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Anyone think there would be a market for refinishing reliced guitars to look factory new again?

mordechaister wrote:Anyone think there would be a market for refinishing reliced guitars to look factory new again?

Are you serious

i hate relicing, so i suppose there is

Sure. I've done two in the last month for two customers.one problem is that people get impatient. If using nitro you've got to explain how lone it takes and why. One Guy wanted a refin, fret leveling, setup. All done in one weekend. He said someone quoted him that and I said they're aren't going to do it right in that amount of time. just be careful on time and cost quotes, people. An be a bit h to work with.

Not serious at all. The whole relic thing cracks me up to be honest.

Yeah people are nuts. I'm just finishing this build/assembly for someone. Started around October, told her I'd like to get it done before thanksgiving because once the holidays hit I would get slowed down and not do much. She didn't get me the parts until a week before thanksgiving, and a week after was asking where her bass was.

relic is only good if its a POS squire afinity.

no market. To do so as a business model would cost more than the guitars are worth. Some people may have a favorite guitar that has just got beaten to shit and are willing to "restore" their baby, but in general, a guitar only has a certain amount of value no matter what condition it is in. The finish is the thing that least affects the value after playability, functionality, and original parts. If you are talking non vintage stuff, it is just alot cheaper to sell your relic'd guitar to someone who like that and buy one in the shape/color you prefer then pay someone a reasonable hourly wage to fix it all up.

If you are talking vintage, then from a value standpoint, restoring them is usually a negative thing.

mickie08 wrote:no market. To do so as a business model would cost more than the guitars are worth. Some people may have a favorite guitar that has just got beaten to shit and are willing to "restore" their baby, but in general, a guitar only has a certain amount of value no matter what condition it is in. The finish is the thing that least affects the value after playability, functionality, and original parts. If you are talking non vintage stuff, it is just alot cheaper to sell your relic'd guitar to someone who like that and buy one in the shape/color you prefer then pay someone a reasonable hourly wage to fix it all up.

If you are talking vintage, then from a value standpoint, restoring them is usually a negative thing.

i agree, my father in law had a 75 p-bass bought new. it was white. he giged with it for 30 years in bars. it looked like crap. yellow and totally destroyed. he sold it last year for way more than perfect looking ones of the same vintage. some dude just loved the look of it....

and the thing was, it was the best playing p-bass i have ever played......