Topic: Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar
Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar?
Are you buying a false image or does it make you believe its a true relic.
Imagine if the words of Imagine ever came true.....
Re: Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar
jamesd74 wrote:
Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar?
Are you buying a false image or does it make you believe its a true relic.
This is a great question. As you might have seen ESP/LTD came out with Tele type models this year. I got the Black one with the relic'd Maple neck.
Honestly, Relic'd isnt for me. Its like those jeans that you can buy with holes already in them. I think they are trying to replicate the broken in feel of an instrument...but I'm not sure that Im with it. I think its more a fad and marketing ideas than anything else, and will be short lived. Sort of like the Ukelele fad that blew throgh last year.
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Re: Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar
I sort of agree, if its old its old. I have been looking at the ESP and I don't think it is for me.
Imagine if the words of Imagine ever came true.....
Re: Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar
In a word, no. The idea sounds great but as soon as I hold a knackered looking Fender Custom Shop Strat in my hands with a 3 grand price tag I ponder the existence of such a thing or why anyone would buy it.
Id much rather relic a guitar myself by playing the hell out of it. I think they appeal to people who see guitars as collectibles or objects of desire rather than an instrument to study, learn and play with others.
A bit sad IMHO.
jamesd74 wrote:
Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar?
Are you buying a false image or does it make you believe its a true relic.
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5 24-05-11 14:12:11 (edited by cutecub00 25-05-11 07:12:00)
Re: Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar
It is better if you can see the guitar in true not only in pictures. So you can also test it..
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Re: Does any one see the point in buying a pre-relic guitar
were in rip off land here.........get yourself a good modern git and spend your bucks
wisely ........all this retro is bullshit after your dosh...just cause you get a charcoal replica
of jimmy's strat doesn't mean your're gonna sound like im.......you might sound like a bloke
thats playing a guit made out of a piece of burnt out shed.....come on!!!!
