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Relics are great because 1. Lot of people like the look of a worn guitar just as we all like the look of worn jeans 2. They hold their price better. If you scratch a new guitar it reduces it's value but not so with a reliced guitar 3. You're more relaxed taking it places and playing it cause you're not so concerned anout scratching it. 4. It the neck is also relic'd then it feels nicer to play cause it feels worn and smooth not sticky. 5. If it's got a nitro finish then it might sound better because the finish is thinner so less of a blanket smothering the resonance of the guitar like polyurethane does.
Is it my thing? No. Do I care if it's other people's thing? Again, no. I don't understand why people think they need to let other people know their opinion of a relic every time they see one. 🤷♂
Yeah, there's plenty of stuff I don't like, but if you like it, you should play it. Plenty of people hate what I like, but it's what works for me. There is no right or wrong in general, just what is right or wrong for you.
If you want to add the effect of fake wear and tear in age, get a buffer and a wool bonnet, and burn through the finish and shine everything up. You won’t fulfill one bit of the promise of being the type of player who wears a guitar out like Stevie Ray Vaughan but at least you can make a promise…
I sold an old Martin acoustic yesterday. It had all the signs of being played for years and it had really mellowed. Funny how buyers want to reduce the price for a guitar with natural aging but will pay extra for the fake stuff.
I have a really nice Ibanez jazz guitar and I’m always treating it like a precious newborn because I can’t imagine getting it dinged. A relic would eliminate that worry entirely
Relics are good, not because I want one but because variety is the spice of life. I’d hate it if everyone had my favourite guitar. I want people to favour things that I don’t. And that goes for pretty much all consumer goods.
So all those people trying to make their Squiers look like SRV's Stratocaster (including the big SRV letters) are doing it for the feel? Okay. Thanks for explaining that. Never heard of that before today, but sure.
Relics are cool. Here's the thing, modern polyurethane finishes will never age that way unless you make it happen. If you take good care of your guitars, and they're polly, you may have scratches someday but no relicing. Unless you have 10,000 for a true relic, or even 2 or 3,000 for that nitro tier level of new guitars, then you dont have much choice do you. I have a cheapo tele copy that i did a full relic project on, and i can honestly say that i play it much differently than my other guitars. Its become one if my favorites even though its, by far my cheapest. Its got a great story, even if that story isn't years if road wear.
I like relic or aged and used guitars for a simple reason....That first scratch or dent you put on it doesn't hurt anymore. I had a new guitar once and accidentally knocked it into the corner of a desk...every time I picked it up after that day all I saw was the dent, in the end I got ride of it because I couldn’t play it anymore
I like relics, but it should be realistic. This looks nothing like the real vintage 1959 Eart guitar that we found when we were cleaning out my grandpa's basement.
I love my E Art 335 style guitar. I think the strat is very nice but I don't like the headstock shape. It's hard to beat the Fender styles of headstock shapes. Great video!
I have two reliced guitars. One is a light relic from Nash and the other is a partscaster I put together with an MJT body and relic all parts neck. Both feel worn in and play awesome, and I like the way they look. Like new looking guitars, too. Some people like firebirds and I don’t care for that style, but who am I to judge what others dig?
I guess it is a cosmetic thing as you say, but I love relics because they are much more fun to play hard. And I love never worrying about the finish--even adding my own dings and stuff. When it's a great guitar first, the roughness makes it a blast.
You are BANG on Landon. What you don't like you just pass it by. If you like something that's entirely up to the individual. Personally, I like relic'd guitars if they are done realistically when it comes to aging and wear and tear. I guess having played guitar since I was in my mid teens and am now 72 I know full well that people like what they like when it comes to the condition of their guitars. For those who don't care for relic'd guitars not a big deal cuz there's lots out there to choose from. At the present time I'm waiting on a double p90 CAR tele that is being relic'd for me. Can't wait! Cheers
Love relics if they're done right. This one's better than some others (e.g. the Joe Strummer one you mentioned), but doesn't look convincing enough. Especially when the neck, headstock, hardware and plastics all look brand spanking new...
People love to judge others. Everyone their own. As long as it is not over the top I do like some relic. I do have one relic. It was already damaged from storage so I added a bit. On the other hand. I build a Les Paul for my mate in 2009. It has a light coat of nitro wich is gone by proper playing. Would love to refinish that.
Very nice review! Yesterday I discovered the Fender Jason Isbell Signature Tele maybe you could review that one some time? It has very good reviews, is light reliced and the Neck PU sounds like a Strat they say. 😅
Honestly, that’s one of the best relics I’ve ever seen. It looks “believable”. I’ve done a 180 regarding relics. I used to think they were for posers (kind of like a hoser, for your reference). Then I heard a guy explain that he plays an expensive relic differently than an expensive pristine guitar. You can really get into it without worrying about every little scratch or ding. That sold me. It didn’t sell me an actual relic, though. Too expensive. This Eart might be the answer.
