Lately I've been thinking of getting a baritone. I bought a Bass VI and it made me realize I can actually play guitar-type stuff pretty decently. I have a Les Paul tuned to C standard that is lots of fun but WAY too small.
The Squier baritone jazzmaster seems cool, but I think it's the same scale as a Bass VI. And I'm not sold on the Antigua. For that price, though, I might get it and refinish it.
I like the blacktop tele baritones too, but they're a little further out of my price range.
I've also been thinking of building one from parts. It would be my first build and it seems pretty rewarding. I just don't know how to do it on the cheap.
So, what do you look for in a baritone? I want some hot pickups. Dual humbuckers probably. I'm basically looking for a super thick tone with some high end clarity and plenty of mids. And it's mostly gonna be dirty, because there's no other way to play. And I play through a YBA-3 if that says anything about the tone I'm working with. Aggressive as fuck.
I'm primarily a Bass player so I don't know shit about guitar pickups.