Allparts Relic

I had another "relic" but stupidly sold it and after a few years started Jonesing for another.   Kicking around on Ebay one evening, I spotted a very nicely done Allparts body and put a low ball bid on it.  I won!   At the same time, I had some excellent Fralin underwound cyrogenic pickups that I'd been using in my B-Bender guitar, sitting unused.   And I'd also been wanting to replace the ultra-vintage Allparts neck on the Bender with a flatter radius.  A project started forming!  The body arrived, I ordered more parts, then some more parts, a few more parts and finally....ta-da!!!

I need to get a bridge with a serial number.  The Fralin underwound pickups sound really good- clean, bright, and lots of character.

I think the body color and relic'ing was very well done.

Here's the headstock of the Allparts neck that I ran on my B-Bender for several years.

I played the guitar for several weeks before getting my courage up to lightly relic the neck.  I did this to the fingerboard, but I left the back of the neck alone, except for light steel wooling to take the shine off.

I really like this relic.  It feels good, sounds great, and looks cool.  I like it better than the other Relic I had and if I never play another note of guitar, this one will hang on the wall as artwork!

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