Designed for grunge, punk and rock
The Savage doesn't pretend to be versatile. It doesn't market itself as a guitar for every style. It is a punk rock guitar in the literal sense, built for mosh-pits and loud stages, designed for the kind of playing where you mean every note. Goldsound® Ember™ P-90 pickups with Alnico V magnets. Sharp-edged offset body. Stripped-back controls. No rules.
This is the guitar Baum builds when the goal is not refinement but commitment. The Savage's tonal signature is raw midrange bite, punishing attack and a dynamic voice that pushes any amp past the point of no return. It does one thing extremely well, and that is exactly what makes it useful.
Built around one player's needs
The Savage started as a one-off build in 2022. Designed for Daniel Aabenhus, singer and guitarist of Ashes of Billy, a teenage grunge and punk trio from Roskilde with influences pulled from the Seattle '90s scene and Danish rock acts like Dizzy Mizz Lizzy and D.A.D. Ashes of Billy have played COPENHELL and continue to tour rock and metal festivals across Scandinavia and Europe. They are the band the Savage was built around.
Daniel needed a guitar stripped back to the essentials so he could put everything into the performance. Not a guitar with controls he would have to think about between songs. Not a guitar he would have to baby on stage. A guitar that disappears into the playing and lets the energy out.
That is the Savage. Built around one player's needs first, then refined through four years of development, then opened up to anyone ready to make noise on stage.
P-90 attitude at stage volume
The Goldsound® Ember™ P-90 pickups are the same Baum builds for the Carve and the Revolt, but they hit differently on the Savage. The offset body shape adds resonance and air that solid double-cut bodies don't produce. The lighter mass and the sharper geometry shift the attack profile. The result is a P-90 offset guitar that pushes loud stages harder than P-90 double-cut guitars do.
The bridge pickup brings bite, punch and rich presence. The neck pickup adds fat, open tone when you need range, without softening the character. Both stay articulate when pushed hard, which is when Savage players use them. This is not a P-90 voicing for clean blues comping or country picking. It is a P-90 voicing for the kind of overdriven guitar tone that defined grunge guitars and built punk guitars as a genre.
Stripped-back construction
The Savage uses Baum's full construction approach without the visual or hardware complexity of the more refined models in the lineup. Lightweight mahogany body with a thinner profile than the industry standard, which keeps the weight manageable for long, physical sets. Roasted maple neck that holds its tuning across temperature and humidity changes, important when you are sweating through a 90-minute show under stage lights. Modern C neck profile and 12" radius rosewood fretboard that support both rhythm chord work and lead bending.
The aggressive electric guitar geometry is not just visual. The sharp-edged offset shape shifts the playing position forward, which puts the strings closer to the natural picking arc when you play hard. The reverse headstock distributes string tension differently across the nut, contributing to the attack characteristic. Strap locks come standard because Savage players move on stage and the guitar needs to stay on them.
Three Baum offsets, three different intents
The Savage is the third offset in the Baum lineup, and the three models cover three different intents within the same body family. The Wingman is the modern, versatile offset built across single coil, P90 and humbucker configurations for players who want broad tonal range. The Backwing is the vintage-leaning offset with mini humbuckers and classic character. The Savage is the aggressive offset built for one purpose, with the P-90 voicing and the construction choices that make it work for grunge, punk and rock specifically.
Three offsets, three different intents, one shared platform underneath. All within the broader Baum electric guitar lineup.
45 days to make noise
The Savage is a stage guitar. A live performance guitar in the practical sense. You will not understand what it does sitting in a music store under fluorescent lights. You will understand it the first time you take it to a rehearsal room with a cranked amp and a drummer who hits hard. Baum doesn't sell through retailers, so every Savage ships direct from Denmark, set up by hand in Aarhus, and comes with 45 days to put it through the situations it was built for. Go Savage.
