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12-31-2008, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UMass, Amherst | | | Uhhg I hate retro fads.
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retro is fantastic, but pseudo-retro can be a serious miss (although sometimes really good but not in this case). Look at this pseudo-retro job. the neck looks pretty good, but the body is pathetic. way to fail. http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Squire-Te...3%3A1|294%3A50 |
12-31-2008, 12:48 PM
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12-31-2008, 12:48 PM
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I will do a better job for free. Give me a pack of smokes and a screwdriver!
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12-31-2008, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada. | | uuurg that is the WORST relicing job i have ever seen. it looks like someone just took car keys to the body. this pains my eyes  
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12-31-2008, 12:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Springs, CO | | | Aren't Relics supposed to look like they've been played for years? That one looks like he cheated on his girlfriend and she keyed his bass. Sheesh!
(Edit: ^ Beat me to it)
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12-31-2008, 12:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: St. Louis | | | Geez, thats one of the worst I've ever seen.
Reliced only because it was left in a locked room with a cat that hadn't been fed in 3 days and no access to a litterbox!!
That's the only explanation I can think of for the multiple long scratches.
And whats with the cig burn in front of the decal? Is there any way a cig can be held there? Disclaimer: I'm not a smoker.
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12-31-2008, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ko stradivarius  And whats with the cig burn in front of the decal? Is there any way a cig can be held there? Disclaimer: I'm not a smoker. | The only way i can think of is if the strings hadn't been snipped off and the guy in question had held his cigarette on the tip of his string, then it hung over the headstock and burned it.
But, it is an absolute mess! What the hell was this guy thinking and what delusion does he live in if he thinks THAT looks like a vintage and distressed guitar? |
12-31-2008, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: My Old Kentucky Home.... | | | Prepare for this thread to be locked down.....I found an even worse "relic'ing" job (or, more appropriately, a trashing job) on a bass a few weeks ago.
I don't think we can talk about how bad somebody else's bass looks here.
But yeah, this one makes you wonder if the guy has ever even looked at a play worn bass.
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12-31-2008, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rustynuts I don't think we can talk about how bad somebody else's bass looks here.
But yeah, this one makes you wonder if the guy has ever even looked at a play worn bass. | I think we're in the clear. It's a guitar.
Which does explain a few things. |
12-31-2008, 01:17 PM
|  | Regal User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orange County, CA | | | wow. epic relic fail. |
12-31-2008, 01:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: My Old Kentucky Home.... | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBigO I think we're in the clear. It's a guitar.
Which does explain a few things. | Gives a new meaning to the term "guitard", huh? 
And to be honest, I got so involved in looking at the random gouging I never even noticed the skinny strings. I need to be vanquished to the corner....
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Last edited by rustynuts : 12-31-2008 at 01:20 PM.
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12-31-2008, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Western PA | | | the best girlfriend relic job i ever saw was a guy's acoustic guitar on an episode of "Cheaters." |
12-31-2008, 01:26 PM
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big deal.
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12-31-2008, 01:26 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | Like ko stradivarius said, what is the deal with the cigarette marks?
Seriously, didnt he ever stop to wonder how a person might have burns in those areas when he was choosing the places to burn?
Relicing a Squier?
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12-31-2008, 01:27 PM
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12-31-2008, 01:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Western PA | | | can you even properly relic a guitar (through years of actual use) with a poly finish anyway? i mean, beyond stripping the finish itself.
said it before...my hands don't sweat (they actually dry out fast more than anything), so me getting a maple neck nice and grimy just ain't gonna happen. |
12-31-2008, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jumpno uuurg that is the WORST relicing job i have ever seen. it looks like someone just took car keys to the body. this pains my eyes | +1 |
12-31-2008, 01:32 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | The pickguard looks brand spankin' new... |
12-31-2008, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston, MA | | | Hmmm...didn't realize that aging an instrument involved the use of screwdrivers and markers. I'll go way out on a limb and predict that this won't sell. |
12-31-2008, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tacoma Washington | | | Relics / Distressed basses
this is just me, but I can't really understand why anyone pays extra for someone to take the time to make a nice brand new bass look like an old bass?
I'd love to have a worn old bass....but only if the wear marks and the long loving relationship with the instrument were mine as well!
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