Cool vid. I don’t mind relics. I liked the road worn fenders I’ve played. Long and McQuade has their own Fender relic Tele out now that’s cool to play. I wouldn’t buy the high end Murphy Labs or Fender Custom Shop though - waaay too much money.
I used to be anti-relic, but that was when they were all $5,000 Custom Shop models. But, I saw one that I just had to have one day...a Vintage brand V6 in blue over sunburst for $400. Pretty sweet player after a set up and a little fret dressing.
It looks like you went kayaking and it fell into the water and was found downstream 2 years after the winter thaw. That makes it more expensive and playable that way.
As long as you like it play what you want. I find that other people’s opinions don’t matter when comes to things I like. Am I a relic fan? Not really, but I will fight to the, well not death, but I’d take a punch for your right to own one. 🤘🎸🤘
I didn't see the use of paying more for an artificially damaged guitar at first. But since it can influence the way it plays, I can understand that one could find it more comfortable. And i'm sure people obvisouly like them for their look and you can't argue taste !
I prefer to play relic guitars at guitar stores, because I don't fear giving it dings, anyway I couldn't find my new ones amongst the ones created at the factory. I prefer N.O.S. That would be relic level 0. Relic level 10 would be a trash bag filled with cut strings, ashes, and wood shards, maybe have the bridge assembly. (Bridge Assembly option is an extra $7grand premium add on.) Sincerely Mike B. B. From Philly, P.A. U.S.A.
I personally neither like relics nor loath them. When I play one of my guitars I uncover it from its taylor made hood that protects it from dust or anything that can damage it and I also check that I'm not wearing any belt or bracelet or anything that could scratch the instrument. I always manipulate my Reverends very carefully, as well as the Gretsch and Sterling and Squiers and Hagstrom... because I love them all very dearly.
I used to have two relic'd instruments. I didn't buy them because they were relic'd. I bought them because they were left handed and we lefties get slim pickings plus they didn't cost me much. A Vintage V100 icon and a Vintage V74? bass - jaco clone. Both really good sounding instruments- though the guy that wired the bass must have been super confused because it was a lefty. I got more money off that deal cos of that. I digress. I sold them both. Why? Cos they were really heavy. I would have preferred shiny glossy versions but tbh, I didnt care. From a distance the relicing looks ok - up close it looked pants. I think a good relic job is hard to execute. Ironically, a few years ago I bought an Epiphone Sheraton ii that was genuinely beaten up including a headstock cigarette burn. For the 10 years before I bought it, it lived under the guys bed. For time before that it must have had the most interesting life. I took it a luthier to replace the pickups and wiring. He decided to repair the cigarette burn 😭😂. To make matters worse he passed away whilst he was still working on my guitar. So it's not a complete restoration. I miss Terry deeply.
Ha ha. I got that Strummer. I dunno I just got it into my head I wanted a “ relic” and well… it was nitro etc. But man you’re right the pickguard had to go!! It looks cool now with a normal white ( maybe mint I can never tell) guard on it. The neck is fantastic on it and it was my first 7 1/4 radius which I love. Anyway… yeah
As a personal preference for my guitars, I don’t mind a relic, but Id want it to look like a well used guitar, not a sanded down guitar. The good relic jobs are expensive because it takes a lot of time to make it looked aged instead of butchered. A relic body and brand new everything else is not ideal, but not super obvious looking at it on video.
Hahaha ! Cool channel !My new guitars look like a relic after a month or two. I keep buying them. Now should learn to play. 😅 Tuesday I'll have eleven. Is there a number thats enough ! 😂
I always wipe down my strings after playing because the oil from your fingers will speed up the rusting of the strings. Wipe them down and they’ll have the new strings feel longer. It works
Relicing is ok if people want to do that, but probably not for me. I think it would be pretty hilarious to do a video where you find out how much relicing...affects tone wood, by banging on and relicing a guitar on a LIVE STREAM.. WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE...
I love Sonic blue....I don't care about the fake worn look it doesn't bother me but $500.00?? Rather get a Mex strat by fender for that kinda cash.. Still great episode as always Thanks a bunch..
Eart VS60 looks and sounds good. Whether modern shop relicing or decades old nitro finish checking, neither are for me. But guitars are very personal instruments and I'm onboard anything that serves to take enjoyment of guitars to wider audience. As far as this Eart, I prefer a real satin finish neck, I had bad neck warpage from a sanded neck.
$589 'murican, great deal, great guitar. I don't look for reliced guitars but I have seen examples I would buy... these Eart guitars are great values with their upgraded features & the relic is not gaudy. For me, the headstock design dampers my excitement for them.
Relicing is a way of owning an old beat-up axe without paying stupid amounts of money for it. One could argue that you could buy a new guitar and just play it a lot, but most new guitars have a polyurethane finish that doesn't age like nitrocellulose lacquer does (and modern nitro doesn't quite age like the stuff from the 50's and 60's neither).
