This is BY FAR the best relic attempt I've seen on KZfaq up to this point. I was honestly expecting to be let down, but I am pleasantly surprised. Well done!

The final product looks awesome. It's something I would have never thought of doing, as it seems a bit counterintuitive but the results speaks for itself.

So glad to have discovered your channel. I’ve learnt so much from the few videos I’ve watched. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

Very much enjoyed this relic process. Stencil came out great!

Awesome, super helpful, and tremendous video, great editing, and great audio! Thanks so much.

about 5 minutes in, and I've paused it to go and check these kits out. Fantastic video, well done mate

Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing these videos.

Nicely done. You have a pleasant, relaxed style that makes a long video seem short. Thanks.

Looks outstanding!

Killer job as usual 👍

Wow! Awesome job. I’ve seen this process before. I’m inspired to go this route myself. So much less work and cheaper in the long run. Thank you for making this video.

i really like this kinda thing, worked out well

This is video gold!! I wish to relic a damaged Strat body, and your technique is the best I have seen. Like wow!! Thanks for your time to do this video!

This video was as relaxing as it was educational !! Great job both on the project, which turned out great, but also the 'chill' way it was presented !!!

What an amazing job that really does look killer 🔥

Cool stuff! I like your style and presentation. Great channel!

very satisfying to watch, well done bro!!

Sublime color, delightful result… 🍃thank you for sharing, take care Mark.

Very, very cool dude

I really enjoyed this video. Very ASMR! Thanks! :)

Love your videos, glad I got recommended your channel bud

Very cool! Got a volunteer I'm thinking of doing this on and you just made up my mind! Well done, looks killer!

Looks great! I was thinking of doing the dark stain first, then clear, then stencil & paint.

Can’t wait to see in detail what you did to break in the neck.

Damn, that looks awesome

I know people crap on faux relic guitars but I love them, I think they feel really good especially a well done wone like this. I love how a well aged guitar feels in the hands and as a bonus it looks cool and I don't have to worry about beating it up 😂

Dude great job!

Really great video

Good job.

Great video Mark. I think you're the only other builder that says "Killer" as much as I do!! I love your videos man and the work you do is do "Killer". Peace & Love brother

Very very niiiice. Mine looks even more reliced up but that's because I used your method... And tons of other methods haha.

Dude, the tone of your voice is like zen...

Sometimes building custom guitars is a drag. Doing these easy little weekend projects brings the fun back into building guitars. Highly recommend just building a kit guitar every once and while. Using a stencil for relicing may seem very hands off but that's far from the truth. You can be highly artistic and still have a unique vision for your guitar with a stencil. Enjoy!

That's how my charvel Henrik Danhage signature was done on the body.

i think you cracked the code👍🏿

It seems I saw somewhere the Fender Custom Shop uses a form of stencils for relics. Very cool!

What did you use to make the food look worn?

I dabbed butchers wax on my guitar before i painted it. Then rubbed the paint off over the wax with a credit card. Your project came out great.

Question did you put the aged clear coat over the satin? Thanks!

I think stencil relicking makes sense as an additive process rather than Gibson's subtractive process of making a perfect finish first. It save time, finish and money. Which are obviously the main considerations for Fender.

Really enjoyed watching this

Where did you get the stencil please?

So you used nail polish remover and 91% alcohol? which one is works slower as you mentioned, for more control?

Hey Mark Where can I get that stencil?

Ones guitar is with a nitro finished, can anyone says if its 1 or 2 pieaces body under the paint? Im tryint go find out for my partcaster.

Interesting man 🎉 what wbout dents in the body? Cool stuff

I have an LTD base that was done using some kind of stencils. It looks like there was a sticker that was put on and painted around and then the sticker was pulled off. To create or to reveal the “reliced” area. And then the whole thing a clearcoat it there it’s really funny. It’s almost like a piece of pop art. I don’t mind it at all… But it is a little dopey.

I’ve been looking to do a relic job on a KnE body for a pre-pro Charvel build I’m doing but never knew the best way to do it. This video was SO helpful in so many ways and I will be using it as a basis! Thanks so much and awesome work! How many coats of nitro satin did you use?

awesome job.. the acetone was a good call for gentle removal of the pink.. curious.. did you shoot the entire guitar after with clear satin lacquer to SET the paint and non painter surfaces where they meet?.

Did you shoot the clear satin after you stained the bare wood ?

