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'Relicing' a Bass


merello
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Amen to that. If you want it to look worn out, use it and wear it out.

Personally I can't see the satisfaction in doing this or, worse buying a guitar with this carried out, even well. If a bass has been used through the years then it has 'character' and the imagination can rise on where the bass may have been. If its been sanded/buffed away, who is it actually fooling? Why would anyone want to fool someone and if the user knows its a fake, there must be zero satisfaction.

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I was teaching a Cleethorpes family this evening (two cellists and one violinist) and it turns out the father has a mint (looks like it just came out of the factory) 1982 Aria bass (looks like a single pickup Ibanez MC series with a coil tap? switch.) It was a joy to find, as it's really been looked after and is in perfect condition.

Much better than purposely wrecking your toys, you destructive children :)

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Yes... be careful. Relic jobs can look awful if they're overdone.

I like shiny and new but some relics I've seen look very nice.

Dark Horse over at talkbass does some very nice ones, might be worth checking out.

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Same here, first look & I thought CK had his old avitar back.
He's lost for good now :)

I'd do a bit of speed playing at your next gig with the picks on a cordless drill & then drill some holes in the body (just make sure you don't drill your own fleshy one!) & then pop some rawl plugs in the holes for added humour.

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The really cool looking relic instruments with classic wear all have a thin nitro finish.If you bash about a MIM Fender with a thick poly finish for thirty years it'll get scratched & dented, but never wear through like a nitro finish. Attacking it with abrasives will make it look stupid & you'll look stupid playing it. :) So I say - do it.

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