I'm relicing a violin right now, making it identical to Paganini's 1831 Strad used during his tour of Bavaria. Surely, aging my violin will give me access to the talent of Paganini and "magic" associated with the Early Romantic Era.
Am I the only one who thinks this is way over the top.
I hate how new guitars are so shiny and understand why people would like to get them to look aged, but I'd never want to have a guitar that looked abused to this degree, unless it was a genuine old guitar...
idk y people trip on reliced guitars or people who do so. Its really easy to be over the top sure. IDK about you guys but I like guitars that or old, aged or used, I suppose alot like jeans. I had an taylor 814ce and it never left my room cuz I babied the hell out of it. I would never do it like that or fuck with fretboard wear, but taking the luster out of the finish, hardware and back of the neck? Hells yea
Here's how you relic a guitar: 1st spread peanut butter all over the edges. Now, you can use crunchy or smooth, it don't really matter. Now, take the guitar and leave it in a hamster cage with at least one hamster for several days. To speed the process up you might want to starve the hamster for a few days prior. One note, I wouldn't use gerbils for relicing purposes. Gerbils tend to want to eat the potting wax on the pickups. SRV used a hamster, Hamsters are good enough for me.
@ThemisGaming 50 yr old guitars had Nitro-Cellulose laquer, wears easy. Guitars from the 80's on up, except custom and other high dollar ones use a poly finish, poly=tank armor.
In my opinion, the only guitar worth relicing is the Tele... its just so classic, anything else wouldnt look right. I suppose you could get away with a strat, but definitely not a Les Paul or Semi acoustic
I might call this more of a distressing effect rather than the antique look of a reliced guitar. I guess it really depends on how you define relic. For me, it's to simulate the natural wearing that happens after years of playing. This doesn't really look natural in that way. It's still a cool effect just a bit extreme.
@TheBigben008 Phew - I was worried that a classic might have been subject to this, I get the idea of where he's coming from (the author) I'm just not sure about the process of aging a guitar older than it appears to be without it earning it's lumps naturally, all due respect
I don't know why everyone is getting so prickly about relic-ing a guitar. All it does is add a bit of custom character to your taste, it's not always an attempt at a big statement.
Im doing a relic ! With a blank body.. Im gonna use white paint but what us best for that relic look? Im gonna sand blast it but should i get laquor? Or what?! HELP!!!!!!
Damn nice.. i going to do the same but PLEASE HELP.... i dont know crap about relicing i see you do a very awsome job so what are your materials and the process? if you would like to email me that wwould be very welcomed comment on me back .. hope you can help a fellow player!!
The best way to relic a guitar is by doing this simple steps. Step 1: Buy a new guitar Step 2: Start a band or play it everyday Step 3: Take it to places like your friends house and have jam sessions for like 17 years thats the only true way of relicing a guitar. PURPOSELY relecing a guitar is just like lying to your self, People that see your relic guitar are going to ask you how your guitar got that way your answer sandpaper lmao wouldn't you rather say PLAYING it over the years?!
Doesn't look like natural wear, it looks like you dragged it behind your vehicle for a couple of blocks. Natural wear is smooth. These look like you smashed it with hammer and took a grinder to the chrome.
I think the damage looks a bit over the top. I have this 6 year old strat copy that has copped it pretty badly during it's time and it doesn't have damage close to that. The holes in the finish are to big. Some smaller deeper ones that look more like the guitar has been stabbed was what I would have gone for. As for the chips on the bottom I think they were pretty realistic. I just think that the chunks taken out of the top were too over the top.
Cliff, thanks for taking the time to do a step by step demo of relicing, you put a lot of time into it, in the end i think the guitar looks great, I guess it would be tough to try and relic a rosewood fingerboard, maple looks better reliced. my sx tele has such a nice quilted maple fretboard, i really could'nt try to relic it, maybe one of my thrasher squires would be better. thanks again. G
I've seen better relic jobs, but I've also seen ALOT worse. I think it looks pretty good, and as long as you had fun doing it who cares right? I love the way you did the fretboard, I've been trying to figure out a good way to do that for over a year now. The little buffing wheel never occured to me, thanks.
