Perfect neck, hand shaped frets, ultimate feel, beauitful look and excellent playability. Installed Fender CNS pickups, 4-way switch (for that humbucker value) and constant volume pot resistor. settings for warm neck, country bridge, duel bell tones and the magnetic reverse humbucker. With a set of Fender brass saddles, you have it ALL!

Same quality, same tone as the original. These are more unique than the 52

This is the cake for Tele fans. Don't confuse yourself by trying to compare this to a Strat or Gibson, these guitars are aimed at the Tele player who already knows what he is looking for and why. After playing several different Tele models, this one took me to the floor with its round fat tone. Twang and snap from the vintage frets - jumbo fret Teles can't do that (unless you use 9s). Awesome bass response and extremely smooth. The rosewood neck and the vintage pickups are the bomb. Breaks up nicely with overdrive and loves pedals. Silly wiring needs to be redone, to be true to the original 1 position is stripped of the highs, and the middle pos is the neck alone with no combined pickup switch setting. Easy and quick fix (they supply the diagram and necesary cap). Vintage size frets, fretwork, setup and intonation was perfect (as much as the vintage saddles allow). The vintage pickups in this '62 are not noiseless but have a much richer tone than the SCN noiseless pickups in my American Deluxe. If forced to choose I'd keep the '62.

I love this guitar. Raw and unforgiving just as a Tele should be. Plenty of bite on that bridge pu, however, it does need to be re-wired. I bought the 3 color sun burst,...what a classy looking axe!

This is my third tele. I gave it a ten for features because it is a reissue true to the original. With that said I want to replace the 3 barrel saddle bridge for a six barrel saddle bridge because the intonation is finicky and it does not keep a tune half as good as my old american deluxe.

When it comes to sound and playability it blows away everything! The American Deluxe does not sound half as good as this axe. I do not know how fender makes these custom pickups, but they are the best I have heard. I play it through a blues deluxe reissue and it is the best sound I have ever had. Sounds awesome clean and dirty. The double binding and the mint green pick guard give it a unique, elegant, but simple look.