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Fender 1960 Custom Shop Relic Strat
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Price Paid for : $1850 USD
Description of : Made in USA. The relic look is great, the neck feels like no other guitar I've played. The sound is un-beliveable vintage fender.The rosewood finger board is the only thing that does't have the relic look, but feels great.
Tone of Fender 1960 Custom Shop Relic Strat:
Comments about Fender 1960 Custom Shop Relic Strat: the pickups have that fat fender sound, I understand they age the pickups, I have a 57 reissue and a newer strat,and a 52 reissue tele but none of them sound like this.
Quality of Fender 1960 Custom Shop Relic Strat:
Comments about Fender 1960 Custom Shop Relic Strat: The relic look includes lacquer checking you would find in an older guitar, the chips,dings and nicotine pickgard round out the look. The neck is rubbed and feels so good you don't want to put it down
Overall Opinions of Fender 1960 Custom Shop Relic Strat:
Pros: the sound, the look the feel.
Cons: the price seems high at first, but once you get your hands on one, you won't mind and would not part with it if offered twice the price. I guess this really isn't a con.

Submitted by:
Tom Bubnis (7542484@MSn.COm)
Playing Experience:
one to two years
Musical Tastes:
blues classic rock


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