Bill SAS 513
Just another old guy in a T-shirt
They age the nuts too! Do they make them look like saggy elbow skin!!
Might catch grief for this one...saggy elbow skin = Weenus , I think(???)
Is relic'ing a fad, or is it here to stay? (Spoiler: not a fad, yes here to stay, but come chat)
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Might catch grief for this one...saggy elbow skin = Weenus , I think(???)
Alnus Rubra
Loving nature’s wonders
Yep! You caught my drift.
Billy Connolly does a brilliant sketch about spare elbow skin, NSFF!
Too late... They've already done several of them...
Mike Duncan
DGT Player
You'll buy them and you'll like them!
drdoom8793
THAT guy at Chick-fil-A
Say what you want but they're a huge portion of Fender's Custom Shop sales.
Bill SAS 513
Just another old guy in a T-shirt
So, just like everything else, its a business, folks...I have asked PRSh the following 2 questions, albeit a few years back...Will you ever do a Guitar with a Floyd Rose?? (I was glad he said no to this one...), and Will you start roughing up (relicing) bodies...and got pretty strong "No way" to both questions. Just goes to show, if its requested enough, and it sells, they'll make it. And this is not meant as negative in any way, just pointing out the business end of things.
Mike Duncan
DGT Player
It's like asking Paul "why don't you still make and sell (whatever model has been dropped)?" And Paul always responds with, "it doesn't sell...you all don't buy them."
Where there's a will, there's a way....until there is no interest.
Where there's a will, there's a way....until there is no interest.
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Well Relics have been around for a couple decades. Sales of them are still growing on my end. It is a long fad if it is one.
Ovibos
Naughty Wood Librarian
Look at you, with your actual data.
Non-facetious question: what's the market like for used relics?
Are they all in "player's condition?"
Is there such a thing as a "mint" relic?
Only the case (unless it was relic’d too!).
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No, no.... you really don’t want me to say what I want. I almost got kicked out of the forum the last time I barely started to share my feelings on this topic.
(Not really, but I probably made a few “ignore” lists. ).
Elliot
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Alnus Rubra
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Ok Les, is that like a crocodile skin case, with actual tooth marks in it “mint condition” and make it the delivery “snappy”!!
Ok Les, is that like a crocodile skin case, with actual tooth marks in it “mint condition” and make it the delivery “snappy”!!
You know that I would probably sell my soul for the right real croco leather case, so you’re just saying this to torture my imagination, right?
Alnus Rubra
Loving nature’s wonders
Sorry Les, didn’t mean to be cruel
TheFezIncident
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Oh, that's a thing man. Check out ICON - they make 100k reliced broncos and stuff. If you ever watch cars shows, it's a very in thing at the moment. I think it's nuts, personally.Imagine a brand new car that's a copy of a '67 Buick Electra 225; dented, rusty, maybe has a couple of hubcaps missing, worn tires (some are whitewall tires, some aren't, and one's a snow tire), springs that don't work, a cracked windshield, primer over body filler in spots, needs a new muffler, has one headlight that works, a cracked taillight, a rear window where the glass is missing so it's a piece of Visqueen duck taped on, and a ripped up interior with a warped dashboard and a missing radio with the hookup wires dangling out.
And it comes with a $50,000 price tag and is something of a status symbol.
Car companies would clean up.
Well, I guess it'd go with my new $2,000 '76 reissue relic'd leisure suit that has coffee stains, dirt, some missing buttons, and bell bottom pants that are too short.
Humans are posers. It's part of the DNA.
I have always found them to be pretty lame
Although that said I have played a few relic'd fenders and found that they felt really nice. Something about the finished on the neck and the feel of it under your arm with your eye closed. They just look terrible. If you play enough old guitars with real damage and wear you come to find the pretend ones just aren't the same. If you like it and that's your thing, great. I thought better of them when they were just a curiosity from smaller builders and repairers.
In terms of it being a fad, yeah I think it peaked some years ago.
Although that said I have played a few relic'd fenders and found that they felt really nice. Something about the finished on the neck and the feel of it under your arm with your eye closed. They just look terrible. If you play enough old guitars with real damage and wear you come to find the pretend ones just aren't the same. If you like it and that's your thing, great. I thought better of them when they were just a curiosity from smaller builders and repairers.
In terms of it being a fad, yeah I think it peaked some years ago.
drdoom8793
THAT guy at Chick-fil-A
In fairness, the relicing on guitars isn't affecting their actual playability, unlike what Les described. One could even argue that properly relicing a guitar could improve the playability. I'm not a car guy so I'm not familiar with what you describe, so maybe it's all cosmetic rather than actual damage like Les described.
Clashcityrocker
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Here is a lightly aged 594 from Private Stock. I love the block bird inlays.
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