TE-20MN BM Standard Series : Fantastic initial impression!

The guitar arrived this morning. I unpacked it, checked it over, tuned it, plugged it in and played for 10 minutes.

I bought a TE-30 a couple of years ago, for an Esquire/Bigsby project. Sadly the body on that was very heavy (asian ash), and I muffed the bridge/Bigsby alignment a bit so when I spotted the TE-20MN with the lovely metallic blue basswood body I had to have it to fix my project.

The body really does have a great finish. The neck is nicer than the TE-30 neck too - the C-profile feels a bit slimmer which I like a lot. No fret sprout and a nice rounded-off finish. Tuners are ok - not super smooth and precise but perfectly usable. Pickups and electronics all sound/feel great, especially given the price. The action was high, but that's easily fixable (maybe partly due to transport in wet, autumn conditions).

It's a beautiful guitar that's playable out of the box, at an absolute bargain price.

Docked a single star for features because, well, it's a T-style - they don't have fancy features and neither should they!