TE-52 NA Vintage Series : A very good guitar.

I am very pleased with the TE-52. It is an excellent Telecaster style guitar. Never mind that it is 'cheap', this is an excellent guitar full stop. I've owned many Tele's over the years, both Fender models, Squier models, and various other brands. It's my favourite guitar style. This natural Tele sounds great with its Wilkinson pickups, good woods and hardware. It plays and sounds like 'the real thing'.

I was happy with everything about the guitar, except the nut. It wasn't cut well. The action was too high at the lower frets, causing the notes / chords played down near the nut, to go sharp. I took the guitar to my favourite guitar shop, and the luthier there put in a new high quality nut. It's now one of my favourite guitars. I have trouble putting it down I enjoy it so much.

For anyone looking for a natural style Tele, at a great price, I really recommend that you consider this guitar.

With lots of cheaper guitars, often they are bought with the intention of replacing parts to improve them. This guitar is fine just as it is. The hardware is good. The pickups sound great. I may be tempted to upgrade the wiring and pots at some stage, as this guitar is 'worth' doing up to keep. I certainly will be keeping mine.

06.03.2016 update:

This has become my go to guitar. The more I play this guitar, the more pleased I am with it. It is a seriously good instrument. Aside from the issue I had with mine with the nut - which was easily remedied, this guitar plays flawlessly. I can only heartily recommend this model Tele to anyone looking for this particular style. It's excellent.