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Post subject: Seems like the rumors were true!!!
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:16 am
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Ok many of us has heard about the Fender Road Worn guitars a relic guitar line made in Mexico but we never got any info on the guitars well not until now check this out!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6w2ArB_zzM

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Interesting video, thanks for posting it Bluestube. I still don't get the whole relic thing, but each to their own :D


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Love the 60's olympic white strat. I might have to get that one. VERY cool...


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From the looks of that video their far more tastefully relic'd than the current CS guitars. Kind of halfway between closet classic and relic.

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Hello Bluestube,

Great link, thanks a lot.

This isn't mexico's first dance
at the relic party,
Joe Strummer tele's sold well.
plays well too. :D

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I doubt very much that I would ever purchase one, however if I were to win it then I would own one. Anyways I did a google search and found a zzounds.com listing for it but it says the product is no longer available, probably a generic posting because it is new product. http://www.zzounds.com/item--FEN131012 .I hope it works
I will edit my post and say that unless this worn out looking guitar sells for Squier prices (and I mean Squier Standard Series) I would rather pay for a new looking guitar, but any of those for 2 bills would work for me. If they sold a million that would be 200 million dollar income, I like my pricing.


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http://www.proguitarshop.com/index.php?CategoryID=653
There are the prices, and one more thing if anyone wonders they are finished with Nitro Laquer....

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I just wonder who buys these things? They must sell or they would not make them and I have no doubt they reseach to get sales projections before introducing the lines.

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Nope sorry don't get this relic thing also.
Road worn ? Am I being to cynical if I suggest shop soiled ?


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What kind of experience do you need to get the job in the factory of taking a perfectly good guitar body and sliding it across the floor and dinging it up?? The whole "old", "retro", "relic" thing is out of control. I love that my new strat looks new, my 81 charvel looks bad, but hey it got that way over the years.... naturally

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I can just see the Fender Shop people kicking perfectly good guitars around the shop floor saying............."I can't believe that people are paying good money for these"!

If I want the worn look, I'll do the "wearing out" myself.

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It is a way of not worrying about the quality of the body wood and the prep work for finishing :shock: you never no. It not like its coming from the Custom shop where they are meticulous about detail on there relic guitars which I still would not buy.

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Nearly a grand for a made in mexico strat. :shock:

I cant see em selling at that price, you could relic a standard that costs $450 avg. $150 on some new pickups and hey presto your $350 better off. The relicing would be done to your personal requirements too.

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Nearly a grand for a made in mexico strat. :shock:


yes, those prices seem pretty high. I wasn't sure if those were the MSRP or the MAP, but from the other prices at that retailer's website, I believe that those are the MAP!

The Road Worn guitars will soon be upon us!

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The roadworn guitars will soon be upon us
And leave us wallet worn.

They need to be some guitar for that price. The whole mexico/america made thing has been greatly exaggerated. I strongly believe Mexican guitar quality has risen expodentially over the last few years, and is currently on a par with japanese instruments. Not far from the majority of American instruments too. Although they do knock out a duffer every now and again as does every production line on the planet. Still i do fear for the sale of these instruments. No doubt they will be a quality bit of kit, but there is still a (for want of a better word) stigma attatched to mexican guitars.

Theres a baja tele for sale at a particular high quality shop here in the uk for £789 that puts it roughly in the $1100 ish price range. I bought mine 7 miles away from that shop for £480. Ive seen them for as low as £380 since then. Alas the £789 hasnt shifted in all that time. Couple that with the fact that companies like wilkinson are knocking out blackie replica's. With 3 piece solid alder bodies, wilkinson/gotoh hardware and wilkinson pickups for £250. I really think these guitars are going to have a hard time moving. The people that want relic'd guitars are usually rich enough to afford customshop. The average joe blow wants a guitar that plays well that he can treasure and would rather the extra cost went on quality rather than appearance.

Still i hope im proved wrong. :?

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