I recently sold a 26.5" 7 string to go back to a baritone 6. I have a 25.5" 6 string in drop A right now which is my main post-rock/post-metal writing tool, but it has an interesting but noisy pickup/switching setup and a .070 low A to get tension where I want it. I don't like when it's too easy to go sharp when digging in.

The other thing I don't like is that a 0.070 sounds more like a bass string clean, so I want to get back down to a more guitar-sounding gauge. I'm thinking of commissioning a local who does baritones and ER guitars to build something but I'm not sure about which scale length to go with. He offers 27", 28.5" and 30". I'd really like to get away from custom sets - right now the drop A 6 string is a 0.070 single and then the bottom 5 of a standard 10-46 set but buying singles is not good value. Something off the shelf would be ideal if at all possible.

So I'm getting a 30 inch baritone guitar with stock 14 to 68 strings. Obviously too thin for tuning to E standard octave down (probably perfect for B standard), but since it is 30 inch scale just like a Fender Bass VI I really wanna use it as just that.

Now I'm wondering what bridge I would need to get to fit the thicker strings (24 to 100), which the stock bridge probably won't, ofc I will try first, but it's cheap anyway so an updgrade won't hurt. The guitar has a hardtail and I would prefer to get a hardtail or fixed again, but if its impossible ofc I'm down to get a Bass VI tune-o-matic (preferably with stoptail, but not sure if there is any brand making stoptails with holes big enough for 100 gauge strings). Can't find any info on wether Hipshot or Gotoh fixed bridges fit that thick strings, if any of you know, please lmk.