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I just played one of these. Nice guitar for the money. I also played a semi hollow like a 335. The "rubbed" finish gives it an aged look but they age them all wrong. I played a right handed guitar that was aged like it was a left handed guitar. The wear was no where it would normally wear for a right handed guitar. Even though that's a little weird they still nice playing instruments.
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10-24-2017 07:07 PM
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I like the old, worn out been through the wars look. I'm try to get my 55 year old wife, who has the pores of a 20 year old, to take up smoking meth and heavy drinking under a 1000 watt sun lamp to achieve the same.
He snickered with great sarcasm.
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They like the look. Why buy distress leather jackets? Why buy destressed denim jeans? Some don't like the shiny new look. I like it all, frankly, and so I love my shiny ES175 Figured and I love my VOS 1959 ES175.
Originally Posted by newsense
Also: show your wife a cheap import that's all shiny, she won't believe it's not expensive. Show her the VOS 1959 ES175 and say "Yeah, I got it used, really cheap, look how dull the finish is, the binding has yellowed..."
It's just a matter of what people like. Shouldn't make some kind of integrity issue out of it.
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I can see putting a better pickup on the AR371. The one it ships with is pretty much junk...
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these are made up to look like the vintage eastman archtops from the 50s and 60s!
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+1, but try an sell a nice git with one little cosmetic issue and it's a deal breaker :-) Originally Posted by Dedalus
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I do understand the trend. Vintage and retro are very "in" currently and manufacturers who's sales are waning - partially due to competition with vintage versions of their own products - are attempting to cash in by making vintage versions of their own instruments. Originally Posted by Dedalus
I don't mind the light relicing on a strat or tele but I wouldn't buy an archtop with chain marks and dents in it unless they occurred naturally. On something like a Nash, I actually think the thinner finish enhances the tone of the instrument. I think many of the newer instruments have a really hard polymer coating to keep them looking shiny and new for longer but IMO, it impedes vibration.
OTOH, it's a bit funny to see a company like eastman making vintage versions of their guitars to make them look like '50s or '60s instruments since they've only been manufacturing guitars for about 10 years...
If you think about it, the finishing of an instrument is very time consuming and prone to mistakes so if they can offer an instrument that they don't have to sand and buff between finish coats it should be made available cheaper to the customer and even gibson has done this. So, if these relics are cheaper than a standard instrument that would be nice.
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Here is an Ibanez Artstar Vintage. Photos taken from Ibanez official website. Who will buy this?
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I think it's the silliest thing also. Originally Posted by Dedalus
Spend more time on the Frets ...Better Tuners..Set up ..don't sand the finish on my New Guitar ...
I was just listening to Demos of some Eastman rough equivalents to ES 175s today earlier.
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Just my opinion.
Eastman's so called antique or vintage finishes look like a Jr High School wood working project gone bad, and a serious deterrent to purchase.
Utterly clueless.
Is phony MOJO properly named NOJO ?
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I'm holding out for repaired cracks/ repaired snapped off head stocks/sunk tops/necks that need a reset as "features" that command a boutique price tag
Will
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Not sure how they market or spin it but I do like the finish Godin uses on their 5th Ave guitars kinda rubbed out/satin
Will
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