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08-20-2010, 06:44 PM
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I was outside grilling yesterday and I saw my neighbor spray painting something that he had hanging in his garage. After observing for a few minutes I realized what he was doing. A few months ago he bought a Fender Road Worn Strat, and he was spray painting it. I was a bit confused, but it is his guitar and his money. |
08-20-2010, 06:48 PM
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08-20-2010, 07:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Virginia | | | Isn't that a man card violation? |
08-20-2010, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Florida | | It might be worse than just painting it. He might have screwed it up first and then had the idea to paint it..?.......  |
08-20-2010, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Florida, in the U.S.A. | | | Perhaps he realized Road Worn=Refinish Required.
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08-20-2010, 11:07 PM
| | | | At least it was a guitar... But seriously? So much of the value of the road worn series comes from the "roadwornness" of it.
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08-21-2010, 06:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Zürich | | | I played a Roadworn Jazz a few days back, and loved the neck/tone/playbility and weight.
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I don't think I could play something that was reliced in a factory, not by 40-odd years of playing. My new basses should look new, and slowly become beaten up.
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08-21-2010, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by EdHunter  I played a Roadworn Jazz a few days back, and loved the neck/tone/playbility and weight.
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I don't think I could play something that was reliced in a factory, not by 40-odd years of playing. My new basses should look new, and slowly become beaten up. | + 10000000 |
08-21-2010, 06:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Winnipeg | | Buying "road-worn" in the first place is silly, but at least he realized his mistake and tried to fix it...  |
08-21-2010, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by duff beer Buying "road-worn" in the first place is silly, but at least he realized his mistake and tried to fix it... | I tend to agree, but then again, when was the last time most of us bought unwashed jeans?
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08-21-2010, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by EdHunter I played a Roadworn Jazz a few days back, and loved the neck/tone/playbility and weight.
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I don't think I could play something that was reliced in a factory, not by 40-odd years of playing. My new basses should look new, and slowly become beaten up. | I'm with you. To me refinishing a road worn could only improve the way it looks. Fake wear is fake. I'm not a fake, and neither are my instruments. Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented I tend to agree, but then again, when was the last time most of us bought unwashed jeans? | A brand new, unwashed pair of Levis 501's is a thing of beauty...and they last for at least a decade.
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08-21-2010, 10:17 AM
| | | | The Road Worn basses that I have seen do not look that bad to me, but the guitars on the other hand looked aweful. The fretboards looked like someone took a belt sander to them. But, would it de-value a road worn by spray painting it? I would think so. If it was me and I decided that I didn't like it, I would maybe try trading it for something else even if it meant taking a loss. To each his own though. |
08-21-2010, 10:30 AM
| | | | Meh...it's not some priceless historic relic, it's just a Fender...and a Strat at that.
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08-21-2010, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim A brand new, unwashed pair of Levis 501's is a thing of beauty...and they last for at least a decade. | I think we may part ways on the aesthetics of unwashed jeans. A fresh bass can easily turn my head, but I generally associate unbroken jeans with a certain cultural naivety -- at the risk of being branded too metrosexual.
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08-21-2010, 11:51 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | | Guys, remember that relic bashing is not permitted in this forum either. A relic finish is every bit as "fake" as a normally painted one, and no one should have to "earn" the finish choice they prefer. |
08-21-2010, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim I'm with you. To me refinishing a road worn could only improve the way it looks. Fake wear is fake. I'm not a fake, and neither are my instruments.
A brand new, unwashed pair of Levis 501's is a thing of beauty...and they last for at least a decade. |
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08-21-2010, 12:35 PM
| | | | For a road worn series, I'd say ita a moot point....
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08-21-2010, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Unrepresented I think we may part ways on the aesthetics of unwashed jeans. A fresh bass can easily turn my head, but I generally associate unbroken jeans with a certain cultural naivety -- at the risk of being branded too metrosexual. | Fair enough. I should note that 501's don't even fit until they've been worn and washed at least twice...so they do get into the "worn in" category pretty quickly.
As a point of interest, you may be too young to recall that in the mid-60's, jeans were most prized while they still looked UN-washed. Tastes and fashions change. To me, once they get holes in them they're for working on the car and doing yard work.
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08-21-2010, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by HaMMerHeD Meh... it's just a Fender...and a Strat at that. | MAN CARD REVOKED! 
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