As some of you have guessed from my other posts lately, I am on the trail of a Telecaster. I find the whole Tele market somewhat bewildering. I even looked in Wikipedia and was still confused. It was easier 40 years ago. You wanted a Tele, you bought a Tele. There are too many versions now.
It looks like there are several versions of the 52 RI Tele. Is this the case and if so, what are the differences? There seem to be a lot of '52 Tele RI's under slightly different names and none of them seem horribly expensive. I gave up on finding a Tele in a cute colour. Now I just want a lightweight ash (probably) body and a maple neck. My Strat is two piece lightweight alder and I think this gives it a very woody tone. I think I should be looking at ash in a Tele for maximum twang. Also, it has to be MIA.
Sorry to drive all you guys nuts with my Telecaster questions of late but Fender doest not make it easy to figure things out. And they seem to change it every couple of years.