Good work. Thanks for posting. It is hard to make an SX with a thick poly finish to look old. It is unfair to compare this with the road worn fenders as mentioned below, because they have nitro finishes, much easier to do a convincing relicing (and the mexicans still manage to screw up, doing cheesy relicings). You did the best that could be done with that guitar.
i have a question. when you have friends over and they see that guitar..are you gunna tell them that you "toured with that baby for 13 years", or are you gunna tell them you beat the fuck outta it on purpose?
Its not a bad relic, and I've seen much worse. But my critique is consistency of the relic job. You show a lot of arm wear and pick wear but the buckle rash is really small and doesn't look gradual, it should flow a bit more up and down since it doesn't sit in the same spot the hole time you play. The age didn't look equal throughout the guitar, but I guess it with fix itself over time.
I agree with the guys below and I'm only 19 my sx tele is already got some history going on cause for some reason this sx tele is the only thing I play. But I play it so much that one show my neck split just slightly so I have a bender now but I hope I get my new neck soon
Nah, that's cheating. I recommend just playing your instrument and let it age right along with you. I'm 29 and have been playing since I was 12. My 94 les paul and my 97 strat are are naturally relicked, and for every knock and ding they've suffered, I suffered right along with them because they were never on purpose. It's like if you started dating an older woman and she'd say,boy, you could really use some wrinkles,and what can I do to speed up that receding hair of yours.Just aint natural.
@DuscaManolescu your right but if you want to make money i heard it drives the value up. buy a guitar and when your bored with it relic it and sell it for more than u bought it for.
I have seen relics where it looks like they took an orbital sander and burnt through the paint on every contour. And people were saying they looked great.
I've been relicing guitars for 25 years and I find it funny (and annoying) that everyone thinks they can "relic" by taking the shine off all the hardware, and wearing the finish in "odd" places. Not all vintage guitars have the chrome missing from the hardware.
Not a very good job. All the hacking away at the thick poly finish doesn't say old to me. It just looks ugly and nothing like a worn guitar. Relicing must look natural and like it has happened with repeated use.
I love relic guitars but it only really works on nitro finishes as poly is very durable. Also it must be the right guitar and have period parts.
Im one of those people that try to keep my guitars new and shiny for as long as possible, and when they start to get too worn, i pull them apart and fix'em up again.
I cant for the life of me understand why someone wants to play a broken, beat up guitar.. but hey, if thats what they like.. but i still dont get it! ;)
Well it depends what music you play, I play a very simple heavy rock n roll like early AC/DC and having your gear a bit beat up just goes with the image of it.
Yeah but my point is that the people who play similar music to him would want to be like him without having to wait 35 years. I see what you're saying though, personally I am just gonna wait for my gear to age natrually.
I dont know Angus Personally, i dont have to.. just look at his guitars.. when he plays with the signature it looks clean and brand new, and when he whips out the naturally colored one its scuffed like hell, because it has been toured for 35 years, and you can check pictures of it and see the gradual decay over the years.
Read what you can find about it on the Internet dude, and get over that attitude.
a little obvious looking...looks chewed up rather than relic'd. vintage guitars would be much softer not gouged (unless an accident occured) and it wouldnt be so large and concentrated in sections...you need to watch the spots where you expose the wood it takes a lot to get finish down to bare wood so needs to be smooth and transitional...try water and light acid, sweat breaks down finishes when wood gets exposed, it gets gummy and wiped away from playing..not physically worn away.
Nice try, but the relic job does not look like a worn play relic job. Areas of the guitar you made to look relic does not look naturally worn, for example where your right forearm would rest. Why is that area have a small amount of worn??? Looks like someone spilled some thing on it. Sorry bud, but the Mexican made road worn teles looks much more convincing.
thank you for your very constructive criticism of my relic. most people who are critical can't formulate a cohesive sentence. Your comments are great. Thanks!
lol this is stupid just make them worn by giging look a joe strummers he dident do it purposly he just hit the strings that hard and the scratchplate it just got worn
Looks and sounds cool! I just reliced my 1995 Strat's body, [had strings on it so couldn't go under the pickguard] I beat it up with a metal ruler, the floor of the garage, a few matches, a pocket knife, a garbage disposal, [lol not really] Still have to do the hardware, but that's next, however my pickguard is white, what can I do? Also my fingerboard is rosewood. Again, sweet job!
