TE-52 NA Vintage Series : Solid guitar - perfect after small upgrades

Just got my HB TE-52 NA. here is the honest review. CONS: I bought this with the intention of upgrading hardware and electronics. Out of the box the action was a little high, the bridge was slightly squint and the nut was too high. The tuners did not work well, they slipped when tuning and sometimes needed multiple turns with little movement. They look good but are not good quality. The fret board is a little dry and scratchy but that's easily fixed. But I didn't expect much for the price anyway. I expected to have to change the tuners. DON'T LET ANY OF THE ABOVE PUT YOU OFF BUYING ONE. PROS: The body, made of ash is perfect, the neck sits perfectly in the body, after action adjustment it plays really nice. The "roswell" pickups are actually quite good. I changed the tuners to kluson locking, the bridge to kluson with brass saddles and put on heavier guage strings. Then I filed down the nut. It now plays and sounds as good as my 1000 euro jap tele and better than the mexican's I have played. So far I have spent 55 euros on the upgrade and will add strap locks later for about 20 euros. And get some fret gloss or oil. I have fender single coil pickups but don't know if I'll put them in it yet. The worst things on the guitar was the tuners and nut. But for 129 euros for the guitar and until now an upgrade cost of 55 euros it is well worth it. So that's why I gave it 5 stars. If you are thinking of buying one then definitely buy it and ignore the tuner issue - that's easily fixed for 35 euros.