Fender Custom Shop Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic Review

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Fender Custom Shop Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic has been rated by 22 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.59

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Features 4.52

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Quality 4.63

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Reliability / Value 4.77

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Fender Custom Shop just can't get tired of making great guitars! Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic is another fabulous instrument that deserves and gets the highest grades! There's little to be wished for, if anything, with this great sounding instrument. A job well done by Fender Custom Shop!

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic's features!

You can plug this baby into a toaster and, God knows, maybe it would sound as great as it does with any other amp. Seriously, Fender Custom Shop made a Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic, a terrific sounding instrument that deserves all the praise it can get. There is simply no need to change any stock-provided parts built into this axe, as it sounds professional all the way. Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic is a flawlessly sounding instrument.

Ready to play out of the box, Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Fender Custom Shop put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic does.

If you're willing to believe your fellow musicians, then you should trust that Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic is one highly reliable guitar, that will perform well both in studio and on stage. It is durable as well, given the fact that you take the usual care of your instrument. Time Machine '60 Stratocaster Relic is really a great choice if reliability/durability is one of your concerns.