I dont have all these guitars lying around. I bought the SX Tele to do the videos with. Keep in mind, the concepts and techniques are the same and you can use the same techniques with your SJM guitar.
I used an oil based ebony stain on the fretboard to get that stained everywhere look. Thats my best advice I can come up with on going for that look. You put it on, work it into the finish and fretboard with fine steel wool, and then wipe it off after about 20-30 minutes. Repeat until you get the desired effect.
from a video on youtube i saw of fender making the black they took a dremel like cliff did here, but didnt just make little spots like he did, they did more of the fretboard with the dremel, then they probably stained it.
jst beat the guitar.kick it with steel toe caps.jst thot of tht one.or leave it outside for a few days or more thn bring it in and continue the assault.
Looks great! I would LOVE for someone to do a vido of an LP. Mine has aged gold hardware, greened inlays, everything like a '58 BUT has no checking....maybe sticking it out in my 15*F garage for a day, then holding it above my stove-top for a bit will do the job........
great video series. It's been fun watching. one thing though. I really wish you would have reliced the back of the neck. but other than that. one hell of a bang up job.
I did do some relicing of the back of the neck but didn't capture much of the process on the video. Watch the review video and you will see some of the results.
Thats what i figured but i just wanted to make sure. I'm gonna start relicing my sx tele in a few days and i just hope it turns out as good as yours. Thanks for the helpful vids!!
hopefully you don'yt get killed i just took a hammer/wedge to mine to get the paint off and i hope my parents dont kill me, thank god it was a cheap old strat that dusnt work at all
how would you go about sanding off the paint without making the paint around the spot look like it was sanded?
TyRy077 1 week ago
sorry but dont rellic a guitar just play it and let it rellic itself thats hard core
TimGitaarsletjeh 2 weeks ago
ITS THE KYLE GAS PROJECT AND ITS OUT OF CONTROL ALRIGHT !!!!!!!
slashrocks000 2 weeks ago
awesome custom work on ur reLic SX TeLe "toneslingercliff" cheers! x0]
tornmask1 2 weeks ago
hardware aside, ew.
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critta63 4 weeks ago
The only guitar I would relic myself is my first
(no brand) stratocaster that I bought for something like 100$ +amp etc.
RWGuitarplayer 1 month ago
@RWGuitarplayer That's what I'm doing currently, wouldn't do it to my les paul!
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I'm relicing a violin right now, making it identical to Paganini's 1831 Strad used during his tour of Bavaria. Surely, aging my violin will give me access to the talent of Paganini and "magic" associated with the Early Romantic Era.
psyoptica 1 month ago
I completely agree with DuscaManolescu but to each their own, keep playin'.
IAMshredrmk 1 month ago
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IAMshredrmk 1 month ago
really nice job there "toneslingercliff" cheers! x0]
tornmask1 1 month ago
its cheating, why not play guitars for years and let them naturally relic
PlanetAirsoftPlym 2 months ago
can't play it either...
McDeadcat 2 months ago
Am I the only one who thinks this is way over the top.
I hate how new guitars are so shiny and understand why people would like to get them to look aged, but I'd never want to have a guitar that looked abused to this degree, unless it was a genuine old guitar...
GTODents 2 months ago
@GTODents I agree. It's a bit too much. I generally dampen the shine of the finish with a little steel wool to dull it, but that's about it.
TheExiledTexan 1 month ago
it's too much relic
bbaasje 2 months ago
idk y people trip on reliced guitars or people who do so. Its really easy to be over the top sure. IDK about you guys but I like guitars that or old, aged or used, I suppose alot like jeans. I had an taylor 814ce and it never left my room cuz I babied the hell out of it. I would never do it like that or fuck with fretboard wear, but taking the luster out of the finish, hardware and back of the neck? Hells yea
sr1129 3 months ago
ugh amazing... a beat up, used as hell, chipped and beat up tele.. love it dude i want that guitar
koofdome 3 months ago
What a hack job...I want some slight wear look not for my guitar to look like it was drug down the road behind a truck. Uggh
jwgameccks 3 months ago
Here's how you relic a guitar: 1st spread peanut butter all over the edges. Now, you can use crunchy or smooth, it don't really matter. Now, take the guitar and leave it in a hamster cage with at least one hamster for several days. To speed the process up you might want to starve the hamster for a few days prior. One note, I wouldn't use gerbils for relicing purposes. Gerbils tend to want to eat the potting wax on the pickups. SRV used a hamster, Hamsters are good enough for me.
