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Hi Everyone,

I'm on the drawing table for a project I have to build a baritone telecaster-style guitar. I was wondering if I should move the bridge or not.
It's gonna be 28 5/8 scale, vs 25 ½ of the originial. I think a 3 1/8'' longer neck could be too much, and uncomfortable. Maybe should I juste leave the neck joint at the 16th fret. I will add, grosso modo, 2'' to the neck and pull the bridge 1'' back.
What do you think? And what are your experiences about that?

Thanks!
Francis

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Francis Richer, Montréal
Les Guitares F&M Guitars

Hi Francis.
It would be a pain to draw out, and get looking good,
but I think I would enlarge the whole body.
More in length than the width, maybe,
and shift the bridge some.
Also join the neck to the body a fret or 2 more.
Gotta make up for 3" somewhere.
Draw it out and see how it looks.
Some day I wanna make a bari Weiss style.

im working on a baritone at the moment, im only planning on a 27.5 inch scale on a super strat type body however. i just drew it out the way i thought it looked good, personally i like having the slightly longer neck, it makes it look a little more like a cross between a bass and a guitar, which is what it is intended to be so why not make it obvious that there is something different about this guitar? i may have moved the bridge back a little bit compared to a normal strat but not by much, (maybe a half inch or something? ) its for a metal player who wants 24 frets, so i wanted to mantain pretty optimal access up high as well.

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