Mike Shannon Heavy Relic 1H

[triplehold]

Wildwest has them- Powder Blue and Dark Red.

[toejam]

I kinda like the blue one, but the board needs a good cleaning. Yuck! Those old-school wood screw posts also suck!

http://wildwestguitars.com/charvel/pages/blue_relic_4022.htm

http://wildwestguitars.com/charvel/pages/red_relic_4023.htm

[AK47]

Why do they go through all the trouble to relic then put a Custom Shop logo on the headstock?

Kind of counterproductive.

[TexasRocks]

Personally, I have never understood the desire to have a reliced guitar. If I am going spend to that kind of money on a custom shop, I want it to look kick ass.

I will relic that thing myself by playing the hell out of it.

[Grandturk]

I get relic'd Strats and Les Pauls, but NO old Charvels ever looked like that. Its just kind of silly to me. Except for the necks - the necks are cool.

[RR05xx]

Cool idea I think personally, but execution is ? Reverse head is the final nail for me.

[Axewielder]

Didn't know they used to have wood screw posts. Won't those get chewed up?!?

[srommes]

Jeez, relic'd is one thing but I think they went a bit overboard with the neck. Looks like someone took a dump and wiped their ass with the back of that neck.

[sully]

Didn't know they used to have wood screw posts. Won't those get chewed up?!?

Yep.

NO old Charvels ever looked like that.

That's what I don't get either; that's Nitro style wear. They know better than that.

sully

[JZ06]

It'd be a cold day in hell before I bought something like that. That fretboard is horrendous!!

I have two maple board equipped axes...at the very hint at dirt...they're fully cleaned. To each their own I guess.

[The Rossness]

i've always thought relic axes were cool if done properly, but her red one looks over reliced

[nhspike]

Pass

[ADR]

My 56 CS "Mary Kaye" Relic looks correct and not fake looking/nitro cracked and worn.I don't get the Charvels. . .like urethane would really wear like that.
I wouldn't want one in that condition anyway,I'd rather have one that was taken care of.

[VitaminG]

if I buy a heavy relic, I expect to at least see a bent tuner or two and some missing bridge parts. And if one of the strap buttons is prone to falling out of its screw hole, I'll be as happy as a pig in shit.

[Axewielder]

if I buy a heavy relic, I expect to at least see a bent tuner or two and some missing bridge parts. And if one of the strap buttons is prone to falling out of its screw hole, I'll be as happy as a pig in shit.

Don't forget about some makeshift shims under the nut and in the neck pocket, some do-it-yourself sharpie touchups to the headstock, and the whole thing needs to smell like an ashtray.