Not a fan of relic'd guitars, but I don't lose any sleep about them or judge anyone who does like them, I certainly wouldn't label them 'posers', it's personal taste . . . each to his own. That said, I saw an interview with Tom Murphy where he showed his box of gruesome looking metal tools and I just had to ask myself 'why?' It just seems a bit weird to me that the price of a custom shop that has been relic'd goes up incrementally from ultra light to light to medium to 'heavy relic' . . . my initial reaction was that the Murphy Lab people must laughing all the way to the bank BUT supply and demand, right? I have a 1968 LP Custom that I bought in 1974 third hand - the back was pretty marked up, the first owner clearly inflicted some 'buckle rash' on it, but despite 50 odd years of playing it live and in the studio I've managed to keep it pretty much as is - I just try to look after my guitars. A couple that I bought 30 years ago have had the odd ding but nothing major.
I'm not a huge proponent of relic finishes.. Aging the guitar yourself is much more satisfying. Now I have refinished several early 60's fenders and a 57 fender...I had them slightly reliced because the guitars are all over 60 years old... Now it's all preference but I'd say never spend an extra grand for missing and dulled finish...won't help your playing. If you just have to have it..buy it🎉
A cosmetic thing is definitely of personal preference. At least my view is if I were to buy a new guitar, I’d want it to look new. I’m cheap and it’d bother me to spend more money on a new guitar that looks old. I’d just buy an old guitar and upgrade it to my preferences anyway. Buy what you want and be happy.
Not really my thing but I suppose those that like their relic feel the same about it as I feel about by non-relic and it's all good IMHO. Live and let let live or is it play and let play? Regardless I am interested in the guitar and what it is and how it sounds no matter the finish. How it plays and how it sounds is the bottom line to me.
The EART prices appear to be experiencing bracket creep. Common for new brands - sell low to make their mark and then bump things up. Mind you, the specs on some models do seem to warrant the prices. It's just a hard push to get over the "cheap" image they themselves created to gain a foothold. As for the relic issue, eh, not my cup of tea. The only positive aspect of relicing for me would be the increased playability of rounded fretboards, and perhaps the freedom from worrying about damaging the finish.
My two pennies on the relic debate. I don’t like being labelled a hater because I have a significant preference towards new and clean looking used guitars. I can still like a guitars sound and feel and dislike it’s look. I also have a preference for white coffee… Does that make me a hater?
@@batman40528 It not just that. Some of them don’t even want the relic option to exist. It’s not like any company has quit making shiny new guitars in favor of only making relics, and the shiny new guitars are less expensive so what does anybody have to complain about. For what it’s worth Taylor always gets the same type of hate for having electronics in “all” of their guitars even though just about everything they sell got be bought without electronics for $200 less.
Relics are OK. As long as they’re not over done, I’d prefer a relic job that looks cool from a far but you only get to see the relic up close, and it leaves enough room for you to do your own relic from general , everyday playing.
How is someone having a negative opinion about relic guitars none of their business ? Some like 'em, some don't, it's the business of anyone having an opinion about them.
Oh its just cosmetic? I always thought some relic-ing not all) actually was worn out to the point that even the neck feels played... So I could understand maybe the broken in feel would be good but if the neck feels new...
@@johnnewton1830 I think you’re exactly right. Honestly, though Fender could probably get away with it as long as it was an option on some models. Gibson, on the other hand, would get so much “hate” for it (even if was just a limited edition model) that it’s really not worth the effort for them.
I reckon there's a thing about the English & Canadian humour....you crack me up, unlike the Yankees....and I love relic guitars! I never see what guitar I'm playing cos I got my "face" on 😝
Although they arent my thing, i dont mind relics too much. What i find really annoying are bad relic jobs that look like someone just went crazy with an angle grinder on a brand new paint job.
If people want to pay through the nose for a strat that looks like it's been through a war, that's their biz. I just think it's silly. With signature models I get it more, but I don't go for it either. I like to put my own wear and tear into a guitar by playing it for years.
A Message to The Haters : Get a Life!!! There are relic guitars that I like as well as ones that I don't like as much. The bottom line is this : Its Your Guitar and Not Mine,therefore its NONE of my business. Your paying for it so you get what You want. Great video. Rock On Play On Brother!!!🎸🎸👍👍🎸🎸
I'm more against roasted maple than I am relics, especially on 'budget' guitars. It's just kiln dried wood being marketed in a new way, there are absolutely zero benefits over properly air dried piece of wood outside of cheaper cost to manufacture.
