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Cap makes no difference at all other than altering the rate of treble cut when the tone control is turned but I am going to try some full size 250k pots because I'm a bit analy retentive.
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The pots are little 16mm things and I can't see the impedance marked on them but I suspect 500k (I will measure the values when I restring it) and the cap is the cheapest green poly that money can buy. I have to say at this point that if you want a traditional Tele sound then don't buy this guitar, it is what it is, and that's more of a Tele/Strat hybrid than a Tele. The pickups are Wilkinson Strat type alnico V's which I've never used before, good output, really chimey and give a Stratty-ish quack with the selector switch in the centre position. The frets are fairly level and even (I had a bit of a buzz on the top E string at the 10th fret but a single tap with my fretting hammer cured it completely. Maple with a skunk stripe but it is a 2 piece (separate fretboard) though this makes no difference at all to the tone or playability and from more than 2 feet away you couldn't tell. a bit on the heavy side but it is a solid Ash 2 piece with a maple veneer on the top with a Walnut centre stripe. A bit of internet research seems to indicate that Harley Benton Guitars are made by Saein Guitars who market as Shine but I also have a Harley Benton MS-60 Mustang-ish copy and they don't feel like the same factory to me but really that's just a guess. I have to say that ideally I'd like to sit down with 10 of 20 of these and compare them. I did 3 years at MANchester College of Arts and Technology so I sort of know what I'm talking about. This is probably the best bang for your buck that I've ever seen, and just so you know, I'm a trained luthier. The last time I saw a TE Prinz on Ebay it sold for $1400.I'd been thinking about getting one of these for some time, always been a bit of a Prince nut, and spurred on by the total lack of bad reviews I bit the bullet and ordered. This is the deluxe reissue made for Horner by Staufer(Czech Republic?) I think these sold for around $800. The one at the top below is the last Hohner reissue the HTA490 and the one in the middle is the Hohner "The Prinz"(first reissue) the one at the bottom is THe Hohner "TE Prinz"(second reissue) Hohner made a couple of reissues in the 80's,90's and 2000s: There were only about 500 Mad Cats made in total including the Hohner versions. Prince's guitar is an HS Anderson Mad Cat that was re-branded as a Hohner. Harley Benton TE-80 NT Deluxe Series Electric Guitar, Ash Body with Flamed Maple Top, Walnut Body Strip, Bolt-On thomann Hardrock Canadian C-Shape Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, 648mm Scale, 21 Frets, 43mm Nut Width, Black Body Binding, Double Action Trussrod, Leopard Pickguards, 2 x Wilkinson Alnico Vintage Singlecoil Pickups, 1-Volume & 1-Tone Vontrol & 3-Way Toggle Switch, Hardtail Bridge, Deluxe Hardware, Die-Cast Tuners, thomann Daddario 010-046 Strings, Color Hi-Gloss Natural. These are the specs for the Harley Benton TE-80 Deluxe
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It's a copy of the Hohner telecaster copy of Prince's Hohner Telecaster copy.they cost $167 plus $40 shipping to the USA (link) I ordered this one from music retail giant Thomann in Germany.