SH73 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I think the OP has a point. It's like vaping or gluten free fad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='SH73' timestamp='1487057084' post='3236540'] I think the OP has a point. It's like vaping or gluten free fad. [/quote] Or pointy headed guitars from the '80s, or was it the '90s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1487056811' post='3236536'] I've played on a few recently & the necks have been incredible - the comfiest I've ever played. The other benefit is it stops you being precious about little knocks & dings - those of us in heavier bands know how easy it is for other people to scratch your gear when playing! [/quote] This would be the main benefit IMO. The aging on the back of the neck is the most important thing. I generally only buy secondhand as I prefer not having to worry too much about the instrument, and I do worry about it with pristine brand new instruments. That said, I'd much prefer a "light relic" with a thin skin to a heavy relic - just enough to be secondhand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1487056811' post='3236536'] The fortunate thing about the free market is if you don't like something you don't have to buy it. I'm not really sure what the point of this thread is, how can you be bored of something completely unrelated to you? Unless you mean you have one & don't like it any more? [/quote] I also have an opinion on antique painted MDF and shell suits, neither of which I own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyR Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I don't like marmite, but I've never thought it worth starting a thread about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 What if someone buys a guitar/bass from previous owners who have naturally worn it in over years. Is that posing? I think we need to know what's allowed here, in case the instrument police come calling. Perhaps a COA stating where each ding and knock happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='GuyR' timestamp='1487061755' post='3236565'] I don't like marmite, but I've never thought it worth starting a thread about. [/quote] How can you not like Marmite?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='Tee' timestamp='1487061872' post='3236566'] What if someone buys a guitar/bass from previous owners who have naturally worn it in over years. Is that posing? I think we need to know what's allowed here, in case the instrument police come calling. Perhaps a COA stating where each ding and knock happened. [/quote] Who said you could come in here and complicate this enjoyable negativity with your logic and intelligent dilemma? That's the trouble with this country; there's too much intelligent thought going on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I quite like the roadworn/light relic ones. They're not over the top and remind me of those 'lived in' jeans you can buy. The full on impossible extreme relics are akin to stonewash.I just don't get the impossible levels of wear. I have a ten year old Precision that's got loads of chips, dinks and scratches. I wanted to re-finish it as I'm not a fan of sunburst but the thought of a pristine body with everything else looking a bit tired and emotional is a quandary. Do I get it re-done and then have the actuel wear replicated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiophonic Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='ChunkyMunky' timestamp='1487022206' post='3236376'] Each to their own but definitely not a fan of it. A lot of it seems unnatural and aimed incorrectly for starters. On the upper horn, how is that even possible to do that naturally? [/quote] This guy managed it. http://iconicaxes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/rory-gallaghers-1961-fender-stratocaster.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) Nancy Johnsons comment is interesting..... "R[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]elicing, for me, only looks decent on Fender-style basses"[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Thats true in my opinion but i dont know why??? Other basses just looked knackered when they're a bit beaten up. I wonder what it is that makes it seem ok if it looks like a Fender?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I quite like the roadworn look personally - i have a Nate Precision which is mildly "used" looking but feels really nicely worn in and i'm not fussed about taking a lump out of it at a gig. Actually, all my basses have lumps out of them and i purposely avoid new basses because that first ding is so painful. And i've always hankered after a wrecked looking Sandberg.....[/font][/color] Edited February 14, 2017 by Mudpup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='GuyR' timestamp='1487061755' post='3236565'] I don't like marmite, but I've never thought it worth starting a thread about. [/quote]yes but we're not on a Yeast Extract forum. