Rant No. 1

[dave_mc]

i remember the first time i put a tiny dink in my first guitar... was extremely annoyed. once you realise that it's unavoidable, though, and nomatter how careful you are, you WILL walk into a door/wall/whatever with it eventually, as mark says, it feels a lot better. sometimes you find that the less careful you are (as long as you aren't daft and really careless), the less dings you put in things...

[noodleplugerine]

Once the first major ding gets into a guitar - I celebrate each new one :p

My Viper is covered in them at the mo - My horizon however has none whatsoever except for the TINEST white spot on the VERY end of the headstock, been ultra careful though.

Some really pretty guitars should never be damaged - The Horizon is a prime example.

[Philly Q]

Has anyone got this month's Guitar & Bass?

There's an interview with Larry Miller about his guitar collection.  He's a big Rory Gallagher fan and has one of the Custom Shop RG "Tribute" Strats.  From playing, some of the "ageing" has actually worn off the pickup covers and knobs.  So he's un-relicing it!   :lol:

[kevincurtis]

From playing, some of the "ageing" has actually worn off the pickup covers and knobs.  So he's un-relicing it!   :lol:

Fantastic :)  does that increase or decrease the value?

Personally I like my relic'd (not heavy) Edwards...pristine pretty guitars put me off playing them in case I ding them..which is inevitable!

[Philly Q]

Personally I like my relic'd (not heavy) Edwards...pristine pretty guitars put me off playing them in case I ding them..which is inevitable!

The Edwards relics look really good (at least in pictures, I've not seen one in the flesh), better than a lot of Fenders for a third, or even a quarter, of the price.  I very nearly bought one of their relic Strats recently.

[_tom_]

I'd say this is about right :) Getting an aged nickel bridge pickup soon which will probably fit in better than the shiny one it has in the neck



Still need to get the neck join sorted out though!

[dave_mc]

Personally I like my relic'd (not heavy) Edwards...pristine pretty guitars put me off playing them in case I ding them..which is inevitable!

The Edwards relics look really good (at least in pictures, I've not seen one in the flesh), better than a lot of Fenders for a third, or even a quarter, of the price.  I very nearly bought one of their relic Strats recently.

i wish they did un-relic'ed edwardses with the same pickups and electronics as the relics... for no more money than the normal ones, of course. :lol: and in a wider choice of colours, too. :D

haven't picked up guitar and bass mag yet, but i probably will. i've started reading it the last few issues, it's actually pretty good.

[PhilKing]

I had to post this, this is the Bravewood, on an original 60's Selmer 'croc skin' case'  I think the relicing is perfect on it!!

[Kilby]

I'm not a fan of the reliced guitars on the whole, though I can understand the Bravewood which is just looking like a guitar that is showing it's age. I don't understand the whole thing of looking like it was thrown onto a belt sander for 10 minutes.

The Gallagher strat (for example) I can sort of understand (having seen Rory on stage many time) I have a soft spot but in my case not enough to buy one.

Does anybody remember the guy who was collecting reliced LPs , but complained that one seller had gigged the guitar, and it may have been marked !

[indysmith]

I had to post this, this is the Bravewood, on an original 60's Selmer 'croc skin' case'  I think the relicing is perfect on it!!

I NEED THAT GUITAR

Does anybody remember the guy who was collecting reliced LPs , but complained that one seller had gigged the guitar, and it may have been marked !

...and that guy's just a fool

[Kilby]

Does anybody remember the guy who was collecting reliced LPs , but complained that one seller had gigged the guitar, and it may have been marked !

...and that guy's just a fool

A fool with too much money

[nfe]

I generally find how wound up people can manage to get over relic's laughable.

It's just a finish same as any other, hell, the whole "falseness" nonsens just doesn't wash with me, if someone wants a relic'd effect on a guitar I really don't see it as any different to someone wanting a quilted top.

[indysmith]

I generally find how wound up people can manage to get over relic's laughable.

It's just a finish same as any other, hell, the whole "falseness" nonsens just doesn't wash with me, if someone wants a relic'd effect on a guitar I really don't see it as any different to someone wanting a quilted top.

Very well said
+1 Kudos

[AndyR]

I generally find how wound up people can manage to get over relic's laughable.

It's just a finish same as any other, hell, the whole "falseness" nonsens just doesn't wash with me, if someone wants a relic'd effect on a guitar I really don't see it as any different to someone wanting a quilted top.

+1 from me as well.

The only "issues" I have had personally are:

a) Looking at them close-up, it's not usually a finish that I want - fine if someone else does...

b) (I think someone else mentioned this earlier) the wall of "custom shop" fenders I looked at a while back were ALL relic'd - the salesmen was trying to tell me what superior guitars they were anyway (not realising my pockets weren't that deep!), while I was going "but can't I have one of these fabulous guitars with a full paint job?" - apparently not (not from that guy, anyway!)

[Kilby]

I generally find how wound up people can manage to get over relic's laughable.

I guess the way I view it is that I want the bumps, dings and blemishes to belong to the guitar, not to have been inflicted upon it. For a stage guitar where you can't afford to take an original out I can see the point.

As I said each to their own, though I do not understand the attraction of an abused guitar, and I certainly don't wish to pay extra for the relicing.

I'd quite like one of the Vintage Lemon Drop LPs but I'd prefer it not to have had a brillo pad taken to it