Aubriestringed 3 months ago
Why is that my 14 year old guitar looks nothing like that and the things has been played to death
ThemisGaming 4 months ago
@ThemisGaming 50 yr old guitars had Nitro-Cellulose laquer, wears easy. Guitars from the 80's on up, except custom and other high dollar ones use a poly finish, poly=tank armor.
alscort93 3 months ago
Funny.
slmnv5 4 months ago
Did you really just beat the top edge with a hammer? It sure looks like it.
SamuelMurrish 5 months ago
In my opinion, the only guitar worth relicing is the Tele... its just so classic, anything else wouldnt look right. I suppose you could get away with a strat, but definitely not a Les Paul or Semi acoustic
KR1NkAndroid 5 months ago 6
@KR1NkAndroid
You are right !
Buzz135 1 month ago
there`s the in jack , that was crushed.... hu, i mean relic-ed
bluesjoe147 6 months ago
I might call this more of a distressing effect rather than the antique look of a reliced guitar. I guess it really depends on how you define relic. For me, it's to simulate the natural wearing that happens after years of playing. This doesn't really look natural in that way. It's still a cool effect just a bit extreme.
oeight74 6 months ago
U sound like Kermit the Frog
bearsafetyus 6 months ago
poop, just like the playing.
mhbuckelew 7 months ago
poop
mhbuckelew 7 months ago
looks like shit as if a rat chewed on it.
yumyumsashimi 7 months ago
Is that a bite mark? Hahaha
ixlikexscurvy 7 months ago
i have a 1965 gibson SG Jr that im rebuilding for a friend that passed away not to long ago i wouldnt mind having some tips from you on certain stuff
TheBigben008 7 months ago
i have a 1965 gibson SG Jr that im rebuilding for a friend that passed away not to long ago i wouldnt mind having some tips from you on certain stuff
TheBigben008 7 months ago
@TheBigben008
i don't think you should relic a 1965 anything...
TheRevJonnyNemo 7 months ago
@TheRevJonnyNemo not going to i was just asking for building tips
TheBigben008 7 months ago
@TheBigben008 Phew - I was worried that a classic might have been subject to this, I get the idea of where he's coming from (the author) I'm just not sure about the process of aging a guitar older than it appears to be without it earning it's lumps naturally, all due respect
TheRevJonnyNemo 7 months ago
Ok fat guy, cut the 2 minutes crappy introduction for your otherwise uninteresting video....
F3FisGoodforYou 8 months ago
I don't know why everyone is getting so prickly about relic-ing a guitar. All it does is add a bit of custom character to your taste, it's not always an attempt at a big statement.
Kuwa6ara 8 months ago
Im doing a relic ! With a blank body.. Im gonna use white paint but what us best for that relic look? Im gonna sand blast it but should i get laquor? Or what?! HELP!!!!!!
Metallicaforever95 10 months ago
Rock awn!
snoochmaster 10 months ago
this is how destroy a poor guitar get a life.. lolz
xRezarth 11 months ago
Splash some beer on it!
ElectroDrop 11 months ago
Havin' a bashed up guitar is a side effect of playing the fickin' thing for years. This is a pile of wank....
andytheweb 1 year ago
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Damn nice.. i going to do the same but PLEASE HELP.... i dont know crap about relicing i see you do a very awsome job so what are your materials and the process? if you would like to email me that wwould be very welcomed comment on me back .. hope you can help a fellow player!!
Metallicaforever95 1 year ago
God damn i hate single coil tones. lol.
NotTheFaceBro 1 year ago
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NotTheFaceBro 1 year ago
why the fuck are you guys looking for relic guitar videos if you're only gonna critisize how unnatural it is? fuck it all and fuck a fuckin brat!
TheChesquitoo 1 year ago
I don't get it whats the point of doing that?
Korcoe 1 year ago
The best way to relic a guitar is by doing this simple steps. Step 1: Buy a new guitar Step 2: Start a band or play it everyday Step 3: Take it to places like your friends house and have jam sessions for like 17 years thats the only true way of relicing a guitar. PURPOSELY relecing a guitar is just like lying to your self, People that see your relic guitar are going to ask you how your guitar got that way your answer sandpaper lmao wouldn't you rather say PLAYING it over the years?!
figger48 1 year ago
Doesn't look like natural wear, it looks like you dragged it behind your vehicle for a couple of blocks. Natural wear is smooth. These look like you smashed it with hammer and took a grinder to the chrome.