Relic guitars are very popular not sure why but Fender has several levels of relicing as does Gibson. Why it is popular I do not know but interestingly enough it supposedly adds value to them. I work in a instrument retail facility and had a Kirk Hammit Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul come through today that was heavily reliced, as was the case, and it is supposedly a 1:1 clone of his Greeny LP. Yeah well the pricetag would cause you to go into cardiac arrest at nearly 20k. So sorry, but nope! I do not care what famous person's guitar it is cloned after I am not paying that kind of money for it. I'm not paying extra money to have a guitar look like it has been played out. I would rather pay a normal and reasonable price for a guitar and allow it to patina naturally. Old guitars with battle scars and a patina to them tell a story of where they have been, who they have sang for, and is shared with the artist that wielded it; in my opinion you cannot fake that.
I like a guitar that looks like it's been lived in. The only new guitar I've ever purchased is a Bill Nash '50s era Tele with a medium relic finish. I've played dozens of Telecasters and this is far and away the best of the lot. Great spank and twang, it even sounds good behind some stomp boxes. I know, in my case, the whole relic phenomenon is an affectation, kinda phony of me. The Nash looks beat to shit, but I'm always careful with it, don't bang it into anything, lay it down gently. This guitar sounds awesome AF. But I'm a complete poser.
You are not a poser with that guitar! You are a posEart. There might be a differnece, but I am unsure. My take is why age a guitar when you can give it to me to bang around.
I guess it's about inspiring people to play because they feel cool having an old-looking, beat up guitar that looks like it's roadworn. The reason I find relic guitars or the fact that people actually "relic" their guitars (quite a difference in buying a truly used, naturally relic'd guitar vs buying a new guitar and making it look that way) is that you wouldn't do this with a car, or another tool that you do something creative with ("Look at the relic job I did on my table saw!"). I mean, does a new relic guitar sound different than a new non-relic guitar? No. But you paid for that beat-up, used look, which just seems silly because it's a waste of money to me. It's true Blues Lawyer stuff. "Have you heard the news He's got those white boy blues Got himself a guitar that paid it's dues Jam a little when he gets of of work tonight Sayin' hey, hey, the blues are all right"
Some of the Custom Shop relics are pretty cool, because they are one of a kind, hand done by someone that has spent a lot of time working on it so that it really looks like a old guitar. I think that mass produced relics are kind of stupid looking. Of course this only one man's opinion.
I just think most are really poorly done. I've got my fair share of vintage and old guitars and none of the relics I've ever held have looked or felt right. I just like when things are done competently, and I don't think most relics fall under that category.
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Relics are great because
1. Lot of people like the look of a worn guitar just as we all like the look of worn jeans
2. They hold their price better. If you scratch a new guitar it reduces it's value but not so with a reliced guitar
3. You're more relaxed taking it places and playing it cause you're not so concerned anout scratching it.
4. It the neck is also relic'd then it feels nicer to play cause it feels worn and smooth not sticky.
5. If it's got a nitro finish then it might sound better because the finish is thinner so less of a blanket smothering the resonance of the guitar like polyurethane does.
Could take relic or leave it doesn't matter
Is it my thing? No. Do I care if it's other people's thing? Again, no. I don't understand why people think they need to let other people know their opinion of a relic every time they see one. 🤷♂
Yeah, there's plenty of stuff I don't like, but if you like it, you should play it. Plenty of people hate what I like, but it's what works for me. There is no right or wrong in general, just what is right or wrong for you.
Some people LOVE giving unsolicited opinions. Can't help themselves.
If you want to add the effect of fake wear and tear in age, get a buffer and a wool bonnet, and burn through the finish and shine everything up. You won’t fulfill one bit of the promise of being the type of player who wears a guitar out like Stevie Ray Vaughan but at least you can make a promise…
@@walterkersting9922 nobody asked.
@@GuitarnivoreLandon did. Why you butting in?
I sold an old Martin acoustic yesterday. It had all the signs of being played for years and it had really mellowed. Funny how buyers want to reduce the price for a guitar with natural aging but will pay extra for the fake stuff.
I have a really nice Ibanez jazz guitar and I’m always treating it like a precious newborn because I can’t imagine getting it dinged.
A relic would eliminate that worry entirely
Yes, it would!! Don't underestimate that!
Relics are good, not because I want one but because variety is the spice of life. I’d hate it if everyone had my favourite guitar. I want people to favour things that I don’t. And that goes for pretty much all consumer goods.
Just makes our pretty & well taken care of guitars look all the better 💪
You don’t buy a relic guitar for the looks, you buy it for the broken in feel, similar to comparing a new baseball glove to a worn in one
Well said👍
So all those people trying to make their Squiers look like SRV's Stratocaster (including the big SRV letters) are doing it for the feel? Okay. Thanks for explaining that. Never heard of that before today, but sure.
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Yes that’s correct, when I sanded down and stained the neck on my MiM Tele it was for the feel, not the look
@@user-qs7ph1uh5hThe stain makes it feel better than just sanded?
Appreciate you checking out this Eart Strat and letting us know about it, was curious. When Eart was not as popular these were way less money.
