"Relic" mania cracks me up.
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metalhead28
Hates Raymond
I can't believe people would pay money for that shit.
That's the ultimate statement of being a poser. The wear means nothing if it wasn't put on through a life of abuse. It can't be about mojo or some crap like that becasue there is no mojo involved in aging a guitar on purpose.
I have to laugh at anybody who would buy that stuff.
What are you gonna do, tell everybody it's the real thing?
Man that shit is ridiculous.....
That's the ultimate statement of being a poser. The wear means nothing if it wasn't put on through a life of abuse. It can't be about mojo or some crap like that becasue there is no mojo involved in aging a guitar on purpose.
I have to laugh at anybody who would buy that stuff.
What are you gonna do, tell everybody it's the real thing?
Man that shit is ridiculous.....
metalhead28
Hates Raymond
hixmix said:
It also reminds me of when I was a kid and all the shitty skateboarders would rough up their brand new skateboards so it would look like they were actually good at it.
mikemorgan
panned out
Yeah, like this guy tried to sell me a bunch of old RCA tubes he said were "New Old Stock". I laughed and said, why would I want ancient looking tubes, even if they were new. lol
travelin travis
New member
mikemorgan said:
That's a joke right?
jimistone
long standing member
hixmix said:So I saw this guitar today online:
Think about it. A one year-old guitar made to look like it has 46 years of wear and tear in "dead mint-collector owned-untouched condition"?
The extensive damage is mint!
Done by trained demolisionists only!
No rookie defacing and abuse here.....only technicians professionally trained in fucking up guitars to the point of $2500.00 price points.
Hell if a rookie...like me...started fucking it up...to the limit....it might be worth $5000.00
can't have that!
Rickson Gracie
New member
i can definitely hear what a lot of you guys are saying but theres also a certain asthetic beauty to aged beat up guitars...especially fenders.
that is the only reason i would want one.
that is the only reason i would want one.
ibanezrocks
New member
Aged is different than Reliced. I love an aged looking guitar, like worn nickel hardware looks better to me than chrome does, not everything has to be shiny all the time. Having chunks out of the paint though... thats a waste of a guitar.
EDIT: I admit I like the look of reliced Fenders.... mostly because whenever I play a Fender I want to drag it down the street.
EDIT: I admit I like the look of reliced Fenders.... mostly because whenever I play a Fender I want to drag it down the street.
Looks can be decieving, we all agree on that part. To me there is something different in the sound of a naturally worn and aged guitar. All those years of viberations, sweat, bumps, being drug around in all sorts of weather, etc... add up and affect not only the looks but the sound as well. Guitars are like fine wine, they tend to mellow with age and get a little sweeter. The factory "aged" guitars may look the part, but do they sound like they have the age and experience to go along with their looks? To me it's kind of like a 13 year old girl putting on enough make up so she looks 30.... then she opens her mouth....(enough said.)
stetto
Left Unattended
So I'm looking at the relic line of Fenders in one of their catalogs, and I'm thinkin'; Don't they HAVE to warrant the finish? On a Rory Gallagher Strat do they clear-coat over the areas they've exposed to the elements? How do you warranty an unprotected guitar body?
...I don't see the sense in someone having a clone of someone else's guitar--I do, however, see the potential entertainment value in ridiculing someone who has a clone of someone else's guitar...
Eric
...I don't see the sense in someone having a clone of someone else's guitar--I do, however, see the potential entertainment value in ridiculing someone who has a clone of someone else's guitar...
Eric
jimistone
long standing member
stetto said:
I think the clone guitars...like the Rory, the Jimi painted monteray, or the SRV #1 are pretty much for wealthy collectors.
Buy the thing...keep it in the closet....show it to a few select fellow collectors for bragging purposes every once in a while....then sell it in a couple of decades for a handsome profit....and use the proceeds to buy another clone to stick in the closet for a decade or two
Unless one is very wealthy and doesn't desire to sell at a profil...in that case it stays in the closet forever...or in a trophey case.
I seriously doubt if any players buy these things to actually play.
I could be wrong though.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
I don't think you're wrong.jimistone said:
A friend that I used to play music with has a couple of 60s-era Fenders in the closet - one thinline Tele and a Strat. Between both guitars they probably have a combined playing time of 1 hour. Both stay in their cases, in a locked closet, along with, I think, a Martin D-45.
I don't know what the point is.
