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Overview
Finding an affordable vintage guitar is a near impossibility. Every now and then you hear a story of someone walking into a pawnshop or garage sale and finding that one stellar guitar: the guitar whose battle scars could tell a thousand stories. In this tutorial, guitar luthier Steve Soest will walk you through the steps that will transform your guitar from an ordinary axe into a reliced masterpiece. Steve will show you how to etch, stain, create dings, bumps, rust, cracks, and even cigarette burns that will result in your guitar catching the "vibe" of a vintage guitar.
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Table of Contents
Chapter/Selection | Time | |
|---|---|---|
Chapter 1: Introduction | ||
 | 00:02:57 | |
Chapter 2: Relicing The Metal | ||
| 00:01:54 | |
 | 00:07:18 | |
| 00:04:46 | |
Chapter 3: Relicing A Solid Wood Guitar Body | ||
| 00:02:29 | |
| 00:03:08 | |
| 00:05:07 | |
Chapter 4: Guitar Neck Relicing | ||
| 00:04:08 | |
| 00:04:18 | |
| 00:01:45 | |
| 00:01:28 | |
| 00:02:43 | |
| 00:01:11 | |
| 00:03:50 | |
| 00:01:34 | |
Chapter 5: Relicing The Plastic | ||
| 00:11:03 | |
Chapter 6: Decal Application | ||
| 00:02:44 | |
Chapter 7: The Completed Relics | ||
| 00:12:01 | |
Chapter 8: Conclusion | ||
| 00:00:53 |