Members voneville Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 I have a serious question for people that own expensive relic guitars. Do you use a hardshell case and a guitar stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimCz Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 I dont own a relic or whatever... but my strat that has been beat up accidentally (ie. fell off stage) still gets a hard case and stand just like all my guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 I have a Fender Cunetto "Nocaster" that is about ten years old. As far as I know it is one of the first Fender "relics". Though I have no idea how much it was "reliced" originally because the guitar was played in bars for ten years before I got it. I did not buy it because it was a "relic" but because it is a really nice guitar. It came with a hardshell tweed case with all the paperwork and an ashtray bridge. When I take it to gigs I usually put it in a gig bag. Sometimes I use a stand. But alot of times on gigs when I go on break I put the guitar back in its case or gig bag depending on what I brought that night. But Fenders are pretty resilient. In most places I play I can usually just lean it against my amplifier and it will be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrisebrooks06 Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 my relic does have a hard case, and its own stand, but thats not unusual so do the rest of my guitars, i look after them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Both mine are starting to "relic". I hate guitar stands. Guitars get dusty, it wrecked some spots in the finish on my old LP Studio and I have lost an acoustic to it falling out of the stand. Various other nicks and unexplainable phenomenon seem to happen whilst in the stand. I will keep a guitar out of its case for the day so I can just pick it up whenever but for the most part they are all in cases. None of the marks on my current guitars are from carelessness, just rocking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voneville Posted July 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 It was just something that occurred to me when I looked at the Joe Strummer thread. Most of us keep guitars in cases on stands, and {censored} happens, my very expensive PRS had buckle rash because I wore a punk rock belt, but they didn't call f'd up guitars relics then, so it affected my resale value accordingly. With a new guitar that's pristine I normally am pretty bummed when it gets it's first ding/scratch/nick etc... Even on my cheap ones. I was thinking if I bought a guitar that already looked like it went through the war would I be as careful, or would I just treat the guitar like a red headed stepchild because what would another scratch/ding/dent mean on a relic. The next buyer wouldn't even know it wasn't part of the package. It's not a troll thread, I'm really asking, if you go out and buy a super-relic are you still treating it the same way you would a comparibly valued guitar that's not a "relic". Only because I'm curious, and I think it's internesting. Certainly more interesting then discussing wether or not a relic is cool/lame/makes your schlong look bigger etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrisebrooks06 Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 i treat all of my guitara in the same way whether its my 3k kh sig guitar or my 100 quid cheap guitar, i have a routine for them, i play em,wipe them down and return them to their hardcase, its the best protection,we have pets and our house really isnt big enough to leave all my gear out anyway, i always work on the theorey that i work and save dam hard for my gear so whats the point leaving them exposed to potential accicdents? when i set up to play for a day etc, out come my stands which is convienient for me to practice and i think its better organised and reduces the risk of any problems, but i always return my guitars to its hardcase after use, no exceptions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fmw Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Wouldn't it make more sense simply to lug it around by the strap so it can bang into things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 I don't have any but my friend has a couple...he didn't buy them because they were relics, he bought them because they were the best sounding Strats at the price. The thing is, all the "damage" is cosmetic - it doesn't affect structural integrity or function. If you ignore having a case or stand,, you might actually BREAK something as opposed to chipping the finish a bit more or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 I think that this is one of the more interesting relic posts here. I mean if you were to buy an exact relic'd copy of so and so's guitar, if there was an extra or out of place scratch could you ask for a discount? Would it be considered blemished? Would someone go ape{censored} over some actual/unrelic'd bucklerash or something? Its just such a silly fad to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 I have a serious question for people that own expensive relic guitars. Do you use a hardshell case and a guitar stand? I don't own any relics (at least none that are officially "relic'ed"), but I treat all my guitars with care, no matter what they are. Sure accidents happen, but only a fool disrespects his or her tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 Relic = intentional cosmetic damage and/or wear and tear. Structural damage is a completely different issue and every guitar needs to be protected from structural damage with cases and stands, no matter how many cosmetic issues it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeStatic Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 The only 'relic' I own is an 84 Strat that I bought in 84 and has been to hell and back with me. It looks better than any Custom Shop relic I have seen, but the difference between a Custom Shop relic and a guitar that was actually played into that shape is about $3k. I don't drag her around anymore, but she sits in the rack just like the new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voneville Posted July 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 I have a beater guitar that might be considered a "real relic" if I chose to sell it. It looks like crap, but it plays and sounds awesome, and it's a $150.00 Squier Tele. It's been on an overseas deployment on a navy ship. I don't have a case or gig bag for it, but when I play shows I always brought it as a backup. I literally could throw it in the trunk and it would still be fine. Tele's are good like that. It's not that I don't care about the guitar, it's just that I don't really worry about the cosmetics. The worst structual thing that happened to it happened when I moved, the fingerboard chipped, but I was able to install a roller nut on it, which prompted the bigsby conversion. The thing is, if I had spent $1000-$1,500 on a custom shop relic I don't think I would have such a casual attitude about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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