Raygun Relics incredible work!

glt56

Hi folks, I'd just like to recommend Graham Muir of Raygun Relics for the incredible work he does at such reasonable prices.  I am not in any way connected to Raygun, apart from the fact that Graham has cast his magic on two of my existing Tele's and built another which I have bought.  It is stunning work and I really don't know how he does it... incredible!  In the photos below, Graham has transformed my original tired black '84 Tokai Breezysound which I bought in New Zealand in '85, into a stunning Sonic Blue Bigsby'd Beauty!  The other is a Tele I put together myself but was never fond of... it was a bit boring and bland. So Graham has resurrected it into the beast you see below.  I cannot recommend him highly enough, stunning and a great guy to deal with too!

http://uk.pinterest.com/1raygunrelics/raygunrelics/

http://raygunrelics.wix.com/raygunrelics

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Raygun-Relics/312538552254531

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lustycourtier

let me guess......are you him?

glt56

Like it says above... no, I'm not connected to him in any way, I'm trying to make an honest assessment of his work.  Why the cynicism? 

DrBob

Jooky had a white Jazzmaster painted/relic'ed & assembled by Raygun that looked absolutely incredible. Seem to recall Jook saying that the pricing was verrrry keen as well

lustycourtier

glt56 said:

Like it says above... no, I'm not connected to him in any way, I'm trying to make an honest assessment of his work.  Why the cynicism? 

 Sorry, it just seemed that kind of post. Looks great work.

glt56

If you check out his website he's got reliced Tele's for around the £300 mark.  I played the one with the Jazzmaster tremolo and it is incredible.  By the way, the one on the website called "POP" (poplar body) is SOLD... I bought it! 

xHymnal

Website link? I can't seem to find a proper site? 

glt56

lustycourtier said:

glt56 said:

Like it says above... no, I'm not connected to him in any way, I'm trying to make an honest assessment of his work.  Why the cynicism? 

 Sorry, it just seemed that kind of post. Looks great work.

You are redeemed by the fact that in your avatar, you appear to be playing a Gibson Jeff Tweedy SG?  Very cool!!  I've got one too and love it!  Really wide fingerboard...  

glt56

Hymnal said:

Website link? I can't seem to find a proper site? 

Sorry mate, I forgot the http://bollox, try the links above now.

lustycourtier

glt56 said:

lustycourtier said:

glt56 said:

Like it says above... no, I'm not connected to him in any way, I'm trying to make an honest assessment of his work.  Why the cynicism? 

 Sorry, it just seemed that kind of post. Looks great work.

You are redeemed by the fact that in your avatar, you appear to be playing a Gibson Jeff Tweedy SG?  Very cool!!  I've got one too and love it!  Really wide fingerboard...  

Yeah its a great guitar!

littlethoughts

I follow his facebook page, he does some great stuff. I'm never that keen on super-relic'd numbers but your two are just peachy. He also comes up with some rather nice "pawn shop" style guitars, like the telejazzer.

edit: and he has done the one most important thing for any small guitar maker/modder: he has an awesome logo. when you compare it to the "generic font" crap you see (even from respected brands like Gordon Smith), it just gives it an air of professionalism.

frankus

Urgh... I am having a mid-life crisis - I may see if he'd work his magic on my Bass VI

Basher

Love those. I too have a mid 80s Breezysound but hate the natural finish on it's badly mismatched multi-piece body.
What's shocking is that he's only a few miles away from me!

It's a bad time to have no spare cash

IvisonGuitars

The 'Heavy Relic' stuff is WAY over done for my tastes but your two Teles look the business! :-)

**Edit** Especially the Sonic Blue/Bigsby beauty.....drool...!

glt56

Caught up with Graham this afternoon, here he is having a blast on my '68 Gretsch 6118 Double Anniversary. He also tried out my '67 Gretsch 6120 but preferred the Anny. http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/glt56/3eda350ed592522673f8b5b642bebaf9.jpg

glt56

miserneil said:

The 'Heavy Relic' stuff is WAY over done for my tastes but your two Teles look the business! :-)

**Edit** Especially the Sonic Blue/Bigsby beauty.....drool...!

Graham likes to produce "different" but familiar guitars with superb attention to detail. I'm not keen on the "heavy relic" thing, but it you ask him to "lightly age" your guitar... no worries! I have to say I do like the "Seaworn" Tele on his Pinterest site. It really does look like it was washed up! He's going to start a Jazzmaster for me next... WooHoo

axisus

That blue guitar is way beyond awesome! One of my favourite ever teles!

stimpsonslostson

My Vintage V100 was given the Raygun treatment by its previous owner- it looks awesome (some relics look like they've lost a fight with a sander, his work makes them look worn). 

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Basher

Never one to ignore a passing bandwagon, and having found out that Graham is local to me, I asked about a refinish to my mid-80s Tokai Breezysound (basically a 60s Tele copy). I've always liked the guitar but hated the mismatched, "breadboard", timber under the natural finish.
Having chatted with Graham, I decided to go with an aged-white finish which I think looks great with the rosewood 'board. What's even better is that he's kept all the original dings, knocks and scuffs so it's still very much "my" guitar but it looks about a thousand times better! 
Absolute top notch fellow and I am delighted with his work. Would encourage anyone interested in this sort of thing to check him out.

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capo4th

That's a nice looking thing

Basher

Sorry, forgot to publicly thank @glt56 for letting me know about Graham's work. Cheers!