Fender VI Baritone

[certus]

Hi

I have a question I hope someone can answer.

Is it possible to turn a standard guitar into a baritone by just changing the strings and adjusting the setup? Or is a baritone a fundamentally different design?

I have been looking for a Fender VI (original or copy) for a couple years now and they are ridiculously expensive (at least for my budget).

Any help would be appreciated, I need that sound!

cheers

steve

[weezerboy]

wendy davis (as well as some others) sell a baritone conversion neck, as the scale on a baritone guitar is different to on a regular one

dan

[Brian]

I tuned a Standard Strat down to Baritone levels once after reslotting the nut and putting on heavy as can be guaged strings but like weezerboy said you really need the neck to get the proper scale other then open tuning.

[jimmyb]

yes i beleive baritones have a 27" scale

[certus]

Cool....

Thanks for your replies.

I'm going to have to try and find a new neck somewhere. The 27" scale helps.

cheers

steve

[darren wilson]

There is no set "baritone" scale length. You can tune a regular guitar down to baritone range (lots of players downtune to B or A) but you'll get better intonation and tonal response from a longer scale length. For what it's worth, the Ernie Ball/Music Man baritone/6-string bass uses a full 30" scale, and it sounds monstrous!

[Slaughthammer]

at warmoth, there is an exchaneging neck to turn a usual 22 fret/25.5" guitar into a 24 fret/ 28 5/8" guitar

http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Necks/baritonenk.htm

[Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars]

Here's your ticket to Fender Bass VI:

Necks

Bodies

[Brian]

Couple of them listed on that page as well