Trying to Explain Relicing

dindude

tone1 said:

I still can't explain this.....
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag391/tonysmyth1/Mobile Uploads/75217226-142E-4B70-88F2-C851FDC200E2_zpspbbqsyit.jpg

You had an accident with an orbital sander and guitar came off worse than you?

tone1

dindude said:

tone1 said:

I still can't explain this.....
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag391/tonysmyth1/Mobile Uploads/75217226-142E-4B70-88F2-C851FDC200E2_zpspbbqsyit.jpg

You had an accident with an orbital sander and guitar came off worse than you?

It's affectionately known as my 'belt sander special '

Niallseroreilly

guitars4you said:

SNAKEBITE said:

I'm not going to discuss the wrongs or rights of relicing a guitar because that has been done to death, however has anyone tried explaining the whole concept to non guitar playing friends or workmates?

The looks you get are amazing!

leather jackets
leather bags
leather shoes and boots
jeans you mentioned
pine and oak furniture
leather sofa
my face

I needed to put new floor boards down in the bath room - 120 year old house - we just have a rug in the bath room and no additional floor covering so plain floor boards - New shiny wood would look wrong - So I purchased new wood, painted them - stripped them back to bare wood - 'bashed' them a bit and had a joiner fit them - First person to see them said 'nice to see original floor boards in the bath room still' - obviously worked

Relic'd floorboards classic

jonnyburgo

I'd sooner have a relic than suffer that heart sinking moment when you twat a 2 grand quilty PRS against the corner of a 4x12

Garthy

https://images.vice.com/vice/images/articles/meta/2014/11/11/walter-mitty-hunters-club-280-1415722720.jpg


This chap is also faking a 50 year history.

paul_c2

I have to admit the entire "relicing" appeal is lost on me. Well done to Fender/Gibson/whatever for being able to sell guitars that are basically imperfect/damaged/mistreated etc but I can't understand why you'd want such a guitar....unless it really was a rare vintage one of a certain age, and that's the condition it would be expected to be in (and would look out of place otherwise).

RandallFlagg

I've had 2 relic CS Strats, still own one, a heavy relic. For me it's about how they feel more than how they look plus the already worn in vibe accelerates the settling in period you go through will a new guitar and you can get straight to comfortable to leave it leaning against the amp and just play without having kittens every 5 minutes.

The feel of the worn relic'd neck is great and I don't feel the need to reach for the polishing cloth after play like I do with the shiny finished new guitars.

bluechargeboy

I was in the Gear4Music showroom in York (which is a magnificent warehouse of gear with shite service by the way) and my partner pointed out a "second hand" Road Worn Telecaster. I explained that it was actually new and designed that way to mimic an old one. She understood, said it was stupid and we moved on.

(She also said a three-barrel tele bridge looks like there is a part missing from it, which I cannot disagree with)

Deadman

If you don't want/like a relic, then don't. If you do then good luck to you.

It's great living in a free world as it enables you to have a choice. 

guitars4you

RandallFlagg said:

I've had 2 relic CS Strats, still own one, a heavy relic. For me it's about how they feel more than how they look plus the already worn in vibe accelerates the settling in period you go through will a new guitar and you can get straight to comfortable to leave it leaning against the amp and just play without having kittens every 5 minutes.

The feel of the worn relic'd neck is great and I don't feel the need to reach for the polishing cloth after play like I do with the shiny finished new guitars.

valid points that I would endorse

Barrivee

tone1 said:

I still can't explain this.....
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag391/tonysmyth1/Mobile Uploads/75217226-142E-4B70-88F2-C851FDC200E2_zpspbbqsyit.jpg

Is that your Angus @tone1 ? They're usually light relics, have you "enhanced" the look a bit further?

normula1

jonnyburgo said:

I'd sooner have a relic than suffer that heart sinking moment when you twat a 2 grand quilty PRS against the corner of a 4x12

It totally hurts when that happens, but the PRS lost half its value the second it was taken out of the shop.
In my case my wife knocked it off a stand which really was my fault foe leaving it on one in the first place. 

Bucket

RandallFlagg said:

I've had 2 relic CS Strats, still own one, a heavy relic. For me it's about how they feel more than how they look plus the already worn in vibe accelerates the settling in period you go through will a new guitar and you can get straight to comfortable to leave it leaning against the amp and just play without having kittens every 5 minutes.

The feel of the worn relic'd neck is great and I don't feel the need to reach for the polishing cloth after play like I do with the shiny finished new guitars.

This. The feel is the crux of it for me.

carlos

Mental illness

guitars4you

CountryDave

I've a friend who likes a guitar or two. Bought himself a CS Rory Gallagher strat, took it home and told his wife he picked it up for £150 in a second hand shop.
Her response was 'You were robbed, it's a bloody mess.'

usedtobe

guitars4you said:

I don't get it..

carlos

Evilmags

carlos said:

That's a vintage refin mate, not a relic. Probably a few replacement parts in their as well. 

DrJazzTap

I always say it's like stone washed or ripped jeans.