Breaking my own pie here because this needs addressing:
Actually lots of people look up what's been talked about before, in fact one of the more recent threads on relicing started out with "I searched but couldn't find anything".
I called pie early not just because of the done-to-death-topic, but also the way it was delivered. Calling people "poseurs" and "weirdos" for liking a reliced guitar, and the guitar being little more than a fake, is just going to get people riled up. You know:
"You're a weirdo poseur"
"No, you're a weirdo poseur"
"You are"
And so on.
(Actually that was the censored version)
There's never any need for name calling, and it's something we don't encourage around here.
I wasn't telling people what they can and can't talk about, and when they can or can't do it, I simply asked (nicely) that we not let this one go on further. I'm hoping that me calling pie has kept this thread a little more civil than it has turned out before (on this forum and others).
I for one, do, and always will encourage posts by anyone, regardless of how long they've been around, what their post count is, or how many guitars they own (I've said this recently), but I'll always have an issue with name calling.