TE-52 NA Vintage Series : get your tele twang

So I'll try to keep it short here!

For the price it's unbeatable, period. You get an authentic tele sound and a beautiful good quality guitar. Some upgrades may be needed to achieve high end playability according to personal preferences.

Use

I play indie rock (mainly) and some soul and funk (occasionally). It's perfect for most of that. All kinds of familiar sounds are in this guitar. I suppose it's good for other genres too, though I don't think it will get far into metal territory :)

Pros

-Good quality guitar. No quality control issues at all. Tuners stay in tune. Circuits are OK and working fine. The pots in mine were only slightly skewed causing no aesthetical or functional issue. It only becomes noticeable (hardly) when you turn them.

-Looks. Nice and flawless finish in mine.

-Sound. It sounds like a tele. PUs deliver all the twang (bridge) and warmth (neck) you'd expect even from way more expensive models. Saddles are fine, though I changed mine with some compensated brass originals for personal taste.

-Playability. The satin finished and chunky c shaped neck offers great playability. I found no fret polish necessary. It's not too heavy (not too light either!). It gives everything you might hope to get out of two single coils and a triple switch.

-Price. Unbeatable.

Cons

-Playability. The only con I could find is the action in mine came a bit high so I had to lower it. Some persisting buzzing didn't allow me to bring the strings (10s) as low as I'd like. But that's nothing a little luthier work can't fix. I might get round to it in the future to get it perfect. But it already plays great. Besides it's no shredder, right?

Overall

Buy it now! Soon American ash will be banned too!