Relicing Guitars - For conversation sake???

[Mark]

Well Im certianly not paying to have lice re-installed on my guitar. New for 07 StratoLICE the little buggers will have ya picking and scratching in a very musical way! LMAO

[tot_Ou_tard]

I always wonder when the relic craze is gonna hit cosmetic surgery.

Young'uns gettin' spare tire implants, wrinkles added, and hair untransplants for that desirable faux patterned baldness look.

[Plank_Spanker]

I've never understood, nor bought into, the "new vintage" thing. I guess it looks "cool".

All of my guitars will age gracefully, the old fashoined way - millions of notes; lots of beer, blood and sweat and all of the road rash that comes from playing tons of gigs.

[Josh]

It's like distressing and preshredding jeans. If you're stupid enough to pay someone else to damage their product before they sell it to you, then by all means, be my guest and send them your money. As for me, I almost cried when I scratched the paint on my guitar the first time. Relic-ing a guitar is just taking the poser factor to the max. I'm pretty confident that relic'd guitars won't hold their value too well either. Imagine what a guitar that looked like it was forty years old when it was new is going to look like in forty years.

[Plank_Spanker]

The poly finishes will definitely not age like nitro finishes. They'll look "new" for a long time......................

I certainly don't have a problem playing a shiny new axe.