To baritone, not to baritone...

[7StringofAblicK]

The other guitarist in my band picked up a RG7421XL for 299 bucks (bastard). Now he wants to play a few songs in drop tuning, like A or Ab (possibly lower...). I'm just fine with B, but if we decide to do it I don't want to mess around with any of my floyd guitars.

So, i'm thinking about this...I have an american strat, completely stock, and might get a Baritone neck from Warmoth and a new pickguard with EMG's or some sort of humbucker in the bridge. I'll be able to change the neck and pickguard out every so often, depending on if i want the baritone metal maker, or a straight up strat.

Or i could just buy a good baritone...a sixer, i don't need a 7string baritone.

 

[XEN]

Or a tremol-no and a retune on your curernt guitar...

 

[metalfiend666]

Just get a baritone. The whole strat idea just seems like too much work. You'll make it a baritone and won't ever change it back as it'd be so much effort.

 

[Ibycan7]

I would probably go with a used RG7321 with .012 downtuned. nevermind you probably want a 6 stringer.

 

[D-EJ915]

The ESP VB-200 is a great guitar, I played one at the store the other day right next to the VB-400 and I actually liked the HZ pickups more, LOL I know it's weird but they sounded great with it.

 

[7StringofAblicK]

The ESP VB-200 is a great guitar, I played one at the store the other day right next to the VB-400 and I actually liked the HZ pickups more, LOL I know it's weird but they sounded great with it.

Yea, i was checking out both of those. haven't played one, but i HATE the way an SG feels...so i'm skeptical.

I saw that Ibanez had an AX110XL (discontinued now, i think, but it's still available online). It's a stained finish AX with a 27" neck and just one bridge pup. It's korean, but only 370 bucks.

The Mike mushok one looks cool, too. But i don't want to spend 800 bucks on something that isn't going to be a 'main' player.


EDIT: here's the AX...it looks pretty sweet. http://www.zzounds.com/item--IBAAX110XL

 

[Rev2010]

You could always pickups a Schecter Omen 7 for $299.

*EDIT - Duh, just noticed you said six string. Sorry 'bout that.


Rev.

 

[7StringofAblicK]

You could always pickups a Schecter Omen 7 for a cool $299.

*EDIT - Duh, just noticed you said six string. Sorry 'bout that.


Rev.

Had one, actually. Traded it in for a 7620 that i also no longer have lol.

I'd rather have 27" or more...since his is a 27, so that rules out any schecter.

 

[nitelightboy]

I say grab the baritone. Keep the Strat healthy, you never know when it may come in handy.

Playing a baritone takes just a little bit of adjustment, but jamming for like 10 mins should take care of that. I had an LTD baritone a while back and really regret selling it!

 

[Metal Ken]

There's always the Agile's. Or if you can get your hands on a 1/2077XL...

 

[Drache713]

There's always the Agile's. Or if you can get your hands on a 1/2077XL...

Didn't he say he wants a baritone 6, not a baritone 7? (It's okay, I'm with you on the baritone 7's...in fact, my old baby is coming back home soon...)

Other than that, I'd say get a fixed bridge baritone 6 dude, it'll be something different from your 7. As far as which one to go for, you'll have to decide that!

 

[eleven59]

I gotta say, I'm very tempted to buy one of those AX110XLs, simply because they look like they'd be so much fun.

 

[knuckle_head]

The other guitarist in my band picked up a RG7421XL for 299 bucks (bastard). Now he wants to play a few songs in drop tuning, like A or Ab (possibly lower...). I'm just fine with B, but if we decide to do it I don't want to mess around with any of my floyd guitars.

So, i'm thinking about this...I have an american strat, completely stock, and might get a Baritone neck from Warmoth and a new pickguard with EMG's or some sort of humbucker in the bridge. I'll be able to change the neck and pickguard out every so often, depending on if i want the baritone metal maker, or a straight up strat.

Or i could just buy a good baritone...a sixer, i don't need a 7string baritone.

FWIW the warmoth necks are a well made product (I've owned several) and it would be your least costly option as you wouldn't have to tinker with your electronics at all - unless of course you really want to. The 28.5" scale sounds awesome on a stock strat imo and you wouldn't be doing it any harm what-so-ever by swapping out the neck.

Cutting in for humbuckers would though. I don't think of guitars as investments but some do and you would ruin any value the strat has by doing that. Stack humbuckers are always an option and would require no routing of the body but they never sounds as good as the dual-poled 'buckers now do they?

I think a single coil instrument that more than keeps up with (tuning-wise) what your other guitarist has acquired would be killer as you would have similar tunings but completely different sounds - more sonic colors to choose from so to speak.

.....my $.02