Goldminer63 1 year ago
I think the damage looks a bit over the top. I have this 6 year old strat copy that has copped it pretty badly during it's time and it doesn't have damage close to that. The holes in the finish are to big. Some smaller deeper ones that look more like the guitar has been stabbed was what I would have gone for. As for the chips on the bottom I think they were pretty realistic. I just think that the chunks taken out of the top were too over the top.
rokl0bsta 1 year ago
it would help if you put an authentic bridge on it - not those dooky individual bridge pieces. you need the 3 barrel bridge dude
misteromeara 1 year ago
the body looks terrible. like its got leprosy
hearUme89 1 year ago
bet it was nice before you destroyed it.
Guitarbque 1 year ago
nice song ..is that called the "I eat fucking pizza everyday all day " blues?
dirtylarry69 1 year ago
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looks like shit
Bluesbarri 1 year ago
Cliff, thanks for taking the time to do a step by step demo of relicing, you put a lot of time into it, in the end i think the guitar looks great, I guess it would be tough to try and relic a rosewood fingerboard, maple looks better reliced. my sx tele has such a nice quilted maple fretboard, i really could'nt try to relic it, maybe one of my thrasher squires would be better. thanks again. G
chickabuka 1 year ago
I've seen better relic jobs, but I've also seen ALOT worse. I think it looks pretty good, and as long as you had fun doing it who cares right? I love the way you did the fretboard, I've been trying to figure out a good way to do that for over a year now. The little buffing wheel never occured to me, thanks.
birdmankustomz666 1 year ago
Good work. Thanks for posting. It is hard to make an SX with a thick poly finish to look old. It is unfair to compare this with the road worn fenders as mentioned below, because they have nitro finishes, much easier to do a convincing relicing (and the mexicans still manage to screw up, doing cheesy relicings). You did the best that could be done with that guitar.
rodmpereira 1 year ago
Look,, its Kyle Gass,,,,
i can see wear the belt buckel rash takes into play on that relic job...
Stevespeeze 1 year ago
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HEY MAN, do you wear pre-ripped jeans?
did your dad wear a pre ripped condoom?
doom. what i mean is: can you help me break my $2,000 gutar so t looks cool on my wall?
TEAMUNICORNRECORDS 1 year ago
i have a question. when you have friends over and they see that guitar..are you gunna tell them that you "toured with that baby for 13 years", or are you gunna tell them you beat the fuck outta it on purpose?
hrrsn1 1 year ago
this guitar is like mine see in carolopirolo
carolopirolo 1 year ago
Its not a bad relic, and I've seen much worse. But my critique is consistency of the relic job. You show a lot of arm wear and pick wear but the buckle rash is really small and doesn't look gradual, it should flow a bit more up and down since it doesn't sit in the same spot the hole time you play. The age didn't look equal throughout the guitar, but I guess it with fix itself over time.
dmo024 1 year ago
I agree with the guys below and I'm only 19 my sx tele is already got some history going on cause for some reason this sx tele is the only thing I play. But I play it so much that one show my neck split just slightly so I have a bender now but I hope I get my new neck soon
Enforcer010 1 year ago
a relic that don't make any sence.
HmongGuitarPlayer 1 year ago
Nah, that's cheating. I recommend just playing your instrument and let it age right along with you. I'm 29 and have been playing since I was 12. My 94 les paul and my 97 strat are are naturally relicked, and for every knock and ding they've suffered, I suffered right along with them because they were never on purpose. It's like if you started dating an older woman and she'd say,boy, you could really use some wrinkles,and what can I do to speed up that receding hair of yours.Just aint natural.
DuscaManolescu 1 year ago 7
@DuscaManolescu your right but if you want to make money i heard it drives the value up. buy a guitar and when your bored with it relic it and sell it for more than u bought it for.
