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With their years of building experience, Fender's Custom Shop craftsmen created a "dream list" of specs, and this customized '50s-style Telecaster guitar”designed by Master Builder Chris Fleming”has it all!

Special features include a soft V-shaped neck with 21 medium jumbo frets, an ash body with a thin polyester finish, a Custom Vintage Broadcaster bridge pickup and a Custom Twisted Tele neck pickup with four-way switching, knurled chrome knobs and "Custom Shop Designed" neckplate.
Clearance Fender Classic Series Classic Player Baja Telecaster Electric Guitar Blonde
Clearance Fender Classic Series Classic Player Baja Telecaster Electric Guitar Blonde
Clearance Fender Classic Series Classic Player Baja Telecaster Electric Guitar Blonde

Features

Body
  • Body shape: Single cutaway
  • Body type: Solid body
  • Body material: Solid wood
  • Top wood: Not applicable
  • Body wood: Ash
  • Body finish: Gloss
  • Orientation: Right handed
Neck
  • Neck shape: V soft
  • Neck wood: Maple
  • Joint: Bolt-on
  • Scale length: 25.5"
  • Truss rod: Standard
  • Neck finish: Gloss
Fretboard
  • Material: Maple
  • Radius: 9.5"
  • Fret size: Medium jumbo
  • Number of frets: 21
  • Inlays: Dot
  • Nut width: 1.62" (41.3mm)
Pickups
  • Configuration: SS
  • Neck: Twisted single-coil Tele
  • Middle: Not applicable
  • Bridge: Broadcaster
  • Brand: Fender Custom shop
  • Active or passive: Passive
  • Series or parallel: Switchable
  • Piezo: No
  • Active EQ: No
  • Special electronics: S-1 switching
Controls
  • Control layout: Master volume, tone
  • Pickup switch: 4-way
  • Coil tap or split: No
  • Kill switch: No
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Fixed
  • Bridge design: 3-saddle vintage-style
  • Tailpiece: String thru body
  • Tuning machines: Vintage-style
  • Color: Chrome
Other
  • Number of strings: 6-string
  • Special features: Pickups
  • Case: Gig bag
  • Accessories: None
  • Country of origin: Mexico
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Reviews

4.82

28 Reviews

93%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

Most Liked Positive Review

5

Awesome Guitar

I've wanted to get a '52 Reissue because I love the vintage stuff and especially that fat neck. It was just to much money though, then I saw the Baja Tele, and I fell in love, the neck is very similar and rits my hand perfectly, its got all the vintage stuff and the bridge pickup is nice and twangy, its perfect, I play mostly in the bridge position but with all the upgraded electronics you can mess around and get all sorts of nice tones in the neck position. I play mine through a Fender Blues Junior amp and sometimes with a Phase shifter and it sounds great, I go for that Waylon Jennings sound and I feel like I can pretty much get it with this guitar, now I just need to up my skills to match this great guitar and get that great sound.

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Most Liked Negative Review

2

Not what I was hoping for.

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Best Uses
  1. Jamming14
  2. Practicing12
  3. Recording12
  4. Small Venues12
  5. Rock Concerts9
Cons
  1. Craftsmanship1
  2. Fret Buzz1
  3. None1
Describe Yourself
  1. Experienced10
  2. Professional Musician3
  3. Novice1
Pros
  1. Fun To Play14
  2. Good Tone14
  3. Good Pick Up13
  4. Good Feel12
  5. Solid Electronics11
  • I have owned several telecasters but this is my favorite

    5

    submitted6 years ago

    byGlenn the guitarman

    fromKville nc

    Will at Guitar Center in Greensboro NC helped me find this Fantastic guitar. I love it better than any guitar I own. It is easy to play the neck fits in the palm of your hand like a glove. The different sounds you can get makes it great for any type of music. Thank you will for recommending this lady to me......

  • I grin every time I play it.

