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after i play my big stupid 6 bass, i run a double sided kitchen sponge soaked in rubbing alcohol between the fretboard and strings. the scotchbrite side goes towards strings, sponge side towards the fretboard. they still sing like new strings, about 4 years old
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May 16, 2014 21:48
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actually this owns
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May 16, 2014 21:49
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their lil poopers posted:no yes no yes yes no 12 strings are that guy at the party unless he plays it with a knife slide and then he is THAT GUY at the party and everyone backs off slowly before lolling their arses off
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May 16, 2014 21:52
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Bill Posters posted:You guys are all dumb. A nice relic job can really improve a guitar's look. But it's gotta be subtle. umalt posted:I hope that this literally was some guy who smashed his bass at a gig, and then decided to see if it was possible to salvage it. why is it goons hate the actually cool and creative guitars but love tacky poo poo like fake aging? oh sorry *sucks a big dick* relicing Robo Reagan fucked around with this message at 21:57 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 21:54
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it's not shown in that shot but the only reason i see for the chain and padlock is that the 'guitar' is chained to a pole in a toilet somewhere and also actually is a toilet all it plays is the brown note
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May 16, 2014 22:04
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hes using it as a strap+buckle its as fittingly busted as the rest of it
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May 16, 2014 22:12
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that would gently caress up my shoulder in probably one hour
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May 16, 2014 22:21
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less, probably, it looks mad uncomfortable
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May 16, 2014 22:21
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Robo Reagan posted:why is it goons hate the actually cool and creative guitars but love tacky poo poo like fake aging? people get so fuckin mad at relicing and it owns because you'd think people were carving swastikas on their poo poo
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May 16, 2014 22:34
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for some strange reason he does not show his face also lame drop d giant teddy fur coat master race lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I73MmppDsg
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May 16, 2014 22:38
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Robo Reagan posted:why is it goons hate the actually cool and creative guitars but love tacky poo poo like fake aging? I think at least one of us can't tell if the other is being ironic... I actually like the busted up bass, particularly as it looks like it might actually be playable (there is some terrible poo poo at that same website though). OTOH I could not give two shits if people wanna fake age their guitar. It's fun to make fun of the real bad ones but I would unironically love to have a Fender Road Worn Precision. Those basses fucken own. Declan MacManus posted:people get so fuckin mad at relicing and it owns because you'd think people were carving swastikas on their poo poo Also, this.
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May 17, 2014 07:44
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I don't think anyone actually hates good relicing because it's relicing so much, it's that relicing is just pointless merchandising. It's mostly the really lovely relic jobs that people hate, because they don't look real. Personally, I think that smashed up bass is dumb as hell, but w/e
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May 18, 2014 00:35
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i honestly don't get why anyone would want a thing that looks beat to poo poo in the first place i understand natural wear and tear and just leaving it be, but you don't buy a worn down car or house unless you have no other option or plan on fixing it up
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May 18, 2014 00:51
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comes along bort posted:
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May 18, 2014 01:41
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well at least you said please but those are people just putting together period accurate parts or trying to spend as little money as possible, which is the exact opposite of the mentality behind relicing and who it's marketed toward like i said, natural wear and tear is one thing, and that seems in line with the rat rod/bike concept. or putting together a beater guitar from used parts Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 01:54 on May 18, 2014 |
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May 18, 2014 01:49
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I have a custom Jazzmaster made from original fender electronics but assembled and "relic'd" by a friend of a friend gave me a really great price. He was super spergy about why every mark was on it and it's very minimal... like one of those Fender Worn guitars but more conservative. It sounds and plays great and was cheap. 
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May 18, 2014 04:47
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There are such things as good, tasteful, relics; ignoring the opinions of those who despise artificial relicing. For example there's this from MJT; or this from Danocaster;  However relicing like this from Nash;  will never, ever, be good.
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May 18, 2014 05:21
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No idea if anyone has missed me or not, but I'm back now and I am going to start making the goon-guitar as soon as I get a new workshop sorted.
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White Dog Eggs posted:No idea if anyone has missed me or not, but I'm back now and I am going to start making the goon-guitar as soon as I get a new workshop sorted. You have been missed quite a lot, friend. Relicing is just another way of avoiding having black on white guitar #347. People feel that their instrument is unique and want it to have an appearance that reflects that.
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May 22, 2014 13:32
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White Dog Eggs posted:No idea if anyone has missed me or not, but I'm back now and I am going to start making the goon-guitar as soon as I get a new workshop sorted. You were missed! People thought your flooded workshop may have killed you.
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May 22, 2014 14:02
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bitchtard posted:You have been missed quite a lot, friend. I feel loved! I had the pleasure of meeting someone who 'specialised' in relicing guitars once, he basically admitted to buying fake Gibsons from China for £150 each, relicing them and selling them to blues-dads for "lots of money". He had one of those beard-ponytail things and was one of the weirdest smelling people I've ever met.
