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Post subject: Baja tele soft V neck?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:43 pm
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I just got my baja yesterday, what a wonderfull tele it is. Im a longtime strat fan and havent owned a tele guitar in close to 20 years, that being a very nice tokai breezysound. Anyway heres my question. The neck of the baja is said to be a soft V contour, i compared it to my strat 57 hotrod which is also said to be a soft V. Their nothing alike, the baja seems a lot less pronounced more like a U. Do tele's usualy have chubbier necks than strats, or is this the stock mexican soft V, or did i get a unusual neck?

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'50s Strat's and tele's have more chubbier necks then the '60s ones.
I like the chubby neck on my Baja Tele.

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:57 am
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Thankyou Lostindesert.
I too like my baja neck, im a fan of chunky necks, but this baja neck dwarfs my 57hotrod soft V and is also deeper than a U neck i have on a frankenstrat. I thought it may be something particular to tele's and part of their 'workhorse' vibe

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hey nikininja!
good to see you on here , hope that tele is workin out for you.

How have you been? get back in touch w/ me when you can. thanks buddy,
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:58 am
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Hi:

The neck on mine is more of a U shape...absolutely no V shape at all. I like the thicker necks I have long fingers, my 89 Tele has a very similar type neck...That's why I snagged the Baja


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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:28 pm
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I think my 2005 American Series Tele has a clubby feeling neck, especially compared to my Strats.


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dont get me wrong i love the guitar its great. Its definatley a U shape, i took measurements and from the bottom of the fretboard to the top via the back of the neck its 5mm bigger than my hotrods softV and my frankenstrat's U. I also noticed that with a high action the guitar intones far better.

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I have a Fender "V" neck on my Epiphone ES-335. I had to screw around with the glue-on neck of course and put bolt holes on it and everything and it turned out great! I just got some "SUMO GLUE" and glued the neck back on. It looks like nothing ever happened (except the Fender neck of course......). :lol: 8)

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EddieVanHelen wrote:
I have a Fender "V" neck on my Epiphone ES-335. I had to screw around with the glue-on neck of course and put bolt holes on it and everything and it turned out great! I just got some "SUMO GLUE" and glued the neck back on. It looks like nothing ever happened (except the Fender neck of course......). :lol: 8)


Got any pictures of that?

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bluestube wrote:
EddieVanHelen wrote:
I have a Fender "V" neck on my Epiphone ES-335. I had to screw around with the glue-on neck of course and put bolt holes on it and everything and it turned out great! I just got some "SUMO GLUE" and glued the neck back on. It looks like nothing ever happened (except the Fender neck of course......). :lol: 8)


Got any pictures of that?


I wish I could know how to upload them.... :(

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upload em to photobucket Eddie then copy the image code and paste it here. I dont even use the img button on this site, photobucket has it written into their image code.

I'd love to see your fenderphone 335

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nikininja wrote:
upload em to photobucket Eddie then copy the image code and paste it here. I dont even use the img button on this site, photobucket has it written into their image code.

I'd love to see your fenderphone 335


Oh crap! That's right, I forgot that my camera is broken. I will have to get a new one soon (I hope I can, I just got 2 new guitars about a week ago, so I am a bit broke....). :( :wink: By the way, I think I will call my ES-335 a FenderPhone. Cool name by the way! :D 8)

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