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Dramatic_Hammer
So, in my guitar search I've seen a lot of "Relic's". What's with all this faux ageing of guitars? Some of it looks absolutely ridiculous! Am I missing something? Or is it that I just don't get it?
Both of my guitars are around 30 years old. My Gretsch has been refretted three times and my Strat is apparently on it's fifth set and needs a redress/refret soon. I must have played my Gretsch about 3 hours a night for the best part of 20+years just watching tv and noodling. This is aside from normal playing. And it still looks like new! It must have had ten's of thousands hours of playing by now. My Strat's neck has all of the lacquer worn away through use, but the body is still really good aside from a couple of dings. How much more would I need to play to even get close to the wear some of these "relic's" have?