JohnLenon47films 2 months ago
put some water on the control panel or something get it a little rusty
RcUniverseGuy 2 years ago
did u use a BR-600 for the track when u were showing the pictues i think it just sounds like it for some reason
tommyisrad131 2 years ago
i need to know where you got that guitar from!!!! :(
apessk8s88 2 years ago
nice job and tks for the review and teaching!
best regards from Brazil!
Pedromegaman 2 years ago
best thing to do with poly is to strip it with aircraft remover.
rw5791 2 years ago
Terrible.......what a waste
hogtiedster 2 years ago
I think the guitar looks good
Sounds good too
I have seen relics where it looks like they took an orbital sander and burnt through the paint on every contour. And people were saying they looked great.
No matter what you do, people will criticize
good work
wolfhalen 2 years ago
Some odd spots and the side looks like jimi hendrix set in on fire!
LesPaulCryBaby 2 years ago
Odd places for sure. This wasn't good.
DwineZiphy 2 years ago
the best sounding telecastar i've heard!
impulsoprog 2 years ago
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tbdalva 2 years ago
I'm getting really fed up with relic'd guitars
greggreg66 2 years ago 2
I've been relicing guitars for 25 years and I find it funny (and annoying) that everyone thinks they can "relic" by taking the shine off all the hardware, and wearing the finish in "odd" places. Not all vintage guitars have the chrome missing from the hardware.
mikemantel 2 years ago 12
he fooked up a good axe man.!!!
looks like he attacked it with a real axe
toshrobbins 2 years ago 9
Not a very good job. All the hacking away at the thick poly finish doesn't say old to me. It just looks ugly and nothing like a worn guitar. Relicing must look natural and like it has happened with repeated use.
I love relic guitars but it only really works on nitro finishes as poly is very durable. Also it must be the right guitar and have period parts.
brokenSynthesizers 2 years ago 3
he sounds like kermit
And its too chipped, not worn
jamesstone123 2 years ago
Beats me..
Im one of those people that try to keep my guitars new and shiny for as long as possible, and when they start to get too worn, i pull them apart and fix'em up again.
I cant for the life of me understand why someone wants to play a broken, beat up guitar.. but hey, if thats what they like.. but i still dont get it! ;)
notuern 2 years ago
Well it depends what music you play, I play a very simple heavy rock n roll like early AC/DC and having your gear a bit beat up just goes with the image of it.
hardrockerdave94 2 years ago
Do you know why Angus guitar is beat up?
Because he has been touring with it for 35 years!
If Angus saw someone start hitting his guitar with chains he'd either punch the guy in the face or stand there laughing at "the idiot".
notuern 2 years ago
Yeah but my point is that the people who play similar music to him would want to be like him without having to wait 35 years. I see what you're saying though, personally I am just gonna wait for my gear to age natrually.
hardrockerdave94 2 years ago
How do you know that. Do you know angus personally? doubt it. dont make assumptions. Times change get over it
HutchLiveFromSpace 2 years ago
I dont know Angus Personally, i dont have to.. just look at his guitars.. when he plays with the signature it looks clean and brand new, and when he whips out the naturally colored one its scuffed like hell, because it has been toured for 35 years, and you can check pictures of it and see the gradual decay over the years.
Read what you can find about it on the Internet dude, and get over that attitude.
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theincredibleiannune 2 years ago
a little obvious looking...looks chewed up rather than relic'd. vintage guitars would be much softer not gouged (unless an accident occured) and it wouldnt be so large and concentrated in sections...you need to watch the spots where you expose the wood it takes a lot to get finish down to bare wood so needs to be smooth and transitional...try water and light acid, sweat breaks down finishes when wood gets exposed, it gets gummy and wiped away from playing..not physically worn away.
shtdaprdtr 2 years ago
why do people buy jeans with dirt strains,bleach spots,and holes already torn in them?
jpuckett1989 2 years ago
the best guitars to relic-fender highway one guitars
MiniMightyMan96 2 years ago
it makes the guitar look more vintage
guitarkid51 2 years ago
Hey guys I figured out a new way to relic a guitar--just put STRAP LOCKS on it and start playing and your guitar will fall on the ground everytime!
back2thefutre 2 years ago 7
I'd be taking those strap locks back to the store for my money back!
toneslingercliff 2 years ago 8
@toneslingercliff and use that refunded money to buy yourself 2 bottles of the fliptop Grolsch beer. Cheapest and most effective strap locks !
dddubbb 1 year ago
@back2thefutre the whole point of straplocks is so it doesnt fall, Im not sure what kind of experiences you had with them Lol
chrismortloch92 1 year ago
@back2thefutre What in the hell brand of strap locks are you using?
