Come on Ian- pics and a review please!!! :D
Sorry mate - here's a pic with a tiny review. Been playing too much to think about posting stuff!
The guitar is very well made and feels very sturdy (I think most teles do though). I don't normally go for a relic look but must admit that although this one is relic'd it's not too over the top. Weight is around 7.4lbs and well balanced - my old tele weighs in at 8.2lbs so the difference is noticeable.
The single pickup is a bit of a monster - it's a SD BG Esquire. Output is much, much higher than I'm used to at (I think) 15k. It took me a while to get used to it - I even had to play with the EQ in my amp and I very rarely do this! After about 30 mins worth of experimentation I found some very decent sounds. I think I'll need to take longer on pedal settings though as my OCD sounded a bit 'farty' - not sure why, it might just be that my ears took a bashing for a while. I'm more impressed with the drive sounds through my ampo than the cleans - this may again need me to spend a while fiddling around until I get a nicer clean sound.
The frets are much bigger than I'm used to - loaded with 6105s I can really tell the difference between the vintge style frets on my strat and this. It took me a few hours to adjust to the difference - the biggest issue was that I was fretting too hard and pushing notes out of tune. Learning to be a bit more light fingered now.
I am very impressed with it. The CS stuff I had tried before this (aside from a 60s CS strat) left me a little unconvinced and although I'm not a convert yet I think my next Fender, if I'm ever allowed another guitar, may well be a CS.
