Fender Custom Shop Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic Review

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Overall Rating 4.67/5

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Features 4.56/5

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Quality 4.56/5

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Reliability / Value 4.58/5

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  • Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"  
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Have you seen and heard this guitar in action? If you did, then you know that it's well worth the price. Fender Custom Shop created a great sounding guitar, which Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic certainly is. Not only it sounds well, but also performs and handles really nice. Another must-have from Fender Custom Shop!

Fender Custom Shop took time and with its vast experience at making new guitars, made a Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic, a guitar that stands out for its remarkable features it offers for a fair price. Fender Custom Shop did a great job, and a lot of musicians gave highest grades to Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic, which proves the quality of this instrument. Feature-wise, there is no need to say much about it. This guitar will satisfy a great majority of musicians and that's what Fender Custom Shop had in mind while building it.

The sound of Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic is finer than other guitars in many ways. The reason for that lays in the fact that Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic plays extraordinarily well through mostly any kind of amplifier which means that the sound is versatile, adaptable to various music styles and genres. Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic is easy to set up, and even easier to get used to its unique tone that easily becomes yours.

Ready to play out of the box, Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '56 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 '56 Stratocaster Relic does.

Time Machine '56 Stratocaster Relic is one of the finest in its class. Fender Custom Shop created a guitar that is both durable, and a guitar that performs well in studio, on stage and while rehearsing/practicing. Quality hardware and finish are a guarantee that this instrument will last long and serve you well, if you take the usual care for your instrument, as you should.