Neodustin 1 year ago
@back2thefutre instead of buying strap locks, just put some beer bottle caps on there with the existing screw and there ya go.
trumpetgod2010 9 months ago
@back2thefutre
Never had a problem with them...
olifilipe 6 months ago
I don't know. Whatever tickles you fancy. However, i relic'd my guitars over 30 years 1 tune at a time.
DrHeathenScum 2 years ago 21
thats the best way, by far.
toneslingercliff 2 years ago 5
Nice try, but the relic job does not look like a worn play relic job. Areas of the guitar you made to look relic does not look naturally worn, for example where your right forearm would rest. Why is that area have a small amount of worn??? Looks like someone spilled some thing on it. Sorry bud, but the Mexican made road worn teles looks much more convincing.
gmlasam 2 years ago
have you seen robben ford's gold top les paul?? That's got some really heavy wear where the right forearm rests!
RNRDOLL 2 years ago
no havent seen it. I'll have to check it out.
toneslingercliff 2 years ago
thank you for your very constructive criticism of my relic. most people who are critical can't formulate a cohesive sentence. Your comments are great. Thanks!
toneslingercliff 2 years ago 5
@gmlasam I agree100%,they use a thinner finish,this looks like 10 leayers of paint PURPOSEFULLY mucked,no dis-re but the paint aging looks cheesy.
cottonfever1221 10 months ago
I do like relic. But this guitar looks really fake.
GiorgioV 2 years ago
Waste of time , better spent on playing,and practicing, maybe even learning how to read music!
Manolian 2 years ago
learning to read music is a waste if you ask me . . . kills creativity
JKryanX 2 years ago
no one asked you.
Manolian 2 years ago
creativity is based on fundamentals, how're you supposed to get good fundamentals without learning the very basics of music?
sunp 2 years ago
false?
hfd312 2 years ago
so wrong
worstjazzer 2 years ago
Looks green with bruises... verdict: Zombie Guitar! Thumbs down on this one...
tmlonline 2 years ago
im sure u spent a lot of time on it. but it looks awful
t2t80 2 years ago
thats the point haha
lueckefamily 2 years ago
There are two types of guitar "Relics" pretty ones and ugly ones.
And ironically the same guitar can be either to different people.
I have an old Cunetto Nocaster people are either shocked by its beauty or by its fugliness.
I think its the prettiest tele I have seen made in my lifetime. I can't speak for those made in the 1950s as I'll probably never see one in person.
I choose my "Relic" because of its tone, but it also has an aura any modern poly guitar can't match.
btw never relic poly!
iamsillyyesiam 2 years ago
you're talented man, great job
doolbro 2 years ago
lol this is stupid just make them worn by giging look a joe strummers he dident do it purposly he just hit the strings that hard and the scratchplate it just got worn
robertsm1k3 2 years ago
Once again, proof how the topic of guitar relicing is very polarizing in the guitar community.
toneslingercliff 2 years ago
Looks and sounds cool! I just reliced my 1995 Strat's body, [had strings on it so couldn't go under the pickguard] I beat it up with a metal ruler, the floor of the garage, a few matches, a pocket knife, a garbage disposal, [lol not really] Still have to do the hardware, but that's next, however my pickguard is white, what can I do? Also my fingerboard is rosewood. Again, sweet job!
WEIRDALROXMYSOX 2 years ago
I used steel wool and brown kiwi shoe polish on a white pickguard. You can also soak it in old coffee.
Watch my video portion on hardware relicing. It has techniques of how I reliced the pickguard.
toneslingercliff 2 years ago
could you please do a second relic video but with an sx sjm
billjoe534 2 years ago
I dont have all these guitars lying around. I bought the SX Tele to do the videos with. Keep in mind, the concepts and techniques are the same and you can use the same techniques with your SJM guitar.
toneslingercliff 2 years ago
i want to get the fretboard wear like on claptons blackie. its doesnt have certain wear marks like on the sx tele, its just kinda stained everywhere.
