Well for those who aren't into guitar business: it has become somewhat of an out-of-control fad to have pre-damaged instruments for sale. Mostly Fender-style instruments that are artificially aged to look like real vintage fifties or sixties made instruments. They call those instruments "Relics"
http://www.brianfechino.com/images/guitars/1964_fender_stratocaster.jpg
This is a Genuine 1964 Fender Stratocaster, sunburst finish.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5lHfDgDy1jZBHdXG4bBfzTSkVqrCc7LmF3bvuowFIRo7yG-vJUGoqCoU6
And this is a Modern day Fender Custom shop Stratocaster Relic
While I'm on the fence about those things, the guitars look killer and most of the time offer the vibe of a real Vintage Fender for a smidge of the price of what a real one would fetch and they are often better instruments than the originals.
But having said that, there are people who take it too far, there's a picture of a guitar being dragged behind a car to make it look aged. Some even set fire to their instruments to make them look aged.
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNcCS2QvBAJ-eT0wj9C1z52yQyPVfeXz4ZIw0czphcdGyHhWOKjxp8BuWNBw
So to make fun of that whole thing I doused a pack of strings in paint thinner and set it alight, making myself a relic-ed pack of strings.
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/073/c/2/relic_ing_a_pack_of_strings__by_rastasaiyaman-d4sqqfw.jpg
http://www.brianfechino.com/images/guitars/1964_fender_stratocaster.jpg
This is a Genuine 1964 Fender Stratocaster, sunburst finish.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5lHfDgDy1jZBHdXG4bBfzTSkVqrCc7LmF3bvuowFIRo7yG-vJUGoqCoU6
And this is a Modern day Fender Custom shop Stratocaster Relic
While I'm on the fence about those things, the guitars look killer and most of the time offer the vibe of a real Vintage Fender for a smidge of the price of what a real one would fetch and they are often better instruments than the originals.
But having said that, there are people who take it too far, there's a picture of a guitar being dragged behind a car to make it look aged. Some even set fire to their instruments to make them look aged.
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNcCS2QvBAJ-eT0wj9C1z52yQyPVfeXz4ZIw0czphcdGyHhWOKjxp8BuWNBw
So to make fun of that whole thing I doused a pack of strings in paint thinner and set it alight, making myself a relic-ed pack of strings.
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/073/c/2/relic_ing_a_pack_of_strings__by_rastasaiyaman-d4sqqfw.jpg
