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Originally Posted by britheguy

As this is supposed to be a appreciation thread....I have a old battered Squire strat, it plays, and feels better than the 2 strat plus's's's's I used to own. I put emg's in it and it now sounds better to.

Just out of interest, what EMGs did you put in your strat Bri?

[britheguy]

Originally Posted by DustyDeviada

It was the term "relic" that threw me, Fender's call their artifically aged guitars the "relic" line:

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They are good guitars, but personally I would prefer to have one built to the same specs but looking new and let it age naturally.

There's a huge market for it, lots of discussion on the Les Paul forum on how to get the laquer on a new Les Paul to crack, crazy stuff if you ask me, but whatever floats you boat. Although I will say, it looks better than a Durex sticker.

And yes, the artificial ageing process invariably involves deliberately putting dings in a brand new guitar, but I prefer to let that happen accidentally over a number of years.

The only ones I've seen worth looking at are Bravewood Guitars

[britheguy]

Originally Posted by Gasss

Just out of interest, what EMGs did you put in your strat Bri?

Now you're asking. I can't really remember now, I think they were reviewed as maybe Gilmore type pickups. They are getting on a bit now I've had them 7years. They used to drive me mad because I bought them with a home made guitar. I liked the sound, but the battery went flat really quick (yes I took out the jack) this went on for ages. Then I took them and the Squire to the guy from Wizard Pickups to check them out. It came to light that the jack socket was only a 2way and it needed be a 3way Got it fixed and it sounds ace now.
BTW, check out Wizard Pickups...great pick ups and a nice guy (Andy) I put a set into the SG.

[doobie]

Originally Posted by DustyDeviada

Hey, just my opinion, if you think it's cool to put a Durex sticker on the front of your guitar then go for it, but personally I think it's about as cool as finding blood on your toilet paper.

Oh, and I don't like relics either, I prefer to "age" them myself, accidentally.

i know what you mean about "relics", why buy a new guitar that already has scratches and dents, you even get them with pre made fag burns and shit!! guitars are probably the only thing you can buy where the oldest and/or cosmetically damaged items are the most sought after!


cheers for the comments about the squire (good and bad), if it was a plain white strat with 3single coils i'd bet no one would give it a second look tho!!

[citizens_X]

Originally Posted by doobie

just to get back on topic:

my squire, although iv made a few "improvements", it stays in tune and sounds ace!
up until a few days ago it had a built in big muff clone distortion, tho iv took that out and made it into a pedal. its tuned to B just now but it'll stay in tune whatever its tuned to.

doobie, I think the stickers look awesome.

[doobie]

cheers dude, squires rock!!

man my purple carpet looks shit in those photo's tho!!!