Relicing Guitars - Metal Components

From the very popular and somewhat controversial tutorial "How To Relic A Guitar", this video deals with the relicing of the metal components of your guitar and the supplies needed.

If you are interested in relicing your own guitar, check out www.HowAudio.com for either the online tutorial or the DVD.

Relicing is not for everyone, nor is it to be used as a means of forgery. For many, it's a fun hobby and that's the extent of it. Don't really need people to hate relicing to let us know how much you hate it or why you hate it. We already know that.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• guitar
• relic
• rust
• howaudio
• aging
• music

[AustinSeals]

Pathetic.

Relic it the REAL way.

...

By playing the shit out of it.

[dustinkirk]

If you custom ordered a guitar, there would be several finish / hardware options. This is simply just another option, no one is saying "now you can tell people your a baddass", it's just a different look. P.S... I hate relicing, but I'm not a dick head that needs to hate on youtube to feel like a baddass.

[burmanmusic]

@tomomifishy You're comparing prematurely aging a guitar with damaging your health by taking highly dangerous drugs?

Aging wood won't compromise anything. Have you seen 1950's Telecasters? The body isn't falling apart. And the metal parts are not likely to fail anytime soon just because some of the plating is missing.

[burmanmusic]

If relicing is so bad, Fender wouldn't have a number of guitars at different price points. This is a great video that shows you safely how to do it yourself. A relic guitar has a different vibe and is as important to how you play a guitar as colour or any other aesthetic. Sometimes the feel of a guitar or the vibe makes you play different. Or it just looks cool.

[burmanmusic]

"Don't use your Mom's paint brushes..." Thanks for that.

[allsafe1]

@AustinSeals I agree its like buying a new car and taking a hammer to it . Wear is from use not from a bottle.

I dont get it . I have plenty of rusty shit hanging around if there is a market for it.

[puglytv]

how do you make an old guitar look brand new????

[radbasstist1234]

i relic'd my guitar one tune at a time.

[SDPickups]

Printed circuit board etchant is called Ferric Chloride, you can buy it from some electronics supply houses online ;-)

[indoshakermaker]

Don't know why the relic haters watch this video if they hate reliced guitars (or anything related to 'em). I play the type of music i like and I watch only the videos that I like. I dont go n watch videos about stuff I hate and start leaving negative comments so that i can force other people to like what I like. Imho, i think that's just stupid.. dont u think?

[RcUniverseGuy]

@tomomifishy your a douche nozzle... the wood is fine kept under the proper humidity... they make plenty of acoustics with no paint or finish they are just polished they survive just fine with proper humidity. fender custom shop wouldn't be selling them for 5 grand if the wood was compromised

[tomomifishy]

@dustinkirk: Just another look???!! I hope you don't work on guitars professionally. The finish is not just eye candy. It has a functional purpose in maintaining the integrity of the wood/metal. Damage it and you compromise the wood/metal. The part will fail prematurely.

This is really stupid. Its like deciding to become a meth addict because you think it's trendy.