Which template did you use for this relic. I’d like to follow suit and relic along with you. N9

Good work man! I can only imagine the amount of money invested in the aerosol products, especially the "canned air" I cut vinyl for the same purpose, the goo is definitely annoying, to say the least. Seems like they could make a better stencil media. It's odd to me that it's called "removable vinyl" but leaves the mess. Keep em coming!

Great vid! How long did you let the paint dry/cure until you peeled off the stencil?

Wow. great stuff!! Why do I suddenly want to do this? I'm off to check stewemac .... BTW, what did you do with this one you made?

This is fantastic! I’m certain that I’ll have more to comment later. My first impression is that the edging and elbow carve seem less pronounced than an actual Strat. Am I mistaken? How true to original are those Strat bodies? Thx.. more praise coming once I can actual watch in entirety!

Nice work mate ! Was that "White Vinyl Sealer" that you sprayed first before the Pink? Thx also was it used as a primer basically ?

👍🤩😁

I can't wait to see the finished product... I guess you'll "sympathetically" age the neck to suit?

What did you use to darken the bare wood?

Just starting the video. I can usually spot these a mile away and they look weird. Gonna watch the video. Good luck! Hopefully you end up with convincing lines and not soft tape lines.

I’ve had my Stratocaster for over 12 years , play it everyday, not a scratch on it , still looks brand new , what on earth would cause that much wear in real life

Looks great, but are you sure this is quicker?

jUsT pLaY thEy gUiTaR fOr 40 yEaRs aNd iT wOuLd lOoK lIKe tHaT! Joking. Nice job

Who sells those stencils?

Did you change the name of your channel? Whats up with your garage?

This is how Fender does it.

Amazing work man… BTW, you’re a little too good with tapping that razor blade on those lines of epoxy… looks like experience 😂

for some reason the back seemed to be backwards to me, it has paint where it shouldnt, and its scratched where it shouldnt. but i loved the idea

you have to give some 'putazos' to the body too

Я всегда думал что стенсил плёнку нужно снимать до того как краска засохла, чтобы край был точным и не откалывался.

You look like you’ve master using a Stanley blade to move stuff around 😂

I'm not a relic fan, if I want an old guitar I go after it , the relic business to me summarise one of many problems in the guitar community , but hey I'm not a saint and I'm not here to judge anybody , but if you want an honest opinion what you did there to me is a waste of money , time and job just to obtain a result that in my opinion doesnt seems a battered guitar, it looks to clean and it doesn't makes sense , a decent relic job imitates the distressed look in certain zones where guitars are heavily used , it has a characteristic pattern and look . But thanks for trying new things and show it to us, I'm not hating I love your channel because you always try new things and you will have my thumb always for that, but I have to be honest and respond to you because for me that's not a valid way to do it . Don't go hard on me, just think for a moment what kind of opinion do you want to hear from a friend ? an honest opinion or a fake one that doesn't hurt your feelings ? true friends speak truth , that is not hate , please don't take this as if it were. Peace.

Relic ASMR

How to relic a guitar: play them and give a f about scratches and falls.

Why are you whispering?

I don't get this relic silliness. Guitars largely don't ever look anything like this with regular use and age, with perhaps the exception of very few like SRV's or Gallagher's. The only other possibility is that you allow a family of beavers to have their way with it for a few hours

now tell me how to scratch up my deck and trucks so people think i can skateboard and do rail slidess and grinds all day..

doo doo

why are you whispering??

What"s with the whispering man. Kids asleep or something?

What’s with the creepy quiet voice? 😬

Easiest way?? Just use wax to cover the wood!!

Great voice for narration ....

I suppose I'm just a grumpy old man, but to "relic" a guitar is just one of dumber things people have come up with in recent years. and I'd bet the people with "relic" guitars also have really heavy duty cases for those guitars - to make sure they don't get scratched up...

The final product looks like ass! Here is the thing, and this is no judgement on you, the builder at all, but a true old guitar that has that much paint missing would be beat on hard. There is no paint on half the guitar and not a single ding. Other than maybe the arm contour on the front, if there is paint missing, especially on the back and Botton edges and around the jack, there will be damage to the wood as well. Fender does this technique as well and then will charge $4K plus for it and it obvious the used a stencil because paint that gradually wears through to the primer, doesn't have a hard edge. Also, no dings anywhere! If you really want to make it look like a relic, look at real relic guitars and see what their flaws are and find ways to copy them. I wish I could post pictures here....

Why relic a guitar? Just play it enough and you will achieve that look. Also, you'll have a story to tell about every bump and scratch on the thing rather than going on about which nail polish remover you used create an aged look 😂

meh

relic(ing) a guitar is a clown move

beats the hell out of sand blasting