Sorcerer's Apprentice....

Fender is the one who currently gets it all exact (or as close to it) when recreating original 1950's Tele's (and Esquires, No-Casters & Broadcasters, and Strats)... why... amongst other things, they have some original machinery to re-create original bridges like they did for the reissue Strats. There are many, many new, independent makers out there now; Nash Guitars, Linhof Guitars, Hahn Guitars, Greenwich Guitars (not currently making them, and looks like not again), and K-Line Guitars. These independent builders generally use Fender, or even Warmoth parts (who make necks with 1/4" black phenolic dots).
They get hot new 'independent' pickup builders to either supply, or custom wind them pickups (Lollar, DiMarzio, VooDoo and Van Zandt pickups for instance), hand paint, and wire and assemble guitars. Greenwich Guitars still sells Lollars custom wound to their spec's (I own a new set, and they are made to look vintage too). It appears that it's not about the parts that go into the guitar, but the Sorcerer's Apprentice assmbling those parts... like a chef with the same food, but either tremendous skill, or no skill.
I can vouch for this. I have played one of these guitar makers guitars, with 'thin nitro' finish, Lollar Pickups, that also somehow got a 'rave' on the Harmony Review site, and it was so poor I only kept it one hour, before rushing to get it back into it's box, before it's bad mojo got into me. Eddie Van Halen went out to his garage and made his Frankenstrat.. tape, screwdriver... Mom calling to come in for dinner.. and it's apparently sheer magic... but musicians are known to be multi-talented (can sing, dance and act... Like Mick Jagger). Whats the point here? Don't trust reviewers on Harmony (who can be anyone, including the guitar-makers sister), don't trust the 'thin nitro finish' or the pickup maker to guarantee a great guitar (which might be for $700.00, which should make you wonder)... you need to play it, and talk to other people... or maybe just drop me a line...