Members RoboCop00 Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 Of course they'll chip over the years, but will a maple fingerboard wear and turn brown to any extent, like the old strats? How do you think a heavily used 00' strat will age over 30 or 40 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members puritanrodeo Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 hmmm...maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sodacose Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 post WWIII strats will have a nice, glowing, nuclear patina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members psilocyborg Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 Of course they will. Why wouldn't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboCop00 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 They're finished in completely different ways vs vintage strats. poly vs. nitro body finishes and the fingerboards are finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bloolight Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 I'm not an expert, but I wouldn't think the poly finishes would "wear" as much as "chip." This may not be as much of an issue for the neck as the body, though. I like my necks without a thick coating of lacquer, so maybe my maple ones will discolor eventually. Of course, I've had my maple-necked strat for fifteen years, and it hasn't discolored yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 's mel gibson Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 I've played some older Strats with heavy discolouration on the maple fretboards. It made me wonder if who ever owned it before was a mechanic who never washed his greasy, dirty hands and had skin like sand paper. I don't think it looks nice at all. Some people sand some of the laquer off the back of the necks to get that warm, dry, slippery feel and I like that a whole lot. My pair of 75 Strats are losing paint where my elbow rubs the finish. That is natural relicing and I don't mind it. But when the paint is peeled off like Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Strat,...uh,...it's kind of disgusting to my eyes and I'd still probably not do anything about it. Or take all the paint off. If it was really old, I'd leave it alone. I'd never artificially relic any of my guitars. I just don't have the heart. Who could possibly take a hammer to any of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrplr71 Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 i talked to a guy about refinishing on of my new ones he said the finish is to hard he does not like to relic them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 70s strats were poly, right? So that would probably be a good indicator of what a poly-finished guitar will look like in 30-40 years I definitely agree watching my RG3120 age with use - it chips to the bare would where it seems like with old nitro guitars the finish wears down in thickness more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liko Posted April 8, 2007 Members Share Posted April 8, 2007 If you want a reliced look in 30-40 years you could always buy a Highway One. Satin nitro finish on em; look good new and should relic pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FarToMany Posted April 9, 2007 Members Share Posted April 9, 2007 I am in the middle of a relic'd SRV build. Hindshight, i should have either paid the man and got a NITRO finished body, or got a new unsealed/unpainted body and painted it with nitro colors from stew mac. Trying to relic a POLY body is a HUGE pain. If it wasnt for the fact that SRV's #1 has little paint on it to begin with, i would have started over---it is tough stuff. I think other than normal dirt and UV discoloration, and normal nicks from wear and tear, POLY finished guitars are going to look much like they did when new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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