Never seen these. Is it a joke? They screw up a finish, paint over it and have the nerve to claim money for both finishes??
Just announced. It's real, but it will be a joke if someone actually buys one.
At least Henry J. has figured out what to do with his reject bodies.
Good violin makers have been doing that for ages.
This is a violin made by my good friend Shlomo Moyal, who teaches violin making in Italy. He built it for his daughter. It's a Antonio Stradivari "Hellier"1679 model replica.
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Not the same thing, IMHO. What Gibson is doing isn't imitating an antique. Likewise with Fender "relics."
True, Fenders aren't "defiant". What Link Wray did to amp speakers with pencils was defiant!
And the relic business still boggles my mind. Like the Good Old Boys said at the end of Blues Brothers 2000, "...bunch of wanna-be's."
It would have been defiant if it had happened. 99% of Link Wray's claims never happened. And he had the same amount of Indian blood as Iron Eyes Cody.