B&J

So i have this nice little telecaster, black finish. And it is starting to show marks... like the thing you see on a reliced guitar. I only have it for a year but i play like 10 hours a day so i guess it is not weird. But right now the relicing looks kinda gay so i want to make the marks a bit bigger. Now i tried to scratch with my stone pick, but that would only erase some of the finish and leave scratch marks. So what can i do to not get scratchmarks and erase some more of the finish.

AcidParadox

Sand the finish? But what do you mean that the relicing looks gay? Is it happy-looking? With a smile on its face?

W4RP1G

Maybe it looks like 2 dudes getting it on.

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B&J

Well it kinda looks like.... yeah well... its there,,, but it could be better kinda thing. So i want to make it better :P

institutions

It'll get better over time anyway though?

B&J

I guess it will but now its like wearing a t-shirt but its just that much too short to make you look stupid.... so i want some more :P

racertj5

Just play more, I personally never understood the point of relicing, its not so much the look as the story imo. Its like hey you see this ding, got that when I knocked the bassist off the stage back in 83... that type stuff, just play the age into it don't cheat

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W4RP1G

Yes, the story is cool, but there are other factors to consider. For one, poly finished guitars don't really relic on their own, they just get beat to shit. I mean, maybe if you tour with that guitar for 40 years or something, but a bedroom player isn't going to see any classic relic'ing, they will just see some nasty chips and dings.

Basically, his guitar might get beat up over time, but it won't develop the coveted "relic" look unless he does it on purpose.

TS, this might give you some ideas:

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nicolasrivera

This is one of the worst aging videos out there...please do not watch it....

W4RP1G

Then post a better one or STFU.

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nicolasrivera

Takes patience and lots of time....in average i spend around 6 to 12 months aging my guitars.... this 55' reissue gold top Les Paul is my latest, still under development, started in January and probably be done by the 30th this month....

Sleaze Disease

It bugs me that he didn't do anything to the areas around the volume/tone knobs.

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nicolasrivera

I did it on my other Les Paul, 2001 R8.

JAHellraiser

my relicing looks gay too. there's a dude taking a giant load from a veiny dick right on his face! really not happy about that

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W4RP1G

Ok, first off, Gibson Les Pauls have a nitro finish, which is far easier to relic.

Secondly, posting pics is pretty much useless. Post a video of how to relic a poly finished guitar, or stfu.

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Sleaze Disease

I was referring to the video.

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nicolasrivera

I know...

nicolasrivera

Mmm you have issues...any how, find me on youtube by my name, have some vids on aging parts and finishes and changing inlays...you could learn a thing or two.

W4RP1G

And you seem to have a reading comprehension problem. I looked at your mediocre channel, you don't have a single video for relic'ing a poly finish. I'm guessing that you don't even know what a poly finish is, judging by your responses.

And I have nothing to learn from your channel.

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