As if family vacations weren't expensive enough, I had to find this baby to curb my telecaster gas.
I'd been looking for a nice affordable tele. I'm mostly a LP guy so I didn't want to spend a fortune on one and the Classic Vibe squiers seemed like the best option. However, I didn't want to buy new (they go for 480$ canadian + taxes, so about 560$ when all's said and done). Sadly, I've never seen one locally and very few pop-up in Quebec and Montreal. When they do, they're too far from me anyways.
Found this thing on the classifieds while I was in quebec with the wife and kids: 6 months old Baja Telecaster (MIM). They retail for 1000$ on this side of the border (I think they're 800$ in the US right?). The guy bought it new and barely played it, there's not a scratch or mark on it anywhere.
Got it for 600$... pretty cool.
So far I really like it I must say. The S1 switching has some very cool tones and the neck feels just right (people refer to it as a beefier neck...not sure why but it sure ain't skinny either), love it!
It's my first fender and so far I'm quite happy with it but I do have play it more, we just got back and I didn't touch it while we were on the road.
Cheers!
I'd been looking for a nice affordable tele. I'm mostly a LP guy so I didn't want to spend a fortune on one and the Classic Vibe squiers seemed like the best option. However, I didn't want to buy new (they go for 480$ canadian + taxes, so about 560$ when all's said and done). Sadly, I've never seen one locally and very few pop-up in Quebec and Montreal. When they do, they're too far from me anyways.
Found this thing on the classifieds while I was in quebec with the wife and kids: 6 months old Baja Telecaster (MIM). They retail for 1000$ on this side of the border (I think they're 800$ in the US right?). The guy bought it new and barely played it, there's not a scratch or mark on it anywhere.
Got it for 600$... pretty cool.
So far I really like it I must say. The S1 switching has some very cool tones and the neck feels just right (people refer to it as a beefier neck...not sure why but it sure ain't skinny either), love it!
It's my first fender and so far I'm quite happy with it but I do have play it more, we just got back and I didn't touch it while we were on the road.
Cheers!
