HazBeen Posted April 20, 2022 Posted April 20, 2022 Building a Baritone, commissioned by a friend. Brief: 28” scale, but keep overall length same as a normal scale guitar, inspired by the Jazzmaster design. Just dropping some pics, as I haven’t been on the forum much. Alder Body 28” Maple neck Wenge fretboard Decent but budget black hardware Double humbuckers 4 Quote
HazBeen Posted April 20, 2022 Author Posted April 20, 2022 I bought a laser engraver, goal is to laser engrave the headstock…. Why not 1 Quote
Richard R Posted April 21, 2022 Posted April 21, 2022 I do love the sound of baritone guitars. I first heard about them from a program on the radio talking to Pat Metheny about his album "One quiet night". He came across a baritone guitar somewhere and bought it on a whim. He then spent most of the night exploring, noodling, playing some tunes. When he listened back to the recordings he had made he really liked the vibe and put it out as an album unedited. 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted April 24, 2022 Author Posted April 24, 2022 Playing around with the laser yesterday… 1 pass gives you about .5mm dept. Also (because I could) tried cutting out an inlay in maple ….this was just for fun. I will either leave au naturel OR fill with epoxy/ebony dust. Also did a little print on back of neck. 6 Quote
MoonBassAlpha Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 7 hours ago, HazBeen said: Playing around with the laser yesterday… 1 pass gives you about .5mm dept. Also (because I could) tried cutting out an inlay in maple ….this was just for fun. I will either leave au naturel OR fill with epoxy/ebony dust. Also did a little print on back of neck. How cool is that?!! Quote
Owen Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 3 hours ago, MoonBassAlpha said: How cool is that?!! Very cool indeed. That is how cool it is. Really subtle. Less is always more. 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted June 14, 2022 Author Posted June 14, 2022 Cr@p, I forgot I was posting progress…. Ah well, please see completed build. 10 Quote
bass_dinger Posted June 15, 2022 Posted June 15, 2022 That was quick! 😉 You managed to create a design that is entirely new, yet which looks like the evolution of the guitars on which it was based. 1 Quote
Richard R Posted June 15, 2022 Posted June 15, 2022 Really nice looking guitar. I especially like the pick guard shape. 1 Quote
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