Baja Tele Mods.

raulduke · September 2013

I've owned a Baja Tele for a while, which never really did it for me.

Due to me already owning a Tele that covers my traditional Tele needs (my Eternal Guitars Betty), and not being able to sell the Baja for a decent amount, I decided to have some fun with it and turn it into an Esquire-ish beast.

Fitted a new Lil'59 bridge humbucker, new bridge, new pickguard, 500K Tone and Vol pots... and this thing sings. Also cures my GAS for now for buying any more guitars (note the for now)

I'm loving it at the moment. Simple.... but very effective

mike257 · September 2013

That's really cool, like what you've done with the plate. I like guitars that just get on with the job, don't need all those fancy bells and whistles. I'd buy one of these!

raulduke · September 2013

Cheers dude.

I never used the neck pickup anyhow, so it was Au Revoir!

jonnyburgo · September 2013

Oh well, at least when you see the light you can return it back to normal

raulduke · September 2013

Ha ha well I already have a normal tele that I love. I know the old 'if it ain't broke' rule is good advice, but I'm enjoying the mods at the moment. It's made it more of a fun guitar for me

jonnyburgo · September 2013

I actually like it,good job man! Always wondered about an Esquire but thought why have one pup if you can have two just in case.That little screw hole would mess with my mind though

I would like to try a lil 59 in my Baja.

raulduke · September 2013

I love the Lil 59 now, but a word of warning; with 250K pots (standard in teles) it did not sound good to me.

Another cool way around would be to have two volume controls: 250K for the neck pickup and 500K for the lil 59. The neck pickup might be a bit bright with a 500k pot.

I know what you mean about that screw hole: I'm currently trying to find something to fill the gap

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