TE-80 NT Deluxe Series : MadCat on a budget

The TE-80 NT is a very pretty guitar, let's get this straight. It looks hot! It also plays very well, like a far more expensive guitar. My only gripe is that the mother-of-bacon pickguard is a little naff, but it's easily changed if you want to hunt around for a replacement, or cut your own. As it is, the pickguard is growing on me. Regardless, this guitar has the tele-twang, but also has the Strat-like quack when you use both PU's or the neck only, thanks to it's use of strat pickups. And the Wilkinsons fitted to this guitar are excellent! I had to give the frets a bit of a polish with some steel wool, but to be honest I would have done that anyway as part of my setup process regardless of their condition. You cannot go wrong buying this guitar!