Relics are cool. Here's the thing, modern polyurethane finishes will never age that way unless you make it happen. If you take good care of your guitars, and they're polly, you may have scratches someday but no relicing. Unless you have 10,000 for a true relic, or even 2 or 3,000 for that nitro tier level of new guitars, then you dont have much choice do you. I have a cheapo tele copy that i did a full relic project on, and i can honestly say that i play it much differently than my other guitars. Its become one if my favorites even though its, by far my cheapest. Its got a great story, even if that story isn't years if road wear.
I like relic or aged and used guitars for a simple reason....That first scratch or dent you put on it doesn't hurt anymore.
I had a new guitar once and accidentally knocked it into the corner of a desk...every time I picked it up after that day all I saw was the dent, in the end I got ride of it because I couldn’t play it anymore
I like relics, but it should be realistic. This looks nothing like the real vintage 1959 Eart guitar that we found when we were cleaning out my grandpa's basement.
That’s fair.
Dude…those things are worth tens of dollars!!!
I love my E Art 335 style guitar. I think the strat is very nice but I don't like the headstock shape. It's hard to beat the Fender styles of headstock shapes. Great video!
I have two reliced guitars. One is a light relic from Nash and the other is a partscaster I put together with an MJT body and relic all parts neck. Both feel worn in and play awesome, and I like the way they look. Like new looking guitars, too. Some people like firebirds and I don’t care for that style, but who am I to judge what others dig?
I guess it is a cosmetic thing as you say, but I love relics because they are much more fun to play hard. And I love never worrying about the finish--even adding my own dings and stuff. When it's a great guitar first, the roughness makes it a blast.
Sounds good!
You are BANG on Landon. What you don't like you just pass it by. If you like something that's entirely up to the individual. Personally, I like relic'd guitars if they are done realistically when it comes to aging and wear and tear. I guess having played guitar since I was in my mid teens and am now 72 I know full well that people like what they like when it comes to the condition of their guitars. For those who don't care for relic'd guitars not a big deal cuz there's lots out there to choose from. At the present time I'm waiting on a double p90 CAR tele that is being relic'd for me. Can't wait! Cheers
Love relics if they're done right. This one's better than some others (e.g. the Joe Strummer one you mentioned), but doesn't look convincing enough. Especially when the neck, headstock, hardware and plastics all look brand spanking new...
People love to judge others. Everyone their own.
As long as it is not over the top I do like some relic.
I do have one relic. It was already damaged from storage so I added a bit.
On the other hand. I build a Les Paul for my mate in 2009. It has a light coat of nitro wich is gone by proper playing. Would love to refinish that.
If I want a Relic guitar, I will buy a brand spanking new guitar and relic it by years of heavy use and good maintenance.
Very nice review! Yesterday I discovered the Fender Jason Isbell Signature Tele maybe you could review that one some time? It has very good reviews, is light reliced and the Neck PU sounds like a Strat they say. 😅
I’d like to check out that model
Honestly, that’s one of the best relics I’ve ever seen. It looks “believable”. I’ve done a 180 regarding relics. I used to think they were for posers (kind of like a hoser, for your reference). Then I heard a guy explain that he plays an expensive relic differently than an expensive pristine guitar. You can really get into it without worrying about every little scratch or ding. That sold me. It didn’t sell me an actual relic, though. Too expensive. This Eart might be the answer.
opinion on relic: hard no
position 2 on those stock pups sounded best to me personally
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Cool vid. I don’t mind relics. I liked the road worn fenders I’ve played. Long and McQuade has their own Fender relic Tele out now that’s cool to play. I wouldn’t buy the high end Murphy Labs or Fender Custom Shop though - waaay too much money.
I think the only way to settle this is for Landon to interview Steven Seagal and whatever he says, we shall abide by...
Wow! You can see the future!
I used to be anti-relic, but that was when they were all $5,000 Custom Shop models. But, I saw one that I just had to have one day...a Vintage brand V6 in blue over sunburst for $400. Pretty sweet player after a set up and a little fret dressing.
Right on
Besides the finish and pickups is there any other difference between this guitar and the Eart ymx-sg3?
i don't believ so
I think it would be fun to build
I did not know Eart made relic guitars…but those 6 bullet points on the warranty card were freakin it👍
It looks like you went kayaking and it fell into the water and was found downstream 2 years after the winter thaw. That makes it more expensive and playable that way.
As long as you like it play what you want. I find that other people’s opinions don’t matter when comes to things I like. Am I a relic fan? Not really, but I will fight to the, well not death, but I’d take a punch for your right to own one. 🤘🎸🤘
I didn't see the use of paying more for an artificially damaged guitar at first. But since it can influence the way it plays, I can understand that one could find it more comfortable. And i'm sure people obvisouly like them for their look and you can't argue taste !
Does a fender pickguard fit this EART?
