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Mine is the exact same model as the Esquire 59 you had. Looked as pristine when I got it too. Doesn't now. Lovely guitars.
I can't really add too much to this as it has already been said, all I can do is add my own personal opinion. Which perhaps is not worth the cyberspace it is written in!
I do not really like relics, I would rather relic my own guitar over time.
However............. I would like to have a go at relicing a guitar, just to see if I could do it.
My plan would be to purchase an old Squire Strat from the freeads or Ebay etc. I would then strip it, keep all the original bits but respray the body in a "vintage" Fender colour with rattle cans from Halfords.
Then over a period of time I would study realistic guitar wear and replicate it on the Squire (or failing that give it to the kids, it'll be shagged in next to no time).
Al the metal parts would be aged, not sure how yet but I could experiment. Same with the plastic parts.
What I'd be left with I'd probably keep as a novelty, or bin it if it looked rubbish!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
If not and it's purely down to better parts selection, it still makes the Relics worth having.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
That would devalue the shit out of a regular tweed bassman!
Of course, relic guitars can still look great, but I'd rather have a new, thin finish one to turn into a relic myself. Although that will devalue every step of the way, where a spec relic guitar won't.
*mindfuck*
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Satiny oiled back of the neck:
Carefully rolled fretboard edges:
There's a bit of finish checking (completely real - this was sprayed in January last year!) and the only real "relicing" is subtle, in places where it would actually happen over the life of a working guitar, like the edges by the binding and behind the bridge.
that's schadenfreude... not glee btw
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