Surfabilly
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 852
Connersville, Indiana, USA
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Posted on Jan 08 2007 06:06 PM
If it works, as I'm thinking it should, I wouldn't need to buy a Fender Jaguar Baritone Custom, or any other baritone for that matter. In looking at the description for the Lindy Fralin Unbucker, the first thing I realized is that a set of 'em should really perk up the performance of my Ibanez Jet King. It's already factory equipped with coil tapped humbuckers, but it suffers the typical tapped humbucker volume drop. One problem solved.
Then while I'm at work today, my mind revisited my idea of converting my Squier Bullet Special into a baritone, but with a twist. This twist will involve my modifying the pick guard for a tone pot, and the 3-way switch from my Tele (that'll be getting a 4-way upgrade). Since the Unbucker is designed for coil tapping, and with the 3-way switch, I'd have: 1) coil closest the bridge; 2) both coils; 3) coil farthest from bridge. Swap on a baritone conversion neck, and I'll have me a baritone that's, somewhat, juxtaposing the Ibanez baritone I'd mentioned not too long ago, and the Fender Esquire. Any suggestions on what value of caps to use, for a conversion such as this?
Matt
— Fast Cars & Loud Guitars!
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surfneptune
Joined: Mar 16, 2006
Posts: 923
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Posted on Jan 08 2007 06:23 PM
Planning on getting a long scale neck too? Warmoth has replacement necks that are a drop in conversion for some guitars!
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks.cfm?fuseaction=strat_baritone
that will get you twangin!!!
— THe NEpTuNeS
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Surfabilly
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 852
Connersville, Indiana, USA
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Posted on Jan 08 2007 07:33 PM
surfneptune
Planning on getting a long scale neck too? Warmoth has replacement necks that are a drop in conversion for some guitars!
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks.cfm?fuseaction=strat_baritone
that will get you twangin!!!
Yup, that's the one I'm thinking about. I'll probably need to call Fralin, however, as I'm thinking that what I'm planning would require a custom wind. At least I know I wasn't too far off base, in my original thinking about converting the Squier, since Ibanez did pretty much what I've been planning.
Matt
— Fast Cars & Loud Guitars!
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Jan 08 2007 07:48 PM
Have you spent much time with more exspensive guitars? I think you'd be much happier with 3-4 nice guitars than 12 or so cheaper guitars. And those 3-4 would be able to do anything you wanted with them. So personally I feel 12 cheaper guitars is limited. There are some cheap gems, but those cheap gems aren't that cheap and are far and few between.
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