Fender '52 Reissue Telecaster

I bought my `52 Telecaster R.I. in 2001, The Body was "Stamped" January 2000,the neck dated March 2001.The neck felt like a Baseball Bat!!! It took me almost a year the become to like it even a bit.The first thing I did after a couple of months was, Take a 3M Scotchbrite Pad & Removed that "Sticky As Hell" Nitro-cellulose finish off of the back of the Back of Neck!!!!
When I got it home I played it for On & Off 7/8 Hours!!!What a good "Workin" I gave it.I changed the pick-up confiraration to the new Mod with the enclosed parts First!!!
The sound of this Tele gave me Goose-Bumps as I was "Jammin` Out!!!
The finish was so very "Sweet"...My My My...!!!Now after 4 years of perhaps 10 to 15 Hours a week Playing it has finish wear from sweat,bangs,dings,and a "Bent" 6th string tuner after falling against the wall one day a few months after purchasing this Beautiful Guitar!! It has such "Chariture & Soul" after 4 Years.
"Workmanship" was really "Sh...y". I don`t know how this guitar passed QC,the Pickguard screw hole was drilled a little off centre,so they just drilled another "Right Beside" there first attempt leaving a little too large "Hole" for the screw,so I had to put a couple of pieces of Tooth-Picks in the hole to have the screw tighten and seat "Flush" and Not Crooked a it was when it left the factory.It now needs a "Fret-Job" after 4 years!!! Those "Skinny" little Vintage frets have so many Low Spots,I`m getting a little fret buzz I can`t get rid of.Now... I`m not really putting the `52 Tele`s Down,because I "LOVE" my `52 Tele R.I. and you couldn`t get me to give it up now,It sounds better,plays better and gains more and more Character evey year!!!!
I would be interested in checking-out a 2006 model to see how the newer necks feel.

This is a '52 reissue under the Fender name made by the Fujigen Company between 1981-87. Has Gotoh tuners, maple fretboard, butterscotch body, two ply pickgaurd with five screws, standard pickups and switch. The bridge is different from the typical Tele bridge in that it has six barrel saddles and is not string-through.
Thus perfect intonation is easy. Nobody buys a Tele for the "features"!

This has the beautiful Tele sound, both the bridge and neck pickups are very useable. I use it through a Behringer GM108 practice amp, a Fender Bandmaster Reverb and a 1970 Traynor YBA3 Custom Special. The guitar is very quite. The only modification I made was to totally sheild the electrics - all the body cavities with copper foil, soldered, and a copper cutout under the pickgaurd. Afterwards I didn't notice any difference. I know most guitarists never touch the "tone" knobs but put this guitar on the bridge pickup and turn the tone knob all the way DOWN - you get exactly the tone Keith Richards had on the song "Luxury".

Most people are unfamiliar with Japanese Fenders and Fujigen guitars. I have a Fujigen guitar I imported from Japan as they are not sold in the U.S.A. ( Naoko Yamano Signature Model ). The workmanship is incredible - equivalent to the Fender Custom Shop. This guitar was bought used and the previous owner had not maintained it. Everything was loose - even the outlet jack. I tightened everthing up, adjusted the truss rod and intonation and it was perfect. It has no flaws.

I am primarily a bass player. The previous owner used this as his primary guitar for gigging for years. Everything is solid and well-made.

Never dealt with Fender.

I have been playing 49 years, own a 72 three pickup Les Paul Standard, the Fujigen electric I mentioned earlier, Taylor 300, '75 Precision Bass, Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 5 bass, 3 guitar amps and 3 bass amps, too much other junk to list.
If I lost this guitar I would be very sad but wouldn't replace it - bass is what I play most of the time. I chose it because I knew how well Japanese guitars are made. There is no comparison with the Mexican or American Standard Fenders. If you want this quality you are going to have to pony up the money for a pre-CBS Fender or a custom shop guitar. Japanese Fenders from the 80's are a tremendous bargain and I see them becoming the next collectible Fenders once people learn about them. Most were sold in Japan so most American players have never tried one.

My guitar is a 2004 made in the USA. 22 frets, solid ash body, original specs w/original tele bridge, two single coil pickups(lipstick at the neck, open at the bridge), three way switch, volume, tone controls(bridge, neck, neck w/o tone control), ash tray cover for bridge, maple neck, tweed case and parts needed to switch to modern pickup options.

