Fender Custom Shop Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic Review

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Overall Rating 4.69

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Features 4.61

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Quality 4.79

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Reliability / Value 4.64

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Alder  
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  • Finish: Nitrocellulose  
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  • Finish: Lacquer  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Construction: 1-piece neck  
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  • Neck Shape: '60s  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 7.25"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Black Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 21  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Tuners: Fender  
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  • Bridge: Fixed  
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  • Hardware: Nickel/Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Vintage  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 5-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • 3 Custom '66 single-coil Strat pickups

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Would you like a piece of advice? Trust from your fellow musicians who recommend this guitar by giving it the highest grades. Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic is a great sounding instrument that handles well any kind of situation: live, studio or plain practicing. Great features and great sound will keep you satisfied, and you will feel that this axe is worth every cent you've invested. Fender Custom Shop is a well known guitar manufacturer, so it's no surprise that Fender Custom Shop managed to produce another great instrument such as Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic.

Every now and then a new guitar is made and it becomes a best seller, and Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic aims for that very title, as it offers some great features at a competitive price. Most musicians feel that Fender Custom Shop did a great job in achieving this, so you may be sure that this guitar has a lot to offer, should you choose it to be your guitar of choice.

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 '66 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 '66 Stratocaster Relic is a flawlessly sounding instrument.

Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic is a guitar that will cause envy with your friends-guitarists. The finish is beautiful; it tells the story of how much time and care Fender Custom Shop took to create such a great instrument. Action is great right out of the box, but it's easy to set it up to fit your playing style and needs. Hardware is no exception, and is carefully chosen to make Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic a fine instrument that it is.

Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic is reliable and durable guitar that goes shoulder to shoulder with top built guitars. It will perform well in any imaginable situation, and will stand the test of time, if you take the usual care of your instrument. It is no secret that Fender Custom Shop makes good, quality instruments, and that is surely the case with Time Machine '66 Stratocaster Relic guitar.