E.M.
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- Aug 6, 2016
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Not going to lie, I like a good relic job on a guitar. Nothing over the top, just some minor wear to make the guitar feel broken in. But I also love a brand new, untouched instrument like we used to buy back in the day. I predict that relic’ing demand as a practice of guitar finishing will diminish over time and most players will eventually revert back to gloss or VOS for new purchases. Save the wear for the actual playing and vintage instruments! Relic’ing is a fad - and like most fads, will fade into distant memory.
Fad: “an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities; a craze.”
Fad: “an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities; a craze.”