Why Do People Intentionally Beat Up Their Gear?

chilipeppermaniac said:
That's not natural patina, that's a crime. Someone caused or let a high priced car get in that condition. I can never get over how those with too much disposable income, can just be so wasteful in life while others struggle to save $.50 and can't even afford the cost of what tires would cost on a car like that.
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Yep
 
eSGEe said:
99% of my gear is used......it comes PRE beat up
like when the previous owner had a DECAL covering the 11th fret that RUINED the finish-----

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Ive tried goof off and several other products nothing is getting rid of the 11th fret discoloration
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Yo Adrian...I remember just some weeks ago I saw in the pawn shop a white Fender Stratocaster like yours selling for almost $2,000. It must have been a Custom Shop or something but holy cow did it ever have a very fat neck on it. It was different but I found the neck too fat. And also the neck pocket looked a bit sloppy and probably would need shimming. How is the neck pocket on your lovely white Fender? Unscrew the neck and then grab the neck and hold it up. If the body stays on then you have a real nice tight fit for better sound transfer between the body and neck. Give me a report A.S.A.P. or else!:D


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eSGEe said:
RAY------ your going to SHITE yourself!
relic ---- of a PRS--

this is GRAPHIC-- if you have a weak constitution -- dont WATCH
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Nothing like ruining a guitar for the fun of it. Didn't rocker's use to just smash them while on stage? Not a fan of relic, to each their own, I much prefer an old beat up guitar that got that way from being used a lot for many years type thing. But, I guess relic is one of those for the hey of it, why not things, for the fungus of it...
 
Robert, that's one THICK slab rosewood board on that Squier! Pretty cool! I doubt they make them like that anymore, even my American Standard has the veneerish thin RW fretboard.
 
Sérgio said:
Robert, that's one THICK slab rosewood board on that Squier! Pretty cool! I doubt they make them like that anymore, even my American Standard has the veneerish thin RW fretboard.
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Oh, yes! It's very thick by today's standards, but the entire neck is really thin. I want to get a 24.75" Warmoth for it after the holidays....
 
Robert Herndon said:
Oh, yes! It's very thick by today's standards, but the entire neck is really thin. I want to get a 24.75" Warmoth for it after the holidays....
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Oh, but don't forget that the thickness of the rosewood is a good thing! Reminds me of the early '62 strats!
 
Years ago I had a PRS CE22 almost exactly like the one in the vid. Mine, however, had a maple reveal binding and not a plastic binding. Oh, and mine wasn't nearly that beat up!

I am hesitatingly admitting that I am a fan of relic'd guitars! However, I couldn't even begin to think of beating up a beautiful PRS or Les Paul in such a manner as this!
 
Robert Herndon said:
I see a great deal of interest in relic'd instruments and I have never understood why people would want such a thing. Likewise, I cannot comprehend why people seem to intentionally beat up equipment as if it makes them appear to be cooler or something.

My 1987 Stratocaster Squire was bought brand new for me by bandmates in 1988. I giggled with it weekly from 1988 until 2005 and this guitar has appeared on literally hundreds of recordings since then.

Its never had a case, only the thick, padded bag it came with.

There is not a single chip in this guitar anywhere after 15 years of playing clubs, and over 20 years of kids and students playing it. The back is a hodge podge of swirls and scratches and several cracks have opened up in the body, but its never been dropped.

Its ironic to me that people don't take better care of their equipment. I knew that replacement equipment was often financially impossible for me, so even a crappy, Korean made Squirecaster was a cherished possession.

I have played recently on studio efforts with guys who had nearly new R8/R9 Historics who set them down on a cement floor, leaned them up against walls only to see them knocked over, with badly bent tuners, headstock repairs, deep chunks missing and just general neglect.

This morning, my youngest son had it out strumming away and I thought I would snap you folks some photos of a "gig worn" guitar.

The pickguard and pickups are not original, but everything else is, including the pots, caps, switch and wiring.

Frets 1-5 have been replaced at least twice and its been leveled and crowned 4 times - 3 times that I paid to have done and once recently by me. The nut has been replaced several times and the adjustment screws on the 'e' string saddles were just replaced as they were rusted solid.

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I do not know for sure why people do this. I can only imagine that they lack the experience of playing for a long enough time to actually acquire battle scars from being in the road, so they fake it. These people are called Posers in the Sk8ing world.
 
eSGEe said:
oh........my...................

YOu know why dodge makes such fast cars ----------- to get you THERE before they break down!


now now _ have owned 2 (both sucked but when running 100% --which was rare--ran handled and drove AMAZING) and I (wifes) have a Dodge Dakota sport now-- which is following in the same time honored tradition of SQUEELING tires and running amazing---- for short bursts-- then-----er NOT so much
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That's the truth, I can tell you from experience.
 
i dont get relicing... well i do but i dont. i understand why people like the way it looks, but its not honest wear. my mom relics furniture (im serious) she will paint something and then distress it a little bit giving it an antique vibe. she owns a lot of antiques that have honest wear as well.... i guess she just likes the way it looks? ill have to pick her brain some on that and maybe i can understand the desire for reliced items.
 
I like mint condition vintage guitars I'm working out a deal on a mint 1963 Johnny Smith Gibson guitar it's never been played first year issue.

I'm trading a 2001 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul for it. I played it 6 months.

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WavMixer said:
i believe that some people may be into relicing because that don't have the actual experience behind them, so they "pose" as someone who does.
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Million dollar answer right here.

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I guess the reason I am not really 'into' guitars is because I am 'into' performing. The guitar is just a tool that enables me to do something I love. These days, I play the 2016 Gibson Les Paul. It's noisy, but nothing else compares to the tone I get from it. At 1/2 gain, I can get effortless, nearly endless squeals from it, and it keeps me steadily employed.

I should add something that the great Gball said, "SG's are more comfortable but nothing sounds like a Les Paul...."

Man, I gotta agree with you there....
 
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