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$600 with case and Chips Ahoy.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Aria/ ... -Guitar.gc

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But it's listed condition is "Great"!
Great chips I guess.

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Not original pickups I believe. Too bad there's chips, it would have been worth taking a shot at it.
Nowadays who knows if it sell as fast as it would have a year ago.

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Already gone.

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That was fast. Maybe I'm wrong but I think that the PE 135 is rarer yet still available.
It's cleaner also.

Soon they'll drop the price.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Aria/ ... -Guitar.gc

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Rare does not necessarily mean more desirable.

If a guitar from the 80s is still looking like fresh out of the shop, it can also mean that there are issues and that's why it wasn't played that much. While a guitar that looks used (but not abused) is most likely nice to play.

I don't like "relic" guitars... but I think playability is more important than looks.

Agreed. I lucked out on the PE-R60. It was near mint but no issues at all, just hardly played.

The word "relic" for some reason causes the urge to have a bowel movement when I see it. Purposely beat to @#$% does NOT equal valuable or cool. It just means some moron intentionally damaged an otherwise nice guitar.

I bought a Switch Vibracell Wild I a while back. It was partially dismantled but that didn't worry me. I told him I'd send him pics once I've repaired the damage to the bridge. He said "It's not damaged, it's aged" but I beg to differ. The dip@#$% sanded the black electroplating off of it right down to the copper plating. It is now back to original condition and no longer "relic'd."

My first PE-R80 has small dings and wear here and there but as opposed to a relic this wear was earned through countless hours of playing.

SRV's strat looks the way it does because he played the @#$% out of it, not beat it up.

Yeah, I've never seen a believable relic job.

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Even if there would be a believable relic job...

Why would I want a perfectly nice guitar beat up on purpose... it will show it's use when it's played long enough.

Remark: I'm not talking about sanding down the back of the neck and put oil for a better "feel"... but deliberately hammering chips out of the body or corrode screws and metal pieces for the "look".

It's back. Someone realized it's not as great as GC said it was.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Aria/ ... -Guitar.gc

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My wife yes
My dog maybe
My Vantages never