I got my Baja a week ago, and it is an amazing instrument! I am a Les Paul guy, but this Baja is a tone machine, has a nice neck and frets. The switching is easy and a dream to play.. Nice demo here! Thanks!
Great guitar. It's like someone took a 1952 tele and hot rodded it with some modern features. Super diverse and a great classic as well. Get's you all those great tele sounds and more. I love it and have one
Very nice addition to my arsenal of guitars. With that said, I decided the "cheezy" thin plastic pick guard had to go and replaced with a Bakelite guard. When I removed the plastic over the original, it buckled and cracked at one of the screws. Also replaced the original saddles with compensated brass saddles. Lastly, to adjust the neck, you need to remove the pickguard as the truss rod is at the end of the neck near the neck pickup. Fortunately, Fender gave enough room (at least on mine) that you don't need to loosen the neck to get to the truss rod. Butterscotch color "pops" beautifully with the black pickguard and the wood grain comes through to give it a beautiful look. To me the neck size/shape is similar to my Fender Amer Std Tele Deluxe which also had the S1 switch. Great guitar overall for the price.
I love the Baja teles so much I couldn't get my $1500 2017 American professional butterscotch blonde telecaster on EBay fast enough!!!!! I bought both the 50s and 60s baja telecasters because they sound, look, and feel like a real Tele should. Sure, my $1500 butterscotch blonde American professional Tele looked fabulous but that's where it stopped. It's too modern sounding for my taste. My baja's put it too shame. I love my 50s butterscotch blonde baja and my 60s sonic blue Baja and I'll wait for fender to put out a 70s Baja. I get so many different tones out of these badass baja's. Do yourself a favor and dump your AM, belly cut, 6 saddle pieces of firewood and buy a real man's telecaster, Hell buy both baja's and hear what a telecaster should sound like. They are awesome guitars which is why you don't see many used baja's on eBay because people are keeping them but there's a shitload of belly cut, 6 saddle firewood all over eBay. Sellers can't give them away.
This guitar is much better than the very expensive 2024 Vintera 11 vintage nocaster... It has an Ash body and great pickups... The new Vintera has alder
why have baja telecasters, classic player especially, risen in price compared to a couple of years ago... £776 now compared to at least £100 cheaper a couple of years ago. Without a doubt... you look at videos a couple of years old and in Allegro music they were under £700 but not anymore even though they're older?! ...WOW!
Neck to fat ping tuners are crap. Would be nice if they offered this with a C shaped neck. I've allready replaced tuners am now getting ready to reshape neck.
I got my Baja a week ago, and it is an amazing instrument! I am a Les Paul guy, but this Baja is a tone machine, has a nice neck and frets. The switching is easy and a dream to play.. Nice demo here! Thanks!
one of the best guitar for the money.
Great guitar. It's like someone took a 1952 tele and hot rodded it with some modern features. Super diverse and a great classic as well. Get's you all those great tele sounds and more. I love it and have one
Very nice addition to my arsenal of guitars. With that said, I decided the "cheezy" thin plastic pick guard had to go and replaced with a Bakelite guard. When I removed the plastic over the original, it buckled and cracked at one of the screws. Also replaced the original saddles with compensated brass saddles. Lastly, to adjust the neck, you need to remove the pickguard as the truss rod is at the end of the neck near the neck pickup. Fortunately, Fender gave enough room (at least on mine) that you don't need to loosen the neck to get to the truss rod. Butterscotch color "pops" beautifully with the black pickguard and the wood grain comes through to give it a beautiful look. To me the neck size/shape is similar to my Fender Amer Std Tele Deluxe which also had the S1 switch. Great guitar overall for the price.
