point for the CNC.
Awesome work! I’m also currently building my own baritone. How’s the neck? Did you finish it with some coating of leave it as is?
Hi, the neck is great. I don't remember what I did with the finish of the neck. I think I was spraying a lot of stain nitro back then. A rattle can of satin nitro from Stew Mac.
Thank you for your response! Do you think this neck will work with jazzmaster and jaguars?
Great video, very inspiring, thanks.
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What is the difference between a baritone and a Fender VI? Baritone is low B, and the VI is a low E an octave below?
What is the tuning of the baritone? I have one but it's still unfinished. cause in my country it's kinda hard to find strings that size.