Blow-torch caster

hankseiz · March 23rd, 2006, 04:38 PM

I don't normally post ebay tele-oddities here but I
wanted to share this one....what we're they thinking?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OLD-RELIC-TE...QQcmdZViewItem

RelicStrat · March 23rd, 2006, 04:41 PM

jeesh...first the belt sander dude, now the blow torch dude. That's really, really, fugly.

WickedGTR · March 23rd, 2006, 04:45 PM

Shoulda let it finish burning.

pblossom · March 23rd, 2006, 05:28 PM

Not COOL!!!!

Burnt. Wow, that's stupid.

Durtdog · March 23rd, 2006, 05:34 PM

How humiliating.

Somebody should put it out of its misery.

TJNY · March 23rd, 2006, 05:40 PM

That must have been left over from a house or carfire! Maybe he was strumming away at a campsite and fell into the fire!!??
Speculation.......

If that was my shop, I certainly wouldn't be bragging about it............

teleclarkster · March 23rd, 2006, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Shoulda let it finish burning.

Exactly

0le FUZZY · March 23rd, 2006, 05:52 PM

Fit waz a reeeeel Fenner body and neck it mite be werth $300 (+shippin) but that there piece issa insult.

0le FUZZY

Bones · March 23rd, 2006, 06:18 PM

Incomplete Viking Funeral?

Johnny Caster · March 23rd, 2006, 07:29 PM

God, they should have finished burning it.

Brian blaut · March 23rd, 2006, 07:38 PM

funniest thing I've seen all day.

"If you want that old ,worn look but like a new guitar then this is the one for you."

One things for sure, ya gotta have a cigarette hanging out of your mouth when you play this thing.

Classic!

harlycarly · March 23rd, 2006, 08:28 PM

STUPID!

WickedGTR · March 23rd, 2006, 08:43 PM

Pretty sure it used to belong to this guy.

Raymond · March 23rd, 2006, 08:43 PM

Oh my...

Quote:

Here is a new guitar that our shop made look like it is old

You’ve got to be kidding me… I wonder who the genius behind the “shop” operation is… Fine relicers are being trained by the “master” right now…. That's scary...

hankseiz · March 23rd, 2006, 10:22 PM

Well, actually I proclaimed, "It doesn't look old. It looks burnt.
Does it smell?"

The seller responded...and I quote:

"That is what it is supposed to look like. We use fire to get that old look.
No it does not smell.
Thanks, D & R"

It's beyond me how these folks would equate "charred" with "old".....
strange days indeed. The only encouraging thing is that nobody's bid on it. Yet.

crawdad · March 23rd, 2006, 11:19 PM

The seller just doesn't get it, obviously. Maybe somebody should show him some GVCC or even Fender relics so he gets the idea that there is a huge difference between naturally aged and completely ruined and defaced.

"Hey, Bubba! Char me up a relic will ya?!!"

I got the flamethrower warmin' up now..just like Leo would have done it!"

Vol. Knob · March 24th, 2006, 12:55 AM

Way back in the '90s, when Noam ran the board, a dude posted a pic of his tele that had survived a house fire, it was kinda like this one. The difference was that it got it's scars honestly and managed to look pretty cool.

Tedecaster · March 24th, 2006, 07:54 AM

"Stupid is as stupid does"

Sarge · March 24th, 2006, 08:09 AM

Wat was he thinking? A waste of a good guitar.

51mike · March 24th, 2006, 08:16 AM

Relax guys! It's probably a Jay Turser they got for $55 to ruin on the thought that somebody buys it they'd make some money.

But even then, it's a rather humiliating way for a guitar to be treated.

tjalla · March 24th, 2006, 03:33 PM

I think he shoulda deep fried it to get the nitro checking more authentic

neocaster · March 24th, 2006, 04:26 PM

Pardon me for another stupid newbie question, but what kind of normal wear would result in that look? I mean other than some dumb@$$ junkie nodding off with a cigarette and torching his house.

"And here you see the usual belt-rash as evidenced by 20 years of being played by Satan..."

I don't mean any insult to guys who work hard and very thoughtfully reproduce years of "normal wear" (although I'm not interested in that look. I work very hard to keep my instruments looking like I haven't been playing them, or at least like I'm being very careful with them) That guitar looks like Beavis & Butthead had a go at it.

Poppatwang · March 24th, 2006, 06:10 PM

cuz of my fiery licks. Or that burrito I had for lunch.

getbent · March 24th, 2006, 07:24 PM

at least he didn't try to sell it as luther perkins guitar.

J-man · March 24th, 2006, 08:39 PM

That thing doesn't even look like it would play!

drjordan · March 24th, 2006, 11:04 PM

And if you could play it, it looks like it would be painful to do so.

Brian blaut · March 24th, 2006, 11:05 PM

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March 23rd, 2006, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
hankseiz Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 162	Blow-torch caster I don't normally post ebay tele-oddities here but I wanted to share this one....what we're they thinking? http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OLD-RELIC-TE...QQcmdZViewItem

March 23rd, 2006, 04:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,127 4 Photos	Shoulda let it finish burning. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/jameswilsey

March 23rd, 2006, 05:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
pblossom Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Guilford, CT Age: 50 Posts: 219 12 Photos	"NEW OLD RELIC TELECASTER ELECTRIC GUITAR COOL!!!!" Not COOL!!!! Burnt. Wow, that's stupid.

