I'd expect better from a Fender custom shop relic

axisus

I like aged guitars if they are done well, but this looks pretty naff to me from the Fender Custom shop. Yours for £2899.

Jim54

That relicing does look shit.

Danielsguitars

I've never seen any vintage guitar look remotely like the relic stuff being sold

Strangefan

Some goon will buy it and then claim its the best strat they have ever played, when they sell it on.. 

GoldenEraGuitars

Haha, brilliant  

TeleMaster

customkits said:

I've never seen any vintage guitar look remotely like the relic stuff being sold

Check out Stevie Ray, John Frusicante or Rory Gallaghers Strats. Keith's Micawber Tele.

There are loads of completely worn famous guitars.

Bucket

Not great by any means but I've probably seen worse.

dean111music

Bucket said:

Not great by any means but I've probably seen worse.

Search Nash guitars 

GoldenEraGuitars

dean111music said:

Bucket said:

Not great by any means but I've probably seen worse.

Search Nash guitars 

Of what I’ve seen in person, I agree. Although, I haven’t played one yet. I’ll get a chance in 3 weeks hopefully 

mark123

TeleMaster said:

customkits said:

I've never seen any vintage guitar look remotely like the relic stuff being sold

Check out Stevie Ray, John Frusicante or Rory Gallaghers Strats. Keith's Micawber Tele.

There are loads of completely worn famous guitars.

nowt like that mate.
abortions the lotof them...

IvisonGuitars

The relicing is pityful but that Firemist Gold is absolutely stunning.

Bucket

I don't get why the Fender CS don't seem to be able to nail a good, realistic-looking level of wear. It's that stuff that gives relics a bad name, when there are plenty of small shops out there, on either side of the Atlantic, who can do a far more convincing job. My MJT for example:

https://i.imgur.com/mKv9SMW.png

https://i.imgur.com/5KHLGTs.jpg

Numerous little dings, lots of lacquer cracking and the finish is a bit chewed up around the edges and neck heel etc, which is all realistic and not overdone. Some of the stuff you see from Fender just looks like a scattergun towed-around-the-car-park approach.

meltedbuzzbox

Fender can do legit stuff

https://i.imgur.com/gN9TNwY.jpg

gringopig

I'm not sure if this is a real custom shop relic job but it's absolutely rubbish. Found on Ebay


LOL - so realistic!

rsvmark

My relic strat. Dunno if it is an authentic relic or not and couldn't give 2 hoots. It sounded fucking epic in last nights gig
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5596/30316813294_be238174ee_k_d.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5729/31023710781_22fa5a4477_k_d.jpgb

mrkb

axisus said:

I like aged guitars if they are done well, but this looks pretty naff to me from the Fender Custom shop. Yours for £2899.

That strumming arm wear looks like it was made by someone was wearing coarse sandpaper clothing! Is that what they wore in the old days?!?

chris78

Not necessarily defending, but people have set ideas on how a relic should look. Most of the vintage I’ve seen have worn nothing like I’d have expected. I remember people slating the Brad Paisley road worn for the arm wear, yet that’s how his guitars have worn.

Danielsguitars

TeleMaster said:

customkits said:

I've never seen any vintage guitar look remotely like the relic stuff being sold

Check out Stevie Ray, John Frusicante or Rory Gallaghers Strats. Keith's Micawber Tele.

There are loads of completely worn famous guitars.

ok i should've said in person those heavy worn well played guitars are in the minority imo

Trying to replicate heavy wear is bloody difficult and not many are that well done, there's a fine line between good and shit 

Gagaryn

I think, to coin a popular expression, Fender CS have jumped the shark with the whole relicing thing.

I'm not a big fan or relics but own a couple, one of which is a CS. From memory it's a 2012 and it's a heavy relic according to the certificate but it has way less paint rasped off than the current heavy relics. It's like exposure to relics has dulled Fender's (and people in general) perception of when enough is enough.

The opposing view, often given, is that relicing is an art form in it's own right and the point isn't to make look guitars look naturally aged. This may be becoming true but it is absurd.

I've taken to un-relicing guitars - with my CS I polished the paint back up to shine and did my best to repolish the hardware, and I spent yesterday un-relicing a Spitfire pickguard that looked like the bevel had been "aged" with turmeric!

axisus

Just to add - Most Fender CS relics I've seen I actually liked. It's just that one that looks like a real turkey.

mbe

mrkb said:

axisus said:

I like aged guitars if they are done well, but this looks pretty naff to me from the Fender Custom shop. Yours for £2899.

That strumming arm wear looks like it was made by someone was wearing coarse sandpaper clothing! Is that what they wore in the old days?!?

He wore cufflinks! The aged player also drooled a lot, hence the wear above the neck pickup.