View Full Version : Anyone have pix of naturally relic'd POLY finish guitars?
ASATClassic
01-16-2007, 08:55 AM
Does poly ever get old? Let's see..
Glowing Tubes
01-16-2007, 09:03 AM
10 year old very well played TA
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Andersonguy/DroptopT0012.jpg
Luke V
01-16-2007, 09:29 AM
My '83 '62 AV Strat has little wear for as much as I've played it. It was my #1 for about 13/14 years. It is a little lighter in color wear my arm rests and the scratches above the pickguard are still just scratches. It would much more worm if it were nitro. No checking at all.http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d119/LukeVossen/100_1119.jpg years.
Ascension
01-16-2007, 12:41 PM
Here is my 1989 Carvin DC200. This one I bought in 1991 used as a backup to my stable of Showcase edition Gibsons. The Gibsons with a nitro finish all discolored and then cracked. The Carvin with the poly finish has now seen many many many more hours of use on the road than the Gibsons. It still looks and plays the same today as it did the day I bought it. Here is a current photo taken today of the guitar.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v27/rutledri/DSC00050.jpg
sundaypunch
01-16-2007, 02:52 PM
You bet it gets old and relics naturally. It's thicker and more durable than nitro. but there really is not much difference when it comes to relic-ing (if they get played that is).
Here is my '74 Strat. No fake relic-ing required.
http://webpages.charter.net/mkl9600/74strat1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/mkl9600/74strat2.jpg
Relicula
01-16-2007, 06:00 PM
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/22gtrz/79bsmn.jpg
Heres a 79
notpetrucci
01-16-2007, 06:06 PM
Workin on this one.
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1617/7627729/14436226/222642660.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1617/7627729/14436226/222642661.jpg
The bridge is looking nice, and the tuners are almost completely dulled.
-Jon
Mike Duncan
01-16-2007, 06:58 PM
I've been playing this guitar just about everyday for the past 13 and half years....
http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL664/3909625/8084735/222270111.jpg
http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL664/3909625/8084735/222270089.jpg
http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL664/3909625/8084735/143480776.jpg
Nothing faked or Relic'd, all real and honest wear and tear.
lukeness
01-17-2007, 12:33 AM
Wow! That's a Poly finish???
You bet it gets old and relics naturally. It's thicker and more durable than nitro. but there really is not much difference when it comes to relic-ing (if they get played that is).
Here is my '74 Strat. No fake relic-ing required.
http://webpages.charter.net/mkl9600/74strat1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/mkl9600/74strat2.jpg
scottlr
01-17-2007, 09:39 AM
THAT'S some nice honest wear! Nice!
notpetrucci
01-17-2007, 12:38 PM
Good and jealous of that checking.
Might have to get out the blowdrier and open the freezer.
Then again, thats not very honest wear.
-Jon
You bet it gets old and relics naturally. It's thicker and more durable than nitro. but there really is not much difference when it comes to relic-ing (if they get played that is).
Here is my '74 Strat. No fake relic-ing required.
http://webpages.charter.net/mkl9600/74strat1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/mkl9600/74strat2.jpg
elchato
01-17-2007, 02:39 PM
My MIJ 84 strat's finish has yellowed and cracked pretty nicely
pickaguitar
01-17-2007, 03:00 PM
I thought that poly does NOT check...??
elguicho
01-18-2007, 11:49 AM
Here is my 77 Tele. I love the way it has aged. I wish I had taken better close up pictures.
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r291/elguicho/P1180001.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r291/elguicho/guitars/P1180003.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r291/elguicho/guitars/P1180004.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r291/elguicho/P1180002.jpg
The neck on my parts Tele is all poly.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/dsw67/Custom/TeleBody011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/dsw67/Custom/TeleBody010.jpg
Carli28
01-28-2007, 02:11 PM
Thought I would chime in!
Here is a few pics of my 1973 Jazzmaster. This is what i would call "natural wear" although i believe this guitar has seen som abuse.
http://upload.mulden.org/files/Jazzmaster%20Closeups%20003.jpg
http://upload.mulden.org/files/Jazzmaster%20Closeups%20006.jpg
http://upload.mulden.org/files/Jazzmaster%20Closeups%20009.jpg
http://upload.mulden.org/files/Jazzmaster%20Closeups%20010.jpg
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