Just back from the local music shop, sat down with the entire range of teles. Squier, mexican standard, baja, american pro, elite, custom shop. I played them all through a 68 princeton reissue.
Ive owned 3 teles over the last ten years all of which i moved on.
First thing I would say is they all were lovely guitars in their own right.
I wont go through each of them but for me the Baja was my favourite, pickups were on a par with the custom shop and the neck was fantastic.
I think if the baja body was nitro and the neck was given the relic'd and rolled custom shop treatment... it would have an even better feel.
Any one selling a Baja?
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You might not find another one as good...
Buy a 2nd hand Baja and also buy a nitro repro body from one of the guys on here, then sell the Baja body. Will add about £100 to the cost but you’ll get a nice lightweight nitro guitar that should be a keeper.
I would say it because I bought one but I set a budget of £1200 to buy a tele and compared baja, special, roadworn and standard and roadworn was my favourite. Baja was not far off standard for a lot less money but the nitro was the big deal for me.
its very easy to de-gloss the neck with a bit of Scotchbrite and fine wire - wool .
If you must have a nitro look you could get the body over sprayed when you have played it for a while and know it's a keeper
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