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01-11-2013, 10:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | Worst Relic Ever? http://www.ebay.com/itm/STANDARD-FEN...-/251209791502
Wow. And they apparently have sold several of these things? And people like them?
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01-11-2013, 10:49 PM
|  | Bartle doo? | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missing Mountains | | Agreed. That thing looks like sh*t.
Looks more like a squier body salvaged from a garage fire with some new hardware put on it. Definitely doesn't look road worn.
So many clowns on ebay. 
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01-11-2013, 10:52 PM
|  | Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion. | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio | | | I actually love that finish it's definitely one of a kind I added it to my watch list if it's back up for auction I'm going for it thank you sir.
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01-11-2013, 11:05 PM
|  | Come at me, bro! | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Downstate CA | | Looks like a cross between an oil spill and a wildfire.
You'd think given their pride in their relic-ing, they'd age the hardware also.  | 
01-11-2013, 11:09 PM
| | | | Needs a few coats of clearcoat to protect that road worn finish :P | 
01-11-2013, 11:11 PM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | I like it. The hardware is a joke, though.
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01-11-2013, 11:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | For the price they get for their guitars and basses I don't think it is to bad.
Half the price of a Fender MIM relic.
Their feedback is good.
You do get what you pay for
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01-11-2013, 11:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Pa. | | Funny that's one of the few Fenders I actually liked. It's not a true road worn look it's more like a chemical burn but I like it.
Now this is a disaster.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-RICKENB...item4ac0495387
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01-11-2013, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Detroit | | | Who can believe a reliced body with shiny hardware and a neck that does not look like it has ever been played! | 
01-12-2013, 12:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by landau roof Looks like a cross between an oil spill and a wildfire.
You'd think given their pride in their relic-ing, they'd age the hardware also.  | Yeah was my thought. How "authentic" can it be with a new pickguard, bridge, pickup covers, control plate, etc.
Maybe the term "partially restored relic" would be more appropriate.
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01-12-2013, 12:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Seattle, WA. | | | Well... I kinda like it. I guess that I don't think of it as a "relic" but more of a unique finish. I dig it. I don't need relic style hardware. I like it the way it is.
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01-12-2013, 12:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX | | | can't stop giggling at the shiny brand new chrome complimenting the light a match at the sewer plant relic look. anyone have a gong?
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01-12-2013, 12:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: So Cal | | I like it... although I'd prefer a P-Bass version.
The serial number on the headstock reveals that they are taking 90's, MN series MIM basses and giving them the "treatment." 
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01-12-2013, 12:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: West Coast | | it needs a tort pickguard.  | 
01-12-2013, 12:47 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: 40º 45' 21" north latitude | | | That's a darn cool look. | 
01-12-2013, 12:51 AM
|  | Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion. | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by HenfieldJ Who can believe a reliced body with shiny hardware and a neck that does not look like it has ever been played! | I agree I would change that out but I really like the look
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01-12-2013, 02:15 AM
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01-12-2013, 03:58 AM
|  | Does this bass make my butt look big? | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: East Tennessee | | | I like it. And while I agree, it's horrible if they are calling that a relic job, I like that it looks like the finish has melted off.
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01-12-2013, 04:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Farmingdale NY. | | | It looks like it was in close proximity to a moderate sized nuclear blast. | 
01-12-2013, 04:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia | | | Good for metal maybe
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