Squier Paranormal Baritone - Cheap 27" Ripe for Modding?

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

The guitar, i see ProAudioStar has them on reverb for 279.99 free shipping saying there is 85 available as used.

You think these are B stock or whats going on?

Oh I just checked. That's the standard baritone Classic Vibe Telecaster. I'm getting the Paranormal Cabronita with P90s. I know they were doing some kinda sale last week (I got an Affinity Deluxe Tele for $200), so it's probably a b-stock + sale thing.

 

[wheresthefbomb]

Literally about to press the trigger on this and was hoping to come in here and have one of the forum regs get one, how do you like it? Or have you not received it yet?

Can't comment on the affinity bariteles but the Cabronita I def say buy. I used to have a Fender Blacktop Baritele and this is just as nice of a guitar despite the massive inflation in Blacktop prices, lots of fit&finish issues on the Fender.

My only real complaint about the Cabronita is the cheap electronics/hardware, but that's to be expected at this price point. I had to replace most of the same shit on the Fender anyway.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I ended up finding a BLUSA L500XL, so I'm just probably gonna direct mount it into the bridge position eventually if this guitar stays.
I have experience with P90s in the past, and while I like them in the neck, I need a bit more fire in the bridge. From what I read the L500XLs split really well, so I can still get some single coil bridge tones. I have a hunch this guitar will have 250k pots, so i'll be swapping for a 500k pushpull

 

[CanserDYI]

Welp just bought one of these bad boys, should be here early next week. ProAudioStar has them on their website for $249.99 right now saying used but I'm not sure how they'd have a pile of 85 used guitars that came out earlier in the year.....all in the same finish...anyone got ideas on what's up with that?

 

[CanserDYI]

@HeHasTheJazzHands @wheresthefbomb do either of you know if these are conversion necks or if the bridge is placed differently? Just want to know if I'm able to buy a regular neck for it or throw a warmoth neck on it in the future if i want to go longer? Just want to make sure its a standard tele body.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

@HeHasTheJazzHands @wheresthefbomb do either of you know if these are conversion necks or if the bridge is placed differently? Just want to know if I'm able to buy a regular neck for it or throw a warmoth neck on it in the future if i want to go longer? Just want to make sure its a standard tele body.

They seem to be conversion necks. Someone took a Paranormal Tele bari neck and put it on a Jazzmaster body and it was a perfect fit.

 

[wheresthefbomb]

@HeHasTheJazzHands @wheresthefbomb do either of you know if these are conversion necks or if the bridge is placed differently? Just want to know if I'm able to buy a regular neck for it or throw a warmoth neck on it in the future if i want to go longer? Just want to make sure its a standard tele body.

I don't know but I'd guess it's a conversion just based on what's easy and available for Fender vs manufacturing new bodies with different routes.

Congrats on your new tele! First thing I'd do personally is reverse the control plate, volume knob up front for ambient swells. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

 

[MFB]

Think I might have to check out the used one of these at my local MGR; I love my Contemporary Strat, but a bari-tele that's already set for B standard would save me a lot of trouble

 

[CanserDYI]

I don't know but I'd guess it's a conversion just based on what's easy and available for Fender vs manufacturing new bodies with different routes.

Congrats on your new tele! First thing I'd do personally is reverse the control plate, volume knob up front for ambient swells. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Probably my flavor of Midwest emo meets hardcore, now just down in G lol

 

[wheresthefbomb]

Think I might have to check out the used one of these at my local MGR; I love my Contemporary Strat, but a bari-tele that's already set for B standard would save me a lot of trouble

Maybe it's just 'cause I know the fretboard so well in B/Drop A but I swear it's easier to play with other non-guitar musicians in this tuning. Even playing in C (key not tuning) I find very intuitive. Harp, piano, cello, fiddle, probably others I'm forgetting.

 

[Vegetta]

@HeHasTheJazzHands @wheresthefbomb do either of you know if these are conversion necks or if the bridge is placed differently? Just want to know if I'm able to buy a regular neck for it or throw a warmoth neck on it in the future if i want to go longer? Just want to make sure its a standard tele body.

They are standard bodies and the necks are conversions. Fender actually sells fender branded 27" conversion necks if you have a standard tele or strat and you want to make a baritone. You will need to get the nut filed if you go that route.

 

[CanserDYI]

They are standard bodies and the necks are conversions. Fender actually sells fender branded 27" conversion necks if you have a standard tele or strat and you want to make a baritone. You will need to get the nut filed if you go that route.

Appreciate it. Already bought this one, just wanted to make sure if I ever wanted to make it a regular old tele or an even longer warmoth one I could just swap the neck.

 

[Demiurge]

I just broke down and bought one of the teles on sale. It's hard to beat $250 and I've got a Duncan Quarter Pounder sitting in a drawer that will be great for it.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

So I just got mine, and yeah I'm def installing that L500XL when I get it. I like the P90 in the neck but for the stuff I play in the bridge, I need something a bit more... humbuckery.

 

[bostjan]

At 27", I'd probably be more prone to tune it to D standard or drop C myself.

Totally tangent to the discussion, but does anybody know if there's a conversion neck that'll fit a tele (or strat) that's 30" scale? Like a Bass VI?

 

[MFB]

In the interest of not clogging up whats his names NGD thread as the unofficial Cabronita thread that this one ACTUALLY is , I figured I'd bump this one: does anyone know why Squier/Fender discontinued the black version? I figured if anything got the axe it'd have been the seafoam green one, but I was surprised to see an ad saying the black was discontinued.

 

[vertibration]

Whats his name is me, and I never actually wanted my thread to be an unofficial thread. It was just to show off my guitar, but others decided to hijack it lmao

 

[CanserDYI]

In the interest of not clogging up whats his names NGD thread as the unofficial Cabronita thread that this one ACTUALLY is , I figured I'd bump this one: does anyone know why Squier/Fender discontinued the black version? I figured if anything got the axe it'd have been the seafoam green one, but I was surprised to see an ad saying the black was discontinued.

Totally not gonna fuckin lie, I didn't realize these were two threads

But are you talking about the black Baritone Cabronita P90 or the black Custom telecaster? I could understand the black Cabronita as most NGDs and stuff I've seen have usually been the surf green model almost everytime.

 

[MFB]

Totally not gonna fuckin lie, I didn't realize these were two threads

But are you talking about the black Baritone Cabronita P90 or the black Custom telecaster? I could understand the black Cabronita as most NGDs and stuff I've seen have usually been the surf green model almost everytime.

P90 Cabronita, I think the black Classic Vibe has no problem sticking around as it lends people to possibly make an LPC in a Tele form.

It's sort of a chicken/egg thing, like, did they discontinue black because it wasn't selling or are we seeing more NGD for non black models because they discontinued it so quick? Which came first!

 

[CanserDYI]

Okay since THIS is the real thread, I need some help y'all. I can't decide if I can (I have feelings you know) put a pickguard on this body. I put it on and I'm like yeah, looks sick and then I look at this amazing potentially very old piece of solid one piece flamed walnut, I just don't know if I can bring myself to drill into the top....