Fender Stratocaster Time Machine – 60 STRATOCASTER NOS Electric Guitar Review :: Fender Electric Guitar Reviews
A detailed recreation of its Kennedy-era ancestor.
The ’60 Fender STRATOCASTER NOS guitar is a detailed recreation of its Kennedy-era ancestor and it features an alder body, ’60s C-shaped maple neck, and—for the first time in its history—a smaller truss rod and slab laminated rosewood fingerboard with clay dot markers. The pickup design of this fender strat is faithful to the original right down to the materials and winding, producing a characteristically smooth and glassy tone. Under the hood, the finish undercoating and the crude pickup-wiring routing in the body were replicated. This electric guitar has been given the New Old Stock (NOS) treatment—built (from original tooling) as if bought new in its respective model year and just found today. Looks like a brand new axe, brought by time machine direct from 1960.
| Features + Technical Specs | |
|---|---|
| Model Number | 015-0700-(Color#) |
| Series | Time Machine Series |
| Colors | “Thinskin” Finish: (800) 3-Color Sunburst, (804) Daphne Blue, (805) Olympic White, (840) Fiesta Red, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) |
| Body | Select Alder |
| Neck | Maple, Early ‘60s “C” Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184 mm) |
| No. of Frets | 21 Vintage Style Frets |
| Pickups | 3 Custom ‘60s Single-Coil Strat Pickups |
| Controls | Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup) |
| Pickup Switching | 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Middle Pickup Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Bridge | American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo |
| Machine Heads | Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines |
| Hardware | Nickel/Chrome |
| Pickguard | 3-Ply White |
| Scale Length | 25.5” (648 mm) |
| Width at Nut | 1.650” (42 mm) |
| Unique Features | “C” Shape Maple Neck, Built as if bought new in its respective year and brought forward in time. |
| Strings | Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel, Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046), p/n 073-0250-006 |
| Accessories | Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case (Gold Interior), Strap, Cable |
| This musical instruments offer includes Case | Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case |
| Introduced | 1/1999 |
