TE-52 NA Vintage Series : Unbelieveable value

I've owned a lot of guitars, at all sorts of price ranges, and this thing is insanely good for the price.

Firstly, it's easily the heaviest guitar I own. The body is a big ol' slab of Ash that would cost probably 10 times as much Fender. This thing has sustain for days. The neck is solid and true. The fret job was pretty good, the finish was great, the hardware was good. The Wilkinson pickups are stupid good, and the wiring/soldering is cleaner than on my £1k Ltd. It's worth noting that it's routed for a humbucker in the neck too, which was a nice surprise.

The only real issue I have is that one of the string holes (it's string-thru) was drilled twice - not all the way through, but when you put a string in, you can end up in the wrong channel. It just means changing that string takes 2 extra seconds, and I could fix it if it really bothered me.

I spent maybe £50 on locking tuners (not really needed) and a modern 6 saddle bridge (again, just a taste thing), and it's brilliant. It's been used on half a dozen recordings alongside an American Tele, and it holds it's own.