I know this isn't a bass, but this has GOT to be the worst relic job I've ever seen. There should be a law against doing this to such a beautiful instrument.
Fender Custom Relic | Reverb
Fender Custom Relic | Reverb
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Worst Relic Job
- Thread starter Alyssa
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I have the link in a new tab but I'm afraid to look.... alright, here it goes.
OH GOD ALMIGHTY THAT IS AWFUL! OH MY GOD! WHAT AM I LOOKING OUT! ****!!!@#@@**************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH GOD ALMIGHTY THAT IS AWFUL! OH MY GOD! WHAT AM I LOOKING OUT! ****!!!@#@@**************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kind of a cow/cheetah motif goin' on
Just awful
$1000!!!
Just awful
$1000!!!
This
they tried to replicate jaco's bass, well at least they didn't charge a ton of money for it.
they tried to replicate jaco's bass, well at least they didn't charge a ton of money for it.
That is not a relic job. Relicing an instrument is supposed to make a new instrument look and feel like an old instrument. I don't know how that guitar feels, but I've never seen an old instrument that looked like that. These just feeds the trolls that don't understand what relicing is all about.
I seem to be the only person left on the planet with Internet access that likes relic jobs.
And this looks terrible.
And this looks terrible.
From the ad: "I personally did the relic and is not a Fender Custom Shop!"
Yeah, dude, we can see that. In no universe anywhere would an instrument naturally become distressed like that, with sharp edges where the paint is missing. What did he do, stick a super glue-backed board on the finish and and rip off huge chunks?
Yeah, dude, we can see that. In no universe anywhere would an instrument naturally become distressed like that, with sharp edges where the paint is missing. What did he do, stick a super glue-backed board on the finish and and rip off huge chunks?
This quote is beautiful....
Hilarious! Could have traded it for a guitar that was $1500 and could likely have easily flipped it for $1000-1100, but passed so he can sell it for under (and likely VERY under) $900. Beauty.
Hilarious! Could have traded it for a guitar that was $1500 and could likely have easily flipped it for $1000-1100, but passed so he can sell it for under (and likely VERY under) $900. Beauty.
Just how many times did you drop that screwdriver? 
Calling that Strat a bad relic job is an insult to bad relic jobs....
Calling that Strat a bad relic job is an insult to bad relic jobs....
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