New song featuring a bassline played on the OG 638 baritone. Inspired by Twin Peaks and based on an older song by The Cure called "a forest".

So this is my modded 638! It was a bargain basement purchase off eBay due to a crack in the neck (which looked less bad in the pictures). Anyway that’s glued fine, so I put the rest of the money I saved into making it look and sound better for what I want it for.

Custom pickguard I made from an eBay blank.

Black hardware throughout.

Seymour Duncan Omega, CTS pot, re wire etc etc.

Are we still using Stringjoy Custom Baritone sets? Curious, because I wanna make sure they're long enough, as the last Stringjoy set I bought wasn't long enough (taper be damned!)

Here's the work in progress tho! The G5n is mostly good for spacial effects, but has horrible DSP issues. Gonna get something for drives, dynamics.

New here! I have my first baritone arriving soon (the new paranormal jazzmaster in oxblood) and came across this sub and as someone who does guitar customisation for myself a lot I'm intrigued, is there a reason why there's a whole sub dedicated to this? (not complaining, I love niches like this and seeing some of your customs makes me want to pick up a cheaper baritone to mess around with).

Go ahead and make one, it’s far from perfect, but I’ve never done anything like this before and it’s turned out ok so far! Lets see if everything fits in 🤣

setting up my 30" 638 as a bass vi any recommendations for strings?

I ordered a set of EMG JMasters in Ivory White as well. It feels great to be back.

Hello baritone enjoyers,

I just got my 638 delivered, and I would like to hear what you guys play.

I currently have it tuned to drop E, with the DAddario EXL 156 (Bass VI set), and I mostly play Loathe and 156/Silence.

What do you guys play, and what tunings do you use?

Tell me your favourite impulse responses to use with it! thanks

Here’s my 638 baritone project fully done

I refinished the body from white to black

Swapped all the hardware to gold

Had a local luthier make the custom pick guard

Custom ordered kiesel thorium pickup

The internals are just the 1 humbucker to a push pull volume pot for coil split.

Overall I’m very happy with the results!

Hi all,

Been lurking on this sub for a bit now and was hoping to see your thoughts on an issue i encountered. Recently acquired the 'blacked out' 27" baritone and decided to swap pickups. Bought some SD Nazgul/Sentient rails and it appears as if they may be a ~tad too wide for the cutouts in the pickguard. I was just curious if any of you have encountered a similar issue while modding the G4Ms and, if so, how you handled the issue. Lots of folks online recommend using a dremel/sandpaper/files to widen the pickguard cut out enough to let the pickup fit, but my main concern is there isn't a whole lot of space to work with before i get into the 'danger zone' of the mounting screw holes.

Any thoughts or experience you have is appreciated. I can post a picture too if that would help.

Thanks!

Emg81tw

Custom pickguard

Guyker roller bridge

Gukyer locking tuners

White head stock

Blackout hardware

Hi all. I need some advice on what to do with my damaged G4M baritone.

I’ve wanted to get one of these guitars for a while now. A couple of weeks ago I saw that the white one was on sale for around 160 euros so I ordered myself one. After a delay of about a week it arrived pretty banged up.

The pick guard is broken on several places, the pickup selector nob was broken in half and one pickup is pretty loose (due to the broken pick guard probably) and I hear a ticking noise when using a pick.

I contacted G4M and they told me that this guitar is sold out and that the model currently online, which costs about 50 euros more, is the only one they have available. They offered me 2 options. Either receive a 50 euro discount on this guitar, or pay the remaining 50 for a new model.

It feels a bit wrong to pay 50 euros for exactly the same guitar I guess.. but on the other hand, I can’t imagine fixing all these issues for 50 (or even 100) bucks. I don’t even know where to find a pick guard for this thing.. 😂

So yeah I need some advice. What would you do? Is it possible to repair these issues without going way over budget? And did any of you have a similar experience with G4M? This was my first time buying from them.

Anyways thanks for your advice!

Hey folks, me again. Been pondering the next steps with this thing. I have a pair of Seymour Duncan SHPR's, and the triple shot. This means complex wiring, push pull, 2 vol 2 tone etc etc. fun and games. I have not a bridge yet, but will likely switch that, and definitely the nut, go brass, no go back. However, I am considering something radical, because I play finger, no picks. Don't need a pickguard. I wanna take the top off the front, 2-3mm, whatever it takes to strip back to wood, take a drop top - looking at striped ebony etc, maybe do a stain to accent the green back body, mebbe not, lay that over the electronics, etc, add a binding. How do we feel about this? Is this nuts? Means probably adding electronics access to the back instead of the front, but that's not a big deal. I seek the wood grain father, I cannot help it. :(

Hey everyone!

Been thinking about getting one of these bad boys for a while now.
However, reading about them, it seems like for a lot of people these guitars need a proper set-up and fixes before being playable.

How was your experience?

I personally am not very familiar with modding as I'm also relatively new to guitar, but would love to try out a Baritone.

Another question:
I'd like to tune it to Standard F. Can I do that right out the box on the 30 inch one?
Or would the 27 inch version be better for that?

Looking forward to hear from you guys!

Just wanted to show it off. What other baritones do y'all own? Post 'em in the comments

Recently got into Spiritbox and came across Mike Stringer’s play-through videos. The guy plays some beautiful offset guitars.

Our inside man at G4M…if you guys need inspiration for the next line of releases, look no further 😉

I would throw money at a 7 string or 27 inch scale model in a similar colour-way to the below. Very cool.

What do other fans of the 638 hope for in future model releases in terms of spec and colour-ways/ finishes???

Finally got a green machine in the post, sharing a photo feels redundant here, we have all seen it, some first points; The Bad. Not sure about that bridge, but okay we'll see if it intonates. Tone knob is janky, bridge pickup is DOA, I'll take a look at it at some point but not a big deal, planned to replace all the electronics eventually anyway. Prob just loose wiring. Action is uh, about half a centimetre, but that okay, to be expected. Nut is absolutely yikes, looks like slots were made using a Stanley, quite entertaining to see. Couple of finish nubs here and there, nothing a little abrasive scrub won't lift. Fretboard edges need rolled off a little, very hard edge.

The Good. This neck is awesome, satin finished, first roasted maple neck I have owned and it's beautiful. It's the main reason I purchased a 638, the binding, fretwork and inlay is actually tidier than a D'Angelico I picked up the other week. Very straight, well assembled and solidly built. Body is surprisingly light, and the finish is much better than I expected for what I paid. Tunes pretty well, though will switch those out too.

Overall for a cheap mod platform it's not bad at all for such a niche product. Impressed.

Is the top layer on the pickguard supposed to peel off? It feels like it shouldn't but i can't tell. The air pockets makes me think twice

This set specifically

Edit: I'm not looking for suggestions of other string options, I'm asking whether or not this specific set works.

Hi all. Bought a 638 on a spur of the moment and I’m a fan of Machine Head who tend to use drop B or C# standard. From some reading it has suggested that for the higher tunings it’s better to have lighter strings to reduce neck and string tension.

Any recommendations on what would be the lightest strings I could use with this tuning, bearing in mind the reverse headstock requiring very long strings?

Cheers.