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Old 09-20-2021, 01:07 PM
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Default I don't know a lot about strats, but

this doesn't seem to resemble a natural wear pattern, does it?


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Old 09-20-2021, 01:12 PM
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I absolutely loathe guitars that look like they were strapped to the back of someone's truck and dragged along a gravel road.

No, that doesn't look like normal wear. It looks like a purposeful "relic" job.

I wouldn't give it a second look.
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Old 09-20-2021, 02:44 PM
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I absolutely loathe guitars that look like they were strapped to the back of someone's truck and dragged along a gravel road.
How about the ones that laid in a ditch for a couple of weeks then got played for 30 years or so?

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Old 09-20-2021, 03:00 PM
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How about the ones that laid in a ditch for a couple of weeks then got played for 30 years or so?

Hey, if it works for you...
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Old 09-20-2021, 03:22 PM
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How about the ones that laid in a ditch for a couple of weeks then got played for 30 years or so?

I've played my strat for forty years and it doesn't resemble that in anything but shape...
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Old 09-20-2021, 03:26 PM
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In my opinion there is ugly wear and aesthetically pleasing wear; the source is, to me, not terribly important. I find Willie Nelson’s “Trigger” an abomination. Rory Gallagher’s Strat (either the original or a Fender Custom shop), to me, looks great. Again, I don’t really care if it’s relic’ed or the result of natural play wear.
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How about the ones that laid in a ditch for a couple of weeks then got played for 30 years or so?

That's beautiful!! I'm assuming original and not reliced?
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That's beautiful!! I'm assuming original and not reliced?
Yep, that's Rory Gallagher's Strat. Short version: stolen right after he got it (possibly the first one in Ireland) but apparently the thief couldn't sell it because of the publicity surrounding its theft (I think there was a news story about some poor kid's guitar being stolen), so he threw it in a ditch where it sat for a couple of weeks before being found and returned to Rory. I don't want to exaggerate but I think that was the only, but certainly the primary, guitar he played live throughout his career.
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Yep, that's Rory Gallagher's Strat. Short version: stolen right after he got it (possibly the first one in Ireland) but apparently the thief couldn't sell it because of the publicity surrounding its theft (I think there was a news story about some poor kid's guitar being stolen), so he threw it in a ditch where it sat for a couple of weeks before being found and returned to Rory. I don't want to exaggerate but I think that was the only, but certainly the primary, guitar he played live throughout his career.


I didn’t recognize it! That’s a beautiful guitar!
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Old 09-21-2021, 12:58 PM
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Yep, that's Rory Gallagher's Strat. Short version: stolen right after he got it (possibly the first one in Ireland) but apparently the thief couldn't sell it because of the publicity surrounding its theft (I think there was a news story about some poor kid's guitar being stolen), so he threw it in a ditch where it sat for a couple of weeks before being found and returned to Rory. I don't want to exaggerate but I think that was the only, but certainly the primary, guitar he played live throughout his career.
That was my initial thought when I saw the pic - Rory's guitar. There's a beauty to that one.
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Yep, that's Rory Gallagher's Strat. Short version: stolen right after he got it (possibly the first one in Ireland) but apparently the thief couldn't sell it because of the publicity surrounding its theft (I think there was a news story about some poor kid's guitar being stolen), so he threw it in a ditch where it sat for a couple of weeks before being found and returned to Rory. I don't want to exaggerate but I think that was the only, but certainly the primary, guitar he played live throughout his career.
I had never heard that story but he certainly made the most of it after he got it back!
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Old 09-22-2021, 10:21 AM
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Here's a pic of Rory playing his "authentic road worn" Strat. RIP.

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