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Ooo like the Tele but its a contradiction of itself - this is where DIY relicing falls down. If you had a guitar with a body worn by use and age you would expect the metalwork on the body to at least be worn and shiny too, not dull and rusty as if left alone out in the rain.

edit :: same seller also has a Musicmaster Bass that' they have relic'd

rps-10 wrote:edit :: same seller also has a Musicmaster Bass that' they have relic'd

Whoa, he sells a load of that stuff! They are quite bad, they look like been dredged from a river!

rps-10 wrote:Ooo like the Tele but its a contradiction of itself - this is where DIY relicing falls down. If you had a guitar with a body worn by use and age you would expect the metalwork on the body to at least be worn and shiny too.

I disagree completely. All guitar show signs of age differently. I've seen some guitars that are old and show wear and tear in sign that are definitely outside the normal 'relic' patterns. My biggest complaint about relics is the lack of creativity they're approached with. Lets finish it with super thin paint, sand the forearm a bit, ding up the edges and call it good.

A had a '72 RI thinline and everything on the guitar that was metal was completely rusted from sweat. The saddles didn't have any bit of chrome left.

True steel/ferric based metalwork will rust when exposed, but if the intrument is actually used often then it will take on a different look to what those guitars in the auctions look like. The aution guitars have an almost "new" look to the rust, whereas the bodies do have a quite convincing worn/aged look to them and therefore look at odds with each other.

Guess it's not the end of the world. There are definitely fewer good looking relic jobs than there are poor ones. Just play the damn thing from when it was new, it'll be worthwhile.

i like it. im a big fan of relic'd (be it natch or fake) anyways

its not the most natural looking effort but it aint half bad. its probably taken quite a lot of man hours to get it looking as "good"

It sold from £460 - just goes to show...

its probably taken quite a lot of man hours to get it looking as "good"

I definitely agree there, must be days of work gone into it. In terms of time = money, I reckon the seller probably made quite a loss.

SKC Willie wrote:it doesn't look too bad . . .


until you realize it used to be surf green.

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