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I love my Roadworn P In fact as a few others have said I personally prefer the feel of a played in bass. As well as not having to worry about putting dinks into your new pride and joy. I do like a new bass as well but I feel it takes me time to give the bass a soul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 As the owner of a couple of genuinely scuffed guitars which I've owned for donkey's years and which have earned their mojo (some of it by me, some of it by the previous owners...) I'm not particularly attracted to relics - it wouldn't put me off an otherwise good guitar, but its not something i'd seek out either. My 47-year-old Fender has done a lot of gigs with me over the last 20+ years, and has buckle rash thru to the wood, plus lots of dings and worn areas, but its still not half as battered as my brother's brand new heavy relic Custom Shop stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiophonic Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It's odd. I'm super careful with my Jazz (flawless), although partly because I may sell it so don't want any dings, but ta the same time I know I will never truly love it until it has a few marks. The neck just looks too clean! I have 35 year old Stingray that even now is only lightly marked (owned from new) - a few dents to the bottom where I used to prop it up on a concrete floor without a stand, light scratches to the finish and no buckle rash (those oversize, long sleeve tee-shirts we wore in the 90s did have a function after all!). However, I'm not overly careful with it and would never think twice about gigging wherever. I've even had the same cut-to-length leather strap since 1991. It's like an old pair of shoes. I'd be quite happy buying a bass with a load of wear to it (there's a J/P hybrid in the classifieds with no paint to the bottom of the body and that wouldn't bother me at all if I had the money) but not a new bass with fake wear. That's like buying pre-ripped jeans. The Nate Mendel seems particularly pointless - just an annoying amount of fake damage that you only notice if you look a bit? I'd still have one, but I'd want the body sprayed black! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I think they look sh*t wouldnt buy one myself but if others like them and want to buy them it is up to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I don`t go a bundle on the looks of fake relicing, but the Fender Road Worn Precisions are excellent instruments. That worn in neck is sooooo comfy to play. I really must grab one of these myself at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I could only buy a relic instrument if the wear doesn't have a gloss or poly coat over the top of it! It's artificially worn to a point and no more is permissible!! I don't like a lot of the relic jobs out there, even sandberg. The whole one colour over another thing baffles me too but if other people like it it's their choice. I don't think I've ever seen anyone else with a relic instrument on my local love circuit apart from my guitarist who just bought a Vintage brand strat for peanuts to knock about with. My jazz is mid nineties and has many many dings and chips out of the paint and the neck is starting to darken in some areas and fade in others. On stage you wouldn't notice any of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) - Edited February 28, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 @kodiakblair - I hope it is no slouch, and agree it will look fresh as a daisy in a couple of decades and better than me! @Grangur - yep are completely correct! if is a good bi of wood it will have its mojo already, I think they givehe slab a bit of a vibration treatment to accelerate the settlling in process but point well made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Like a few here, I've got the Fender Roadworn stuff, Precision and Jazz in sunburst, and the Flea bass. I do actually like the look of them, but for me what they do really well is (as has already been mentioned) feel like they've been played in. The necks are really comfy (to me anyway). I also like the nitro finishes on them. Also like Highfox mentions, if it does happen to get a 'new' knock or two, you ain't crying into your post gig kebab. I own a genuine '78 Precision (had for donkeys) and a genuine '75 Jazz too, also both great instruments in their own right and feel played in due to their actual age. For me, like I've tried to articulate, it's mainly about the [b]feel [/b]of playing a worn instrument. Does it really matter if that feel has been achieved via wear that has been done over many years, or 'accelerated' in a factory? I say not, YMMV! Just to add - I've also had a Sandberg VM hardcore aged, and to me that was the 'fakest' of the lot. A great bass?, certainly. But the relicing on those is purely about the look, they still feel like you're playing a brand new instrument. If I was getting another Sandberg, I'd be avoiding the relic models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I wasn't that bothered either way until I bought the Flea Jazz Bass. Even my Dad, who doesn't play, thought it looked really unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1487021968' post='3236368'] Never seen the point. Age and wear = mojo. Relicing does not confer mojo.. [/quote] IMO age and wear = time for a refinish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 i have a fake relic and I've done some of it myself. I rounded the neck edges and sanded the back down a bit and its a lot more comfortable to play. I refuse to baby a bass, it s a tool and I'm not going to wrap it in cotton wool. As long as I don't damage its working parts I really dont see why its a problem to have it look a certain way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1487072431' post='3236701'] I wasn't that bothered either way until I bought the Flea Jazz Bass. Even my Dad, who doesn't play, thought it looked really unique. [/quote] But IIRC the "wear" pattern is exactly the same on all the Flea Jazz Basses which doesn't makes them unique at all ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.