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Personally I intend to live forever, I like the idea of being immoral....
There can be only one !!! :hee
Forgive me for the Highlander reference - oh you said immoral :duh
Personally I intend to live forever, I like the idea of being immoral....
I just sprung for True Historic '59 Reissue, aged. Didn't look "aged" in the photos, really, had a gorgeous top, but when I got it this afternoon, I just wasn't into it. The checking kinda freaked me out. It just looks ill-cared-for. Returning it tomorrow...bummed.
I just sprung for True Historic '59 Reissue, aged. Didn't look "aged" in the photos, really, had a gorgeous top, but when I got it this afternoon, I just wasn't into it. The checking kinda freaked me out. It just looks ill-cared-for. Returning it tomorrow...bummed.
It don't take 50 yrs to age one.
They look fake.
I won't pay more for fake age.
A fake aged guitar is not a vintage guitar, it is a phony vintage guitar.
Mojo can't be faked.
Fake is fake.
Pretending is pretence.
No one who knows is fooled by it.
Fake is fake.
Obviously I'm not a fan and my overstated opinion is more of a reaction to years of listening to silly justifications by fakers and pretenders and is only my opinion. Truth is they ain't forced on me and as long as there is a choice, what's the harm? It does feel good to poke the bear though.
Oh, I almost forgot, FAKE IS FAKE:hee:spabout
How much aging on new guitars was done before Tom Murphy made it popular?
Can you tell me a little about Cunetto work with Fender ? I have heard and seen the Cunetto aged Fender Custom Shop guitars but that is all I know about them .30-40 years? :hmm
I personally watched it being done in 1972.
And was Cunetto before Murphy, in making aging popular? :hmm
one day I opened the case to find 2 worm holes in the body a friend new someone who collected guitars with worm holes he bought the guitar.
Thank you for the infoThey were sent to Cunetto for the work of aging they were very nice guitars I bought a 60 & 57 in 1997 I really liked the 60 . The 57 went in the closet one day I opened the case to find 2 worm holes in the body a friend new someone who collected guitars with worm holes he bought the guitar . The peg head on the Cunettos had custom shop stamp different the the later relics I think the later ones were etched not sure how it was done never really looked at the post Cunetto relic IMO these guitars had sub standard finish & just did not have the over all vibe of a Cunetto . A friend i played with had a 96 Telecaster if you held the back of the body to a black light you could see clearly a 50's pinup girl under the finish . My 57 did not have this i was told only the very early ones had this feature . The hardware received very tasteful aging IMO . Im sure members on this Forum collect Cunetto's and will chime in .
How much aging on new guitars was done before Tom Murphy made it popular?
30-40 years? :hmm
I personally watched it being done in 1972.
Can you tell me a little about Cunetto work with Fender ? I have heard and seen the Cunetto aged Fender Custom Shop guitars but that is all I know about them .
... why buy aged guitar???
The exact same reason as the answer to:
Why by a red guitar???
It's simple. :ganz
I have seen them (Fender Custom Shop Mary Kay Strats) when the have come thru Lark Street Music and the thing that was odd to me was the Custom shop Logo on the back of the headstock was still imprinted in the maple but the ink was removed .So I see it on one Cunetto it's like no biggie ,but then I see the same thing on subsequent Cunetto's and it made me wonder what that was about ?Vince did sub-contract work for Fender in a shop he built in Bolivar Missouri. He used to check his colors and aging by comparing them to Strats and Teles in my collection.
I wish I could remember the dates of this. He stopped in 1999, but I do not recall when he started. :hmm
I just bought a Gibson Les Paul True Historic and I'm happy to be the one who'll age it as time goes. I'm not sure I understand the idea of buying a guitar massacred by someone else though :hmm
I should have read closer, as the work I watched was not done to new guitars, either at the factory or right after they were built.
But, artificially aging guitars in general has been going on at least as long as I stated.