awel Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Someone has proposed me to trade my Les Paul Custom for a blond heavy relic Fender 60's Strat Heavy Relic Custom Shop. I don't know what to do, I am more into strat right now and to be honest I prefer 10.000 times my Les Paul Trad than my Custom, totally in love with my Trad. But on the other hand I own already 3 strats (a Clapton, a 2011 MIA std and a hotrod vintage 62). Don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G McBride Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 . No deal. I'm one of those who doesn't see spending money on relic/heavy-relic models, in a buy or a trade. For me a well done "aged" or "faded" is nice, "worn" is going too far and relic way too far. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyWheat Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 No deal. I'm a big Stratocaster lover, and the CS Strats are very nice, but are pretty pricey. They are not always worth the premium, IMO. So I keep my eyes open for excellent production specimens, and I find them easily enough. [Matter of fact, I traded a CS Strat for my CS ES 137 this year and kept two American Special Stratocasters from the initial production run. One of them has a AA or AAA flamed maple neck, and both of them play and sound as good or better than the CS Strat I traded. This is not to say the CS guitar was not a fine instrument: I just found it to be over-valued compared to the other two I acquired and kept.] Now, if you can accept what I just said, then paying even MORE to have somebody else beat up a perfectly good guitar makes no sense at all to me. I would hold onto the custom until a better opportunity presents itself. My $0.02/FWIW J/W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 There's no way I would ever pay more than $300 for a Tele or Strat. No deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted November 19, 2011 Author Share Posted November 19, 2011 Well that's the point I'm not a fan of relic/heavy relic stuff, I am sick when I make a ding on my guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyWheat Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Well that's the point I'm not a fan of relic/heavy relic stuff, I am sick when I make a ding on my guitars I'm the same way. So you have your answer, n'est-ce pas? J/W ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 ... I have a strat that I'll beat up for your custom. I love strats.. but I'd be hard pressed to find any strat out there that I'd trade a custom for. Especially one that's been beat to hell on purpose. If it was a Tele, I'd think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 No brainer... NO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Do it. Those are sweet guitars. Especially if you think you will play it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 No brainer... NO!! [thumbup] ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 if it plays better than the custom, IMHO - trade! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 I think I have never really like the Custom I mean I like the look, but it is so heavy, that's why my first idea was to trade it for an R8 or an R9 even if should add money, but it seems that in Belgium everyone wants to keep their R8 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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