Fender Custom Shop Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster Review

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Overall Rating 4.65/5

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Features 4.75/5

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Quality 2.3/5

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Reliability / Value 4.7/5

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Fender Custom Shop Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster Specs

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  • Body Shape: Strat®  
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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: Urethane  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Construction: 1-piece neck  
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  • Neck Shape: V-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"  
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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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  • Nut Width: 1.65"  
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  • String Nut: Micarta  
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  • Tuners: Fender  
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  • Bridge: Tremolo  
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  • Hardware: Nickel/Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: 6105  
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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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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Bridge Pickup Master Design Strat® Bridge Pickup Middle Pickup Master Design Strat® Middle Pickup Neck Pickup Master Design Strat® Neck Pickup Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

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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 '58 Relic Stratocaster certainly is. Not only it sounds well, but also performs and handles really nice. Another must-have from Fender Custom Shop!

Fender Custom Shop has put a lot of time and effort into choosing the right features for Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster and tuning them right, and that just made a lot of musicians happy, causing them to award this instrument with the highest grades. Features of Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster are brilliant and Fender Custom Shop should be proud of themselves for producing such a beautiful instrument with which you will also be happy, whether you decide to go for it.

Just by looking at Fender Custom Shop's Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster you can tell that this instrument is something special. Beautiful finish tells the story of extraordinary craftsmanship of Fender Custom Shop. Action is superb, and easily adjustable. The first time you pick up Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster and play it, you will notice that this is a top quality guitar. Hardware is no exception; it is carefully chosen and will last you for a long time.

Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster is both durable and reliable, and it will stand the test of time whilst still performing and looking great as it did when it was brand new. Fender Custom Shop is a renown guitar manufacturer that has knowledge and experience when it comes to building quality musical instruments, so you should rest assured that Time Machine '58 Relic Stratocaster is the right choice.