I play mine directly into a silver face Fender Champ with NOS tubes and a Weber 8a125 speaker. I've made the change to modern switching via the parts included after having the guitar with its traditional setup for 3 months. It now runs bridge, neck/bridge, neck. This makes more sense to me because the tonal options are more varied and the neck w/o tone option can be made almost exactly by rolling the tone knob all the way off. The tone knob does alot and can help achieve many different tones. This guitar can be and has been used to make every kind of electric guitar music.

The setup was fine, it is easly adjustable with the original tele bridge. The neck shape is comfortable and fast. The finish is a nice blonde that shows the wood's grain. The maple neck on mine has a light flame.

It's the original solid body guitar, it has not been improved upon yet.

1996 Black Finish, Maple Neck, orig Wiring. I noticed many folks are rewiring the Tele's to rid themselves of the muddy Neck position, but I have to admit I love that sound at the right time. Its just one more ambient sound I can use and depending upon the effect I run it makes a great filler on songs

Sounds great if I want twang, punchy, crunchy, clean or effect laden rock. No noise(yet), seems clean but I have gotten some feedback when I am jamming with the amp on 5 and turn off the EQ/Gate pedal - weird... now I know how to do that when I want to.

Setup was okay, I bought it used recently and it hasnt seen much action. I'll send it up to a pro to get it set after I have jammed on it a hundred times or so. Like all my fenders, it needs frequent attention.

Solid so far.

No need yet...

I run through a twin reverb, I use an SD-1, Tube Screamer, Comp, Chorus and Delay - it sounds great and like I mentioned before, the neck position can give me a muddy sound when I want to kick back and make ambient tones.

Paid $675 for Tele and extra for case
My beauty was born in the U.S.A.
Made by a fantastic builder I've found named Jim McMillan (Mcmillan Guitar Works). He assembles all his guitars to order, according to the customers desires or fantasies. I orginally called him to build a Strat and after asking me a bunch of questions, to figure out what sound I really wanted, He suggested a custom Thinline Tele. Man, was he right! I love this sucker! Mine has a fantastic '52 'C' kneck, finished in nitro, with rosewood fretboard, at my request(fast and super smooth - very easy to play), looks like bone nut, non-traditional tuners (I think Grover - I asked for this, beautiful Thinline body with F-hole, everything else set up like a '52 standard Tele, except, and here's the good part....... A super hot DiMarzio pickup in the neck position, with a overwound stinger in the bridge. All three switch positions are unique and kick major ass. The body is just BEAUTIFUL! The light butterscotch finish is transparrent enough to see the flame maple top underneath. The backside is very fine swampash. The whole thing is trimmed in a really cool, cream colored binding. If you look at Fender's Albert Collins '52 setup, and then swap with a thinline body with F-hole, you have my guitar(my pickups are hotter). Jim would have built the axe up anyway I wanted it, but I asked him to surpriae me, and he did! He shipped it in a very cool traditional tweed hard case, with very plush red velvet lining. I just love the whole dang thang! Well worth my money, and actually worth alot more. Oh... and it was finished in Nitro. Great look.
I'll buy from Jim... I'm getting two more (at least)
A HUGE 10 in this department!

I play alot of blues, but I do some standard rock, Hendrix style, Some Santana, some Jazz. I now play this axe more than my very fine Les Paul (with Lil '59's). The sound is unique and just magnificient in all switch positions. The way Jim set this thing up is brilliant. I've never botherd to use all switch positions before, and that includes when I owned my 1964 Gibson ES-335. The semi-hollow thinline body gives a beautiful warmth and resonance to the already powerfull, Telecaster sound. THe sustain is amazing. I compared fret for fret and string for string with my Les Paul and it kick ass every time. I can get a great variety of sound combos by playing with tone and volume knobs. I rarely use effects anymore. The Tele just sounds so great without it. I do use some fuzz, overdrive, crunch and reverb once in a while. A little light delay from time to time. Each note just rings like a bell. Clear, resonant tone. What more can I say... simply beautifull, clear tone, stays in tune... just great sound!
A big 10 here.

