Baritone Jazzmaster Project Finished Pg. 2

Redstar30 · Post by **Redstar30** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:57 pm

I’d vote for the JB pick ups. My friend has a set in his baritone and they sound great.

I have 4 baritones at the moment. Two of them have D Sonics in the bridge position. I tune to G and I was looking for a bridge pickup with a lot of low end.

DiMarzio: D-Sonic (bridge): A lot of low end and can be a little fizzy on the top end. Requires some eq to taste and adjusting the gain on your amp. Seem to make amp gain a little more extreme. Surprisingly not muddy. Good for doom or sludgy metal.

DiMarzio Liquid Fire (bridge:): Tighter low end and mids with pretty even top end. More of a modern metal sound. Pretty articulate and unforgiving.

Seymour Duncan Phat Cats set: Really good sounding pickups and cover a lot of range/styles. Clear and not too hot. Really like the neck pick up.

Bare Knuckle Pain Killer Set ( 7 String): I have this on a ESP E-II Horizon. Tight bass response and mid focused. Great for djent tones I guess. I never been too thrilled with these pick ups.

DiMarzio D Activator Set (7 String): Mid focused, clean sounding. Kind of “meh” ihmo. No longer have them.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:38 am

Those are good suggestions. I am still on the fence. I have single coil pickups so I suppose I could try them and change them if I need to. LOL

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:13 pm

Body came and there was much rejoicing. The poor tremolo had been drilled and plugged and redrilled at least once, but it had still been done crooked so I plugged it again, squared off the tremolo corners and marked it properly to redrill.

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Much happier now. I also had to remove the thimbles because the ground wire wasn't installed and I like it there vs into the tremolo cavity.

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The one piece ash body is super pretty!

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I found a guard that fit it well and added pots, toggle, switch, jack, and pickups. Just need to wire it up.

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marqueemoon · Post by **marqueemoon** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:14 pm

That body is really nice looking. The pickguard really doesn’t do it justice in my opinion.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:12 am

marqueemoon wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:14 pm
That body is really nice looking. The pickguard really doesn’t do it justice in my opinion.

It looks better in person with the white blonde finish.

Steadyriot. · Post by **Steadyriot.** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:48 am

I think the pickguard is rad! Sticker and all!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:51 am

Thanks! I am glad I get to use it again. I had it on a guitar before I liked. I forget why I took it off, but I am glad it lines up with the drilled holes.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:02 pm

Did the wiring and mounted the guard and fit the neck. I just need a better shim and the neck plate to get strings on.

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s_mcsleazy · Post by **s_mcsleazy** » Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:41 pm

a baritone jazzmaster with an anime girl on it? never heard of such a concept

joking dude, love it.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:17 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:41 pm
a baritone jazzmaster with an anime girl on it? never heard of such a concept

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:16 am

Shim and neck plate came. Just waiting on strings.

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:51 pm

All done! I really like how it sounds. The series switch is pretty awesome. It thickens it up and boosts the mids and low end. Sounds really good distorted. I got a file set off of amazon for not too much and it helped me with the lowest two strings. It is tuned in B. Since the tuners are staggered, I don't need a string tree.

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