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Topic: Leave it, Refinish it, or (drumroll) "Relic" it |
Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 22 May 2006 12:41 pm |
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We went around the horn a while back on whether to re-vinish a worn vintage instrument or not. There seemed to be two camps: #1. Never #2. Why not? ... and a few middle ground straddlers based on how bad the original finish is today.
Well, here's an alternate solution: pay big bucks to make your Stringmaster look like it was abused on bar gigs for the last 40 years. Fender's Relic series has offered this for a while now. In then 70s it was called "antiquing", now it's "relicing". I just don't get it.
http://mjtelecaster.com/index.html
ps I've got two kids who would love to "relic" your guitar for free  [This message was edited by Andy Volk on 22 May 2006 at 01:44 PM.] |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 22 May 2006 1:45 pm
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The origin of this, if it is not an "urban legend", is that they made a telecaster for Keith Richards and he declined it saying that if they wanted him to use it they would have to "bash it up a bit".
I like the concept to a point, as if I were able to afford one of the vintage guitars I would be pretty uptight about taking it out to a gig. Relic'ed guitars are replaceable, or were- now they cost as much as the vintage guitars so it is increasingly pointless. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Rick Batey
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Posted 22 May 2006 3:09 pm
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Last edited by Rick Batey on 10 Jan 2009 7:22 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Rick Batey
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Posted 22 May 2006 3:30 pm
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Just for fun... here are three pre-CBS Teles... two are all-original, one is a body-only refin by Mark J... guess and then click below...
Answer here: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum19/HTML/002519.html [This message was edited by Rick Batey on 22 May 2006 at 04:46 PM.] |
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Nathan Hernandez
From:
Riverside, California, USA
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Posted 22 May 2006 4:36 pm
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| I have a friend that does purdy good doing this for chaps. He aint cheap either. He'll either make one from scratch or customize you custom shop. Some player will have there custom shop or a new guitar made and reliced to match there vintage guitar so they dont have to worrie about it on the road. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Greg Pettit
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 22 May 2006 9:16 pm
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| That sucker has seen better days. I bet you hate the sight of it so much that you'd be just as happy sending it to me. I'll pay the shipping. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 22 May 2006 10:39 pm
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| Thanks Greg! I just took off the pickguard and it's soaking in a pan of water for a couple of days. I gotta get rid of those stickers. As nasty as this guitar looks, it sounds really sweet and it plays like butter. |
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Max Laine
From:
Pori, Finland
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Posted 22 May 2006 11:57 pm
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| Spreading some butter on the stickers loosens them faster than soaking in the water! |
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 23 May 2006 12:46 am
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"Relicing" is something I do not understand. I think the two main factors about vintage instruments are
1. Quality
2. "Mojo" – the history and fascination of an old instrument
I think the (real) nicks and dents that vintage instruments have are part of their "personality". Someone applying fake signs of wear and age does not give an instrument history or personality. It’s simply not real.
I really don’t understand why Fender make these expensive guitars with fake aged finish and dents. Why don’t they make all their instruments as good as those, and leave the finish unspoilt? |
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 23 May 2006 4:48 am
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honest playing wear has the most mojo.
just as I dont care for smashing guitars I dont care for relicing a guitar.
however, if one comes across a bad paint job(like the pink gorilla job mentioned) then by all means repaint or refinish. |
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John McGann
From:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 May 2006 4:51 am
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Relics- the stonewashed jeans of the guitar world!
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http://www.johnmcgann.com
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 23 May 2006 11:18 am
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| The local furniture manufacturer used to "relic" or "antique" furniture by slapping it with lengths of log chains... |
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Craig Stenseth
From:
Naperville, Illinois, USA
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Posted 23 May 2006 4:00 pm
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| I'm going to throw out a guess, that they 'reli'c their guitars because people will buy them that way. |
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