Wow! Silky smooth action. I think Jim calls it buttery smooth. He's damn right. Travel up and down the neck is like nothing I've ever felt, and I've played lots of great guitars in my 41 years of playing.
This neck is the best fit for me. The fit and finish is excellent. The pickups were mounted and adjusted perfectly. Usually I re-adjust new equipment, not with this one. I did have to tighten one bridge saddle, after hearing a light buzz. THis was easy to fix and took all of 1 minute or so. The top is bookmatched flame maple. All chrome was flawless and shined like a beacon. No flaws or gaps anywhere. Beautiful luster on the body. Just a fantastic finish. Oh, I forgot to say... Everything finished in Nitro, not poly-whatever.
A 9 here, due to having to turn one small screw 2 or 3 turns. Otherwise I'd say a 10 for sure.
This builder seems to be very good. I've also seen pictures of his relics and his look the most real I've ever seen. I'm not done getting guitars from him. I still want a standard Tele and a Strat and I'll get both of them from McMillan Guitar Works. I'm now a fan for life.

The thinline Telecaster is much lighter than the standard bod, since it's semi-hollow. But..... the way this baby was put together I believe it will hold together just fine. Feels very solid. My Les Paul is way heavier and also built solid, but the Tele feels just as solid, even with less overall mass. THis is a player's guitar for sure. Live gigs wouldn't be a problem here. All parts are very solid and of high quality. I played many Fenders in the local stores before ordering this axe online from Jim. I took a chance and it paid off big time. Better than anything I played in the shops. THIs guitar feels as solid as anything I played and better than many. I don't play live currently, and would always carry along a backup, no matter what I was using. It just makes good sence. If I was stuck, however and had only one guitar to use, I would feel fine with my Tele. I have complete faith in Jim's workmanship.
A 10 here as well.

Jim walked me through the ordering, assembly and testing process, everystep of the way. Whenever I have a problem, I call or email him. He gets back to me right away. THere's a 3 hour time difference between our locations. I'm in California and he's in Maryland. If I call and leave a message, or email late, I "always" hear back the next day. I not only felt comfortable and secure ordering from him, but I felt in control of the build, at all times. He went beyond the norm and educated me as well. I'd never paid much attention to a little know blues man named Roy Buchanan. I heard of him over the years, but never tuned in. If I was going to own a Tele, Jim "demanded" I get a certain book and DVD, featuring Mr. Buchanan's talents. It has changed my life. I started reading everything I could on the guy and have altered my playing as a result. Jim's a wealth of knowledge and professionalism. I would buy again and again from him.
Some of the best customer support I've ever had!
10 ... 10... 10 .. 10 for his customer support.

This is an '04 reissue that I brought home two days ago. You guys know the specs from previous posts so I won't waste your time repeating them.

Some comments: I haven't installed the modern pickup configuration yet, but I will ASAP, as the neck position pup as configured is basically useless. Cool (for novelty sake), but useless practically. The finish is flawless. The butterscotch color is, for me, an aquired taste I'm still trying to aquire. Nonetheless, this is a very sexy guitar. I've been playing an '89 American Standard Telecaster since, well, '89. As I'm primarily a bass player, this is the only guitar neck I've ever gotten used to. Consequently, I feel a bit awkward on the '52 - like I'm playing on the thick end of a baseball bat. However, after playing the '52, I am convinced that I will not be going back to the '89 any time soon. So - for features, per se, there are no bells and whistles - just as one would expect from a tele. However, the "feature" is the guitar itself.

After many years touring and recording as a bass player, I've made the move to singer/rhythm guitar in an alt-country band (think Son Volt, Old 97's, Jayhawks). The guitar is exactly what I was looking for: smooth, deep, chimey, rich (played through a vintage Fender Deluxe Reverb). Going A/B, it made my '89 sound like a TOY. No kidding. I'm no shredder, so I couldn't give it the workout some better guitarists might, but I really was stunned at the tonal quality. My preferred setting (thus far) is on the neck PUP (on this guitar as originally configured, this is the middle position) with the tone backed off to about "7". When turning up my amp to a slight overdrive it was heaven. I am really looking forward to gigging with this guitar.

Action a bit high, a slight bow in the neck that was taken care of with a truss rod adjustment. I'm not "super-low-action-shredder-guy." As I said, I'm primarily a bass player who plays his guitar too hard. Still - the action was too high on this guitar. Also, as I changed the strings, I noticed that the tuning pegs were a bit loose. they seemed to tighten up as the stings becamne taught - not sure if this is normal or not.

