The Art of Guitar Relicing and Vintage Guitars

Guitar tuner machines which have undergone an elaborate aging process including dechromization and exposure of light surface scratches.

Picture Shows pickup covers which have been aged through a yellowing process as well as the pickguard in the background.

These string trees have undergone a light dechromization process as well as the screws which hold them in place.

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About Relicing

Learn more about the 'How's and 'Why's, Do's and Don'ts of guitar relicing on this page. This is where where you can get a clear grasp of the aging process which our beloved instruments all undergo inevitably.

Relicing Explained

Relic Galleries

Visit my relic galleries where you can see some of my finished works as well as those of several guitar relicer friends of mine. See the before and after shots of the relicing process and results of specialized aging techniques.

Relic Galleries

Stories Shared

Share your stories about special guitars at the Vintage Guitar Forum; A place where you can post pictures, share thoughts and ideas about relicing guitars, or just simply hang out with those of us who talk about nothing else.

Guitar Forum

Relic'd Guitar Tuners

Aged Pickup Covers

Aged string trees

Aged string trees