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youtube video of 2009 Fender Road Worns
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I know some people like reliced stuff - but I would much rather buy and put the wear on it myself. Takes longer - but that is my preference. If you play one axe enough and gig with it - it will get a worn look over time.
This is typical of Americans these days...nobody wants to put in the time or effort to create something real. Its instant gratification or nothing. The problem, (if it is a problem) as I see it, is that everybody wants a '60 P-bass or a '64 Jazz or whatever, but most of us normal folks just don't have the scratch to make it happen. I have fallen victim to lusting after vintage instruments and have even had a couple ('71 J and a '72 P), but ended up selling them because they just aren't my cup of tea. I prefer the more hi-fi sound, but to each his own. Fortunately, I've had a few of my instruments a while and have played the heck out of them, so they are becoming "worn" in. A few dings here and dents there. But I will never fault somebody for wanting a relic'd axe. I, like so many others dig the look of a finely worn instrument.
I do dig the looks of a worn axe, but I would not buy one new. I just don't get the whole buy a "relic" new. It just isn't the same to me. I would prefer to buy a new instrument and let it naturally relic.
I have a friend (he's an older guy) who used to be a pro bass player before moving back home to take care of his grandmother. He toured with a few big country guys, Craig Morgan was one of them. He showed me his old stingray he used to tour with and it had several dings on it. He could tell me the story behind every significant ding/scratch. One of them happened at the Grand Ole Opry and he seemed very proud of that one. It kinda took him back.
Anyway, moral of the story is, when you put the dings on your bass, it may mean more than buying one that someone else designed to look that way.
I have a friend (he's an older guy) who used to be a pro bass player before moving back home to take care of his grandmother. He toured with a few big country guys, Craig Morgan was one of them. He showed me his old stingray he used to tour with and it had several dings on it. He could tell me the story behind every significant ding/scratch. One of them happened at the Grand Ole Opry and he seemed very proud of that one. It kinda took him back.
Anyway, moral of the story is, when you put the dings on your bass, it may mean more than buying one that someone else designed to look that way.
scottbass
Bass lines like a big, funky giant
+ infinity!
Real wear = real cool. Fake relicing = real bogus.
(Sorry about that, ibanezcollector
)And that is just my personal opinion, not to be confused with overall TalkBass groupthink.
thanks for the advice. i don't think you were pointing my post out, but i get what your saying. i think that if you want to relic a bass, that is your choice. i just wouldn't do it. I have seen Ibanezcollectors work and I must say, he does a very good job relicing basses. More so then those roadworn fenders!
To each his own.
I wonder what the price is going to be on those? Somewhere between the boutique relic and the cheap wagon hitchers. i bet they are pretty nice. I would grab one of those sunburst jazz basses. Problem will remain that there are a lot of people making better "fenders" than Fender.
1250 bucks for a MIM Fender that's been pre-abused....makes me want to rush right out and drop over a G on a MIM.
Click on this...I think it says it all!
Click on this...I think it says it all!
just imagine buying a bass some guy in a warehouse accidentally dropped, then Fender lovingly adds some $$ to the price tag 
The P's look like they're descended from the 50's classic P, which almost everybody seems to think is a great bang for the buck axe. So if these ones are good basses, who cares if they're new, reliced, or covered in freaking molasses? A good bass is a good bass.
If people don't want to buy them, Fender will stop making them. If they do sell, that tells us a little something about peoples view on relics, doesn't it?
If you don't like them, don't buy them.
If people don't want to buy them, Fender will stop making them. If they do sell, that tells us a little something about peoples view on relics, doesn't it?
If you don't like them, don't buy them.