No opinion - I just got it! A little concerned about tuning pegs.

Time will tell if its a 10 ("fantastic value"). I had the money, I needed the guitar, it sounds amazing. I had originally purchased a new American Standard Deluxe w/ S-1 system. I returned it for this - no regrets.

Made in the USA and bought new 2003 with nice ash body seen thru butterscotch finish.U shape maple neck with 2 pickups and 3 sounds.Brilliant bridge sound and equally wonderful neck sound-3rd sound is bassy and pretty useless.

This is THE sound for me and it is the best guitar sound I know perhaps apart from more expensive custom Tele's.
Played through a good valve amp this is a real pleasure for lead,rhythm and everything in between-Ilove it!!
I have played numerous other guitars and always like this best-it is based on the original 1952 Tele so they got it right virtually first time-extraordinary.

The quality of workmanship on this guitar is miserable-I should have taken it back to Fender and asked them how they can make an expensive guitar so badly.
I guess I love it still for all its many faults-bad tuning,out of line drilling and bad joint of neck to body.
Guitar had a ding when I bought it which gave me a small reduction.

This guitar should last the distance-I look forward to seeing it get more character with age.

I played for a long time and own some fantastic guitars but apart from my Dave King Classic acoustic I love this guitar more than any-its the sound.
I would get a replacement if this one disappeared-it really sounds that good to me.
The only change would be to rewire it so that I could replace the awful bassy sound and have the 2 pickups playing together like normal Tele's-maybe one day.

Made in 1952. Mine is NOT a reissue. It's the real thing, given to me by my Dad, who bought it brand spanking new. Made of course in the good old USA. Standard Telecaster features, so no sense in being redundant. I have had this one refinished and have had several fretjobs done on it over the years. Vintage Telecaster bridge, string through body, vintage tuners, which are the originals and still stays in tune great, no skunk stripe down the neck, very fast maple neck. Still have the original case it came in. Both have some wear and tear on them, but this guitar and the case are absolutely priceless. Awesome guitar. I've seen the reissues, yeah, they look nice, but they are nothing compared to the real thing. They don't make guitars like this anymore.

Like most Americans living in the Philippines, I'm a retired military person, married to a Filipina, so I am quite a bit older than most of the people who review on Harmony Central. I was a teenager during the late 60's and still like the music from that era. I write some of my own stuff, which would probably be considered somewhere between blues, rockabilly, electric folk and classic rock, but I love old Cream, Blind Faith, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Stones, Beatles, you know the music of my era. I do like some of the 90's grunge rock, such as Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Creed and some punk stuff like Greenday. Now sound is where this fucker does indeed shine. This guitar was made the year I was born and is a kick ass guitar sound wise, the vintage single coil pickups sound incredible. This a heavy metal guitar, a rock guitar, a blues guitar, a jazz guitar, an electric folk guitar, reggae guitar, or a country guitar, you name it, it does it and does it superbly. The bridge pickup is bright with a vintage twang to it, the neck pickup is very mellow and excellent for "dirty" blues, and also on distortion gives a nice "dark" sound. I never use the in between. I gig with this guitar regularly still. The only amps I've use it on at home are my Marshall MG10CD, VOX Pathfinder 15R and VOX AD15VT (these are the amps most Americans here have, because these brands are all that are available here for the most part. You can get Peaveys but they are made in China and suck). This guitar sounds best on the VOX AD15VT at home but still sounds great on all three of my home amps. It is a versatile guitar by all means, and many people don't realize the versatility of a telecaster, not to mention there is a sound from a vintage telecaster that you simply cannot get on any other guitar. It can't be mimicked. It?s a sound all of its own. It isn't noisy just the normal single coil humm and I'm playing this through powerful amps at gigs. One place where I gig occasionally has a Carlsbro GLX100, which is a solid state amp and the other place has a Fender Super Reverb. This guitar does very well on the Fender, and ok on thye Carlsbro, but I don't particularly care for solid state amps. This is an excellent guitar sound wise and I have no trouble maxing it out in this department.

Don't know how it was setup at the factory. This guitar has been worked and reworked many times. It's 53 years old and still hangin in there. I keep it looking brand new, but it does have some dings on it, unavoidable after all these years.

I gig with this guitar at least 3 times a week. Yes to all questions except no one would gig without a backup.

