I don’t know beans about guitars but I did get a kick out of that recent Wall Street Journal article about “distressed” reproductions of rock veterans’ old classics. Recreated right down to the dings and scratches, so perfectly that well-known guitar legends are touring and recording with the reproductions and keeping their priceless originals in the vault.
Andy Summers of the Police went on their recent reunion tour with three identical scratch-for-scratch replicas of his famous Fender Telecaster. He said his original was simply too valuable to take on the road. Funny because the only reason his Telecaster is so valuable is because it was owned by Andy Summers!