[david henman]

http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2006/Guitar-Center-Fender-Blackie.html

...i'll make my own cigarette burns, thank you.

-dh

 

[nine]

http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2006/Guitar-Center-Fender-Blackie.html

...i'll make my own cigarette burns, thank you.

-dh

Sure, but did they do it with the same brand that Clapton used?

 

[bwhiting]

yowza! that looks kinda like my old strat..chips in the paint and all. maybe I should call it a Blackie replcia too! lol

 

[Accept2]

I have a guitar with a burn from Joe Perry. Given that he did the burn in 1984, I wonder what a toxology report would yield...................

 

[Chito]

Much like Jeff Beck's Custom Relic Esquire at $15,000

http://www.guitarsale.com/Fender-Jeff-Beck-Relic-Esquire--White-Blonde-Custom-Electric-Guitars-i353094.music

 

[dwagar]

I seem to recall EC saying that Blackie was worn to the point of being unplayable.

Interesting that GC has matched the neck exactly, if it is indeed 'unplayable'.

I do like the EC board I installed in my Strat. Kicks up the mids to try to make it sound like an LP. Best $99 upgrade ever.

I don't know who would pay that kinda coin for a sig guitar. Baffles the mind.

 

[Milkman]

There's a sucker born every minute.

 

[elindso]

Can I get one that isn't beat to shit?

Honestly, I really can't comprehend "relic'ing".

It seems really dumb to me. If I can afford a new one I'd like to let it get old on it's own.

 

[Yerffej]

I never much liked anything Clapton did in the Blackie era anyway.

Clapton + Gibson + Marshall = bliss

Clapton + Fender + Fender = meh

Might have had something to do with switching from pot to coke too.

heroine to liqour to coke.

and yeah, I totally agree.

Whoever stole clapton's beano burst did not know the decades of clapton dribble that they unleased upon the world

 

[Robert1950]

Clapton + Gibson + Marshall = bliss

Clapton + Fender + Fender = meh

+1 on that.

 

[fret15]

I will never understand paying $24K on a guitar. Never. You get a brand new car with that! And not just any car! :wave:

 

[sesroh]

ridiculous. just buy a real vintage guitar. i think relics are just stupid

 

[david henman]

I will never understand paying $24K on a guitar. Never.

...i would much prefer 24 guitars worth a grand each.

-dh

 

[elindso]

Or 12 beauties worth 2 grand each

 

[fret15]

...i would much prefer 24 guitars worth a grand each.

-dh

Absolutely. Any day.

 

[Emohawk]

Or 12 beauties worth 2 grand each

Or half a dozen nice guitars, 3 or 4 killer amps, and still have change for an OK PA...

 

[Rex Lannegan]

It seems really dumb to me. If I can afford a new one I'd like to let it get old on it's own.

I'll 3rd that one...'relic' guitars are from playing...not hammers and soldering irons.

 

[jxoco]

I've seen two of those jeff beck guitars this year. One in Vegas in Sept and one in Vancouver 3 days ago.
Both were exactly the same !
same scratch, same wear spot.

Isn't same-ness just another name for mass production?

I'm like you all. I'm proud of the wear spots that I've been able to put on a guitar and I don't feel any connection with wear that someone else has done.

But I am happy that they can make money for charity. I guess that's what I would hope for, that one of my guitars, one day, would be worth a bunch of money to a good charity. That would make this foolishness ok.

 

[elindso]

THere's a market for anything in the USA.

My old Tele came with the cigarette burn.

It's because some idiot burnt it somtime between 68 and 78 when I got it.

 

[Marnacious]

I guess there is a buyer for everything, but not many :confused-smiley-010