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I've got a lightly relic'd bass - I prefer them for a couple of reasons;
1 - I like the feel of vintage instruments, I tried loads when I bought my bass and could have bought one for a similar price, but the newer relic'd bass played nicer so I bought it.
2 - saves on the heartache of big dings/scratches. I've played gigs with pristine basses before and have had to restrain myself from strangling band mates at gigs when they've bashed/scratched them! With a relic, so long as the back of the neck is perfectly smooth I don't care about the rest of it.
It's just preference I guess, I'd play the hell out of that Oly white over sunburst strat if I was a guitarist!