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  1. Nov 28, 2020 #1
    dogmatic

    dogmatic TDPRI Member

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    Hi guys,

    been surfing the forum for a while now but only just signed up. Got myself a Baja tele a couple of years ago to encourage myself to get into playing again... and it's worked! I love the Baja, it's so versatile and sounds great on all settings.

    I'm back in to playing so much that I've just got another tele that I'm hoping somebody can cast some light on for me... the serial number checker on the Fender website says it should be a 2007 burst Highway One but the reality is a bit different! It looks more like a black Nashville style with 3 pickups but I know the middle could have been added afterwards. It also has a bullet style truss but it does have 3 brass saddles and fender tuners onboard. Who knows!??! Are the photos on the website always the correct colour scheme for the serial?

    I've not actually picked it up yet either. A friend of mine lives close to the seller and picked it up for me but due to lockdown I've not been able to go and fetch it yet. He plays too and says it's a nice guitar.
    I've uploaded a photo and would be interested to hear what you folks think of it.

    Be kind!!! (It cost me exactly the same as my 2nd hand Baja.)
     

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    Wulf

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    Heyup there ord lad...Greetings From North Yorkshire
    Welcome to this happy jolly gang of pickers strummers and twangers
    much more than just an info site...a real Virtual City
    join in...have fun...
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    beagle

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    Tickets please...

    And welcome from the other (posh) end of Yorkshire. :D
     
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    Wulf

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    posh end?.....Like it!!.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanghow
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltburn-by-the-Sea
    Stanghow...grew up there
    Saltburn...live there now
    I made the pier tension ropes and load tested the cliff lift
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulby_Mine
    spent a lot of time down that mine testing and inspecting lifting gear (also did same for offshore vessels at home ports in UK and often in Norway)
    notice no mishaps involving my line of work for them...over 20 plus years for them...40yrs+ experience at it..if in doubt...chuck it out...no chin scratching bout it..


    me playing bass on that one...
     
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    Festofish

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    Hey there and welcome from Michigan
     
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  6. Nov 28, 2020 #6
    dogmatic

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    I'm south of the river... Lincolnshire!

     
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    Wulf

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    a mate moved somewhere in Lincs...not seen him since...he was from Maltby originally
     
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    brookdalebill

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    Howdy and welcome!
     
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    FenderLover

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    Ghostdriver

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    Welcome, you will find a lot of good info on here, cheers from Essex!
     
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    Crashbelt

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    Hi from Cambridgeshire. Stayed in a hotel near the amazing cathedral last year. Its not called Steep Hill for nothing!
     
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    myteleplaysjazz

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    Hello, and welcome from Texas!
     
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    Greggorios

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    Welcome, good to have you here. Nice guitar. I suspect you're right about it being a modded Highway One.
     
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    mally

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    Welcome !
    Spent a few Nice weekends In Lincoln even saw a Show in that Tiny theatre in town !
     
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    dogmatic

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    I suspect you might have strolled down the street where my pub is then... it's a 2 minute walk from the cathedral. Lot's of tele owners amongst the regulars!
     
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    dogmatic

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    A couple of years ago the band my mate was in played support on a bill that included Steve Cropper in Lincoln! On a wet midweek night with a couple of hundred people in attendance. It was incredible to see the great man in my adopted home town. Sadly the Albert Lee gig that was scheduled at the same venue this year was cancelled for obvious reasons. Here's hoping there'll be a few more incredible tele players gracing the town's assorted stages before too long.
     
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    mally

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    Haha its a small world for sure I have a Guitar signed by Albert Lee !
     
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    BobTheOwl

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    Welcome aboard from Sheffield.
     
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    Crashbelt

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    I stayed at the White Hart. Didn't see many Teles though..
     
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    68Telebass

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    Welcome aboard from Sunny Arizona!!
    You fit right in already!!
    @dogmatic I can’t believe that name was available !! :cool:
     
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