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Somebody must be buying 'em, or they wouldn't be making them. Relicing would not be the reason I bought a guitar, but if it sounded great, it wouldn't be the reason I didn't, either.
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Not my taste. But, look how many people buy ripped jeans. I don't understand that either.
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I'll play anything. Really, I will... IF the price is right. And by right I mean that there is no way I won't at least pay for shipping if I end up re-selling it. I bought an un-refined (from the Ken Parker days) Parker Fly Deluxe in almost mint condition in th early 2000's for under $800. Still not sure I want to keep it... But I play every couple weeks trying to decide
Legend has it that we can blame Keith Richards for relicing. That he ordered a custom shop Fender as a backup for stage and commented "You make great guitars, but I hate how new they look". Not a exact quote, but the spirit is how it was reported.
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Distressed flooring and furniture sells very well so why not instruments? Not my cup of tea but folks are always trying to grow their share of the pie. Can't fault them for trying.
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But from what i've read online, the real thing that kicked off Fenders relicing craze was they took a couple of prototype guitars with relic finishes to NAMM in 1995 and they put them on display in glass cases like they were pieces of art and everyone who was walking by looking at them thought they were true original vintage guitars and when they found out they were actually brand new instruments everyone was shocked. Before they knew it, Fender were getting orders for relic guitars coming in left, right and center and it even got to the point where I think I remember reading they had to open up a whole new workshop and it was that workshop that eventually became the Fender custom shop. |
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I keep saying, send me your guitar and $300 (a bargain) and I'll give you a bang-up relic job. So far, no takers
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https://guitar.com/guides/essential-...r-custom-shop/ The custom shop started officially 1987 some 8 years prior to Fender actually offering Reliced guitars as part of the line. The Custom shop had done some "one offs" of what they called at the time "Pre Aged" for a few artists but apparently Keith Richards was not one of them https://guitar.com/guides/essential-...-untold-story/ "This flies in the face of a widely told apocryphal tale that Fender’s Relic Series was begun after Keith Richards tried a new Custom Shop guitar and liked it, but said he’d only play it if they “bashed it up a bit”. This is a total myth – one that has been thoroughly debunked by all parties involved in the founding of the Relic Series." Although it could be argued Richards has championed the highly relic'ed look on Rock guitarists, faces As far as the OP ?? Personally I can't imagine wasting the energy getting "frustrated" over someone else's personal finish preference
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I just don't pay any attention to it. There are too many other nice guitars to appreciate and GAS over.
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I like new-looking things. They are pretty. It take care of my instruments. Even the forty-six year old Les Paul that I've put forty-two years worth of wear on looks better to me than than the relic'd things I see.
I'm not frustrated. I just get tired of it - it appears to be musical virtue signalling to me. Bob
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I will say that if I had the extra cash laying Around(I don’t, unfortunately) I’d get a ‘37 D28 Authentic Aged and learn to live with the neck!! I’m still haunted by the one I played at NAMM! I don’t mind that relicing, AT ALL!!
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Yeah. I'm sure a lot of potential customers are put off by your patented "15 year long, all natural, relicing process" using your Playware™ technology.
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No matter how it got there, there is no such thing as fake wear. Intentional,.. but hardly fake. |