scottosan
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I love relics. 1/3 of my collection is either relic’d or well used player guitars. I’ve been out of the Les Paul game for a while until buying my R8 earlier this year. While I was on the hunt I ran across a few Murphys and quite honestly I was really turned off by how they were aged. I wrote it off to maybe being just a few bad samples.
I’ve seen plenty real 52s, 54’s, and 57-60’s. The checking lines on the Murphys do not look natural in the least bit. They look way too clean. There’s no grime. The crack shouldn’t stand out like a neon sign. The checking on every one of the boutique guitar brands I ran across at Sounde Messe in Osaka was far more convincing and had more character.
I here by dub these the Murphy McRelic labs. They’re the fast food equivalent of a relic job.
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I’ve seen plenty real 52s, 54’s, and 57-60’s. The checking lines on the Murphys do not look natural in the least bit. They look way too clean. There’s no grime. The crack shouldn’t stand out like a neon sign. The checking on every one of the boutique guitar brands I ran across at Sounde Messe in Osaka was far more convincing and had more character.
I here by dub these the Murphy McRelic labs. They’re the fast food equivalent of a relic job.
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