Natural Relics - Let’s see them!

Philly_Q

Bennyboy-UK said:

Here’s my old 1986 Hamer SS1 in fantastic Fuchsia. This guitar sounds monstrous - I sold it last year and the new owner made the same comments.

Cool guitar and I’d love another in the same colour one day when one crops up.

I love that, such a cool design and I always thought it was the perfect guitar for the vertically challenged...

No photos I'm afraid, but I have two early '80s Hamer Specials, one owned from new and one bought much later.  They're both quite "naturally relic'ed".  Not sure how I managed that since I've never played a gig in my life.  I guess my original one was my only guitar for some years and it was the test-bed for all my wiring and routing experiments....

springhead

guitars4you said:

springhead said:

guitars4you said:

No that's not natural relicing.  Chemicals have been involved in the ageing process....

you certainly out did me on that one - Top marks

Hey thanks for setting it up for me, top double act! 

munckee

My 76 tele, about as gnarly as they get!

https://i.imgur.com/fTvpfkc.jpg?1 ;

maltingsaudio

My Fylde 20 years wear

jonnygreentrees

GavRichList said:

The back of my Jaguar is a sight to behold. I love it. 

And the ageing on both my Ric necks please me greatly too. 

Gav is that an unwound D string on the Jazzmaster and a wound G string on the Ricky?

Gassage

GavRichList

@jonnygreentrees yeah, wound G on my jag, but the Rice are just normals. The overtones with a normal G on the jag are insane, so I always use a wound. Used to on the pics too actually, but have gone simple of late....in every respect!

Alex2678

Gassage said:

Is that the real deal @Gassage ?

Gassage

Alex2678 said:

Is that the real deal @Gassage ?

Fuck yes.

DB1

1952 ES-350. Lovely gentle lacquer checking on this one.

roberty

S56035 said:

Funny how these don't look much like the reliced new ones very much. I still like a nicely done relic though. Good idea for a thread.

I was thinking this too. I look at fake ones and think "no way does that look real" but then I see a real one and think "that looks exactly like a factory relic"

viz

maltingsaudio said:

My Fylde 20 years wear

Eeeeurgh that's horrible, awful! What a yukky "guitar".





(are you looking to sell it, by the way?

Offset

Gassage said:

Alex2678 said:

Is that the real deal @Gassage ?

Fuck yes.

Blimey @Gassage - are they the original strings as well?!

Alex2678

Gassage said:

Alex2678 said:

Is that the real deal @Gassage ?

Fuck yes.

Very nice 

dandl

Here's a couple of pics of my 2006 Gibson Les Paul Special. It's one of the faded series so has worn quite quickly. 

All the wear on this is pure play wear.

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roberty

@dandl you need to take off the image tags and paste the image location into the attachments thingee

denz32

My AVRI Strat in ocean turquoise finish. Recently bought off here from @Esker ;.

imalrightjack

Here's my 'this is a long story' Gibson SG from 1974 that isn't actually a Gibson anymore, due to a horrible neck break that was badly repaired and rebuilt by Haydn Williams (wenge - with original ebony fretboard).  Only recently fitted with his lovely self-wound Rascal P90s.

tone1

Gassage said:

Alex2678 said:

Is that the real deal @Gassage ?

Fuck yes.

@Gassage Quick, someone’s trying to steal it! 

LastMantra

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5cjd8sKpxSwciViP9