TE-20HH SBK Standard Series : Great for players and modders

I bought this guitar mainly as my second mod project but also because I've always wanted a tele style guitar but never really liked the tele "twang".

It was packaged very well and, once unwrapped, I was pleasantly surprised by the build quality for the price.

It has a good weight to it and the satin black with the red tortoise shell scratch plate is even better than the pictures. The roseacer fretboard has a lovely grain on mine that really popped after I applied some lemon oil.

It has 2 Roswell humbuckers that sound great.

The routing for the controls and the pickups are clean, even better than some guitars 2 or 3 times the price.

The frets on mine did have some sharp edges and a couple were a bit scratchy but that is no problem for me as I really enjoy maintaining guitars (I urge every guitarist should learn basic set up skills. It really brings another level of pride over your instrument).

The tuners are ok but I always fit locking tuners on my guitars so,again not a problem. Also the nut is plastic and I don't like the metal string trees but the price of this guitar cancels any negative I find. I changed the nut and trees for graphtec and the only real problem I found is purely from a modding perspective. When I removed the nut, there was a huge amount of glue gun glue in the slot. This took a lot of careful filing to remove but that was a problem I made for myself for modding it.

Playability wise, this is an outstanding guitar. Even before I started tinkering, I couldn't put it down no matter what music style I was playing. For a guitar aimed more for a rock/metal player, it really is a versatile axe.

On the whole I highly recommend this. It's perfect for beginners and intermediate guitarists looking to extend their collection. It is also ideal for any budding modders looking to get started without fear of ruining more expensive kit (you can't ruin a t style's basic build and that's the joy of them). I am a very happy chappie indeed.