without a doubt, the neck is so smooth, and the bridge has a better tele "twang" than the (way) upmarket teles, and when you kick it into 4th, it's gives it a extra (lot) bit of umph, drive amps hard, the ultimate tele mod! (still has the twang though), when i put it through my guv'nor (black one from the 80's) it sound nearly dead on to the clash. thrashy without being slutty!