Never dealt with Fender.

I started playing guitar when the Beatles came out in 1964, and I think I was 11. I am 52 now, so I guess I've been playing for 41 years. I have this guitar, the amps I mentioned above, a Fender made in Mexico Standard Fat Stratocaster, which I put a Duncan Invader humbucker at the bridge, and Vintage Noiseless Pickups at the middle and neck positions Pickups on, a stock, an Epiphone Les Paul Special II, a Squier Standard Stratocaster with Texas Special Pickups, a Squier Standard Telecaster, which I bought because I wanted a Vintage Blonde Telecaster with a Rosewood Fretboard, which I have put Vintage Noiseless Pickups on, a Gibson 56 Les Paul Goldtop with P-90's, an Ibanez GSA20, GSA60 and RG350, Rockstar Strat, Tele and Les Paul Copies and a Fernando Strat Copy. Like the last reviewer, I also have a Washburn X-21, which is inexpensive but a fuckin good guitar. I've got two Epiphone Acoustic Guitars, one Ibanez Acoustic Electric Guitar, a Washburn Acoustic and a bunch more. I'm addicted to collecting them, and sometimes it's a waste because most of them don't get played. I really love this guitar and wouldn't change a thing.

An early nineties '52 Tele. I bought it well used a year ago. The fretboard shows some wear and tear and the finnish is quite dull, haven't tried any solution for it yet, though. Looks like a tool more than anything else, but maybe that's what it actually is.

I guess every self-respecting guitarist knows the Tele specs, so I really don't have to go through them in detail. Ash body, 7,25" radius maple fretboard and three-piece brass saddles are the main features of this particular design I guess.

Mine has the original pickups and I've made a decision not to start the pick-up changing lottery at all with this one. The originals are good sounding and I don't see a point in changing them to something a little different and above all, brand new. All good things get better with age I think so I'm sticking with what I got. When I got it still had the original settings with the "bass-guitar"-sound on the first position, which is quite useless, or at least a lot less useable than the neck-bridge-combo setting which I configured. I also turned the control plate around so I have the volume control first, then tone and last the pick-up switch.

I play in a hill-country blues combo with just me and a percussionist and the Tele sure does suit our sound. I string it with D'addario 011 sets. Been playing through a Bassman reissue with a 5U4 rectifier and they seem to go together well. I've used some pedals as well, a TS9 with the TS808 mod and an old Ibanez analog delay. Sounds like rock-music. Another amp I've been playing is a finnish-made 9 watt Creamsound combo which is kind cross between a Fender Princeton and a old finnish Salora tube-radio. Really good thick distortion when you push it with the TS9.

What I really like about this guitar is the small frets that seem to give room to the sound of the wood of the neck. Would be totally spoiled with bigger frets I think. I guess this is the kind of guitar that lets your own personality to come through. The sound comes from the strings and fingers and the guitar is there to be played. I have a hunch that it would sound and feel better without the finish but I'm too much of a pussy to start scraping it off.

It can play whatever you can, and if you like it's sound there is nothing you can't do with it. I would give it a 10 but for the above reasons I (and the fact that I myself am the most important part of the sound) it gets just a niner. That's kind of unfair but hey,life's tough!

As I stated earlier mine is used so it had some cosmetic issues when I got it. The finish doesn't seem to hold it's gloss over time. I guess there are some solutions for this problem but I haven't bothered, not yet anyway.

Everything else about it is, in my opinion, top-notch. I've seen similar guitars that are more luxurious or better finished (like Tom Anderson or G&L), but hey, this is rock n' roll!Rock instruments shouldn't be so perfect. Sometimes you need something perfect, so you can mess it up yourself, but sometimes you get something that is just perfect as it is, with the minor flaws and everything.

There's nothing in it that couldn't be fixed. Been using without a backup for quite some time now since I don't have one. No problems!

No experience.

I've been playing for 16 years. I've had Strats and a couple Gibsons, a Les paul and a Explorer. My main guitar for years was a Music man Silhouette which I traded for the Bassman shortly after I got the Tele. Been going to a more traditional direction I think. I've been thinking about getting another Tele with maybe a bit more modern features like the 9,5" radius fretboard. Also interested in putting Filtertrons on a Tele, kind of cross between Brian Setzer and Danny Gatton. The 7,25" radius fretboard is good for chords but not the best for bending strings. If someone would be such a dick that would steal my guitar I don't know what to do, give up I suppose!

