The Abominable Iceman (baritone)

[DocNrock]

I was unhappy with my previous baritone build, so it became a standard guitar. The Floyd just didn't work well with the string tension. So I nabbed an Iceman body from Warmoth's "Screamin' Deals" section and mated it with the baritone bubinga neck that I had (that's why it has a locking nut).

The body is Mahogany and the neck is bubinga with an ebony fretboard and abalone dots. The bridge pup is a D-sonic and the neck a PAF 36th. Its wired for a master volume and independent tone controls.

I initially was going to call it "Iced Berry," but I think the Abominable Iceman fits it better, as its kind of an abomination.

[Jacksonguy666]

I was unhappy with my previous baritone build, so it became a standard guitar. The Floyd just didn't work well with the string tension. So I nabbed an Iceman body from Warmoth's "Screamin' Deals" section and mated it with the baritone bubinga neck that I had (that's why it has a locking nut).

The body is Mahogany and the neck is bubinga with an ebony fretboard and abalone dots. The bridge pup is a D-sonic and the neck a PAF 36th. Its wired for a master volume and independent tone controls.

I initially was going to call it "Iced Berry," but I think the Abominable Iceman fits it better, as its kind of an abomination.

This thread is the perfect place for me to ask this. What exactly is a baritone? I get that its longer scale or at least something that makes it lower sounding, but does it make the chords sound lower, or does it mean you get more tension, so downtuning works better?

[Ben...]

This thread is the perfect place for me to ask this. What exactly is a baritone? I get that its longer scale or at least something that makes it lower sounding, but does it make the chords sound lower, or does it mean you get more tension, so downtuning works better?

It allows you to use lower tunings like B standard and A standard without a dramatic loss of tension as well as really heavy string gauges. Check out the Dream Theater song "Panic Attack" for an example. Petrucci is playing in A sharp standard on a baritone.

[DocNrock]

It allows you to use lower tunings like B standard and A standard without a dramatic loss of tension as well as really heavy string gauges. Check out the Dream Theater song "Panic Attack" for an example. Petrucci is playing in A sharp standard on a baritone.

Exactly. The neck is longer scale. Typical, although not yet standardized, baritone tuning is between A and B. Mine is tuned to B. The high B is 0.013 and the low B a 0.070.

[Jacksonguy666]

Exactly. The neck is longer scale. Typical, although not yet standardized, baritone tuning is between A and B. Mine is tuned to B. The high B is 0.013 and the low B a 0.070.

Well proportionatly speaking, i know how a 24 fret 25.5 feels with 9's. Sort of a slinky feel. With a baritone with probably 12's or 13's can i get that same feel? I am a shredder and thats all I really care about, but i have been interested in a baritone for awhile now, the PRS SE MIke Mushok, and was just wondering how a bari "shreds".

[hippietim]

Cool guitar. You need one of these nuts: http://www.allparts.com/store/nuts-s...23,Product.asp

[DocNrock]

Cool guitar. You need one of these nuts: http://www.allparts.com/store/nuts-s...23,Product.asp

That'll do.