I was looking at their website and I saw a bunch of ones called like time machine and such that just look all beat to hell , I know if supposed to look vintage but if I'm gonna pay 1000+ for a guitar I want It In mint (looking I know is technically is) condition I don't see why anyone would want a beat up guitar for 1000+ unless it was truly vintage
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why are some fenders made like this
- Thread starter tbird99
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They are made like that because people buy them. The great thing about this world is you don't have to buy them if you don't like them. I'm not crazy about it either, but I'm hardly losing sleep over it.
Haha you make it sound like I stay up all night plotting revenge against fender for making beat up looking guitar , it doesn't bother me I just want to see what other people think about buying a guitar that appears like its been thrown off a cliff haha
Beat up instruments have "mojo." They have stories to tell. Instruments with "relic finishes" simulate this. It's supposed to be stylish. I think it's silly, but that's just my opinion. Someone must be buying them, or companies like Fender wouldn't make them. I don't personally see the appeal (I don't even like it when my instruments get real scratches). But to each their own.
Next thing we know, someone's going to make a Willie Nelson signature guitar with a big gash in it like Willie's old Martin.
Next thing we know, someone's going to make a Willie Nelson signature guitar with a big gash in it like Willie's old Martin.
The time machine series is the Custom Shop stuff, and they offer it in NOS (mint) or Relic conditions depending on what someone wants.
Here's another senario to view it...what if you are a vintage collector who has a preCBS Fender worth 12k. Does it make sense to play out the pricey vintage piece, or the 2500 replica?
Here's another senario to view it...what if you are a vintage collector who has a preCBS Fender worth 12k. Does it make sense to play out the pricey vintage piece, or the 2500 replica?
I don't see why you would want to own a 12k instrument and not play it (that is if it's really worth 12k). Mojo cannot be replicated.
I'm just saying some people do. And until you have vintage collections, many folks will never understand their thinking.
Take a step further, guys like Sting and Marcus Miller have replicas of their prized instruments.
It obviously goes far beyond that, because there are at least a half dozen companies or more other than Fender building relic replicas.
I don't own any, but I can understand why some do.....
Take a step further, guys like Sting and Marcus Miller have replicas of their prized instruments.
It obviously goes far beyond that, because there are at least a half dozen companies or more other than Fender building relic replicas.
I don't own any, but I can understand why some do.....
I bothers me so much that I'm still awake posting about why Fenders build brand new basses that don't look brand new. I blame Republicans!
Caca de Kick said:
Mate Mendel did that with his old fender p bass that had a certain jazz neck and they only sold it for something like 2 years way back when and he had a copy made and played that instead
I saw a guy I used to play with break out an old '61 Strat that he got when he was still in school back in the 70's. That thing looked like it was in a shipwreck and then recently found and cleaned up. Then I saw a reissue Tele that, while looking like it had been road worn, looked nothing like the Strat that guy had. There was a difference although it seemed like the wear was in the right spots. A/B'ing them together, reissue RW Tele seemed to be doctored up when compared to an actual road worn Strat from 1961. He still says his Strat plays like it was brand new and he has yet to find a guitar that has as good a tone as his '61.
Guess it's safe to say you're unfamiliar with the term "relic"?
Some guys like that look of something that seen 10,000 gigs, was played hard, knocked over a few dozen times, had beer poured over and was put up wet and sweaty. They're even willing to pay extra for it so they don't have to go through all 10,000 gigs themselves to get it looking like that. I don't care for it myself but different strokes for different folks.
Actually there are fewer bassists who want that look than guitarists. For some reason many bassists are into more bizarre designs and body woods and tend to like things all shiny and new more than guitarists. Especially Telecaster or Strat players.
For the mere price of just $6500 you could be the proud owner of this beautiful heavily flamed Fender Custom Shop 1961 Strat Relic.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...tratocaster-burnt-heavy-relic-electric-guitar
Here's what his '61 CAR Strat looks like today compared to a RW '61 Strat. It almost looks like the people at Fender try too hard to make them look authentically worn.
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I once tried one of those pre-washed jazz basses and I really liked it. If I'd had the money I might have bought it, only because there wasn't an equally good alternative around.
I would though probably feel a bit silly playing it on stage.
I would though probably feel a bit silly playing it on stage.
Not overheard at Fender: "Hold up guys, tbird99 can't see anybody buying one of these".
I don't own one but I have no problem with these relic basses....if someone want's to play one, big deal....it's just a bass. I suspect most people aren't trying to fool anyone or pass it off as a real vintage bass, they just like the way they look and feel...heck, many pros and well known bassists use them. You can laugh at these people and their basses but Fender is laughing all the way to the bank.
Because posers have more money than most real musicians. I will come out and say it, political correctness to the efing wind, If you buy one of these you are a poser, I don't care how well you play. It's as bad as wearing fake tatoos or scars to make you look tough. If you didn't put the wear on the ax or buy it well used then don't try to fake it. Those who appreciate the real deal can spot these fakes from a long ways away and we are laughing at you!
If you are not in a bike gang or the Navy and you have tattoos you are posing too; its a created image. I have no problem with reliced basses, but I have never owned one.
