Affordable guitars from Fender!

[Fritz]

Gretsch 6120 Brian Setzer '59 Relic. $60.000 US. None coming to australia. 59 to be made.

http://www.musik-schmidt.de/osc-schmidt/catalog/images/brianlimited.jpg

Fender Eddie Van Halen Relic Strat. Four coming to Aust. $38.000 AU. 300 will be made.
http://frontlinelive.fender.com/blog/images//WinterNAMM2007/EVH_Frankenstein_01.jpg

Crazy world.

Also, the chris cheney gretsch is complete. We're sending it out to him next week.

[mel_bound]

Also, the chris cheney gretsch is complete. We're sending it out to him next week.

Please don't tell the crazy guitar nuts that. Unless you can show photos haha.

[BonesTLE]

:D Don't forget what happened last time, Mick!

[Fritz]

exactly!!!

hey bones.. talk to me on msn

[lachlandavis]

Should i even ask?

[Fritz]

ahh bones and i get on great!!

[Kevin]

are those prices meant to have decimals, or commas?

[WHITE FALCON]

commas i'de say hahah otherwise if they were $38 and $60 dollars i'de have atleast 2 of each :p

but fuck they look awesome!

whats so much more special about them? and why are they so much?

[thelivingvines]

firstly because there aren't many. second, I guess they're from the custom shop and, thirdly because they are special signature models. Each one of those increases the price geometrically until you end up with the silly prices they are asking there.

[damo0945]

for those of us not so in the know... what sort of bridge is that on the van halen? is it a floyd rose? and whats that circle looking jazz on the left of it?

[Fritz]

thanks for the comment kev! i'll give ya one in the gut next time i see ya!

Those guitar are 'relics'. Basically they took setzers original 59, eddies original strat, found the same parts, stickers, added the exact same cracks and dents, added the same rust, added the same scratches ect ect.

Over at the namm guitar show they got eddie van halen (very drunk by the way) to try out something... They lined up 3 relics and his original guitar and he couldnt tell which one was his real one.

[Julian]

The natural finish on that Gretsch is HOT

[Deanis]

Theyre special, because professionals study the artist's ACTUAL played guitar (in Setzer's case his first 50's Nashville 6120), then get a brand new version of the guitar and destroy it so that its in EXACTLY the same condition as the one Setzer plays. Plus they add whatever bits and pieces to the new one so that it has matching specs as the ancient one (different pickups for example). Definately not worth the price tag unless you are a collector or an over-obsessed fan.
BTW, the Eddie Van Halen looks absolutely trashed, liek if you picked it up the pickups would fall out. I didnt even know he played Fenders, I thought he played KRAMERs?

[Julian]

I've always wondered what the market for these guitars is. No musician would be too keen on playing someone else signature guitar, especially at this price. As Deanis said, they're collectors items mainly

[mel_bound]

I've always wondered what the market for these guitars is.

That occured to me the other day, especially at that kind of price range.. that's one serious collector!

[AlinaPOW]

That Setzer one is a beauty!

[Rock'n'Roll]

Fender Eddie Van Halen Relic Strat. Four coming to Aust. $38.000 AU. 300 will be made.
http://frontlinelive.fender.com/blog/images//WinterNAMM2007/EVH_Frankenstein_01.jpg


It's Frankenstrat!!!

[Fritz]

it sure is!

[Armistice]

wAIT... 60$ AND .000 CENTS?!

Damn caps

So you mean $60 or $60,000, lol

[WHITE FALCON]

how many gretsch's do you know worth $60? :p

[thelivingvines]

how many gretsch's do you know worth $60? :p

not enough.

[damo0945]

my entire gretsch collection isn't worth $60 all up
that said i don't own many... or any at all for that matter...