Off Topic Relicing my Goldtop Wolfgang Special

[menvafaan]

Hey,

I've decided to relic my Goldtop Wolfgang Special! It had a few severe dings, and it already look cheap-ass besides my Axis Super Sport, so I figured it would be cool to make it personal through some heavy relicing! It was my first real own electric guitar, and I used it with my first rockband, and I had so much fun back in those days, so it has some real sentimental value.

So, anyone have any tips on what I could do? I've started to sand the entire body to get rid of the glossiness, and sand a little more on the edges, and especially around the old dings. I'm completely new to this, so any input om how to relic a Wolfgang, Axis or anything regarding relicing would be awesome.

Thanks,
/Sebastian

 

[greenwizard]

anything regarding relicing would be awesome.

Don't.
Don't ever.
Ever.

 

[menvafaan]

Don't.
Don't ever.
Ever.

Haha, why not? Better to have a guitar with a nice relicing job in good shape rather than a "new" looking shiney guitar in bad shape.

 

[Dizzy]

Don't.
Don't ever.
Ever.

Hey, C'mon Greeny - it's a Wolfgang !

Here's some detailed instructions on how to relic it :

* Sand it down.
* Hit it with the blowtorch
* Drill random holes.
* Fill random holes with plastic explosive.
* Hire Bulldozer.
* Hire protective eyewear.
* Detonate plastic explosive.
* Run over remaining pieces with bulldozer.
* Sweep up remaining Pieces.
* Sell to someone for $25000.
* Buy heaps of EBMM's !





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[greenwizard]

Hey, C'mon Greeny - it's a Wolfgang !
.

Greeny huh?
Greeny........hmmmmmm.....
I guess I can live with that.

As for you Mr Menvafaan, here's my real advice.
You said yourself that this was your first guitar and has lots of sentimental value. I don't see why you'd purposefully destroy it. Maybe repaint, customize, or personalize it. Trying to make it look worn isn't going to be nearly as satisfying thirty years from now as would looking at your first guitar, battered and bruised, and thinking "Damn. I played the crap out of that thing."
That being said, I imagine it's hard to get much use out of the Wolfgang when you're playing the axis all the time.
Drop tuning perhaps. Or you can go all New Age and use an open chord tuning and see what happens!
Good luck,

Greeny

PS: If you really want to relic it, I hear that unbolting the neck and throwing the body in the dryer with a bunch of nails works well....

 

[spychocyco]

Don't.
Don't ever.
Ever.

+1.

I really, really don't get this whole thing with "relic" guitars. I don't mind if an old guitar's earned its battle scars, but there's just something about someone intentionally trashing a guitar that I can't wrap my mind around.

 

[menvafaan]

Actually, the term "relicing" is a bit misleading here... "Customize" is a better term. I'm not destroying the guitar, I just want to do something to the finish. I'm starting with sanding it down anyway.

 

[Dizzy]

Greeny huh?
Greeny........hmmmmmm.....
I guess I can live with that.

It's an Aussie thing...........

Besides, couldn't be assed typing yer whole name.

Hehe

 

[Ripper]

aWright..Wolfgang SPEC huh?

Dont relic it - silo SPEC it!!!!!

Dude, with all these Silo Spec fever going wild around here, you gonna get some saw, chiesel, and start shaping the WG into a SILO man!! Yah - add a figure top - give us a Silo Spec BFR Proto! This will do Poppa proud!!

No problem, I think the Spec is small enuff, u should have enuff meat on the WG. Go do it Menav!!!!!

 

[marantz1300]

Are you mad? Just play it.You seem to be doing a good job of relicing it naturally.The scars and wear that come over the years will look so much better than fake ones.

 

[poj]

Hey, it's easy. Just follow this step.

Let it dry first

Then

Ta Da......
your relic guitar.

 

[candid_x]

LOL, Poj!

I'll have onions and ketchup on mine, please.

 

[Astrofreq]

No onions! No onions!!

 

[KungFu Grip]

Outstanding post, poj. You made my morning.

 

[GuitarHack]

Poj, coffee came out my nose when I got to the pic on the grill. You rock.

 

[azazael]

Its a wolfy he cant make it any worse than it is....

 

[koogie2k]

If you want to do something to customize your axe...do it. It's yours. However, "relicing" (guitar companies) is to me just an excuse to try a make a buck. Really...did they run out of creativity? You should let the axe relic itself through playing...but, if you want to sand off the finish and repaint it...do it. Again, it is yours.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Actually, I'm quite a fan of "relicing" - but not necessarily for how it looks (although I like that too). What I like most about relics, and especially the "heavy" relics, are the raw feel of the neck and the openness of the tone that having some wood exposed produces. If it weren't for the tone and feel considerations, I wouldn't really even dig the relics. BUT, doesn't everyone always say "it's all about the tone"? YMMV.

 

[Spudmurphy]

If it had a celly finish you could induce crazing by spraying it with lighter gas (from an aerosol)

Bury all the screws in the garden for a couple of weeks.

Soak the knobs in a mixture of Coffee, creosote.

Freeze the body then put it into a hot oven (not for too long!)

Rub a piece of brass with Brass cleaning solution , this will give you a nice mucky build up on the cloth which you rub into screws scratch plate. Let a couple of cigarettes burn under the top e string so that it scorches the headstock - ding the end of the headstock, ding the jack plug socket rub it against your belt buckle - it just goes on and on.

My LP was done by gigging it over the years!!

 

[marantz1300]

poj ,your brilliant.