xaviere guitars

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Hey all. I'll get right to the point. I'm in the market for a tele but I don't want to drop like 600 bucks or more on a decent fender. I was looking at xaviere guitars and http://store.guitarfetish.com/xvsicusobo.html that one in particular. How do these sound? I don't give a crap about brands really--I just follow my ears. I like to work on guitars, so would this xaviere tele be a good fixer-uper. I'm looking to play it for indie rock and blues. Pickup swap suggestions are also welcome.
 
I ordered one of those tele's last week and it should arrive at my doorstep any day now. I'll let you know and post some pics.


Mike
 
if you love to play, play the damn thing, that's how you relic it.

tools!
 
Hey, it's kind of hard to put that kind of worn look on a guitar when you only play out every once in a while and otherwise just play in your music room. In fact, it takes years and years to do it naturally. Unless of course have a habit of swinging the guitar wildly and deliberately knock into everything imaginable. There's no need to be calling people tools because they prefer their guitar to look worn out. Your post added absolutely nothing of value to this thread, great job.
 
Nothing says "home" like the sounds of anonymous bickering early in the morning! :)
 
Look at the G&L ASAT Tribute line before you make a decision. JMHO
 
I've reviewed the XV-820 back in the July Issue of FrugalGuitarist.com. Full review can be read here.

How do they sound? You tell me...

This clip features the Xaviere 820 into a Digitech GNX3000 on the Deluxe model with a slapback added and SIR was applied to get a room sound

This clip features the Xaviere XV-820 using the neck pickup into a Pignose G40V and was recorded using a single SM57 off axis.The clip was treated with a touch of Kjaerhus Audio's free Classic Reverb plugin on the room setting. No other processing was done.
 
wbc, thanks for the input, it does sound good imo. I probably will be buying the guitar but the one I want is out of stock right now (the trans honey with the maple neck). dammnit.

Mutley - that doesn't make sense because I started the thread. If anything my post served as reasoning for why I think relicing is cool/appealing to me, so it more or less did add something to the thread. :confused:?

Milonoque - Thank you for your suggestion but those are out of my price range--unless I was looking at the wrong guitars!?. Beautiful instruments none the less.

Welp Nightfire looks like I'm in the same boat as you were. I think I'll wait it out though because I really want the honey one. Did he say if he had any of the sunburst ones left with a maple neck? I emailed but no response yet.
 
owwmyfoot said:
Mutley - that doesn't make sense because I started the thread. If anything my post served as reasoning for why I think relicing is cool/appealing to me, so it more or less did add something to the thread. :confused:?
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No, the post in question left everyone wondering if you were in favour of "relicing" guitars or not!

It would be a really cool project. ....... or maybe not!
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If you'd said in the OP that you were considering "relicing" the guitar I would have given you the following advice.

If you want a guitar that looks like it's been gigged daily for thirty years, buy a guitar thats been gigged daily for thirty years. If you want a guitar that looks like some numbnut has beaten the shit out of in his shed. Buy a guitar and beat the shit out of it in your shed.

"Relicing" or what is more correctly termed distressing is a technique that has been developed over the years to hide repairs to antique furniture, instruments etc to restore fresh work to match the existing patina. It is an art in itself and incredibly hard to get right.

As to what guitar to buy in your budget? Only you can decide that. Get out there and play a bunch of them. Thats half the pleasure and it's meant to be fun.

Does that help?
 
Thank you for your help. I have been looking around for a while. The stores in my area only carry the big names. I really hate how expensive our hobby is at times.

muttley600 said:
"Relicing" or what is more correctly termed distressing is a technique that has been developed over the years to hide repairs to antique furniture, instruments etc to restore fresh work to match the existing patina. It is an art in itself and incredibly hard to get right.
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I do politely disagree with the definition you have asserted here. That may be what the term means generally, but in the guitar world, "Relicing" an instrument means nothing more than intentionally changing its appearance so that it looks worn from playing, not to hide any repair. For example...Fender markets its Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass model as a "relic" because they give it cosmetic treatments to look worn out identically to how Jaco's was when he died. ESP does the same thing with the Kirk Hammett model. And so forth and so on. I should have made a separate thread for relicing, in fact I think I will do that.
 
The honey body with maple neck is out of stock for the season, thats it, finito.
I got one from their clearance section with a mismatched top for cheap and a free case. There might be a few left, check it out. If your gonna trash it anyways the misimatched top wont matter much.
 
owwmyfoot said:
Thank you for your help. I have been looking around for a while. The stores in my area only carry the big names. I really hate how expensive our hobby is at times.



I do politely disagree with the definition you have asserted here. That may be what the term means generally, but in the guitar world, "Relicing" an instrument means nothing more than intentionally changing its appearance so that it looks worn from playing, not to hide any repair. For example...Fender markets its Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass model as a "relic" because they give it cosmetic treatments to look worn out identically to how Jaco's was when he died. ESP does the same thing with the Kirk Hammett model. And so forth and so on. I should have made a separate thread for relicing, in fact I think I will do that.
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Dude I've making, selling and repairing guitars for thirty years and you want to start telling me what I don't know.:rolleyes: Jeez..

Long before a few branded copies of guitar gods smashed up instruments were marketed the process was called distressing. It still is and will be long after your dead.
 
I'm not trying to discredit your experience. You know a lot more about guitars than I do and that's fine because it's your profession. I'm also not saying that you are wrong outright, just that I disagree. I was just making a point that most people have come to perceive the term as meaning one thing, and that it differs in principle from the specialized definition you expressed.

Still no reply from guitarfetish...
 
owwmyfoot said:
I'm not trying to discredit your experience. You know a lot more about guitars than I do and that's fine because it's your profession. I'm also not saying that you are wrong outright, just that I disagree. I was just making a point that most people have come to perceive the term as meaning one thing, and that it differs in principle from the specialized definition you expressed.

Still no reply from guitarfetish...
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You can disagree all you like but your wrong it "differs in principle" in no way from the term I used correctly. Relicing is a recent term introduced by a few big brand names to dupe a young market into spending extra bucks on a guitar. It's that simple. It's not even a proper word FFS.
 
Over here in the states "distressing" is also known as any number of techniques that are used to make a new piece of wooden furniture (for example) look like it's a lot older than it really is. When it's well done, wear patterns are done at all the appropriate places to make it look as if many years of handling (some not so gentle) have taken place.

Relicing of guitars is no different - it's the artificial aging of a guitar with the end goal to make it look as if it has been played for years and years.

The only difference is the association of "relic" to something of more intrinsic value than something that is not a relic. Great marketing move.

So I do understand the disagreement about the term.
 
Zaphod B said:
Over here in the states "distressing" is also known as any number of techniques that are used to make a new piece of wooden furniture (for example) look like it's a lot older than it really is. When it's well done, wear patterns are done at all the appropriate places to make it look as if many years of handling (some not so gentle) have taken place.

Relicing of guitars is no different - it's the artificial aging of a guitar with the end goal to make it look as if it has been played for years and years.

The only difference is the association of "relic" to something of more intrinsic value than something that is not a relic. Great marketing move.

So I do understand the disagreement about the term.
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There is no disagreeing about the term that is exactly what distressing is. It is the same thing. The techniques are the same, the end result is the same whether you are working on a new piece or an old piece that has been repaired. Distressing is the correct term. Relicing is a recent term invented by a few big brand names. Distressing as a term has been used for hundreds of years. Maybe if GW was to adapt the term, something like "relicarization" that would give it a little more credence.;)
 
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