Basic strat relicing tips
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Jeff Becks main Custom Shop white strat has been with him since the late 90's... he has about 6 of them but his tech says he only likes the original one... and that white one even has one of the necks off his green one according to a youtube interview with his tech... and the body on his guitars are basswood not alder like the production models... his guitar has been abused, broken, glued back together, dropped, and plain used for years... it has yellowed somewhat... i wonder if his are nitro or poly...
Jeff Becks main Custom Shop white strat has been with him since the late 90's... he has about 6 of them but his tech says he only likes the original one... and that white one even has one of the necks off his green one according to a youtube interview with his tech... and the body on his guitars are basswood not alder like the production models... his guitar has been abused, broken, glued back together, dropped, and plain used for years... it has yellowed somewhat... i wonder if his are nitro or poly...
astrozombie
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You know what works great for this?
Playing it. A lot.
You know what works great for this?
Playing it. A lot.
Re: Basic strat relicing tips
i saw a guys 2008 MIM Standard that he tried to relic himself... holy hell did he almost have to drill down to get to the body wood where he chipped away at it... LOL hope the American Standards are way way way WAY thinner then that white MIM i saw...
i'm not a huge relic fan.... somedays i wish my CS Closet Classic 66 Time Machine strat was a NOS... if given the choice to do a do over i would of gone the NOS route.... but the price was right on this one...
but i do have to say if i was serious about doing a relic myself i'd do a build out of Warmoth parts... paint it and age it myself... experiment along the way...
an experiment i have had in mind is to make a guitar for myself since i make the odd body and neck by hand myself, and leave it raw... see how many years (or days) it lasts... LOL i have a poplar tele body i made a few years back that could fit this experiment... and i have a tele neck roughed out
i saw a guys 2008 MIM Standard that he tried to relic himself... holy hell did he almost have to drill down to get to the body wood where he chipped away at it... LOL hope the American Standards are way way way WAY thinner then that white MIM i saw...
i'm not a huge relic fan.... somedays i wish my CS Closet Classic 66 Time Machine strat was a NOS... if given the choice to do a do over i would of gone the NOS route.... but the price was right on this one...
but i do have to say if i was serious about doing a relic myself i'd do a build out of Warmoth parts... paint it and age it myself... experiment along the way...
an experiment i have had in mind is to make a guitar for myself since i make the odd body and neck by hand myself, and leave it raw... see how many years (or days) it lasts... LOL i have a poplar tele body i made a few years back that could fit this experiment... and i have a tele neck roughed out
UberMetalDood
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Re: Basic strat relicing tips
No. Playing it wears down the frets. Being careless with it, leaning it up against objects, dropping it, etc... leaves all the marks.
No. Playing it wears down the frets. Being careless with it, leaning it up against objects, dropping it, etc... leaves all the marks.
Left_Hand_Strat
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nah,
Loving it, caring for it, treating it like your baby and then having occasional accidents is the way forward. My squier has it's own little dings and knocks from where i have had the occasional accident, including clouting someone's pacific with my neck because i didn't know they were behind me.
Like wise, an accident was my college mate leaving his guitar on a chair, and it slipped off, smashing some of the finish off (that wasn't actually carelessness, the chair had bad metal legs and went under the pressure
)
EDIT: know any Chain smokers? hang it from their lounge cieling and the smoke will tint it nicely
nah,
Loving it, caring for it, treating it like your baby and then having occasional accidents is the way forward. My squier has it's own little dings and knocks from where i have had the occasional accident, including clouting someone's pacific with my neck because i didn't know they were behind me.
Like wise, an accident was my college mate leaving his guitar on a chair, and it slipped off, smashing some of the finish off (that wasn't actually carelessness, the chair had bad metal legs and went under the pressure
)EDIT: know any Chain smokers? hang it from their lounge cieling and the smoke will tint it nicely
UberMetalDood
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Eh I hate cigarette smoke! I heard that expresso actually does a good job of relicing plastic parts though.
EDIT: know any Chain smokers? hang it from their lounge cieling and the smoke will tint it nicely
Eh I hate cigarette smoke! I heard that expresso actually does a good job of relicing plastic parts though.
dmandude123455
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zakk_speed
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IMHO This is the way forward for an immediate cost effective fix. Other routes will cost you more in time, money, likely both, and may end up with a horror 'o look he tried to relic that' guitar.
Another cost effective approach is if you have young kids, have an at home birthday party for their whole class. The relicing affect tends to exend to everything you own, but seems to particularly center on expensive musical instuments.
IMHO This is the way forward for an immediate cost effective fix. Other routes will cost you more in time, money, likely both, and may end up with a horror 'o look he tried to relic that' guitar.
Another cost effective approach is if you have young kids, have an at home birthday party for their whole class. The relicing affect tends to exend to everything you own, but seems to particularly center on expensive musical instuments.
UberMetalDood
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That would be cool. Let me know if you do find it, thanks.
That would be cool. Let me know if you do find it, thanks.
UberMetalDood
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How would that chemical work on chrome plated guitar parts?
How would that chemical work on chrome plated guitar parts?
