Pre-Chrimbo NGD

Hyster

Last purchase of the year, a 61' Bravewood Strat

I know there is not much love for the relic thing here, but I really like it;



http://i65.tinypic.com/qq5tf4.jpg

Chuffola

Well, I love it too

Flanging_Fred

Happy NGD! A good guitar is a good guitar; pristine or relic'ed it doesn't make much difference to me. Play it loads, make tons of music and enjoyed it. Job done.

Sassafras

I don't much care for the relic thing but I like those Bravewoods.
IMO they're the most authentic vintage Fender sounding guitars around.

Strangefan

As long as they're done right I can appreciate them and that looks right. Nice Guitar Dude. 

Hyster

Thanks for the nice comments, it really plays lovely, nice flat fretboard radius and has a set of Bare Knuckle Trilogies in it too

 

BGG

Bloody lovely, love my Bravewood, enjoy !!

Richardj

Previous post looked churlish so edited. 

It's lovely, just a shame about the logo.  I wish more talented guitar builders would put their own name on rather than someone else's...........  I'll stick with my genuine Fender.

Hyster

Richardj said:

Is that a Fender Custom Shop relic, made in the Fender factory?

Hi Richard, Nope this is built by the highly regarded Bravewood Guitars, nothing to do with Fender

Richardj

Sorry, as you'll see that was a bit blunt, apologies, so I edited it.

Enjoy, it looks lovely...........

mburekenge

Nice. I have a sunburst '63. Great guitar. Enjoy

Alterlifeson

Beautiful! Is that gold hardware or do my eyes need looking at?

Hyster

The hardware is just steel mate, not gold

armitaan

Nice one, best strat and tele have played were made by John, and this one looks like a cracker 

BRISTOL86

Beaut. 

simonk

Looks lovely. I like the relic'ing, looks like it occurred naturally.

Just interested though, how does he get away with using the the F logo? 

armitaan

Very small operator only about twenty a day, also to be fair think theirs rules on this site about showing the decals on these replicas , last thing want is these tiny operators getting unnecessary attention . 

armitaan

Twenty a year !

MattFGBI

My opinions on this are probably slightly biased but it's a shame that this builder has to pass his work off as someone else's. Seems to get high praise and is a known name so perhaps it's time to start using that? Like Suhr etc. 

Paul_C

MattFGBI said:

My opinions on this are probably slightly biased but it's a shame that this builder has to pass his work off as someone else's. Seems to get high praise and is a known name so perhaps it's time to start using that? Like Suhr etc. 

I agree, it is essentially a forgery.

wellsyboy

Has the photo been photoshopped? I can't see an "f" logo