paisleywookiee
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So, you either think relics are cool, or not. Some find it poser-ish, and I get it. Personally, I dig them, when they're well done.
I was at Chicago Music Exchange on Friday (yesterday), and whilst I do think Gibson's quality has gotten more consistent (based on the frickin' wall of Les Pauls, SG's, etc), I will say the Murphy Lab stuff is hilarious. Not that it's poorly built, but that the relics look cheap and fake. That wouldn't bother me, if they were reasonably priced. BUT, they're $8000+. Dude. Come on now. In the case of an SG, you're going to pay FOUR TIMES as much to have it look older, and a poor job at that?
Just to show I'm not a relic hater overall, they had some Fender Custom Shop relics that were so convincing, I had to see if it was actually a worn vintage guitar (some actually were), or a brand new CS. Also, Paoletti Guitars do a lot of relic'd guitars, and they were mouth-watering.
I was at Chicago Music Exchange on Friday (yesterday), and whilst I do think Gibson's quality has gotten more consistent (based on the frickin' wall of Les Pauls, SG's, etc), I will say the Murphy Lab stuff is hilarious. Not that it's poorly built, but that the relics look cheap and fake. That wouldn't bother me, if they were reasonably priced. BUT, they're $8000+. Dude. Come on now. In the case of an SG, you're going to pay FOUR TIMES as much to have it look older, and a poor job at that?
Just to show I'm not a relic hater overall, they had some Fender Custom Shop relics that were so convincing, I had to see if it was actually a worn vintage guitar (some actually were), or a brand new CS. Also, Paoletti Guitars do a lot of relic'd guitars, and they were mouth-watering.