I prefer to play relic guitars at guitar stores, because I don't fear giving it dings, anyway I couldn't find my new ones amongst the ones created at the factory.
I prefer N.O.S. That would be relic level 0.
Relic level 10 would be a trash bag filled with cut strings, ashes, and wood shards, maybe have the bridge assembly. (Bridge Assembly option is an extra $7grand premium add on.)
Sincerely
Mike B. B. From Philly, P.A. U.S.A.
Never heard of the maker, but the finish choice is fine with me. Try a Bill Nash. See what you think and ask us again.
I personally neither like relics nor loath them.
When I play one of my guitars I uncover it from its taylor made hood that protects it from dust or anything that can damage it and I also check that I'm not wearing any belt or bracelet or anything that could scratch the instrument.
I always manipulate my Reverends very carefully, as well as the Gretsch and Sterling and Squiers and Hagstrom... because I love them all very dearly.
I used to have two relic'd instruments. I didn't buy them because they were relic'd. I bought them because they were left handed and we lefties get slim pickings plus they didn't cost me much.
A Vintage V100 icon and a Vintage V74? bass - jaco clone.
Both really good sounding instruments- though the guy that wired the bass must have been super confused because it was a lefty. I got more money off that deal cos of that.
I digress.
I sold them both. Why? Cos they were really heavy.
I would have preferred shiny glossy versions but tbh, I didnt care. From a distance the relicing looks ok - up close it looked pants.
I think a good relic job is hard to execute.
Ironically, a few years ago I bought an Epiphone Sheraton ii that was genuinely beaten up including a headstock cigarette burn. For the 10 years before I bought it, it lived under the guys bed. For time before that it must have had the most interesting life.
I took it a luthier to replace the pickups and wiring. He decided to repair the cigarette burn 😭😂. To make matters worse he passed away whilst he was still working on my guitar. So it's not a complete restoration. I miss Terry deeply.
I wouldn't pay for the relic option, but to each his own. It's like choosing the color of the body. Whatever floats your boat...
Ha ha. I got that Strummer. I dunno I just got it into my head I wanted a “ relic” and well… it was nitro etc. But man you’re right the pickguard had to go!!
It looks cool now with a normal white ( maybe mint I can never tell) guard on it. The neck is fantastic on it and it was my first 7 1/4 radius which I love. Anyway… yeah
Your videos remind me of the early days of Mr waliman guitar videos. Just bought my first relic guitar few weeks ago and I’m mad that I didn’t earlier
Rock on!
I LOVE Blue Guitars too Brother 🤟
As a personal preference for my guitars, I don’t mind a relic, but Id want it to look like a well used guitar, not a sanded down guitar. The good relic jobs are expensive because it takes a lot of time to make it looked aged instead of butchered. A relic body and brand new everything else is not ideal, but not super obvious looking at it on video.
Hahaha ! Cool channel !My new guitars look like a relic after a month or two. I keep buying them.
Now should learn to play. 😅
Tuesday I'll have eleven. Is there a number thats enough ! 😂
I always wipe down my strings after playing because the oil from your fingers will speed up the rusting of the strings. Wipe them down and they’ll have the new strings feel longer. It works
Relicing is ok if people want to do that, but probably not for me. I think it would be pretty hilarious to do a video where you find out how much relicing...affects tone wood, by banging on and relicing a guitar on a LIVE STREAM.. WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE...
I love Sonic blue....I don't care about the fake worn look it doesn't bother me but $500.00??
Rather get a Mex strat by fender for that kinda cash..
Still great episode as always
Thanks a bunch..
I love relic cars. That’s what I drive. I’m super cool!
Eart VS60 looks and sounds good. Whether modern shop relicing or decades old nitro finish checking, neither are for me. But guitars are very personal instruments and I'm onboard anything that serves to take enjoyment of guitars to wider audience. As far as this Eart, I prefer a real satin finish neck, I had bad neck warpage from a sanded neck.
I haven't seen your Dark Night Telecaster in a while... and it's blue! Did you finally have enough of that knob?
I brought it to a guitar farm to play
@@landonbailey Time to distract the kids with more ice cream 🎸 ⚰️🐄
$589 'murican, great deal, great guitar. I don't look for reliced guitars but I have seen examples I would buy... these Eart guitars are great values with their upgraded features & the relic is not gaudy. For me, the headstock design dampers my excitement for them.
Relicing is a way of owning an old beat-up axe without paying stupid amounts of money for it. One could argue that you could buy a new guitar and just play it a lot, but most new guitars have a polyurethane finish that doesn't age like nitrocellulose lacquer does (and modern nitro doesn't quite age like the stuff from the 50's and 60's neither).
they missed some spots on that paint job.
