Relic guitars

Fledermaus

I know opinion is devided on these guitars, I just wondered how many other things the public can be persuaded to buy that are already looking worn out? Jeans, furniture.....cars?

axisus

It's not a case of being persuaded to buy, worn stuff generally looks better. Does not apply to Thai brides.

robgilmo

Shabby Chic , I have to say , looks awful in my eyes.

ESBlonde

robgilmo said:

Shabby Chic , I have to say , looks awful in my eyes.

My eyes look shabby chic. We used to say they looked like road maps!

GoldenEraGuitars

Christ o mighty this has been done so many times. 

Looks like another repetitive thread will ensue based around someone’s annoyance at a non story. 

Gagaryn

robgilmo said:

Shabby Chic , I have to say , looks awful in my eyes.

Great name for a tribute band though.

fretmeister

It's just another finish option.

It's as polarising as neon pink and even poo burst. It just happens to be far more time consuming to get right than a traditional finish.

If you don't like it, the don't buy it.

Personally I don't care what colour a guitar is. Colour is way down my list of priorities when I'm picking an instrument. Ease of playing / balance / weight / tone etc are all far more important than colour or even the shape of it.

jonnyburgo

As above it’s just a finish choice some like black some like white some like sparkly. Some like crystal clear music production some like lo fi and some like overproduced music. It doesn’t matter.

Sporky

jonnyburgo said:

As above it’s just a finish choice some like black some like white some like sparkly. Some like crystal clear music production some like lo fi and some like overproduced music. It doesn’t matter.

Some of us like all of those apart from white.

p90fool

It's just showbiz, one of the many style options available for a performer, just like clothing is. 

Dominic

 BrownLeathergoods,especially boots, saddles,jackets, deck shoes and Black Biker Jackets /waistcoats look so much better when they are worn in.
Most Chesterfield Sofa manufacturers distress them to look like worn old Club Sofas these days......it's a good Look.
Timothy Oulton makes a great job of it.

robgilmo

Land Rovers however, they dont look 'right' unless they have been abused beyond any sane persons idea of worn out. Unless its faked, spray on mud is actually a thing, I shit you not. 

Dominic

Quite.......a shiny Landie on a Monday morning is a dead giveaway of the skint-members who don't have an Estate to go to at weekends ......phoneys I tell you !

TheBlueWolf

I don't mind a relic. It's a personal preference though people either like it or they don't but it's not worth losing sleep over really 

Tone71

I don't really care what it looks like as long as it works, cars, guitars........women!

I work with guys who look forward to cleaning the car at the weekend and they call me dull for playing guitar! 3 hours a weekend lost, to never get back, and if the engine blows it blows regardless of how shiny it is.

robgilmo

Dominic said:

Quite.......a shiny Landie on a Monday morning is a dead giveaway of the skint-members who don't have an Estate to go to at weekends ......phoneys I tell you !

A shiney landy is a bit like pulling a 51 tele out of a case covered in old transport stickers, pulling down the brim of your hat, connecting your lead that runs into a lovely battered vintage tweed amp then playing two notes on one string like it was the first time you ever held a guitar. All the while thinking to your self Jimi, stand aside. If you own a nice shiny Landy you arnt using it right.