[Closed] RebelRelic guitars....what do you think?

are they really cheesy up close, bit like those repro vintage radios that everyone had in the 80's ?

more importantly, what do they sound like ?

just buy a normal guitar and play it lots and lots, a nice chunky belt buckle will scratch up the back and a Ramones leather will soon wear down the front.

@Klunk - I already did that with this one...took me 25 years.
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See I was looking (I said looking) at Fender Custom Shop relics, then I got onto Crinson replicas and Haar replicas, then I found "Historic Makeovers" for Les Pauls, then I found RebelRelics. Been reading about them all, and comparing prices, and wondering....... So then I thought I'd ask on here as I know there's lots of guitarists. Suppose I should hace gone out on my bike really.

SB

Stratobiker - YGM 🙂

How's the EJ doing?

I bought a Custom Shop relic a few years back, it's OK, but I've noticed as I've played it, the neck has started to look less old than when I bought it...which makes it feel a bit phoney (which of course it is). I think i'd rather buy new and let nature take it's course.

@tyger - YGM back. The EJ is doing just great. I'm loving it.

@lodius - Now that is interesting. Thanks for that.

Looks like I might have to make a trip to Amsterdam!!! 😉

@strato - YGM 🙂

The strat looks almost too perfectly relic... the tele alike I don't know, but that top scuff looks in an unlikely place - but I guess everyones guitars age up different accroding to how you play.

I have a 78 SG that looks brand new compared to either of them!

Chipps?

OK I'm only a drummer, but I do have a couple of guitars. personally, if I was buying a new guitar, I'd like it to [i]look[/i] like a new guitar 😉

oh bugger, just re-read the OP. please ignore me 😉

Hello! 🙂
They look very well done, though for €2000, you're getting close to Fender Custom Shop relics, so why not do that instead?

That blue Strat looks very similar to one I got from Wavelength guitars in Sheffield - which cost me £800 and it's still one of my favourites to play. I do like shiny guitars, but I always seem to come back to worn ones.

just buy a second hand squire and leave it on the roof of your house for a month?

Heh. I would have sworn that your own strat there is a bad DIY relic job

Saw a RebelRelic one a wee while back, it was slightly overdone but that was at the customer's request- he wanted lots of wear but no damage, as I understand it, which always looks silly. But some of the ones on the website look really spot on.

I think it's nuts frankly but ymmv.

Stupid idea, in the flesh they always just look they've been sanded and battered randomly.

And to actually answer your question, I've played a couple of the rebel guitars, they're pants for the money. Get a fender Vintage Vibe instead,just as good if not better playing and a damn sight cheaper.

I've just paid slightly shy of 5k for a Gibson Byrdland Florentine, if I've paid thousands for a guitar, it better bloody play like it, and the rebels don't frankly.

what about one of these [img] [/img] you can get one for under £270 online 😀 would love to buy one (but paying off my new bike) will get one though one day 😉

Those Vintage guitars play really nicely as well.....