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Worst Relic Job

#61
I've seen worse.




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#62
WheatPenny said:
You can't take a cheap instrument, artificially age it, and expect me to drool over it.
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Artificial distressing I don't have any problem with - it's not my thing personally, but I accept that others like it and I can appreciate a well done relic job. However, there's a degree of skill and an understanding of the desired aesthetic that's required to pull it off well, and neither appeared to be present for the brutally victimized Strat in question.
 
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CGremlin said:
Artificial distressing I don't have any problem with - it's not my thing personally, but I accept that others like it and I can appreciate a well done relic job. However, there's a degree of skill and an understanding of the desired aesthetic that's required to pull it off well, and neither appeared to be present for the brutally victimized Strat in question.
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Great point. I can see if someone took care and pride in what they did.
EDIT : Edited out that weird reply that stacked over this one
 
#74
What were they thinking?! To me it looks like someone gave a blind epileptic sand paper covered oven mitts and let them have at it. SMDH that's passable for a $1,000 relic job on a guitar that may or may not even be a Fender Strat?! Makes me want buy a Squier P bass, tie it up behind my car, drag it for 6 miles, slap a Fender decal on it and then try and sell it for $2,000 as a relic bass! Caveat Emptor
 
#76
Yikes! This says a lot:

"Very nice Fender guitar! I personally did the relic and is not a Fender Custom Shop! Everyone that has played this guitar loved it! I don't know if it is a real Stratocaster. "

So it's a Fender, not a Custom Shop (in spite of the CS decal), and he's not sure it's a Strat?!?!?!? ***, over!


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#78
That's just atrocious. It's been said to death, but it looks like a cow.

It really is too bad how much poor relic work is out there. I actually kind of dig the relic thing in general. I wouldn't pay extra for it, but I've done similar work on furniture and I've thought about doing a bass for myself.
 

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