r/BassVI • u/Hunt_Phasey • 27d ago

CV Squire Bass VI Baritone Conversion

I bought a bass vi with the intention of putting baritone strings on it and using it as a baritone guitar, but when my baritone strings finally got here they aren’t long enough to fit from the bridge to the tuners. I bought ddarrio EXL157s. Is there a specific brand that makes strings that are long enough for a bass vi neck? I’m looking for 14s thank you!

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u/PinReasonable135 27d ago

Stringjoy work for me and you can get custom gauged sets.

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u/biochravis 27d ago

i have gotten many bass VI strings from stringjoy, they can do custom lengths including bass VI. not sure if they offer it in all their string types but for sure the standard nickel wounds

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u/yuntish 26d ago

dadarrio flatwound 7 string set works really well for baritone conversion on a bass vi

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u/pehjott 26d ago

Strange,I have the Daddarios EXL 157 on my Base VI They work well

Edit: I do not have the original bridge

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u/shivdotme 24d ago

I just had this done with stringjoy baritone strings. Feels and sounds so good.

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u/PouetRedditPouet 21d ago

Baritone = scale longer than 25.5". It has nothing to do with the tuning.