Well these will split opinion I should imagine....

Lewy

Martin getting into the relicing biz....

Bridgehouse

*sucks in through teeth*

FelineGuitars

They could have done with this a while back so they didn't lend a vintage guitar to The Hateful 8

octatonic

I don't think it will split opinion that much.

AliGorie

yeah, saw these snakeoil sellers in the video here - cringe -


nice little 000 - but that's ALL it is, one of the finest sounding 000's I've heard (on the net) is a fairly new Circa - non traditional mapel b/s and no one claims it's 'Authentically' a vintage vibe - it's a new build - good guitar.

note that in u'r vid Lewy they are actually saying that new guitars are - not desirable - all those sharp corners and so on

ICBM

FelineGuitars said:

They could have done with this a while back so they didn't lend a vintage guitar to The Hateful 8

Coffee in keyboard…



Otherwise, just no.

Why bother anyway? Just lend your new guitar to a folkie for a couple of months.

DesVegas

My opinion is now split, thanks OP

Winny_Pooh

Willie Nelson's "trigger" re-issue to be announced shortly at $8,999

Lewy

I quite like relicing on electric guitars...I guess I think there's something inherently facile about electrics that make me on board with the idea that it's just a cool finish option. For some reason the same thing on a D28 brings out a visceral negative reaction though. 

I also think that its an awful lot of effort for something that is still going to look wrong - as the light catches the top, you'll see that it doesn't have 80 years worth of distortion so if you've ever spent any time lovingly gazing at a real herringbone then it will immediately look like a phony.

Not that I would buy a new (relic'd or otherwise) '37 Authentic D28 because they seem disproportionately prone to needing early-in-life repair work and Martin's warranty terms are not great in the UK (and have worsened in the US too). 

TimmyO

It's absolutely true that old guitars have a sort of mojo about the way they look - it's just that over the years a looking at (electric) relics that I have only ever seen 1 (one !) that looked mojo-tastic - the rest looked reliced. And that's a look that has zero mojo. 

mgaw

more so than electrics the real value of age on an acoustic is played in tone....what a load of fucking bollocks that video was

axisus

I have no problem if they want to do that and charge more. Not saying I'd buy one though. Some people need to get over themselves with the whole ageing thing.

richardhomer

Is it me, or did the Authentic D28 sound decidedly 'ordinary'?

Personally I'd rather buy a well played used one - playing them does alter the tone - putting a stained finish on the top won't give you that....

Lewy

richardhomer said:

Is it me, or did the Authentic D28 sound decidedly 'ordinary'?

Personally I'd rather buy a well played used one - playing them does alter the tone - putting a stained finish on the top won't give you that....

It did - although it can only respond to how it's played, which was also decidedly ordinary.

thebreeze

Did any of you Geezas manage to watch all 14 minutes all the way through? Be honest.

"It looks really old"

"Yep it took a long time"

"It has that old feel"

"You can't rush these things"

"It's just really cool the way it looks aged"

Snooze.  I think I know less about relic'ing acoustics than I did before I watched the video.

Lewy

thebreeze said:

Did any of you Geezas manage to watch all 14 minutes all the way through? Be honest.

"It looks really old"

"Yep it took a long time"

"It has that old feel"

"You can't rush these things"

"It's just really cool the way it looks aged"

Snooze.  I think I know less about relic'ing acoustics than I did before I watched the video.

I did soldier on but only because I assumed someone was going to play the fucking thing at some point ... and then it got 8 seconds of lacklustre flappy strumming. Gah!

Bridgehouse

Lewy said:

and then it got 8 seconds of lacklustre flappy strumming.

Sometimes that's all it takes

AliGorie

richardhomer said:

Is it me, or did the Authentic D28 sound decidedly 'ordinary'?

Personally I'd rather buy a well played used one - playing them does alter the tone - putting a stained finish on the top won't give you that....

I went outa my way to try an Authentic D28 - after all the booha over the pond - BIG disappointment - nothing there -
and yeah - those salesmen guys - u wouldn't by a used car from them

Lewy

AliGorie said:

I went outa my way to try an Authentic D28 - after all the booha over the pond - BIG disappointment - nothing there -
and yeah - those salesmen guys - u wouldn't by a used car from them

Well would it actually BE used or would it be a
new one made to look that way? 

AliGorie

ah Lewy  sorry it was a 'pretty' one £6k IIRC - meh
I checked the strings - ok, just a big something missing from the guit, left scratching my head at what all that fuss was about.

Lewy

AliGorie said:

ah Lewy  sorry it was a 'pretty' one £6k IIRC - meh
I checked the strings - ok, just a big something missing from the guit, left scratching my head at what all that fuss was about.

Was joking about the used car comment...not
you trying a D28 Authentic