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May 22, 2014 14:07
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White Dog Eggs posted:No idea if anyone has missed me or not, but I'm back now and I am going to start making the goon-guitar as soon as I get a new workshop sorted. HE'S AAALIIIVE
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May 22, 2014 14:42
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What happened to the Super Hard On pedal builders?
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May 22, 2014 15:27
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YsZ8K53pbE I love Paul Gilbert.
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May 22, 2014 15:49
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White Dog Eggs posted:I had the pleasure of meeting someone who 'specialised' in relicing guitars once, he basically admitted to buying fake Gibsons from China for £150 each, relicing them and selling them to blues-dads for "lots of money". He had one of those beard-ponytail things and was one of the weirdest smelling people I've ever met. what'd he smell like? i'm imagining sandalwood, stale fart, and microwave burrito
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May 22, 2014 15:53
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Dirt posted:
paul gilbert rules.
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I Might Be Adam posted:What happened to the Super Hard On pedal builders? I got sidetracked with a project guitar I'm working on to do on board effects with an arduino that can be modified through soft pots, photoresistors, etc and generate tones too. It's been a bitch to get the Arduino sampling properly but it works. It's been a bunch of fun and kinda eaten up my time. That and getting a girlfriend (though she wants to learn electronics so it's win-win). But, I literally have 5-6 SHO circuits built and sitting in my lab. People still want to order them? I can do some recordings and start a thread next week to take orders.
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Dirt posted:
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I Might Be Adam posted:What happened to the Super Hard On pedal builders? waiting to move out of my current living space before i move forward with it, mostly
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comes along bort posted:what'd he smell like? He smelled like a transformer farted in a dentist's waiting room. Odd mix of cleaning chemicals, desiel, burnt plastic and stale rear end. You weren't too far off.
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Buying a reliced guitar is silly, you should learn how to get nicks in your own guitar. It's pretty easy, and usually just requires you drink a few beers. I also think it's pretty silly to buy a 30 dollar chinese knock off from Rondo for 150, upgrade it with 200 in electronics, tuners, saddles, etc - and then end up with 30 dollar guitar cost you 350. It's false economy. That 350 goes a long way on craigslist (or on kijiji  ) My buddy just picked up a wine red Gibson LP Jr for 300, which is a p nice guitar, plays and sounds great. In a year when he gets sick of playing, it'll still be worth that 300.Modifying guitars always devalues them, unless you had a known luthier to do the work. Especially when people stick active electronics into a guitar that was originally passive, it's usually an ugly destructive hack with a battery duct taped in behind the pickguard or some poo poo. Find a guitar that works right out of the box, you will be happier and live longer. If it's just to hang on the wall go straight to china for your fake les paul. There are a zillion factories there, and if you get in touch they'll work with you. They'll put custom logos on the headstock, and such. Hell, we should order up some dick butt special edition Les Paul goldtops. fakeedit: goontops
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The only proper way to "relic" your guitar is to play the poo poo out of it.
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reallivedinosaur posted:Buying a reliced guitar is silly, you should learn how to get nicks in your own guitar. It's pretty easy, and usually just requires you drink a few beers. replace the nouns in this and you have a pretty good argument about why most modifications to anything are dumb as hell
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booshi posted:The only proper way to "relic" your guitar is to play the poo poo out of it.
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Robo Reagan posted:replace the nouns in this and you have a pretty good argument about why most modifications to anything are dumb as hell He's right but I'll be damned if I'm going to start doing things the right way.
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None of my guitars or basses look dinged. My oldest bass is currently over 6 years old and is in perfect condition. I have an old Ibanez Destroyer that I don't think I've ever played sober. I've dropped it from a sitting position and knocked it into stuff but still no dents and a perfect finish. gently caress the Relic posers. The only finish damage on any of my basses/guitars is the curse words I wrote on the back of one of my basses with a sharpie while catatonic.
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The whole relicing thing started when Keith Richards had the Fender Custom Shop create replicas of old touring instruments that had gotten too worn out to play. He had been playing the same iconic instruments long enough that the brand new replicas looked and felt weird on him, so he called up the Custom Shop and requested they beat them up a bit so the replicas looked and felt more like the old instruments. Then the Custom Shop got the bright idea to market non-replica "relics" to idiots and now it is standard to pay a premium for a professionally hosed up instrument. Kudos to them for figuring out how to charge extra for damaged goods, I guess.
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My first guitar (Epi SG) was beat to hell and back from learning, playing, then gigging with it. It wasn't a mess but has some dings and wear. The big difference between that and buying a guitar that just looks like that is you can look back at the battlescars and recall fun awesome things that have happened while you play. Taking a beltsander to a guitar doesn't give it any character or story. RIP in peace SG.
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