I give the Harayama speech elsewhere on this site - it is worth a read - but this Tele gets you one of his supreme 3 piece necks coupled with a medium weighted body. Part of the trilogy, the upgrades follow the same basic concept - Evil Sheep electronics and Gotoh hardware. The odd shaped and sized Maxon pick-ups that came with this guitar are surprisingly good, but of a time where they don't stand up to modern equivalents. This TE-280 is equipped with Evil Sheep 5225 pick-ups - 5.6k at the neck and 10.5k at the bridge. That clever mixing of magnets delivers a remarkably good and useful set of tones - especially the bridge. Modernisation continues with a 4 way switch enabling a series connection of the pickups in the front position, then a standard Telecaster arrangement from there on. The Gotoh bridge piece is a cut-down ashtray for increased comfort, and features titanium saddles instead of brass. The effect this has is difficult to describe, but you may find yourself enjoying the bridge pick-up even more as a result.