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colimofsmoke
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hey all,
So I'm back in the market for a new guitar, looking to pick something up in a month or so. Been playing in B standard or A standard for a while now. Think doom with a more modern sound, and more articulation/midrange/cut. VHT Deliverance at the moment. I played a 7 string for a while, 26.5 scale, mahogany, neck-through, Blackouts. Thing was great, but I never used the 7th string (i.e. the highest one), and the fretboard width caused me some hand cramping during longer jams. I really prefer the feel of a 6, but have had a lot of problems with string tension and staying in tune trying to run B standard on 6's. Should clarify here that I prefer SG/Gibsons, and am trying to stay away from super strat bodies. I'm aware that people make it work on LP scale necks, but I found I really preferred the string feel with the 26.5 scale in that tuning. I play with a drummer and no bass player, so no worries about "stepping on the bassist's toes". kind of the point, actually.
Sooo, anyone got any suggestions on baritones? The widely available tele and Guild baritones are not appealing to me at all. The PRS Mushok looks alright, but reviews don't paint a pretty picture: scale too long (27.7), pickups muddy, neck dive, etc. I'm not interested in the Schecter baritone because A: i've already had a flat black schecter 7 and want something different, and B: not down with superstrats.
The wild card here is, I talked to Black Water a while back, and he was willing to make me a baritone scale SG, macassar Ebony top, ebony fingerboard, mahogany set neck and mahogany body, BKP warpigs, all of which he thought would get me the dark sound yet retain articulation. Which all sounded great, other than the fact that we couldn't agree on a headstock shape. but then Sandy happened and screwed with my money. hard. I don't want to post the dude's quote without his permission, but let's just say more than 2, less than 3.
So, if I can find a production baritone or 7 (ESP LTD MLH-7, maybe?) for somewhere in the $600 to <$1k range, that would be good, I can pick something up in a few weeks and get rocking again. Or do I bite the bullet, wait a couple more months, put down the deposit instead of picking up the cheaper guitar, and get my first custom?
Cheers
So I'm back in the market for a new guitar, looking to pick something up in a month or so. Been playing in B standard or A standard for a while now. Think doom with a more modern sound, and more articulation/midrange/cut. VHT Deliverance at the moment. I played a 7 string for a while, 26.5 scale, mahogany, neck-through, Blackouts. Thing was great, but I never used the 7th string (i.e. the highest one), and the fretboard width caused me some hand cramping during longer jams. I really prefer the feel of a 6, but have had a lot of problems with string tension and staying in tune trying to run B standard on 6's. Should clarify here that I prefer SG/Gibsons, and am trying to stay away from super strat bodies. I'm aware that people make it work on LP scale necks, but I found I really preferred the string feel with the 26.5 scale in that tuning. I play with a drummer and no bass player, so no worries about "stepping on the bassist's toes". kind of the point, actually.
Sooo, anyone got any suggestions on baritones? The widely available tele and Guild baritones are not appealing to me at all. The PRS Mushok looks alright, but reviews don't paint a pretty picture: scale too long (27.7), pickups muddy, neck dive, etc. I'm not interested in the Schecter baritone because A: i've already had a flat black schecter 7 and want something different, and B: not down with superstrats.
The wild card here is, I talked to Black Water a while back, and he was willing to make me a baritone scale SG, macassar Ebony top, ebony fingerboard, mahogany set neck and mahogany body, BKP warpigs, all of which he thought would get me the dark sound yet retain articulation. Which all sounded great, other than the fact that we couldn't agree on a headstock shape. but then Sandy happened and screwed with my money. hard. I don't want to post the dude's quote without his permission, but let's just say more than 2, less than 3.
So, if I can find a production baritone or 7 (ESP LTD MLH-7, maybe?) for somewhere in the $600 to <$1k range, that would be good, I can pick something up in a few weeks and get rocking again. Or do I bite the bullet, wait a couple more months, put down the deposit instead of picking up the cheaper guitar, and get my first custom?
Cheers
It's more "djenty" sounding than I'm usually after, too, but for some reason, that's the sound my right hand is putting out these days.
