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BearBoy · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:58 am Post subject:

If you liked your Baja Telecaster then the Vintera modified ones are supposed to the new equivalent. The 50s one has a maple fingerboard and comes in Daphne blue or Surf green. Might be worth a look?
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Mike · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:11 am Post subject:

Thanks I hadnâ€™t really engaged with those
It looks really similar specs from what I can remember of the baja save some of the switching that I wasnâ€™t really fussed about anyway

The only issue would be finding one second hand

I should have mentioned in the original post Iâ€™m a stupid eco worrier (thatâ€™s not a typo) and I try not to buy anything new anymore if I can avoid it (what a wanker I know)
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BearBoy · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:21 am Post subject:

Oh, I thought the modified ones had the same switching as the Baja (i.e. 4 way switch for putting the pickups in series and an S1 switch for out of phase)?

Yeah, not sure how many would be kicking about second hand as I think theyâ€™ve only been out a year or two.
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BearBoy · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:32 am Post subject:

Oh, and thereâ€™s nothing stupid about trying to cut down on the frankly ridiculous amount of â€œstuffâ€ that we consume.
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benecol · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:35 am Post subject:

PM (actually, probably a text) incoming.

plopswagon · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 3:07 pm Post subject:

I like teles and strats because theyâ€™re made out of guitar.

Thatâ€™s the only advice I can give you.
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Thomas · . Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3323 Location: Glasgow, UK

A secondhand Baja (which you already know you love) or a Deluxe are the best Teleâ€™s you can get at a reasonable price these days.

Funnily enough after missing my Baja a few months after I sold it I started casually watching for a secondhand Tele and ended up getting a Deluxe for Â£320 of FB marketplace. It had a couple of dings but Iâ€™m very happy with it. Iâ€™ve also dallied with getting a set of those â€œproperâ€ wide range pickups. Iâ€™ll keep an eye for some secondhand too. Iâ€™d originally planned to refinish it but the black has grown on me.

If anything pops up that fits the bill for you Iâ€™ll shoot you a text.

gusman2x · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:09 am Post subject:

Very much depends on your budget I guess, but it seems like you've had more experience with Teles. On that basis I'd look for a Strat. If you like the 7.25" radius, you're probably looking at a vintage reissue of some sort. A Mexican Classic (50s, or 60s) would be a great shout, and won't need owt doing to it. Late 80s MIJ Squiers are also likely to have 7.25" radius, and will be dripping in mojo arrows. They might however need electronics upgrades.

WRT to the Squier CVs, I think you want to try and go for the MIC ones. I think the MII will be good guitars, but by all accounts the original MIC ones were outstanding.
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Mike · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the recommendations

I'll keep looking for second hand Baja and '72 Deluxes.

What is particularly galling is the price I would have to pay these days.

I got my Baja Telecaster NEW for Â£255 I'm pretty sure in 2007.

I got my MIM Telecaster '72 Deluxe for Â£510 in 2005.
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NickD · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:40 pm Post subject:

I kinda wish I'd never sold that Deluxe. Was a nice guitar, but I had too many.

Freddy V-C · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:45 pm Post subject:

Mike · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:48 pm Post subject:

I really hope it not misremembering that but I remember for sure they were an incredible deal and very shortly after that they sold out and then came back much pricier which could even have been within the calendar year

I miss both the Telecasters

Iâ€™m really overthinking this and wondering if I could even justify anything anyway

Like I donâ€™t need anything and it really seems borderline offensive really when I analyse it deeply

FML
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If I lived over there I would buy the daphne blue CV esquire right now. Exclusive to your market. We got the shitty babypuke yellow one.

Freddy V-C · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:14 pm Post subject:

I don't see any harm in buying something cheap and second hand. You can live as non-materialistic a lifestyle as you want, wooden toothbrushes and all, but at the end of the day you've still gotta do some stuff that makes you happy, innit! Otherwise what's the point?

IMO you should buy this hideous purple Bullet Tele.
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gusman2x · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:25 pm Post subject:

Seems like you shouldnâ€™t buy one then. Or at least do a one in, one out.
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Nick · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:41 pm Post subject:

Thereâ€™s an abundance of Strats out there, and you could always partscaster one together with decent bits others have â€œupgradedâ€ from if that would help with the ethics of it.

dezb1 · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:44 pm Post subject:

If you can find a Highway 1 telecaster I'd highly recommend you get one. Mine has been my go to guitar for the last 15(ish) years... no idea what prices are like now though.
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plopswagon · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:58 pm Post subject:

compostable guitars?
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