Woodinblack Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said: Nothing against relicing, but we should accept it's just shabby chic for boys... Is this any different? Even by shabby chic standards (something I don't really like that much), that is pretty bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 On 20/04/2019 at 13:30, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: It doesn’t look particularly oxygen deficient to me 😂 That’s because my iPad won’t let me say re-sprayed without putting in the hyphen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 On 20/04/2019 at 15:41, Woodinblack said: Even by shabby chic standards (something I don't really like that much), that is pretty bad! Just shabby. Not chic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Relicking most definitely exists in lots of other areas, shabby chic furniture, ratlook cars and bikes, ripped and faded clothes, tarnished and dented brass instruments, scratched and faded string instruments, etc. All fair enough, whether you like it or not doesn't matter as it's most definitely a popular style, the one thing that does matter is that Antigua finish exists and only exists in the guitar/bass world and should be stamped out. Even the bizarre world of fashion or the unemployable that declare themselves 'interior designers' wouldn't stoop this low, so what does that say about lovers of Antigua. Wronguns the lot of ya! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Maude said: the one thing that does matter is that Antigua finish exists I always thought I must be the only person with a severe reaction to the Antigua finish. Evidently not. Perhaps we should form an Antigua survivors group: 10-step talking-it-out sessions; hands-on massages from qualified 'practitioners'; aversion therapy involving three week trips to Antigua (the place). The government should pay for this support; we're the victims, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Antigua finish is one of those things that should have been tried but never released. Every finish should be tried, and then some of them released, and some of them, such as antigua, the person who made it should have been slapped and told not to be so stupid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Antigua trigger warning: Image may cause alarm Spoiler 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Looks like someone has smeared their bum all round the edges of those poor guitars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Maybe it is designed to look like those 50s music videos where people had white instruments and it blew out the sensors on the camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I think the term was solarizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: Antigua trigger warning: Image may cause alarm Reveal hidden contents Some pervert's even done the headstocks. Edited April 22, 2019 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 38 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: Antigua trigger warning: Image may cause alarm Hide contents Waddya know; they do lefties too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 hour ago, skankdelvar said: Antigua trigger warning: Image may cause alarm Reveal hidden contents I didn't know what Antigua was, now I wish I still didn't! 🤮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 39 minutes ago, MoonBassAlpha said: Looks like someone has smeared their bum all round the edges of those poor guitars Which you'd have to grudgingly admire for sheer dedication if nothing else..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Relicing = a very good thing. IME. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 The web site from which I nicked the Antigua wall of shame pic alleges that the Antigua finish was born back in the late 60's when the body binding process employed on the Coronado II accidentally burned the edges of the body. The site continues: "Instead of chucking the bodies, Fender developed a color scheme that burst from black on the burned edges to a type of mustard yellow on the inside of the burst". So, not quite the same as the Antigua we know and - er - love. It's even nastier (or nicer, if one is that way inclined). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 24 minutes ago, wateroftyne said: Relicing = a very good thing. IME. Now that's nice - but it doesn't look reliced at all, it just looks like a nice bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, Skinnyman said: Now that's nice - but it doesn't look reliced at all, it just looks like a nice bass The difference is it doesn't shine - it glows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 3 hours ago, skankdelvar said: I always thought I must be the only person with a severe reaction to the Antigua finish. Evidently not. Perhaps we should form an Antigua survivors group: 10-step talking-it-out sessions; hands-on massages from qualified 'practitioners'; aversion therapy involving three week trips to Antigua (the place). The government should pay for this support; we're the victims, after all. If you think it would help I'd be happy to give that a go, as long as it was fully funded of course. Maybe the hotel in Antigua where the rehabilitation would take place should have a catchy name like Antigua Support Scheme Inclusive Therapy Care Home, although a bit long it could be abbreviated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 5 hours ago, skankdelvar said: I always thought I must be the only person with a severe reaction to the Antigua finish. Evidently not. Perhaps we should form an Antigua survivors group: 10-step talking-it-out sessions; hands-on massages from qualified 'practitioners'; aversion therapy involving three week trips to Antigua (the place). The government should pay for this support; we're the victims, after all. Move from anti-gua to pro-gua? I must admit I always thought that finish was just a bad sunburst. I am now traumatised by seeing it applied around f-holes. It's a sort of 'dirty sanchez' for guitars... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 2 hours ago, wateroftyne said: Relicing = a very good thing. IME. That's cheating. It actually looks like a real old guitar rather than a fake! Perhaps that's the sort we really ought to worry about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said: Move from anti-gua to pro-gua? Nice work, Sir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I don't have a dog in this particular fight so it's been fun reading all the different views. As is often the case one thing I have noticed is that the only people getting upset about the issue seem to be those posting how they "don't understand why people get so upset about the issue". Which has a pleasant irony to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 10 hours ago, stewblack said: I don't have a dog in this particular fight so it's been fun reading all the different views. As is often the case one thing I have noticed is that the only people getting upset about the issue seem to be those posting how they "don't understand why people get so upset about the issue". Which has a pleasant irony to it. Not as ironic as someone who feels upset enough to post that 'the only people getting upset about the issue seem to be those posting how they "don't understand why people get so upset about the issue". ' I could have opened to door to infinite recursion here 😈 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Infinite recursion - another prog band name? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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