I love the Baja teles so much I couldn't get my $1500 2017 American professional butterscotch blonde telecaster on EBay fast enough!!!!! I bought both the 50s and 60s baja telecasters because they sound, look, and feel like a real Tele should. Sure, my $1500 butterscotch blonde American professional Tele looked fabulous but that's where it stopped. It's too modern sounding for my taste. My baja's put it too shame. I love my 50s butterscotch blonde baja and my 60s sonic blue Baja and I'll wait for fender to put out a 70s Baja. I get so many different tones out of these badass baja's. Do yourself a favor and dump your AM, belly cut, 6 saddle pieces of firewood and buy a real man's telecaster, Hell buy both baja's and hear what a telecaster should sound like. They are awesome guitars which is why you don't see many used baja's on eBay because people are keeping them but there's a shitload of belly cut, 6 saddle firewood all over eBay. Sellers can't give them away.
I would not bad mouth the American special.I have heard amazing guitarist use this instrument
Stephan, if I may, Joseph wrote that he had an American Professional not an American Special.
Sorry bout that .I,m waiting for the debut of the Trumpcaster anyway.I am sure sure it will make fender great again.
Totally agree with you.. And it's the Same with the strats.
jjohn341 , if they make it I’ll never purchase another FENDER PRODUCT...
Have both , the 50s Baja and the 60s Strat , both classic player series , both awesome in every way .
Nice one my friend!
Need a 50s vs 60s Baja vid to compare - I cannot decide!
"Not allowed do that on a tele.... BUT YOU CAN!"
Excellent demo!
Cheers Edward! 😎
Best guitar ever!
There are 7 tones stock in the Baja, one is "hidden".
Superb guitar.
where is the hidden one?!
In between the neck and bridge. Out of phase
In between 2 & 3 s1 switch in.
This guitar is a modern classic.
Brilliant and wonderful review! Some of the best I've heard! Outstanding sound quality and realistic sound of the guitar. Thanks a lot!
Nice review. Now if I can find one at a nice price and in the finish I want.
which model is that? I cant find it sonic blue maple model .
Sonic blue only available in the 60's version with the rosewood neck
Whats the type name 50's style telecaster (yellowish with mn ) on your right (for vieuwer left) below?
This guitar is much better than the very expensive 2024 Vintera 11 vintage nocaster... It has an Ash body and great pickups... The new Vintera has alder
That "flat" fingerboard actually has a 9 1/2" radius.
why have baja telecasters, classic player especially, risen in price compared to a couple of years ago... £776 now compared to at least £100 cheaper a couple of years ago. Without a doubt... you look at videos a couple of years old and in Allegro music they were under £700 but not anymore even though they're older?!
...WOW!
BOMBheadDOM Fender probably saw how well they were selling so decided to bump the price up a little bit
Got mine for EUR480 back in 2009 .
5 years on and still no lefty. Maybe one day...
Did he rub his face with ham or something before they started filming? :o
Know Whey didn't read.
what are you responding to old stuff for lol
Chuckle, chuckle :)
GOT 6 maple necks and 2 R/N 60s Teles .TREMENDOUS VALUE.TELE FKN CRAZY👈🏻👈🏻👻👻👻👻👻👻I AM THE GREEDY GUITAR BASTARD🙏🏻
3:57 thru 4:00 why did they zoom into ur face hahahahahahahahahaha
No volume control? I guess you just have to use the amp volume control? Just wondering. ....
Nate Eaton Hey Nate, definitely volume control, maybe Damon missed that out! It's the middle control knob.
I eventually figured out that the S1 switch was a button on top of the volume control knob, but thanks!
“A bit plummy”
J guiles
TOO MUCH TALKING!!!
Neck to fat ping tuners are crap. Would be nice if they offered this with a C shaped neck. I've allready replaced tuners am now getting ready to reshape neck.
This guitar really sounds shitty to me. Good ideas in the circuitry but doesn't sound so good.
Sat too close to the amp, humming like a mofo
Who the hell is this "we"?? They ask you what to use on their guitars? Come on weird dude! Stop trying to be cool by association! It is not cool.
He works for Fender dude. He says it at the start of the video. Lol