who the hell in their right mind would buy this thing

[70 Mach 1]

I wouldn't be caught fucking dead with this thing. YMMV

https://www.humbuckermusic.com/products/nash-s-57-guitar-3-tone-burst

 

[RaceU4her]

some asshole

 

[Findthetone1]

Looks like it was found in a flooded basement

 

[Texsunburst59]

Yea that doesn’t look natural.

My $60 pawnshop’74 Jazz bass has real wear

Looks way more natural compared to this strat

 

[tonedover]

I dont mind light relicing, but thats dumb.

 

[phillybhatesme]

Fuck outta here with that shit.

 

[cardinal]

Who would wear off the finish on frets 15-21 only on the bass strings? Or maybe I've just been doing it wrong all these years?

 

[Dan Gleesak]

The gear page

 

[Deleted member 38657]

It's almost as if the people who do this have never seen a vintage guitar.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

The description says it’s a rosewood fretboard.

 

[Deleted member 38657]

The description says it’s a rosewood fretboard.

Canadian hard rock rosewood.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

Canadian hard rock rosewood.

the hardest of all the rosewoods

 

[japetus]

Nash guitars are badass, but that is absolutely ridiculous. I find any relics geeky, but that is just beyond tacky.

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

FCS offers them in two colors!

 

[japetus]

Ive told this story before on here, but one of the funniest things I have ever seen was, we were playing a gig and this band had 2 guitarists..each playing the same Road Worn Strat. The same exact "relic" templates, looked identical. I just couldn't stop laughing. My buddy said "I wonder if they have the same wear because they rub them together when they fuck"

 

[japetus]

It's almost as if the people who do this have never seen a vintage guitar.

When you are a hardened road warrior, giggin' 3 times a night 7 days a week, and your wife and dog left you, and they both drug your guitar the 10000 miles a week it takes on that hard road back to redemption....

 

[Dan Gleesak]

I’ve been playing around with staining guitars to give the “aged” vibe but without the cheesy fake damage. I just stain them a little lighter where the wear areas would be. Sorta cool and gives you the “burst” look without being boring

 

[Chris6870]

It should be on the scratch and dent clearance rack.

 

[311splawndude]

Who would wear off the finish on frets 15-21 only on the bass strings? Or maybe I've just been doing it wrong all these years?

That looks particularly tacky. Shows they may not even play guitar. How many songs can you think of where that kind of fretting would even be a thing. They really screwed up the 'rosewood' neck badly.

 

[BesaMoogie]

I once saw a relic finished strat in a local sales add from a custom builder. It looked like the builder just took a rasp and went over all edges of the guitar. It was like a 3/4" stripe of bare wood surrounding the whole body. No wood coloration where the finish was removed, no "variation" in the ageing to at least pretend that is somehow happened by natural use of the guitar.
Best thing was, the price was like 2 to 2.5K and the guitar was pre-owned. So the original price likely was even higher and it was in the pre covid market.