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Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:28 pm
oneeyedog wrote:Hi, heres my 1st guitar, got it mid 1990's (i dont have a pic to hand but its like this!)
http://www.electromusic.co.uk/images/D/yammy.jpg
i'm not sure about the relic thin finish thing.. i always think they look great but dont know if i'd take one over a new paint job! an old roughed up guitar is fine but there's something about the "false" wear that bugs me!
Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:58 pm
Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:07 pm
blargfromouterspace wrote:My first guitar was an '80 Squier that was sold on to a friend for nix. It's worth more than nix now. I can't remember if it was Japanese or Korean.
I think the relic thing is a bit silly (pre worn jeans blah blah blah...), but I do like the look of a worn guitar. The thin skin is a neat idea. If either of those guitars felt better than one with the regular bomb-proof poly finish I'd buy it.
Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:29 pm
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Jaystrings wrote:My first guitar was an old electric Silvertone Somethingorother. POS, really. Glad I didn't keep it; although it would be nice to have kept for sentimental reasons or "the story behind it" reasons. Paid $35 which I'd saved from lunchmoney - cheapest thing in the pawn shop.
I love mojo'd / naturally relic'd guitars. Can't beat that look. Not a huge fan of the "manufactured" or "aftermarket relic'd" doings. I have seen some really great results from the wrecking crews, but prefer the natural process. I've sold a few that were chipped & had some really good crazing going on; but I've also kept some 80's G&Ls that get a little purtier each year. My ears don't always hear the improvement in sound that comes with aging, but sometimes it does. I A/B'd a couple of my mojo'd SC-2's vs my SC-2 resissues & I must say that I coulld acutally hear the improved vintage sound difference. Kept the mojo'd; sold the R.I.
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