Oh Dear.. A Stratelecaster ahem,, 'relic'

equalsql

Another hopeful on ebay.

"You will not find anything like her or at a price of less than £4000"
I should hope not..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Fender-Telstar-Stratocaster-Telecaster-Telemaster-Customshop-USA-Parts-/271769111089?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f46b38a31

XWulfhere

If there's one thing I can't stand, be it adverts for cars, guitars or anything it's when the adverts are personified into referring to the item as 'she'.

thermionic

Yes, don't anthropomorphise guitars - they don't like it.

Edit - I see it's Swansea's answer to Mark D Phillips again. What a surprise.

XWulfhere

"oh the seller loves this item so much he has started to think of it as being a woman, so I must buy it"

No.

I'm actually working in Llanelli this weekend so I could go and have a look at it.

Megii

"Firstly, you need to know this is not Fender Customshop model..." - no shit mate, really?

hobbio

I really hate these kind of misleading ads.

EricTheWeary

I do like that Telstar/ Stratele thing an awful lot and if I had the money I might get someone like Eternal to make me one and it might even have a light relic ( although might not) but that's just...well...its...well...( shakes head, walks away)...

darcym

it's fraud - the title says "Fender Custom Shop Parts" - and the description says "Fender Standard Parts" - reported for fraudulent listings, dirty trick.

darcym

he's sold the same product with pickup layout/colour for £250

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Fender-Squier-Telecaster-Stratocaster-hybrid-roadworn-relic-Tom-Delonge-/271693203136?nma=true&si=EYBMFcYzAxRpDiV5kNuj3VypPfY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Nerine

Includes quality second hand gig bag.


Wat?

GavRichList

That second one is hilarious. "Klutson from a Squier".

thermionic

"Manufacturer refurbished"
"You will not find anything like her or at a price of less than £4000"
"it is every bit as good as any American Fender Telecaster"
"It is a top class relic"
"The body and neck are just perfectly aged with the right amount of dings, road wear and grime."

Like having sex in a lift, this is wrong on so many levels.

p90fool

What is that neck? It has some weird contours around the back of the headstock.

Teetonetal

It looks like it's been pulled from a burning building....

grungebob

you know if like the seller you where dishonest in your dealings you could buy this through paypal and then claim your money back, as Paypal clearly instruct you not to post counterfeit items back to the seller as doing so is against Uk postal laws. luckily none of would do that right?

 

Gagaryn

grungebob said:

you know if like the seller you where dishonest in your dealings you could buy this through paypal and then claim your money back, as Paypal clearly instruct you not to post counterfeit items back to the seller as doing so is against Uk postal laws. luckily none of would do that right?

 

Paypal actually clearly instruct you to have the guitar destroyed and to certify that you have done such. But you knew that, right?

hobbio

Gagaryn said:

grungebob said:

you know if like the seller you where dishonest in your dealings you could buy this through paypal and then claim your money back, as Paypal clearly instruct you not to post counterfeit items back to the seller as doing so is against Uk postal laws. luckily none of would do that right?

 

Paypal actually clearly instruct you to have the guitar destroyed and to certify that you have done such. But you knew that, right?

Oh, it'd get taken apart alright.

Maybe I'd refinish the bits and build a new partscaster out of them, but the guitar he sent me would have been well and truly destroyed.

sweepy

The neck is possibly Mexican with that truss rod aperture, but I bizarrely like it, but not at that price.!!!

WezV

I don't think its terrible.

 

Okay, its not realistic.  Its an extreme example of relicing  but some of the techniques used look good, if you are trying to recreate a guitar thats been used as a fencepost.   I don't think the hardware ageing is terrible, and at least the wood colours seem to have been thought about.

Its all just been taken too far.   The question for me is if the same guy could do a subtle relic that looked anywhere near decent, because i suspect the reason its gone to far is to cover up poorer tehcniques earlier on.   A good relic starts off as a nicely finished guitar

carlos

I'd be afraid of catching a splinter off that neck... and then dying of tetanus.

TheCount

I bet it would sound great through this: