Relic'ed Acoustic Guitars........Why not?

[Timmo]

How come no one ever asks about relic'ed acoustic guitars?
I've never seen one being offered by any builder. You would have thought Gibson/Martin would be offering these by now, they offer everything else.

Funny how they are so excepted in electrics but not even given so much of a thought for acoustics.
Imagine, a "relic'ed" pre-war Martin reissue.

Anyway, just wondering out loud ...........

[pickaguitar]

I ask! But I don't think there are many of us at this time...

Part of it goes to build quality...the wood is so thin that you don't really want to take too much finish off I'd guess to preserve stability.
I don't know of any off the top of my head but there are a few companies who have done something with this topic...I think washburn might have done a model or two
The idea of a new but well broken in sounding acoustic is cool IMO

Imagine, a "relic'ed" pre-war Martin reissue.

I can imagine but it would be a brazillion dollars

[Timmo]

Originally Posted by pickaguitar

I ask! But I don't think there are many of us at this time...

Part of it goes to build quality...the wood is so thin that you don't really want to take too much finish off I'd guess to preserve stability.
I don't know of any off the top of my head but there are a few companies who have done something with this topic...I think washburn might have done a model or two
The idea of a new but well broken in sounding acoustic is cool IMO



I can imagine but it would be a brazillion dollars

I hear you but I would think relic'ing a finish and not so much the wood itself would be possible.
You're right though.........a relic'ed Martin would be big bucks I bet!

[m@2]

good question. i do know my acoustic has become fairly reliced due to my lack of care for the first 7-8 years I owned it. Lots of bar gigs and a few tours. Now it's got tons of surface checking, and dings. It plays great and it very broken in.. looks older than it's age (about 15 years old)

[Bryan T]

I think washburn might have done a model or two

[Timmo]

I think that why I was asking the question because my old Guild is BEAT to death BUT sounds wonderful and I have no intentions of 'cleaning her up'.
I love all of her 'battle scars'.

Maybe the marketing guys at Gibson/Martin are working on this as we speak.
They seem to think of everything else.

[billywade]

Didn't Martin make a "Trigger"? or did they just use the original in lots of advertising?


edit: I looked it up and I was wrong. They re-issued the guitar but without the relicing

[Timmo]

Originally Posted by Bryan T

Wow, I never knew that.
That's pretty..........

[Bryan T]

Originally Posted by Timmo

Wow, I never knew that.
That's pretty..........

One of the few I can think of. Some mandolin makers are selling distressed mandolins, but it hasn't become that popular in the acoustic guitar world.

I do a pretty good job of relicing my acoustics, as they get played and moved around a lot.

[itkindaworks]

I've been eyeing those washburn parlor guitars for a while. Anybody know how they play/sound?

[buddastrat]

Like a Willie Nelson model? He's not exactly SRV.

Hank Hill might buy one though.

[PedalFreak]

I talked to Tom Murphy about this. He explained that an acoustic is almost impossible to do checking on. Becuase of the guitar moving the finish actually shatters, thats why on an acoustic the checking is real small and a ton of it, where on an electric it is real wide a lot of the time.

Gibson however does some of their guitars in a VOS finish now. Later this year you will see an hear more about it. I think only a few guitars of theirs have it now.

[Timmo]

Originally Posted by PedalFreak

I talked to Tom Murphy about this. He explained that an acoustic is almost impossible to do checking on. Becuase of the guitar moving the finish actually shatters, thats why on an acoustic the checking is real small and a ton of it, where on an electric it is real wide a lot of the time.

Gibson however does some of their guitars in a VOS finish now. Later this year you will see an hear more about it. I think only a few guitars of theirs have it now.

Hmm.....interesting.

[thesjkexperienc]

Who knows a thinner, harder cracked finish just might sound better. Who knows...

[sinner]

This is a new Weber Yellowstone F-Style Mandolin with Distressed Finish:





The dealer blurb in discussing why use a distress finish said "that in the Violin world, this has been standard practice for at least two Hundred Years."

Maybe it's not such a "new" idea afterall? (i. e. Keith Richards/Fender)