Not a fan of relic'd guitars, but I don't lose any sleep about them or judge anyone who does like them, I certainly wouldn't label them 'posers', it's personal taste . . . each to his own. That said, I saw an interview with Tom Murphy where he showed his box of gruesome looking metal tools and I just had to ask myself 'why?' It just seems a bit weird to me that the price of a custom shop that has been relic'd goes up incrementally from ultra light to light to medium to 'heavy relic' . . . my initial reaction was that the Murphy Lab people must laughing all the way to the bank BUT supply and demand, right? I have a 1968 LP Custom that I bought in 1974 third hand - the back was pretty marked up, the first owner clearly inflicted some 'buckle rash' on it, but despite 50 odd years of playing it live and in the studio I've managed to keep it pretty much as is - I just try to look after my guitars. A couple that I bought 30 years ago have had the odd ding but nothing major.
I'm not a huge proponent of relic finishes.. Aging the guitar yourself is much more satisfying. Now I have refinished several early 60's fenders and a 57 fender...I had them slightly reliced because the guitars are all over 60 years old...
Now it's all preference but I'd say never spend an extra grand for missing and dulled finish...won't help your playing. If you just have to have it..buy it🎉
Stainless steel frets, roasted maple neck, truss rod wheel adjuster. I'm saying it, I love earts.
A cosmetic thing is definitely of personal preference. At least my view is if I were to buy a new guitar, I’d want it to look new. I’m cheap and it’d bother me to spend more money on a new guitar that looks old. I’d just buy an old guitar and upgrade it to my preferences anyway. Buy what you want and be happy.
Not really my thing but I suppose those that like their relic feel the same about it as I feel about by non-relic and it's all good IMHO. Live and let let live or is it play and let play? Regardless I am interested in the guitar and what it is and how it sounds no matter the finish. How it plays and how it sounds is the bottom line to me.
The EART prices appear to be experiencing bracket creep. Common for new brands - sell low to make their mark and then bump things up. Mind you, the specs on some models do seem to warrant the prices. It's just a hard push to get over the "cheap" image they themselves created to gain a foothold. As for the relic issue, eh, not my cup of tea. The only positive aspect of relicing for me would be the increased playability of rounded fretboards, and perhaps the freedom from worrying about damaging the finish.
My two pennies on the relic debate. I don’t like being labelled a hater because I have a significant preference towards new and clean looking used guitars. I can still like a guitars sound and feel and dislike it’s look. I also have a preference for white coffee… Does that make me a hater?
tha "haters" are the people that relentlessly bitch about relics, not people who just dont prefer it
@@batman40528
It not just that. Some of them don’t even want the relic option to exist. It’s not like any company has quit making shiny new guitars in favor of only making relics, and the shiny new guitars are less expensive so what does anybody have to complain about.
For what it’s worth Taylor always gets the same type of hate for having electronics in “all” of their guitars even though just about everything they sell got be bought without electronics for $200 less.
Me like guitar. Gotta have at least one relic. I personally don’t think it should cost extra but whatever floats your boat 🚤
I don't think they cost that much more it's just that relics are mostly only available at the customshop, which are already pretty expensive even nos
They cost more because it’s extra work. Obvs.
Relics are OK. As long as they’re not over done, I’d prefer a relic job that looks cool from a far but you only get to see the relic up close, and it leaves enough room for you to do your own relic from general , everyday playing.
I like jeans that I've worn through but would never purchase pre-ripped jeans.
Used underwear is great though.
Sounds like some people spend too much time at the DOPB: Department of Other People's Business.
How is someone having a negative opinion about relic guitars none of their business ? Some like 'em, some don't, it's the business of anyone having an opinion about them.
Oh its just cosmetic? I always thought some relic-ing not all) actually was worn out to the point that even the neck feels played... So I could understand maybe the broken in feel would be good but if the neck feels new...
I think it’s cool
I dig the tone of this relic. Not bad.
How many more years do you all think it will take for Fender, Gibson etc to have stainless steel frets as standard in their guitars?
They sell nostalgia which does not include stainless frets. So a long time.
@@johnnewton1830
I think you’re exactly right.
Honestly, though Fender could probably get away with it as long as it was an option on some models. Gibson, on the other hand, would get so much “hate” for it (even if was just a limited edition model) that it’s really not worth the effort for them.
As long as it’s left handed I could give a ……. Nice video, Landon.
I reckon there's a thing about the English & Canadian humour....you crack me up, unlike the Yankees....and I love relic guitars!
I never see what guitar I'm playing cos I got my "face" on 😝
Feel like this guitar would be great for someone who likes relics.
Love the sound of them but not my type of ordeal like buying them jeans with holes. 😂😂. No way i would buy them take care buddy 😄👍💯🎸🎸✌️✌️
Although they arent my thing, i dont mind relics too much. What i find really annoying are bad relic jobs that look like someone just went crazy with an angle grinder on a brand new paint job.
Spit take at 4:04. Eighth wall!!! 😂
Don't really care for relics personally and don't own one but if others are into them then great for them.
