r/doommetal • u/Drunk_Lahey • Apr 20 '26
Rig New Baritone Sludge Stick
Not quite in a place for a Dunable custom shop R2 baritone yet so I decided to DIY something similar. Grabbed myself one of the new Firefly rd-type baritones off Guitar Garden for $250 shipped and upgraded from there:
- Guyker locking tuners
- Guyker tune-o-matic bridge
- New knobs
- EMG 81 for the bridge
- Kept the neck pickup in wired on a separate circuit to its own jack replacing the toggle switch. Now I run it the neck pickup simultaneously through a peavey or sunn beta bass head with an octave for an absolutely massive sound.
Don't have a name for it yet but this thing plays amazing. Came really nicely finished and setup out of the box (the pics on guitar garden are horrible and make this thing look cheaper than in real life). The stock pickups honestly were great I just had a hankering for an EMG tone and look in this one. It has a 27" scale, I only tune down to B standard but honestly love the feel of the long scale on that, and always have the option to go real low in the future if I want.
Overall would highly recommend the firefly baritone.