    5

    submitted7 years ago

    byJake the alright guitar player

    fromOhio

    I mostly just play and jam at the house now. But if I were gigging again, this would be my number one easily over my Les Paul standard. Neck takes a minute to get used to. It's beefy but not bad at all. Tone is huge and it just blows me away. Packaging was good. Everything was good right out of the box. I want another one of these. I got the blonde btw. Oh, a couple spots with light buzz. But that's any new guitar. Nothing a little tweek can't fix.

  • A great guitar at a reasonable price

    5

    submitted7 years ago

    byflyfish

    fromLawrence KS

    This has quickly become my guitar of choice. I have 4 other nice electrics (G&L Legacy and ASAT Tributes, D'Angelico DC, Custom Strat) but this is the one I play the most without question. It is extremely versatile. The 4 way switch gives you Neck Only, Bridge Only, Both Neck and Bridge in Series and both Neck and Bridge in Parallel. The extra one is much fatter sounding that the others. The S1 switching allows you to change in/out phase along with the 4 selector options. This gives you 8 different options. Each has a unique sound that is useful. I have never played an American Tele that I like better than the Baja. Fender should have charged much more for this guitar.

  • Looking for that vintage tele sound? Look no further!

    5

    submitted7 years ago

    byBloody Belch

    fromSacramento California

    I bought this guitar about 4 months ago and I've been loving it ever since! Huge variety of tones! 4 way tone switch equipped with an out of phase s1 switch for all positions except the bridge, giving you not only that classic broadcaster tele sound but also tones I never expected to come out of a tele. Only thing I would change about this guitar are the medium jumbo frets.

  • GREAT TELE!!!!!

    5

    submitted7 years ago

    byBIG DAWG

    fromFlorida

    Great Tele sounds out this well made beauty! Custom Shop-inspired and well constructed. I also own a 2005 Fender vintage 52 Telecaster and the Baja plays and feels ever bit as good! The Custom Shop 'Twisted Tele' pickup at the neck and a Custom Shop Broadcaster single-coil at the bridge offer great tones and with the added 4 way switch you can even get a nice humbucker sound out of position 4. Plus you also has the expanded S-1 options which gives the out of phase options. Really cool sound in position 4 again like a out of phase humbucker guitar played in the middle position (think Peter Green tone). I my humble opinion the best bang for buck Telecaster on the market today!

  • Best guitar I've ever played

    5

    submitted7 years ago

    byJoe Blow 1

    fromCharlotte, NC

    Words cant describe this guitar, and its inexpensive. I've wasted thousands over the yeas trying to get the right tone live or otherwise until I picked up the telecaster. Does everything. Plays any kind of music. I even play classical with it. 10 times more comfortable than any acoustic made and the tone makes them all sound sick. If you've been struggling to find an instrument to play live that is comfortable, great tone, and cheap. Buy a tele. No more hollow shoe box sound of the $4000 acoustics with arm kicked out all night. But if your budget is lower; buy a fender squire affinity tele. They are absolutely awesome as well. Take whichever one you buy to a tech and have it set up and or change the stock bridge to a stew mac compensated bridge (Squire comes with one) Need acoustic tone live??? Role back the tone knob 1/4 inch and use a soft pick or buy a boss acoustic pedal or maybe your amp has an acoustic simulator setting already.

Q&A

Have a question about this product? Our expert Gear Advisers have the answers.

  • asked bySuicuneFox

    fromEarth

    Is the switch a 4 way?

    Open Reply - Beau
    This guitar does have four-way switching.
  • asked byLuis

    fromVirginia

    Where was Make

    Open Reply -
    Mexico
  • asked byPreston

    fromBrentwood, Ca

    does it come with a hard or soft case

    Open Reply -
    Gig Bag
  • asked byGil

    fromConway NC

    Is this a Mexican tele?

    Open Reply -
    this is made in Mexico
  • asked byTrevdaddy

    fromundisclosed

    How many frets does this guitar have?

    Open Reply -
    This guitar has 21 frets.
    Open Reply - barneswtyler
    21 frets