another good'un

toadman · March 11th, 2008, 11:55 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-TELECASTE...QQcmdZViewItem

winny pooh · March 12th, 2008, 07:01 AM

I never tire of bad relics

pengipete · March 12th, 2008, 10:30 AM

I re-licked my guitar and now it's worth the same as it was in 1952. Doh!

Dan German · March 12th, 2008, 10:31 AM

Until I started hanging around TDPRI I didn't realize the world was so full of these misguided home-made "relics". Someone in a previous thread suggested a waiting period for belt sanders, and that is starting to seem less and less like a joke. My guess is that the first step in this relicing process included the words "here, hold my beer." (Any activity that begins with those words is bound to end badly.)

Charlie Bernstein · March 12th, 2008, 10:34 AM

Well...as long as it's mint...

guitbusy · March 12th, 2008, 12:40 PM

Come on, this is exactly how I play the guitar. First I strap an orbital sander to my right forearm (my picking arm/hand). Then I put on my sand paper belt buckle (My gift for retirement from the United Sanders of America). I then light my blowtorch, affixed to a mic stand, and place it close for those hot guitar licks. Once I get going, the crowd shows their appreciation by tossing beer bottles at me (those things are worth $.10 in Michigan) and I use my guitar for a shield. So of course you can see that guitar body on ebay looks exactly like all of my guitars, whats the problem?

boneyguy · March 12th, 2008, 12:52 PM

It's one thing to be the guy who proudly did this to that poor guitar but how in the hell do you explain that it already has 9 bids on it!!!!! The people who are bidding on it are even more f/u'd than the guy who relic'd it!!!

pengipete · March 12th, 2008, 12:52 PM

Hey Guitbusy, you may be onto something there.

Use the OS to get the vibration going and the sustain would be amazing - kind of like a low-tech E-Bow. Of course you'd need a bigger amp.

What grade sandpaper works best? Does high-grade wet & dry give more of a violin sound? Does anyone know where I left my medication?

thekillingjoke · March 12th, 2008, 12:59 PM

Well...it's not the worst relic I've seen, but it's not the best one either.

March 11th, 2008, 11:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
toadman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: andoverandoverandover,ct Age: 46 Posts: 1,040	another good'un http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-TELECASTE...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ toadman the plank spanker www.slugnickel.com www.zydecohogs.com "The ultimate result of protecting man from folly is to fill the world with fools" Herbert Spencer

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winny pooh Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South London Posts: 1,612 7 Photos	I never tire of bad relics __________________ my afro ambient side project: http://www.myspace.com/theswyambusessions

March 12th, 2008, 10:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dan German Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rupertsland Age: 48 Posts: 752	Until I started hanging around TDPRI I didn't realize the world was so full of these misguided home-made "relics". Someone in a previous thread suggested a waiting period for belt sanders, and that is starting to seem less and less like a joke. My guess is that the first step in this relicing process included the words "here, hold my beer." (Any activity that begins with those words is bound to end badly.) __________________ Higgy

March 12th, 2008, 12:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
boneyguy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: victoria b.c. Age: 50 Posts: 2,958	It's one thing to be the guy who proudly did this to that poor guitar but how in the hell do you explain that it already has 9 bids on it!!!!! The people who are bidding on it are even more f/u'd than the guy who relic'd it!!! __________________ "Shut up n' play yer guitar"

March 12th, 2008, 12:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
thekillingjoke Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Plymouth Age: 21 Posts: 425 4 Photos	Well...it's not the worst relic I've seen, but it's not the best one either. __________________ This is Mit. She is my first love.

March 12th, 2008, 10:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
pengipete Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gloucester U.K. Age: 47 Posts: 1,583	I re-licked my guitar and now it's worth the same as it was in 1952. Doh!

March 12th, 2008, 10:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Charlie Bernstein Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Augusta, Maine Posts: 2,527	Well...as long as it's mint...

March 12th, 2008, 12:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
guitbusy TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 39	Come on, this is exactly how I play the guitar. First I strap an orbital sander to my right forearm (my picking arm/hand). Then I put on my sand paper belt buckle (My gift for retirement from the United Sanders of America). I then light my blowtorch, affixed to a mic stand, and place it close for those hot guitar licks. Once I get going, the crowd shows their appreciation by tossing beer bottles at me (those things are worth $.10 in Michigan) and I use my guitar for a shield. So of course you can see that guitar body on ebay looks exactly like all of my guitars, whats the problem?

March 12th, 2008, 12:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
pengipete Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gloucester U.K. Age: 47 Posts: 1,583	Hey Guitbusy, you may be onto something there. Use the OS to get the vibration going and the sustain would be amazing - kind of like a low-tech E-Bow. Of course you'd need a bigger amp. What grade sandpaper works best? Does high-grade wet & dry give more of a violin sound? Does anyone know where I left my medication?