TE-52 NA Vintage Series : Great value for the money spend

10 years ago

have this tele for a week now.

after a fast delivery i was pleasantly surprise when unpacking to what a light and nice looking guitar i found in the box.

at first check:

intonation was spot on.

nut is cut correctly

neck to body pocket is a tight fit

alignment neck to bridge correct

fret?s where in good state, none are sticking out the side no leveling needed

neck relief correct, truss rod turns freely

original strings where mildly rusted and sounded dead

neck had not been buffed, looked dull, finish felt like sand paper

pickup selector works correctly

pickups sound good

volume works correctly

tone did not work correctly

jack works correctly

some tuning pegs turn hard and all have a bit of play, but keep in tune

soldering connections by them self where good

following needed to be done:

buffed the neck, the nice wood grain came out well, feels very smooth now

tone pot was solders incorrectly, normally center lug holds capacitor to ground and lead go?s to lug three; it was vice versa, ones corrected tone worked as expected

pot?s where also inverted, normally pot(A)(log) for volume pot(B)(lin) for tone, originally mounted (B) for volume (A) for tone.

new strings(original ones broke after about 15 minutes)

neck mounting holes in body where to tight(no free play at all), as it was i was mounting the neck plate to the body before actually trying to mount the neck to the body.

after opening these mounting holes slightly up i could mount the neck as expected

neck cutout in scratch plate had to open?d up a tiny bit, was a to tight

personal preference:

lowered action

adjusted neck relief

adjusted pickup height

to resume

overal fit and finish is good, no treads where strip?t, screw?s where all tight and none over tight

guitar weight 3,6kg(nice), body made out of four blocks, woodgrain decently matched

lacquer not to thick

body resonates well, good sustain

pots lack a bit of sensitivity