Dakota0708 2 years ago
I used an oil based ebony stain on the fretboard to get that stained everywhere look. Thats my best advice I can come up with on going for that look. You put it on, work it into the finish and fretboard with fine steel wool, and then wipe it off after about 20-30 minutes. Repeat until you get the desired effect.
toneslingercliff 2 years ago
from a video on youtube i saw of fender making the black they took a dremel like cliff did here, but didnt just make little spots like he did, they did more of the fretboard with the dremel, then they probably stained it.
MountainDew231767 2 years ago
I used some stain here and there, but I didn't go that far down into the finish. Good observation though. thanks. :)
toneslingercliff 2 years ago
Drag that dawg behind a quad through the woods wearing your EVH mask..:)
plasticaholic 3 years ago
that would definitly introduce some wear, huh?
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
you need to bang a little big on that headstock, that's the part i always hit by accident
nunopumpkin 3 years ago
Headstocks do seem to get a lot of abuse, huh?
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
jst beat the guitar.kick it with steel toe caps.jst thot of tht one.or leave it outside for a few days or more thn bring it in and continue the assault.
louiscfc93 3 years ago
that would definitely do the trick!
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
Having a old looking guitar dosn't make you SRV or Keith Richards...
Respect the Instrument...
dadasha 3 years ago 3
umm. I looked back and I have yet to see the videos, or anybody making these comments claim to be SRV or Keith Richards.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
What an idiot. I have guitars I have owned and used for forty years - they still look pretty much new.
donepearce 3 years ago
Forty years? Do you ever play them!?
ChazGuitar21 3 years ago
Do I ever play them? Of course I do - all the time. I look after my stuff.
donepearce 3 years ago
what kind are they
cobraopts7 3 years ago
An SG Standard and a Fender Jazz bass.
donepearce 3 years ago
Looks great! I would LOVE for someone to do a vido of an LP. Mine has aged gold hardware, greened inlays, everything like a '58 BUT has no checking....maybe sticking it out in my 15*F garage for a day, then holding it above my stove-top for a bit will do the job........
person1375 3 years ago 2
there are several videos on that I think. try searching for les paul relic and you should get some video hits.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
kyle gass
dupadupadoo69 3 years ago
kyle gass?
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
look up the band Tenacious D, you will know what i mean
dupadupadoo69 3 years ago
I don't think i have it in my to relic a guitar, i like the new guitar look so i keep all of mine nice and polished every week. But great job.
saizni 3 years ago
Take real good care of it then. If you aren't going to relic, you should take very special care of them.
thanks for the comment, btw.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
how did you end up getting the section at 2:34 reliced like that? Looks really nice by the way.
shaggy1039 3 years ago
Look back at my video of relicing a guitar body, it goes over how I did that portion.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
great video series. It's been fun watching. one thing though. I really wish you would have reliced the back of the neck. but other than that. one hell of a bang up job.
twoboots4you 3 years ago
I did do some relicing of the back of the neck but didn't capture much of the process on the video. Watch the review video and you will see some of the results.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
Hi,
How did you do the arm wear where you can see the different layers gradually? Thanks in advance!
dstrats 3 years ago
This is covered in the relicing guitar body portion of these videos. I did this with a detail sander working outward to get the layered look.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
This is very interesting, but I prefer guitars that have a story behind how they are.
7tFamily 3 years ago
that is true. remember, I did this just for fun and to demonstrate how it can be done.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
Did you relic the neck pickups at all?
jordanm57 3 years ago
I used steel wool on the neck pickup cover until I got the look I wanted.
I didn't want to use etchant or anything on it due to the fact that if ANY etchant was to get in the windings it would destroy the pickup.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
Thats what i figured but i just wanted to make sure. I'm gonna start relicing my sx tele in a few days and i just hope it turns out as good as yours. Thanks for the helpful vids!!
jordanm57 3 years ago
wow.. i wanna learn how to do this
chumbalakuku 3 years ago
hopefully you don'yt get killed i just took a hammer/wedge to mine to get the paint off and i hope my parents dont kill me, thank god it was a cheap old strat that dusnt work at all
GetOverIt1213 3 years ago
good job
dickduckandthedorks 3 years ago
thanks for the kudos.
toneslingercliff 3 years ago
ok maybe its his
nicholasbang 3 years ago
unfortunately, he is. :)
toneslingercliff 3 years ago