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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:23 pm
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...Any of you guys notice the neck is unnaturaly thick. I have soft V, U and D shaped strats. This neck dwarfs em.


Aye, the super chunky neck is one of the reasons I am looking for a Baja on the used market.


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Yeah its a great piece of wood. The neck size and the great tone of the guitar is pretty much what swung the sale in my case. As we all know nuts/frets can quite easily be sorted, so whilst they were a niggle they didnt matter much. The bridge pickup routing is purely a visual thing and in truth its so small i didnt notice it for a couple of days.
Mine weighs a tonne though. I've a lespaul thats a lot lighter.
Dunno about you but i find neck size alters my playing style more than anything.

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nikininja wrote:
...Dunno about you but i find neck size alters my playing style more than anything.


Yeah, I suppose it is a pretty big factor. I can't really say for sure though since the only time I am changing neck sizes is when I go from my Fenders to my Gibsons. Really I always thought that the scale size difference is what makes me change up a bit there, like where I choose my chords and how I position my hand when forming chords. I notice that I tend to use my thumb alot more on the smaller necks.

I think that rhythm playing on my Les Paul for long periods is a bit more comfortable than on my Fenders; even though the more curved radius of the Fender is "supposed to be more comfortable" for holding chord shapes. Maybe this is due to the increase in neck size??


At any rate, I do feel that the thicker necks are more comfortable. Any future guitars of mine will definitely have larger necks.
**Damned Gibsons spoiled me**


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**Damned Gibsons spoiled me**

The Steinberger spoiled me, bad. Steinbergers have a wide, FAT neck. It's like half a baseball bat! They had to beef up the body of the neck for better tone to compensate for it being a headless neck with no tone. ...the guitar stands up to the chair test, you can stand on it straddled between two chairs. It also stands up to the throw test, you can throw the guitar and pick it up and play it. I smashed the guitar onto cheap carpet and a concrete floor ...it broke through the carpet and hit the concrete...not even a dent in the paint, just a hint of scrape...and I do mean beat, think...chopping wood -- BAM, BAM, BAM..."...huh? no breaky???" :shock:

The playability and tone of the tele is superlative compared to the steingerger, however...wouldn't dream of doing the steinberger test on the tele...it would fail -- tone comes with some sacrifices in durability and durability equals sacraficed tone. I could not compose a song on the steinberger to save my life, but...if somebody jumped me on stage, the guitar would save my life...BAM, BAM, BAM. ...I would NOT do that with a gibson or a tele. :lol:


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I too find thicker necks easier for chording, mainly because they encourage me to hold the neck differently. With thin necks i tend to play thumb at the center of the back of the neck. With fat necks its thumb over the top. As far as gibsons go the size of the curve is unimportant to me, the loose string feeling pretty much kills the guitar for me. Shame cos i like the guitars, im just not patient enough to persevere.

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scarroll1 wrote:
**Damned Gibsons spoiled me**

The Steinberger spoiled me, bad. Steinbergers have a wide, FAT neck. It's like half a baseball bat! They had to beef up the body of the neck for better tone to compensate for it being a headless neck with no tone. ...the guitar stands up to the chair test, you can stand on it straddled between two chairs. It also stands up to the throw test, you can throw the guitar and pick it up and play it. I smashed the guitar onto cheap carpet and a concrete floor ...it broke through the carpet and hit the concrete...not even a dent in the paint, just a hint of scrape...and I do mean beat, think...chopping wood -- BAM, BAM, BAM..."...huh? no breaky???" :shock:

The playability and tone of the tele is superlative compared to the steingerger, however...wouldn't dream of doing the steinberger test on the tele...it would fail -- tone comes with some sacrifices in durability and durability equals sacraficed tone. I could not compose a song on the steinberger to save my life, but...if somebody jumped me on stage, the guitar would save my life...BAM, BAM, BAM. ...I would NOT do that with a gibson or a tele. :lol:



:shock: Man, that is one tough guitar!


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Yes I have to agree with you on the loose string feeling of the Gibsons, the Fender string tension just feel right....though I suppose it may depend on what camp you started your guitar journey from, I started with strat copies and superstrats so the Fenders feel normal while the gibsons, and PRS feel a bit slack. I still love the 50's Gibson necks though :D


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You're not alone,i bought this guitar for the thick neck, it's lovely and much nicer and fuller than my trustworthy Epiphone Sg. !!


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Well, I finally found a nice Baja tele for a good price and snatched it up. It is Butterscotch Blonde and hasnt a single scratch on it! This Baja has NONE of the cosmetic issues I posted about earlier, and the neck is awesome, just about the perfect size. There was one problem with the guitar though, the neck pickup was dead (reads open between the contacts....muy, muy mal) but I had a set of 51' Nocaster pickups...just popped in the 51' neck pickup and a'rockin I went :) (very minor modification needed due to the S1 switch setup)

I'll be sure to post a pic soon.


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Congratulations on a wonderfull guitar.

Those twisted tele pickups are hard to come by, atleast in the uk.
If you find a scn neck pickup it should do the job.

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nikininja wrote:
Congratulations on a wonderfull guitar.

Those twisted tele pickups are hard to come by, atleast in the uk.
If you find a scn neck pickup it should do the job.


Thanks nikininja, the '51 nocaster neck pickup is working pretty well for me right now. Not a hot pickup by any means, but it is getting the job done with my meager playing. The broadcaster bridge pup and nocaster neck pup are actually very quiet...so long as I dont try too much distortion (even then I can go to position 4 with S-1 on and it kills the humm, but man talk about a setting with bite...whew!) I am having a lot of fun with this newest addition. I have never owned a Tele with a vintage style bridge before, and I find that this tele has a MUCH brighter sound that my Am. STD Tele. Of course that could be the partly on account of the Baja's Ash body; but I am thinking the lighter bridge and brass saddles contribute greatly to the bite this Baja seems to have.


Oh yeah, here are some pics for you GASers

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