If people want to pay through the nose for a strat that looks like it's been through a war, that's their biz. I just think it's silly. With signature models I get it more, but I don't go for it either. I like to put my own wear and tear into a guitar by playing it for years.
A Message to The Haters : Get a Life!!! There are relic guitars that I like as well as ones that I don't like as much. The bottom line is this : Its Your Guitar and Not Mine,therefore its NONE of my business. Your paying for it so you get what You want. Great video. Rock On Play On Brother!!!🎸🎸👍👍🎸🎸
I don't mind relic guitars. I have a couple, but they are lightly reliced. But I don't want and EAR T
Some of them look too relic. The guitar looks pretty dang cool to me. The color with that fretboard is eye catching.
I've never met a guitar that I had ill will towards. I'm more into a guitars voicing than the appearance.
I'm more against roasted maple than I am relics, especially on 'budget' guitars. It's just kiln dried wood being marketed in a new way, there are absolutely zero benefits over properly air dried piece of wood outside of cheaper cost to manufacture.
What I think is that you bought a relic guitar. I've now let you know. Knowing is half the battle.
my dr looked in my ear: 100 cauliflower Landon? .. now what?
Anyone ever tell you that you look like Tim Robbins? Specifically, Andy Dufresne? I can't possibly be the first.
I don't think so
Relic guitars are very popular not sure why but Fender has several levels of relicing as does Gibson. Why it is popular I do not know but interestingly enough it supposedly adds value to them. I work in a instrument retail facility and had a Kirk Hammit Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul come through today that was heavily reliced, as was the case, and it is supposedly a 1:1 clone of his Greeny LP. Yeah well the pricetag would cause you to go into cardiac arrest at nearly 20k. So sorry, but nope! I do not care what famous person's guitar it is cloned after I am not paying that kind of money for it.
I'm not paying extra money to have a guitar look like it has been played out. I would rather pay a normal and reasonable price for a guitar and allow it to patina naturally. Old guitars with battle scars and a patina to them tell a story of where they have been, who they have sang for, and is shared with the artist that wielded it; in my opinion you cannot fake that.
I like a guitar that looks like it's been lived in. The only new guitar I've ever purchased is a Bill Nash '50s era Tele with a medium relic finish. I've played dozens of Telecasters and this is far and away the best of the lot. Great spank and twang, it even sounds good behind some stomp boxes. I know, in my case, the whole relic phenomenon is an affectation, kinda phony of me. The Nash looks beat to shit, but I'm always careful with it, don't bang it into anything, lay it down gently. This guitar sounds awesome AF. But I'm a complete poser.
Where is the sweet water?
W vid
I like relics but when most of the relicers overdo the fretboard on maple it looks unnatural and really bad.
I will say this, EART is making some fine guitars are good prices. I just wouldn't get a relic model.
Do what you want.
You are not a poser with that guitar! You are a posEart. There might be a differnece, but I am unsure. My take is why age a guitar when you can give it to me to bang around.
I guess it's about inspiring people to play because they feel cool having an old-looking, beat up guitar that looks like it's roadworn. The reason I find relic guitars or the fact that people actually "relic" their guitars (quite a difference in buying a truly used, naturally relic'd guitar vs buying a new guitar and making it look that way) is that you wouldn't do this with a car, or another tool that you do something creative with ("Look at the relic job I did on my table saw!"). I mean, does a new relic guitar sound different than a new non-relic guitar? No. But you paid for that beat-up, used look, which just seems silly because it's a waste of money to me. It's true Blues Lawyer stuff.
"Have you heard the news
He's got those white boy blues
Got himself a guitar that paid it's dues
Jam a little when he gets of of work tonight
Sayin' hey, hey, the blues are all right"
This is the most Canadian video I've ever seen! (Just trying to do my part for the local content censors, eh?) Nice video!
Hey, thanks!
@@landonbailey man, I'm telling you, it was no problem at all. I just typed words into my phone like I'm doing right now!
this is more Canadian ua-cam.com/video/ET-1yqmZJWQ/v-deo.html
Love relics. It's just a finish option. Some people love hot rods and some people love rat rods.
of all the car makeover shows Vegas Rat Rod was the best.
Some of the Custom Shop relics are pretty cool, because they are one of a kind, hand done by someone that has spent a lot of time working on it so that it really looks like a old guitar. I think that mass produced relics are kind of stupid looking. Of course this only one man's opinion.
I just think most are really poorly done. I've got my fair share of vintage and old guitars and none of the relics I've ever held have looked or felt right. I just like when things are done competently, and I don't think most relics fall under that category.
I think this guitar is a guitar with relicing.
Not my thing, but I don't have anything against them. I just like my guitars to look new for as long as possible.
Not a big fan of relicing, unless on a pick up cavity or trem block cavity. if you got some nice paint on a body, you want to show it off.
I prefer my new guitars to look new. I prefer my old guitars to look new.