Anger Management

Remember that scene where (in a movie) Jack Nicholson takes a golf club and starts beating the cr*p out of some car, then it rolls off the top story of a parking structure, to the pavement below? If not... picture it. This is the level of anger some people feel towards 'relic' guitars. They go on and on and are willing to talk all day about how they hate them... I mean HATE those 'poser', 'phoney' 'idiotic' artificially aged guitars. It might be good to ask who feels this way... is it 1.) People like me who talk about guitars in a blog, 2.) People who like collecting 'real' guitars, 3.) Musicians... or 4.) none of the above? Only ONE of those selections really counts (for my mind) when it comes to guitars... that is the MUSICIANS. Keith Richards... Andy Summers, Jeff Beck and EVH all play their relic guitars... they say they not only sound great... but they perform flawlessly, and are not irreplaceable... like their original guitars. How about those musicians who play gig's where all the rest of their equipment is naturally beat to heck... maybe an 'old looking' guitars is better... sort of like why Bowie wears old looking sneakers...it's all part of 'the look'... maybe even adds to the music. I don't think musicians worry about anything except how their playing is going... they have no time to care what color their guitar is... beyond..'Hey... let's use that one... it's cool'...Relic guitars are just another choice... like a guitar with Dolly Parton sprayed on the front...most musicians I know (including my friend Rob) don't get their blood pressure up over 'relic' guitars... they just say... 'Hey.. I'm not into them....'... but we all love to gripe sometimes... about traffic... about the guy on the RV Scooter that drives by your house at 12am....about the neighbors next door who have the love-machine going all night, when you need your sleep...