The worst relic job ever

[Holdsg]

not the worst ever, but yeah....bad all the way
I've tried to bond with relic basses from Nash and the JPJ Mustang. Just learned they are not for me.
Give me shiny poly or marvelous matte finish and keep it clean.
That's what works for me.

 

[sleddogn]

I hate Nash and the JMJ mustang for the relic finishes. The nash mustangs are awesome until it gets messed up at factory. And how awesome would the 2 jmj's look all new and fresh...a shame honestly.

 

[XLunacy]

I think it makes for an interesting conversation about the value of relicking. Craftsmen I’ve talked to discourage buffing an old guitar up to make it brand new looking as if it would be like clocking a car’s mileage. You wouldn’t add miles to a car’s history because pretending it’s old doesn’t make it old. Why are we doing it with basses!?

No one else can see the car odometer
I guess if basses were instruments that always stayed in the studio, relicing would not be a thing; no one buys reliced mixing consoles, right?

 

[Bar Band Bassman]

I think that was Freddy Krueger's bass... Gotta be collectible! Any provenance?

The Bar Band Bassman

 

[sleddogn]

wonder what the "N" scratched into the contour stands for?
or is that a "Z", maybe Zorro practiced on this before the sword fight

 

[Maxi Funkl]

I'd never buy a relic'd bass

 

[Fynn]

I like this more than your average relic finish. I mostly don't like relic finishes, because it feels wrong to artifically age an instrument, or car for that matter, but this is fine. It's fine because it doesn't look like a relic finish. It looks like some sort of pattern. This would be great for a punk or maybe metal band.

 

[Chrisenbacker69]

If that's belt rash, I cannot imagine how big that belt buckle might be.

 

[2thAche]

That's been in the wars a bit, also looks like someone tried to convert it to an active in some stage of its career. Sacrilege

I would rock that. Easy to go back to passive.

 

[60bass]

I'm not really a fan of relic finishing, though some clever people can make it look authentic. I don't think you can class this one in that category, however. It has to be the worst relic job I ever saw.

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Yours for £286.62 (about US$365.00) at 4String Relic Finish Black Electric Precision Bass Guitar Bolt On Joint | eBay

Thank you, China!

I've seen basses that had "worming" on the back but never one as artistic as this one is. /s

 

[BassyBill]

You’d have to have some sort of certifiable mental disorder to think that doing that to an instrument could be considered any sort of enhancement.

 

[roccobass]

You guys are missing the hidden signs. I think his old girlfriend (N)adia, (N)ellie, (N)ancy, etc, got pissed at him one day and decided to make a statement. He’s just doing damage (doh!) control on his sale.

 

[peteybass]

Weight ?

 

[sleddogn]

Or is it an old girlfriend Zena?

 

[-Asdfgh-]

At least the 'artist' has left the neck alone. Someone on a budget could probably fill in those scratches with a sharpie and get themselves a nice sounding PBass.

Ah, but what type of sharpie for the best tone?

 

[Slevage]

Hank's....come on you know...i had a typing error..lol

Now it’s clear that you added
the ‘s.
lol

 

[Dasgre0g]

 

[jimmydean]

Not so much a relic job as a sign of someone I would not leave with razor blades when taking a bath .

 

[Bozendoka]

What did he relic that with? A bobcat?

 

[Leonid Nidis]

I think Tom Hank kept track of days marooned on Castaway on that badboy

In this case more likely its the prisoners who reliced that bass did.