i baritone'd my squier bass vi

benmurray85

its bloody ace! far more useable as an all round instrument. 

Touch of OD (Dwarfcraft Internet) and a shit tonne of reverb and tremolo (Strymon Flint & DBA Reverberation machine) and before I know it I've been in the attic for hours.

Anyone got any recommendations for this sorta stuff i can listen to or play along to? 

Moe_Zambeek

What did you do to achieve that? Just lighter strings?

benmurray85

yeah i must admit id looked at other forums of people doing it and they'd changed the bridge and the nut. i had bought some baritone strings when i bought the bass with the intention of changing it. I got sick of looking at them on the shelf so I thought id throw them on and see what happened. 

Its fine and if anything the playability has improved hugely, tbf it was a bit of a dog when I got it. now its great though!

mart

Good call. I did that when I got mine a year or so back.

What strings did you go for? I found it a challenge getting a suitable top-string as light strings aren't usually long enough. Strings Direct sorted me out with a .020 that was long enough and can just cope with tuning to A. But then @DarnWeight suggested the Pyramid strings produced for the Gretsch baritone, and they are perfect. See here for more discussion:

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/208276/#Comment_208276

ToneControl

I use Elixir baritones on all of my 30 inch Bass VI type instruments

the strings are long enough for all of them

Moe_Zambeek

I might do mine eventually, but after an @icbm setup and bigger strings it actually plays really well as a VI.

ICBM

The stock strings were poor - very loose and undefined-sounding to the point the intonation sounded more off than it was.

Unlike the Jaguar and Jazzmaster, it definitely worked better with the bridge posts taped too - I'm not totally sure why! It may be because the bigger windings slip over the saddles more easily than guitar strings do.

mart

ToneControl said:

I use Elixir baritones on all of my 30 inch Bass VI type instruments

the strings are long enough for all of them

But are not long enough for the Squier VI with its 6-in-line headstock and trem. I tried.

That reminds me: if anyone wants an opened but unused set of Elixir baritone strings, PM me and I'll post them to you.

ToneControl

I have spares at the min, so don't want to deny anyone else, but if no one else speaks up, I'll find a use for them

benmurray85

benmurray85 said:

Anyone got any recommendations for this sorta stuff i can listen to or play along to? 

ICBM

The classic…

Jalapeno

pics or it never happened

UnclePsychosis

@mart I'm very tempted to order one of the harley Benton baritones like @wezv did, if I do then those strings could be handy. I'll let you know

DrJazzTap

@icbm And now I want a baritone....and some apple pie and coffee.

samzadgan

i really wanted to do this when they first came out...never got around to it though...well done!