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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: greeny76 on May 25, 2006, 10:06:42 PM

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: greeny76 on May 25, 2006, 10:06:42 PM

Hi I have another quetsion:


I am playing a Gibson Les Paul

and although it sounds great and looks good too

I am looking at getting the bridge and tail pieces aged and was wondering how to go about it

I am looking at getting Some Bareknuckle Humbuckers with aged covers wired out of phase like Peter Greens old Les Paul


thanks


Wayne

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: _tom_ on May 25, 2006, 10:07:45 PM

Play it more :)

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: Dakine on May 25, 2006, 10:08:38 PM

what E said ^ lol

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: greeny76 on May 25, 2006, 10:16:02 PM

Thanks I didn't think of that :D


but seriously if I am getting aged pickups I just want the other parts to look older too

  :band5:

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: indysmith on May 25, 2006, 10:18:48 PM

Quote from: greeny76

Thanks I didn't think of that :D


but seriously if I am getting aged pickups I just want the other parts to look older too

  :band5:

seriously man - just ABUSE your guitar - if you're not scared to relic it you'll have lots more fun playing, as you'll be concentrating on playing hard instead of taking care of ur baby

Title: thanks guys
Post by: greeny76 on May 25, 2006, 10:24:04 PM

Yeah I suppose you are right,

I will just get the pickups worked on by Tim, will have to send them to him to "Greeny" them for me

I just want my Gibson to look different to all the other little pretend guitarists in my area who think they can play :shock:

I must admit though I have just been playing it and the tail piece is starting to fade nicely

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: Searcher on May 26, 2006, 06:09:16 AM

Leave it outside for a couple weeks.   :wink:

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: plastercaster on May 27, 2006, 07:16:43 AM

not 100% on this, but you could VERY carefully remove some of the polish from the tailpiece, at least,
with some wet/dry paper, or an emery board, or maybe even a nail file if you had the patience?
unless anyone knows any better its worth a shot. wouldn't try it on the bridge though.   :?

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 31, 2006, 09:35:15 PM

Quote from: plastercaster

not 100% on this, but you could VERY carefully remove some of the polish from the tailpiece, at least,
with some wet/dry paper, or an emery board, or maybe even a nail file if you had the patience?
unless anyone knows any better its worth a shot. wouldn't try it on the bridge though.   :?

or just leave it in a big bucket of bleach for a fortnight

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 31, 2006, 09:35:47 PM

Quote from: CaffeineJunkie

Quote from: plastercaster

not 100% on this, but you could VERY carefully remove some of the polish from the tailpiece, at least,
with some wet/dry paper, or an emery board, or maybe even a nail file if you had the patience?
unless anyone knows any better its worth a shot. wouldn't try it on the bridge though.   :?

or just leave it in a big bucket of bleach for a fortnight

^ sarcasm, don't actually do this, trust me-it doesn't work

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: headtheball on May 31, 2006, 09:44:59 PM

Send me the metal parts. I'll leave them lying around my lab for a couple O' weeks and send them back. The air's about 1% nitric acid and it decays everything. The missus won't let me bring feckin teaspoons in with me anymore...

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 31, 2006, 09:47:39 PM

lab??? BKPs resident mad scientist :D

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: Dakine on May 31, 2006, 09:52:36 PM

^
hmmm, Bexhill, sounds like "Boxhill or Bust", Dumpy's Rusty Nuts :)

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 31, 2006, 09:57:46 PM

Quote from: Dakine

^
hmmm, Bexhill, sounds like "Boxhill or Bust", Dumpy's Rusty Nuts :)

more like dusty old ruts, more old people here than in God's waiting room

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: Dakine on May 31, 2006, 10:22:35 PM

hmmm, party central? what for then vicks vapor rub?  :P

Title: How to Age Guitar parts
Post by: Bird on May 31, 2006, 10:26:34 PM

Most of the experienced guys will tell you to start with a guitar with a nitro finish, the poly finishes just don't age the same. So if you've got a poly clearcoat you've got to strip it off and refinish you guitar with nitro, wait 6 months for it to cure, then you can start to relic it. Here's a few sites that have some info

These 2 are related, one is photos from the demo the other a fairly good description of what was being done.

http://www.pbase.com/jroy/relicdemo
http://tdpri.com/resourceRELICING.htm

Lots of info and help can be found on this site
http://www.reranch.com/reranch/
This guitar is in the reranch gallery and gives some tips
http://home.flash.net/~guitars/Stewsdaphne.html

http://home.flash.net/~guitars/archive.html#relic

Here's a link to an interview with the guys who put together those exact replicas of SRV's #1, only 100 made or something. There's a link to pics at the bottom. Buy SRV Live at the El Mocambo to see how to relic a guitar Stevie Ray style.
http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000125.html

Most of the guys who are really good at the relic process won't give away much, you really have to dig to find bits here and there.  8)