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« on: March 24, 2008, 07:06:04 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2008, 07:19:36 PM »
Haha, i was looking at Vintage guitars relicing the other day and it's even worse on some of theirs, especially on the V6 Icon in Black!

I was at music live, i didn't get to see those though i just got pissed at the bar lmao.
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2008, 08:24:17 PM »
Agreed with you C_J; the 'Vintage' Lemondrop Peter Green sig copies would only convince someone were they half a mile down the road looking through binoculars. Backwards.

Maybe this is just sour grapes because the whole range improved just after I bought my metal AXXE razer (which is now in a state of being permanently borrowed by an old folk musician).

It looks like this bar the stupid headstock.


I haven't dared ask as to it's reception at shows...
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2008, 09:33:44 PM »
I like their relics.. :(



On another note, I might buy a Stratocaster to relic it through age (yes, I'm serious) Depends if I live that long, lol..
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2008, 09:49:45 PM »
I'd agree with you there on the idea of relicing through actual playing and age. (although every time I see relicing written I see re-lice-ing, which is not a nice image...)

Just make sure you get the right finish material as very few will shatter in a similar way to Rory Gallagher's strats for example.
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2008, 10:13:36 PM »
I dont care for the relicing on the Vintage Lemondrop but, the one i played one time was absolutely fantastic especially for the money.

I really want one, i guess they're better construction wise than the other Les Pauls in the vintage range?
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2008, 01:34:32 AM »
Probably worse actually as the relicing process on the lemondrops involves drilling holes for klusons and then redrilling for spertzels to give the appearance of being modded.

Vintage do now have a premium range which looks quite nice (although, having said that, none of that range is quite the same as the traditional guitar style that the designs hail from. It would appear that Trevor Wilkinson uses Vintage as a testing ground for his new ideas before they are incorporated into his Fretking range.).
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2008, 07:57:24 AM »
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Probably worse actually as the relicing process on the lemondrops involves drilling holes for klusons and then redrilling for spertzels to give the appearance of being modded.


Rofl, you're kidding right?
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2008, 08:13:05 AM »
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Probably worse actually as the relicing process on the lemondrops involves drilling holes for klusons and then redrilling for spertzels to give the appearance of being modded.


Rofl, you're kidding right?


He's not; they do have those fake holes. However I doubt they'd do anything bad for the build quality as they are only small ~1mm holes. The one I tried was really nice and the neck had a really nice profile to it and was really smooth. The pups weren't too shabby either. The biggest difference is that these have maple caps; like a proper LP should.

The guitar even looks pretty cool if you stand more than about 5 feeet away from it lol. I'd consider getting one if I was after a cheap good LP.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2008, 11:58:49 PM »
Thing is, that Rory Gallagher finish crazing isn't just about age and use. the guitar lay in a shuck in Cork for three nights.

I wonder if Fender do this on the custom shop re-issues. Perhaps i should take a run down and check the hedges of Cork for guitars...
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2008, 12:08:12 AM »
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Thing is, that Rory Gallagher finish crazing isn't just about age and use. the guitar lay in a shuck in Cork for three nights.

I wonder if Fender do this on the custom shop re-issues. Perhaps i should take a run down and check the hedges of Cork for guitars...

Two words for this...

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ROAD TRIP!
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« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2008, 12:17:45 AM »
Hmmm, I remember someone around here said that with a guitar, there is a time between when the guitar is new, and when it looks beaten up, in which the guitar doesn't look nicely relic'd, and is too far gone to be new.

Maybe its just easier for them to produce an overly relic'd guitar than a subtle one? Although, I agree the spensive custom shop jobbys should be perfect, I am speaking up for the vintage line, where I can see budget would still be a big issue
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« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2008, 12:18:04 PM »
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Probably worse actually as the relicing process on the lemondrops involves drilling holes for klusons and then redrilling for spertzels to give the appearance of being modded.


I've been known to pull stunts like this when building guitars; and all this time, I thought I was the only one.
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« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2008, 06:36:18 AM »
lol i'm fairly sure the whole idea of 'relicing' a guitar in a factory is utterly stupid, especially when fender does it.

NO, you can NOT just drop a strat down a flight of stairs, call it a "Rory Gallagher Tribute" and sell it for 5 effing thousand dollars!
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2008, 06:47:56 AM »
I'm lucky enough to have my own relic-er. He's my brother, and all you need to do is lend him anything, and it comes back a fortnight later, looking like it's been used hard for thirty years.

He works on everything as well, not just guitars.
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