I started out with this Squier '51, pretty good player, small budget purchase.
Always wanted a B to B tuned 27 in. baritone guitar ever since Fender's Sub Sonic Tele a few years ago.
Missed out on the Blacktop series of Baris too.
I found a 27" scale neck from down under fretted and worked for tuners. Slapped that on the '51. Did the Bubba mod on the hardtail bridge and added Wilkinson 3 brass compensated saddles. Added a Zero Glide fret at the nut.
Added a Hipshot Double Stop on the low E [or in this case B] that lowers the B to G with a half stop to A which would be like the E to D drop thing but with an additional lower another whole tone.
Always like wang bars on my guits, so recently added the Bigsby. So, low and mean twangy stuff and trials at things like Killin Time, Queen of Memphis, other baritone things. Wichita Lineman etc. Lots of fun playing down there in that register.
Then Lo and Behold I saw this thing on eBay. Didn't know there was such a thing. It's called a B Blender. It replaces the trem arm on the Bigsby and has B bender function. You can use the Bigsby in the normal fashion or the B bender or both at the same time.
The Blender operates by pulling the trem arm sideways toward the strings with the pinky to raise the string pitch.
I think this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I got the bender installed a few months back but still tweaking everything as time permits.
Seems to work pretty good, but I may have to change out the saddles to the grooved style.
I'm hoping I'm done with mods...at least until I see some other gadget I can nail on there.
Lots of stuff for somebody that can barely play guitar, but I don't care.
I snuck it in the mix recently on the Yoakam song Turn It On, Turn it Up and Peaceful Easy Feeling.... Just sort of dabbling while the real players played, but I see the possibilities and I'm loving it. I liked it really well for the long lost Tic Tac effect that we used to hear in bygone days too.
I thought maybe some of you other mod freaks could identify with this.
