Are relic'd guitars a cure for OCD or as I like to call it OGCD "Obsessive Guitar Cleaning Disorder"
Hello, my name is Adam (aka Scartozi) and I use to suffer from OGCD until I discovered relic'd or relic type guitars. Back when I had some high end acoustics I swear I worried more about fingerprints, smudges or scratches than I did actually playing the guitar. Long sleeve shirts, no buttons, watches, rings, no pics and polished after every use, sometimes in the middle of a practice session. It wasn't until I discovered relic'd guitars that I started to see hope for my OGCD. Those of you who have seen some of my projects can see a pattern with the finishes I choose....are they on purpose, yup! After I finished my first relic I was finally able to pick up the guitar, play it and not care about a fingerprint a scratch, dent or ding.....I could just play it!
Do I like nice shinny guitars...absolutely, could I own one and not obsess about it....nope. I did briefly have a relapse when I took the blue strat in on trade. I got it home, completely took it apart, cleaned everything and put it back together. As I sat playing it I found myself wiping it off with my shirt...soooooo it too got remodeled. So my Driftwood Strat, Firewood Strat and Ebony-like Strat are built for a purpose....to give me the freedom to play and that's what matters. I don't care if my son plays with them, and he does quite often, hit's them with a toy, whatever the case I dont care.
So please tell me that I'm not the only one who suffers from OGCD
Hello, my name is Adam (aka Scartozi) and I use to suffer from OGCD until I discovered relic'd or relic type guitars. Back when I had some high end acoustics I swear I worried more about fingerprints, smudges or scratches than I did actually playing the guitar. Long sleeve shirts, no buttons, watches, rings, no pics and polished after every use, sometimes in the middle of a practice session. It wasn't until I discovered relic'd guitars that I started to see hope for my OGCD. Those of you who have seen some of my projects can see a pattern with the finishes I choose....are they on purpose, yup! After I finished my first relic I was finally able to pick up the guitar, play it and not care about a fingerprint a scratch, dent or ding.....I could just play it!
Do I like nice shinny guitars...absolutely, could I own one and not obsess about it....nope. I did briefly have a relapse when I took the blue strat in on trade. I got it home, completely took it apart, cleaned everything and put it back together. As I sat playing it I found myself wiping it off with my shirt...soooooo it too got remodeled. So my Driftwood Strat, Firewood Strat and Ebony-like Strat are built for a purpose....to give me the freedom to play and that's what matters. I don't care if my son plays with them, and he does quite often, hit's them with a toy, whatever the case I dont care.
So please tell me that I'm not the only one who suffers from OGCD