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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:41 pm
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cvilleira wrote:
highwayoneplayer wrote:
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highwayoneplayer wrote:
cryingstrat wrote:
How long does it take for a strat to look aged? Well, if your strat has a poly finish, it should be sometime around the birth of your great, great grandchildren.

Too much depends on how it's used. Is it a bedroom guitar? Is it gigged regularly? There's really no way to determine how fast a guitar will age.

Considering that no two strats sound exactly the same, you can't really say if a relic'd guitar sounded different then a new guitar. Again, too many variables.

The main reason most people here would prefer to let their guitars age naturally is they want the damage to reflect themselves. Their dings and dents, not paid for dings and dents. We can't see paying extra for what we can do ourselves over time. They really don't sound different, unless you've completely removed the finish...then the guitar might be a bit more resonant.

my 68 and 70 strat 40 and 38 years to get
the vintage look i'm working on getteing a new web cam
so i can send vidio of my baby's
What color is that 1968 That is the first year of the polyester finish. Plus whats the finger board and head stock look like?

it's now a off white (aged)with maple finger board
and a large head stock. my dad god rest his soul
bought me this guitar for my 11 birthday back in 1973.
i think he paid $400 for it back in 1973 he found it
at manny's mussic in new york city. in 2006 i was
offerd $30,000 dollars for it . i will never sell it.
all my guitars and amp will go to my son.
I would have taken the 30,000 thats 18,000 over book that a mint conditioned one sells for and since yours has been refinished that would have been that much better deal for you. Sentiment is one thing but that much profit.

its never been refinished and if you want somthing bad enough you will pay for it. 2 everything is left to my son. and what you would do is not me. know a little more about somthing befor you post.


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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:53 pm
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highwayoneplayer wrote:
Screamin' Armadillo wrote:
Regarding the original question posted: there's too many variables to your question and any answer can be subject to quantification...

I've played vintage guitars that were junk and I've played new guitars that were awesome (and vice versa). I've played cheap hecho-en-Mexico electrics that sounded and felt better than high-dollar custom-made instruments (and vice versa). Everything is relative.

Having said that, there is an inherent coolness/mojo factor that only a vintage axe will give you. My 1964 Ford is eons cooler than my 2001 Chrysler, but I like and use each of them for different reasons.

One other problem--try to get a straight definition of vintage nowadays--when I started playing 20 years ago, vintage unofficially ended at 1964; anything after that was just an "older" instrument. The early 70s Strats and Teles that people used to turn their noses up at are now commanding large coin.

And remember, Eric Clapton bought five mid-to-late 50s Strats in the early seventies for less than $800...and then switched the necks and electronics around until he got his favorite combinations, thus creating "Blackie" and "Brownie"...a person who did that in this day and age would be strung up or burned at the stake as sacreligious! The line between "old" and "vintage" is blurry indeed.

What is valuable is all in the hands and between the ears, folks.

Good Vibes To Y'all... 8)

aways has to be one in a crowd


One What? LOL!

I'm not trying to be a grouchy old curmudgeon (I'm a grouchy YOUNG curmudgen-- :lol: ), I just think the whole "vintage vs. new vs. custom shop vs. relic'd vs whatever" is too subjective for a definitive answer. Some people would look at my Stratocaster or my G&L F100 or my Telecaster and think, "that stuff is crap" and some would say, "too cool for words!" or something in between...

The whole point is, PLAY WHAT YOU LIKE--it doesn't matter what everyone else is doing (and this goes for instruments, style of music or fashion sense); just be yourself...you might enjoy it!

Once again, Good Vibes To Y'all... 8)


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Post subject: Re: An aged strat...
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:26 pm
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Rock*Star wrote:
Why do people like naturaly aged strats more than new ones? is it the sound? if you had 2 of the exact same strats, but one was older, what would sound better?


I don't know exactly why a nice old, well-loved strat feels so much better than a new one.

Maybe the Fender Custom Shop guys have figured it out with their NOS/Relic guitars ... and they won't tell us (trade secret!).

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