Part of the reason why I liked the neck so much was because it was worn out... And I don't trust myself with a sander.

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The neck feels great

I like a clean new guitar. I do know though that a guitar will get marks, dents, bumps and scratches.

But i like them to be done by me, so that each mark possibly tells a story, a great gig, a trip away, a fun night in with friends etc.

So roadworn and reliced are lovely, as long as its naturally done by you. i find someone getting this done artificially very cold and would distance me from the guitar.

Just like a torn, worn bald and sewn up time and time again teddy bear, you just know that teddy got so much more love from a kid than the perfectly clean teddy that lay on the top shelf. Same idea with a guitar.

(Its still nice if you can keep your guitar in as good a condition as possible though!)

You don't need a sander. just some #0000 steel wool. The feel of the neck is a simple burnishing job. The maple fretboards look absolutely hideous to me. I don't think they resemble natural wear at all. The Rosewood being dark seems more subtle.

I won't tell anyone not to spend their money on em, but to me the aging process doesn't seem very authentic. When I checked em out, there was a CP 60's (I think it was the CP, it was the mexican re-issue,) right beside em. it was a fair bit cheaper, and to me the only difference in feel was the burnishing on the RW necks. You could do that on the CP easily, in a half hour or so, and with the steel wool there's next to no chance of ruining the neck. or you could play it heavily for a couple months and break it in. my opinion was the CP looked and sounded better. And to me the CP 50 is also a much better guitar.

But to each his own.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

I think the road worn series is wack (No offense to Fender, I love you guys)

Just buy a new one and f*ck it up yourself

I tried them out my last visit to the local Fender dealer. I must admit, they do feel nice - that already broken-in, old pair of jeans feel. But no way will I spend that much money for a pre-reliced MIM.

For a little less than that money, my local mom and pop shop has a slightly used cherryburst deluxe hanging on the wall....

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Compaired with the other good mim strats with the new prices its on par with them. The price they came out with was already the new price.

Why not just buy a new one and play it a lot? I played one today at guitar center, and wasn't really impressed. The wear does not feel natural nor does it look natural. Just my thoughts.

I'm waiting to see if they make Road Worn Amps

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Quit sittin' around and play!
"This one goes to 11."

Unless you buy a new Fender with a nitro finish they will never wear like you would like. The finishes are very thick and hard. They will look good for a very long time.

It's like buying jeans with holes already in them. I like messing up my own stuff.

I don't know. I love thinking that my kid (which I don't have yet since I'm 23) one day will open up my guitar case and find a 2008 american standard, aged 50 years or so and be able to appreciate it! What will the RW series look like then? I know that's a dumb way to think about it, but as my first strat that my wife lets me get..

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Let me see if I can put this into propestive; I was a mechanic by trade for alot of years, I recently reunited with some fellow mechanics at the same dealership, this afternoon, we got to comparing scars that we had, " oh yeah, I remember when I got that one," and " you guys remember when this happened?" thats what the road worn series feels like to me, every scar tells a story, the trouble is, the scars aren't yours.

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Quit sittin' around and play!
"This one goes to 11."

PS. I'd take that amp in a second!

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Quit sittin' around and play!
"This one goes to 11."