March 23rd, 2006, 05:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
TJNY Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Orange County, NY Posts: 1,182	Who's he kidding?! That must have been left over from a house or carfire! Maybe he was strumming away at a campsite and fell into the fire!!?? Speculation....... If that was my shop, I certainly wouldn't be bragging about it............

March 23rd, 2006, 07:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
Johnny Caster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 22 Posts: 1,081	God, they should have finished burning it. __________________ "I'm gonna toss my telecaster through the television screen cause I don't like what's goin on!" - Radiators From Space

March 23rd, 2006, 04:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
RelicStrat Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Laguna Hills, SoCal Age: 49 Posts: 426	jeesh...first the belt sander dude, now the blow torch dude. That's really, really, fugly.

March 23rd, 2006, 05:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Durtdog Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 3,496	How humiliating. Somebody should put it out of its misery.

March 23rd, 2006, 05:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 10,001 6 Photos	Fit waz a reeeeel Fenner body and neck it mite be werth $300 (+shippin) but that there piece issa insult. 0le FUZZY

March 23rd, 2006, 06:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bones Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,921 1 Photos	Incomplete Viking Funeral?

March 23rd, 2006, 07:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
Brian blaut Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Age: 34 Posts: 1,425	funniest thing I've seen all day. "If you want that old ,worn look but like a new guitar then this is the one for you." One things for sure, ya gotta have a cigarette hanging out of your mouth when you play this thing. Classic!

March 23rd, 2006, 08:28 PM	#12 (permalink)
harlycarly Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Republik of Vermont Posts: 650	STUPID!

March 23rd, 2006, 08:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,127 4 Photos	Pretty sure it used to belong to this guy. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/jameswilsey

March 23rd, 2006, 10:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
hankseiz Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 162	I asked the seller a question about it. So weird........ Well, actually I proclaimed, "It doesn't look old. It looks burnt. Does it smell?" The seller responded...and I quote: "That is what it is supposed to look like. We use fire to get that old look. No it does not smell. Thanks, D & R" It's beyond me how these folks would equate "charred" with "old"..... strange days indeed. The only encouraging thing is that nobody's bid on it. Yet.

March 23rd, 2006, 11:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
crawdad Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,298	The seller just doesn't get it, obviously. Maybe somebody should show him some GVCC or even Fender relics so he gets the idea that there is a huge difference between naturally aged and completely ruined and defaced. "Hey, Bubba! Char me up a relic will ya?!!" I got the flamethrower warmin' up now..just like Leo would have done it!"

March 24th, 2006, 12:55 AM	#17 (permalink)
Vol. Knob Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 567 79 Photos	Way back in the '90s, when Noam ran the board, a dude posted a pic of his tele that had survived a house fire, it was kinda like this one. The difference was that it got it's scars honestly and managed to look pretty cool. __________________ I have a few bands: 7 Mysteries Zerababyl Inflammatory Rhetoric

March 24th, 2006, 07:54 AM	#18 (permalink)
Tedecaster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Greensboro, Vermont Posts: 1,018 26 Photos	"Stupid is as stupid does"

March 24th, 2006, 08:09 AM	#19 (permalink)
Sarge Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pgh,Pa Age: 53 Posts: 3,549	Wat was he thinking? A waste of a good guitar.

March 24th, 2006, 08:16 AM	#20 (permalink)
51mike Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Webster, NY Age: 58 Posts: 624 11 Photos	Relax guys! It's probably a Jay Turser they got for $55 to ruin on the thought that somebody buys it they'd make some money. But even then, it's a rather humiliating way for a guitar to be treated.

March 24th, 2006, 03:33 PM	#21 (permalink)
tjalla Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,897 7 Photos	Instead of BBQ-ing it... I think he shoulda deep fried it to get the nitro checking more authentic

March 24th, 2006, 04:26 PM	#22 (permalink)
neocaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester County, PA Age: 35 Posts: 3,532 11 Photos	Pardon me for another stupid newbie question, but what kind of normal wear would result in that look? I mean other than some dumb@$$ junkie nodding off with a cigarette and torching his house. "And here you see the usual belt-rash as evidenced by 20 years of being played by Satan..." I don't mean any insult to guys who work hard and very thoughtfully reproduce years of "normal wear" (although I'm not interested in that look. I work very hard to keep my instruments looking like I haven't been playing them, or at least like I'm being very careful with them) That guitar looks like Beavis & Butthead had a go at it. __________________ "...You don't need faith if you know it's gonna work!" "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed."

March 24th, 2006, 06:10 PM	#23 (permalink)
Poppatwang Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 1,892 13 Photos	All my guitars look like that... cuz of my fiery licks. Or that burrito I had for lunch. __________________ The Dieselfitters http://www.dieselfitters.com Roy Hubbs http://www.royhubbs.com

March 24th, 2006, 07:24 PM	#24 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 10,231 37 Photos	at least he didn't try to sell it as luther perkins guitar. __________________ 'never pet a burning dog'

March 24th, 2006, 08:39 PM	#25 (permalink)
J-man Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Wales/Scarborough Age: 20 Posts: 6,288 9 Photos	That thing doesn't even look like it would play! __________________ Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. - Unknown "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away." - Tom Waits

March 24th, 2006, 11:04 PM	#26 (permalink)
drjordan Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, GA Age: 27 Posts: 154	And if you could play it, it looks like it would be painful to do so.