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We have ended up with less NOS stock for a reason - I say we, as I dare say all other UK dealers have gone down the same route - We use to stock more, but they never sold - Very rarely have I ever made a profit selling an NOS guitar from stock - Many times I've made a loss - I've just about given up stocking them for a reason - It has taken me 10 years to get to this - Not a hunch, but factual info - The last 2 NOS Guitars I had in stock, around Feb 2019, I had to offer a 50% discount to sell them
Yet today, all guitars are only available on a custom ordered basis - So we order our spec and wait 6 months - So any dealer who has ordered NOS stock is a braver man than me - Of course the customer can spec and order his dream machine in the same way, if required - Even on this basis my ratio is still around 20 to 1
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
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The necks are slippery and so easy to play.
Reliced guitars also tend to be based on nitro finishes and made even thinner and sanded down to next to nothing.
Now the question is why can't they make a new guitar with a very thing finish and a neck without any finish which will relic itself very quickly
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I agree that relicing makes a lot more sense when you get to play them and feel the neck wear - makes them easy to play. Still not that taken with faux body wear though.
i also think their is a certain irony to the people who think having a fake aged guitar makes them look more authentic journey man type of player. the Bruce Springsteen comment is fairly typical.
there are certainly a good few relic owners talk about my image my type of music would not be seen dead play a shiny PRS etc etc.
in the end each to his own.
But, it’s always funny to read. Next, you’ll be drawing comparisons between relic guitars, ripped jeans and battered cars.... or has that already been done in this thread
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The same could be said for guitars, the wear and tear of the body and neck are testimony to its original design and show that it is fit for purpose.
A good guitar, like the quality materials it is made from, improves with age.
Give me an old guitar that's been well-cared for any day, but even then I don't prefer older guitars per se
I can see the attraction of a luthier rolling the edge of the fingerboard, matting the finish on the neck, or artificially aging magnets to get a sound you are after.
However, to me artificially-aged guitars are the same as ripped jeans - a bit of a poseur thing. I assume with guitars the implication being that you own an antique guitar that has more mojo and cost more than shiny new guitars. I don't believe instruments have mojo, they are just good instruments or not.
The only exception I am prepared to allow is when a long-standing star needs a replacement tour instrument for their long-famous recognisable instrument