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My son and I have been collecting guitars for many years. The pictures the current Fender collection. Most of them were purchased by him now that he plays semi-professionally (he still has a day job). He gigs all of them and several of them are John Cruz and Jason Smith master built relics. I know relics fit into the love ’em or hate ’em category (we obviously love them). One of the biggest benefits is that you can gig them for a few years and acquire the dings and scratches and then sell the guitar without the deprecation from the dings and scratches. The other big benefit is that that play and feel great right out of the box. They can be special ordered with flame necks as shown in the one picture. The wait time for some of these guitars was over two years. The only big issue with them is the cost!
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Seems to be a popular thing here in the U.K. too, I have a few friends who “relic” guitars.
One of them is working on this right now, Jonny calls it a “Snake eyed Esquier super relic 1948”, I think the basis for it is Jeff Becks guitar…[URL=http://s99.photobucket.com/user/chilli_gb/media/13920684_1075673805849213_865707189943830231_n_zps2o9kgu8h.jpg.html][IMG]http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/chilli_gb/13920684_1075673805849213_865707189943830231_n_zps2o9kgu8h.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
Personally I don’t get it, the relic thing I mean. then again it is a world of each to their own and different is good..
..Billy..
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I just purchased the Red American standard with the rosewood neck. Its the only American standard in the bunch. It was at Guitar Center and the rosewood was a little darker than the other 2 Rosewood neck strats they they had on hand. It played great in the store and it was too good of a deal to pass up. I surprised him on his birthday with it a few days ago. It plays great and has a great vibe. It has not been tested on a live gig but that should change this weekend. You can see the guitars in action on some videos I have posted. Also, you can search for Aaron Hiebert on Youtube.
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AS @charjo states, indeed, I fell for the Red Strat w/ all rosewood neck (pics attached) that I also got at Guitar Center on a smoking deal – These were made by Fender only for Guitar Center, so perhaps they’ll retain their value.
I have other Strats, including a Custom Shop, and can say this Red Strat sounds and feels great. I really like the very dark rosewood, at a distance it looks like Taylor’s “Smoky Ebony”.
Cheers,
Richard
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Now that’s an impressive collection of fender guitars!!! I also have a preference for relic guitars. I do have a question in regards to the “Master Built” guitars. I have a few fender Strats and one Tele. The Tele is a custom Shop “Wildwood 10” relic 59 which I love. It’s a great playing and sounding guitar. The strats range from MM Strats, American Standards, and my favorite one, which I purchased a couple of years back. It’s a Custom Shop 56 relic. I got it as a birthday gift from my lovely wife. The reason for the 56 relic is that’s the year I was born… LoL!! Probably not the best reason for making the purchase, but it’s the reason. It turned out, i’s the best strat I have,. It’s the one I use most often.
It’s the most comfortable to play in my view of the strats I have. Not sure if it’s because it cost me the most and my brain is making me thing that.
What I would like to believe is the level of care that goes into the the making of the guitar is much higher and the relic that goes into it makes it’s fit, comfort and play-ability to a higher level. Also to my ears this guitar has the best sound of them all.
So my question is. In regards to the Master Built guitars I would like to read your comments on them as compared to the Custom Shop versions. For me, I can tell the difference between my CS version and the Standard versions. The price jumps from the CS version to a Master Built. Just wondering if there is a big difference as with the CS and Standards.Thanks,
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I will give you my opinion on the differences and I will also get my son’s (Aaron) opinion and post it later. We have owned regular Fender standard, custom shop and master built, re-issues (like new) closet relics and heavy relics. We also own Gibsons and other electric and acoustics. We currently have 18 guitars (thats almost embarrassing). In my opinion, the custom shop “team built” or any higher end top component guitar will play just as well as a master built. They are all slightly different but not necessarily better. It all comes down to your preference on how the neck feels, the size of the frets and the action, etc that make them feel just right for you. I am not as picky as Aaron because I don’t play as much as he does. He plays 120 plus shows a years, records, etc.
If you are playing in a room and not on stage with the volume up the differences in the pickups are not as noticeable. Rosewood vs maple fretboard also make a little difference in the brightness of the sound. When Jason Smith builds a guitar for Aaron, he actually calls Aaron and goes over the build. He sends pictures of the build in progress and makes it a good customer experience. I view collecting guitars as a fun hobby and its the memories that are just as important to consider when collecting in addition to the type and quality. My son may not admit it, but I believe that it’s searching for guitars or ordering one and having to wait two years that he is addicted to. I have a philosophy about collecting guitars that is like a dog chasing a stick, we chase new Guitars, amps, pedals, etc and once we have the stick…we want to chase another stick. Guitars are just really cool sticks!
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