My Tele was made in 1991 so I've had it a few years. Mine is quite heavy and has a thick finish on it. Purists may hate this, I ground down the top of the guitar to decrease the pressure from the sharp edge on the forearm- big improvement ergonomically . I play live primarily and comfort is a big deal. I changed the bridge so it would intonate , an Anderson PU in the neck and SD lil 59 in the bridge.

The stock wiring seemed ridiculous for real use. Neck is rather small but comfortable. A bigger neck MIGHT mean a bigger tone.

Of the eight E. guitars I own, this is the BEST rhythm guitar. Lots of lows (due to the weight) and a great top end. The stock PUs were very fun cranked through a Marshall or any other amp. Very ratty sounding in a good way. Turn down and they cleaned up well. High gain microphonic feedback was unacceptable however hence the PU change. The Anderson PU is a stacked SC so much lower noise. Good PU in my opinion. I don't like the hum in the bridge but rarely play in that position. I think ash gets harsh with distortion and this guitar is no exception.

With a Boogie Mark 4 to harsh, the Marshall sound is a little harsh for me but the guitar worked well with it- through a 2X12 and 1X12 Fender amp and a Mesa Lonestar great. The rhy sound is incedible. Throwing open strings into bar chords really riiiings!! Single notes work well in the middle range and low but get spikey up high. This axe doesn't allow me execute many high end riffs with good tone. No guitar does everything.

I rarely play this live as I need a warmer tone for solos. i do play this one every time we have a horn section- horns and tele- highly recommended.

heavy but beautiful- neck a little small for me but it's easy. Would like the finish thinner and didn't like the ergos. My band has to work hard most of the time doing four sets- need comfort!! I just polished it for the first time with Fenders new stuff by Meguiars and it looks like a jewel. This guitar has it's quirks but it has VIBE in a big way. That's the most important thing ehhh.

I give it a 10 due to vibe. The tele tone is it for rhy or chord style lead playing. Clean solos work well and dist can be ok with the right amp. It's thin though. I just saw Robben Ford play with a tele and it's the same tone. Sounds great in studios just not good to solo on for me unles you stay in the fifth position or lower.

If you play solo tunes, you'll really love it!! My other guitars are all higher end so this one has some tough comp..

Finish very soft and will get "tatooed " by straps. high E gets lodged underneath the neck PU (no guard) when I play. I play hard though.

What's gonna break?? The wood is the same as a baseball bat and there's a lot of it!!!

I bought it from one of those old hippie shops that is long gone. I used to rely on my local music stores but they disappear.

Guitar SS's and internet shopping has ruined the once great gathering spot of neighborhood music stores where you could go and kill a few hours and maybe find a great drummer or bass player. I even found a '50s amp with an 8" speak that I got for forty- you won't find that at guitar center.

I break it- I fix it.

Love this guitar with the right amp. Having played a Boogie Mark 4 this guitar didn't work for me. With the Lonestar it's now competing with my PRSs. If I have a lot of guest soloists like harp and horns this is great. If I need to solo a lot then it doesn't work.

If you love tone and have all the usual strats, P90 axes, hum and so on. You have to have a high quality tele. This is the one. The weight is tiring but it gives it the tone. I generally think that to light or to heavy of a guitar is not good. This guitar has chnaged my mind a bit. I have a really light ash strat to compare this to and it's a very different sound. Geez sounds like a need a mid weight ash instrument. The quest doesn't end but thats the fun of it isn't it my friends.

I put a couple hundred into it but it's a great value- it's got the vibe that will get you to pick it up over other guitars. Around the house it's this or a hollowbody electric, or a Taylor. By the way if you love this sound and play acoustic, try a Taylor 614CE. They ring like crazy and sound bright like a Tele but with technique you have so much headroom. Like a Tele, you can get them to sound warm with careful technique. I've been playing my Taylor a lot and it's got me craving the tele sound when I play with my band. My band plays loud and I'm the only guitarist. I think the last phrase helps to explain how I can love this and not use it on stage a lot. I play all styles with an emphasis on latin rock- this is not Santana tone but I've done it and it actually works better than a strat. PRS is best of course. I use my PRSs more on stage but like this guitar better. It's a conundrum folks!!