is there a cheaper version of this?

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is there a cheaper version of this?

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ever since i saw it in a guitar mag, i've been intrigued at a tele with mini humbuckers and not much else. though there is no way i could afford/justify a real one and forget modding my baja. so, has any one seen something similar cheap or something easily mod-able to get close to it? would it make a good project guitar?
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with alot of modding, perhaps:

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If you've got a bit more scratch:

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Pretty sure they're not mini-hums, but filtertrons. Buy any H/H equipped tele (plenty of Squiers that do this) and bung in some HB-sized Filtertrons/copies.
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i found one pretty close on rondo, but alas, is arched.

surely you could get a rear routed body made for cheap. throw in a dime-a-dozen tele maple neck, some GFS filtertrons, and boom. instant whatever-that-thing-is.
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It's a Fender La Cabronita Especia, apparently, and they're TV Jones PowerTron pickups.

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got in one, doog. should have put that in when i made the thread.

i'm thinking of getting an un-routed tele body and the GFS filtertrons. though where is best for bodies online?
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Yeah, don't you dare do that to the Baja.
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the baja is my baby. nothing happens to that, it's too good stock and has too much love in it.
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Progrockabuse wrote:... and has too much love in it.
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