[radarman]

well, I have a 97 mim fat tele, de-fatted, with Duncan 48 broadcaster in bridge/lead pos and Fender custom shoppe tejas special in the neck/rythym pos, all wired with wax coated cloth wire and wired up to a 5-way strat switch in the 4-way tele manner. pots are CTS American style, and the 250K audio tone pot is modded to be no load when turned to 10 on the dial. knobs are Fender USA chrome domed. all cavities are lined with copper to provide shielding. output is via machined aluminum electrosocket. bridge is vintage 52 with compensated brass saddles. Neck is MIM replacement one-piece maple with fat C profile and is bolted up with 70's F-plate. Tuners are American series. Vintage 52 string tree. it sports chrome Jim Dunlop strap locks. Scratch plate is American Fender in 3-ply parchment, and color of the body is midnite wine. I bought it piece by piece and that is the way I planned it. I like the stock MIM tele's and wouldn't hesitate recommending them to anyone, they are great. The pups aren't bad at all and a basic MIM is a basis for doing anything you want to a tele, mod it, improve it, whatever you would like to do, without worrying about much cause they aren't as expensive as the USA models.
My midnite wine is a tone monster. You could actually use one to paddle your canoe, just like Fuzzy does..
MIM's are truley a great bargain in this day and age...