"Road worn" guitars - for chumps only? (1 Viewer)

the only one i liked was rorys.
rory01.jpg


alas my strat will never look that cos he had some weird paint stripping acid in his sweat.


It doesn't even look like it:
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Here's an an online one

I just don't approve of this sort of thing

http://www.roryon.com/harrystrat208.html


although, if you really must

"[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Total cost? $107.00 for the neck, $55.00 for the body, $60.00 in stripper and paint, $110.00 in assorted hardware and three months of experimentation and futzing. Much better than 6000 quid!"[/FONT]
 
How do guitars genuinely suffer that kind of wear and tear on the road in the first place?

Is the road paved with bottles of paint stripper and belt sanders?
 
I don't get all the hate. The only way it makes you a chump is if you pretend it's vintage or that you're the one who put it through hell. If it's got the tone and feel you want, play the damn thing. It's gonna have plenty of your own scars on it too in twenty years time. It's gotta have a different sound than other modern teles just from the finish. If you dig it, play it. Just don't pretend you bought it at a pawn shop and it once belonged to Keith Richards. Unless you find a girl that'll believe that and it gets you laid. In which case, congratulations, the guitar practically payed for itself lol.
 

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