Chappers got a belt sander

mbe

Chapman Guitars announce their entry into the relic guitar market with their new "Battleworn" range of electric guitars.
https://www.guitarworld.com/amp/news/chapman-guitars-offers-sneak-peak-at-first-ever-relicd-model

earwighoney

Coming to Riff City Guitars soon...

benmurray85

earwighoney said:

Coming to Riff City Guitars soon...

Tother side of never as my grandad used to say ;-)

TeleMaster

That picture... Yea my guitar got wrecked because of all the dusk walks I take with my guitar in the outdoors. 

fields5069

For the lumberjack in all of us.

BabyFrankReborn

I think that's the worst "professional" relic I've ever seen...

Tenebrous

£1499? Blimey.

Sassafras

How much?!?

impmann

Thats not relic.

Thats lack of paint adhesion.

Moominpapa

That's what your guitar looks like after fighting off YouTubers.

Heel

Guitars for the Walking Dead. 

Moltisanti

i don't mind relicing at all, but these random wear patterns with one massive bit missing always look weird to me. 
How would a person make that wear by playing guitar ?

Musicman20

Unless they are Nitro guitars, why are they doing this? Who is buying all of these Chapmans?!

Kittyfrisk

BabyFrankReborn said:

I think that's the worst "professional" relic I've ever seen...

I dunno, Fender CS stencil relic jobs take some beating (ouch!).

Kittyfrisk

Looks as if Chappers has headhunted the 'relicers' from Vintage.

Lodious

Musicman20 said:

Unless they are Nitro guitars, why are they doing this? Who is buying all of these Chapmans?!

Says they are nitro. Still looks shit through.

timmypix

They posted a couple of them on their Facebook page last week and...eesh they're bad.

No fading into the wear so it just looks like it's chipped off, and the rest of the guitars are immaculate. No oxidation, no dulling of the finish, and wear in really odd places. One of them looked like it had been gnawed by rodents all along the lower edge, but then is immaculate in between those two edges.

https://www.facebook.com/chapmanguitars/photos/pcb.3486008221416349/3486007961416375/?type=3&theater

dindude

Can imagine the team meeting “Chapman guitars can be quite divisive  - what can we do to correct the balance” erm.....

Funkfingers

timmypix said:

One of them looked like it had been gnawed by rodents

Specifically, S.P.G. from The Young Ones.

Alternatively, that guitar may have been nibbled to death by an okapi.

dindude said:

Can imagine the team meeting. “Chapman guitars can be quite divisive  - what can we do to correct the balance?”

Change the brand name to Anderton.

darthed1981

He has also posted a "mea culpa" video that addresses his xmas faux pas....

Wazmeister

Propa cack