Les Paul 28" 5/8 baritone

[bitterbeings]

Has there ever been a 28" 5/8 Les Paul Baritone (knock offs included)? which tuning is this scale length best fitted for (such as 27" being meant for B). I'd Imagine F#?

 

[vampiregenocide]

A friend of mine has a baritone Les Paul, I think it's a 27.7" scale.

 

[PrestigeFan92]

Bucketheads Signature is a baritone.

 

[Hemi-Powered Drone]

I believe the original Gibson Les Paul Baritones were 28 5/8"

 

[bitterbeings]

is there anywhere you can find info on those? the only gibson's i know of are the old pewter studios and the new studio that just came out.

 

[highlordmugfug]

I don't know, but
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/extended-range-guitars/165904-baritone-les-paul-studio.html
This new one is 27.75" apparently.

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/2594179-post11.html

 

[bitterbeings]

Gibson.com: Gibson Les Paul Studio Baritone

says there that its 28"

also, what scale length is best fitted for F# tuning?

 

[highlordmugfug]

Gibson.com: Gibson Les Paul Studio Baritone

says there that its 28"

also, what scale length is best fitted for F# tuning?

Hence why I quoted who said that and said 'apparently'


Depends on your string gauges/tension preferences.

 

[Sponge]

Has there ever been a 28" 5/8 Les Paul Baritone (knock offs included)? which tuning is this scale length best fitted for (such as 27" being meant for B). I'd Imagine F#?

I have an Agile AL-830 tuned low DGDGDGBE.

You could get a low G, F# with some nice tension on that scale length.

 

[bitterbeings]

wow, didn't realize they made necks that long. that is exactly what i want now *drools

if you don't mind my asking, how much did it cost?

 

[Nyarlath]

I would love to see one

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

All of Warmoth's offerings are 25 5/8" scale.

Pick the headstock, pick the body shape, voila!

 

[bitterbeings]

thanks guys. i think i'll just wait for rondo to start taking custom orders again this fall.

 

[SYLrules88]

the flying squirrel means warmoth offers 28 5/8" scales as an option on i think all of their guitars. heres pics of a nice one i found on the warmoth forums. this is the VIP body style which is similar to a PRS but i dont see why you couldnt get this for a LP style.

 

[Murmel]

There was an Epiphone back in the day. Don't know the model or year though. But the guitarist of D'espairs Ray play(ed) one. They disbanded earlier this year.

A pic which I can't find for some fucking reason..
He plays it in this vid though.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

the flying squirrel means warmoth offers 28 5/8" scales as an option on i think all of their guitars. heres pics of a nice one i found on the warmoth forums. this is the VIP body style which is similar to a PRS but i dont see why you couldnt get this for a LP style.

Yes sir. Just order the body you want, in this case, LP with all the custom features you want.

When you order the neck and go to select the LP headstock shape, be sure to select Baritone in the pulldown options, otherwise you'll be defaulted to Warmoth's 25.5 scale.

My Warmoth Tele so far is very loud acoustically/unplugged and very resonant, so I'm sure if you do a Baritone LP through them, you'll be very pleased.

 

[Infinite Recursion]

F# can be done at any scale but you get the best results when your scale is >=28" (somebody here did some calculations about this). The original LP Baritone with the metallic finish is 28" even, same as the new one. I don't think the 5/8 of an inch is that important, it's less of a gap then going from a Gibson scale to a Fender scale, and that gap is like 1/3 of the tension difference between .009s and .010s. 28" even is more then adequate for intonation, inharmonicity, etc. I'd go Gibson unless you specifically want a bolt-on or different woods.