Hello everybody here. I bought a Fender Baja Telecaster in 2009. Great guitar, great pickups indeed, but I must confess the neck shape wasn't good to me. So I sold her last year. Now, I went on Fender catalogue online and I took a look to the Baja specs again. I read that the it has a soft 'V' shape neck. Could somebody make clear to me if this neck shape is the same of that 2009 Baja of mine? It is still fat or it has been reduced? Thank you in advance for eventually reading this.
Baja Telecaster neck shape
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Aaron1061
Tele-Holic
the 60's baja may be what you are looking at and more up your alley.
raysachs
Friend of Leo's
The 50s Baja is still fat. I don't know about the soft-V part though. I've played a number of strats that were called soft-V and felt like soft-V. The Baja just felt round and full to me - I never felt a V in that neck...
Thank you.
Thank you...Same impression I have
Thank you. Do you mean the '60 Baja has a different shape from the blonde one?
Aaron1061
Tele-Holic
yes that is what i am saying.
The big, chunky, "Almost V" neck is common to ALL 50s or ash bodied Bajas. No change IMO, 2006 to present.
Meanwhile, there's an entirely separate model called the "60's Baja" with a fairly slim rosewood board neck. Not thick. Not really like the 50s except for the choice of tuning machine and the fret size.
That's interesting, I wonder if they are a bit inconsistent, because my '50s Baja neck has a definitely noticeable V shape to it.
gkterry
Tele-Afflicted
I would beg to differ with the claim that the 60s Baja is a slim neck. The one I have is definitely not slim. Only very slightly thinner than the Esquire reissue from a few year's back. It is definitely noticeably larger than the standard Fender C neck.
IMO, the Baja 50's neck most definitely is a soft V. The V shape is more pronounced up near the nut, and feels more round near the heel, but it is definitely soft.
It's been a while since I've felt the Warmoth Boat Neck shape, but as I recall the Boat is far more pronounced... not soft at all.
It's been a while since I've felt the Warmoth Boat Neck shape, but as I recall the Boat is far more pronounced... not soft at all.
Not close at all. Thats my favorite neck. I ve concidered sanding away the Baja's circular curve portion thats on the side 1/3 the way down from the fingerboard. Bajas don t give me Carpel Tunnel, so thats why I like them, but the curve instead of the V str8 on the treble side moves my hand just enough to keep me from being able to play really fast, but that might be a good thing.
musicalmartin
Poster Extraordinaire
Its a soft V for the first few frets only then it gets chunky .The two I owned both had different shapes slightly at the V .
I don't mean to offend you, but I was filled with sick amazement when I discovered that the creator of the original Baja had decide to come up with a model that ripped off the name of the first, brilliant one. Because of this terrible choice, these two models will always be compared and it is in this light that I will always refer to it as slim. Even if it is slightly larger than the too thin MIM Standard or too thin USA Standard Tele.
If your guitar was just called the Classic Player 60s Tele as it should have been called, I could then compare it to these others you mention. Frankly ALL the ones (including your 60s) are IMO too thin. All of them. Just degrees to which they're too thin.
sonofiam
Tele-Meister
I believe the nut width is narrower on the newer Classic Player 50's Baja and certainly on the CP 60's Baja which makes a big difference in how the "fatness" is perceived. My hands are on the smaller side and I really like the profile of the 60's with the narrower nut, it's very comfortable. I have an American Deluxe "V" Neck strat and it is probably my favorite neck of them all.
Rusty Stauffer
Tele-Meister
I have a 2008 ish Baja and neck was a soft V. My 2018 Baja is just a semi fat C shape. So I think the shape has morphed.
Thank you
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