Fender american special vs Baja

i personally would go with the American Special, its my next purchase after new amp. i like the pick ups are very bright and the 70's style logo is a nice touch. i also like that its a classic tele set up without the 4 way switching. I'm not sure how i feel with the switching on the Baja's yet I've only played one briefly, it was good but didn't win me over immediately the way the American Special, but play both to find your best match

I really like the Bajas, but its really just that the neck is fatter versus the wimpy little American Special neck

I thought american specials have a decent neck, theyre 9.5 radius with jumbo frets

no no, the back profile is not to my liking! I'm not picky about frets or radius, I have everything from 7.5" to 14" and in old guitars you get whatever frets were in fashion in the 60s, 70s, 80s and you just go with it... but I really like a deep, soft V or 59/60 style Gibson shape that's not wuite a baseball bat but gets close to an inch at the thickest part because its less fatiguing in classical position as well as bluesy positions with my thumb up... you think thinner is faster, but its fatiguing if you have long hands like mine

the Baja's switching is very cool actually, the series position has its place... I actually recently changed my number 1 tele to 5 way with all 3 modern positions as well as two series positions, in and out of phase for Brian May meets Brad Paisley sounds thru my Voxes and Matchless... I never bump positions because the control plate is setup volume-tone-switch. I can adjust my volume with my pinky but no matter how sloppy I get I can't bump the pickup selector by mistake. I always rewire teles like that if I plan on keeping them.