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drbassman
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How to relic a guitar (the Russian method)
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April 24, 2008, 09:36:56 AM »
I saw this in the refinishing forum. It's pretty entertaining, even if you don't read the cyrillic alphabet!
http://www.guitars.ru/03/info.php?z969
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Dave W
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Re: How to relic a guitar (the Russian method)
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April 24, 2008, 10:15:21 AM »
Quite a lot of work and in the end it doesn't even look like a good relic job.
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drbassman
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Re: How to relic a guitar (the Russian method)
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April 24, 2008, 12:39:49 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on April 24, 2008, 10:15:21 AM
Quite a lot of work and in the end it doesn't even look like a good relic job.
I was hoping it was a joke, not serious!!!
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Dave W
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Re: How to relic a guitar (the Russian method)
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April 24, 2008, 02:14:28 PM »
It's a joke all right, but probably unintentional.
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drbassman
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Re: How to relic a guitar (the Russian method)
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April 24, 2008, 02:33:23 PM »
Well, you know those pesky Russians!
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godofthunder
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April 24, 2008, 04:54:31 PM »
I suppose the final step is to flush it down the toilet it is pictured with.
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Re: How to relic a guitar (the Russian method)
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April 25, 2008, 04:35:16 AM »
I LOVE THAT PIC!!!
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drbassman
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April 25, 2008, 05:41:12 AM »
Yeah, they certainly have a unique technique! Unfortunately, "abused" rarely equals "reliced.!"
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April 25, 2008, 06:12:25 AM »
Certainly a cleaner way than urinating on metal hardware to age it (Old story)
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April 25, 2008, 06:50:49 AM »
For what it's worth, I do think the neck turned out pretty good, but the body just looks beat up.
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