TE-70 Black Paisley : Just a Tele... Love it

About me:

Been playing for over 35 years, average at best. Mostly a 70s rockhead, Stones, CCR... I can play anything if you don’t mind it sounding like Chuck Berry….Ha Ha…

I have about 20 guitars (only 1 acoustic..) Some good - USA 72 Deluxe Tele, PRS SE Custom 24 Exotic Top, Ibanez S series, some not so good – the wife has a Hanna Montana Washburn… crazy woman…

I recently brought the HB CST24HB and TE-70 Paisley.

I have the USA 72 Deluxe and a Squire 72 with P90s set up KEEF style – Open G 5 string.

Love both, neither give me the classic Tele feel and tone.

Review of the HB TE-70:

Pros:

Just a Tele… Just what I wanted.

This guitar looks good.

Build quality is very good.

It has a chunky neck that is nice and bendy. The action is fine.

The neck is typical Tele lipstick – mellow.

The bridge pickup is great – typical Tele but with a greater range.

Very versatile guitar that handles cleans through to JCM800 very well.

Cons:

None

When comparing this guitar against the USA 72 Deluxe and the Squire 72:

The build quality is very good, as good as or better than the Squire (sadly the workmanship of the USA 72 is surprisingly rough).

The HB is more dynamic than the 72s, similar to a classic tele with more range (I leave the tone in the middle and can adjust for more mud or more bite than a classic tele).

All three tune up and stay in tune very well

Conclusion:

100% recommended.

Is it a better guitar than the Squire Standard Tele? Yes.