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  1. May-05-2010, 6:27pm #1
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    What is "distressed" mandolin? Thanks for any information you can share on this subject.

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    Default Re: "Distressed" mandolin

    New instrument, made to look old and beat-up. If done well it makes a mando look vintage. If done poorly, it makes a mando look like a dog's dinner.
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    Default Re: "Distressed" mandolin

    Alternate definition - a mandolin that becomes distressed at discovering that a hack like me purchased it...
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    An expensive mandolin, originally purchased with a home equity line of credit, that is now available secondhand at a greatly reduced price because it must be sold quickly.
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    Distressed is usually how I get when I get involved in these threads

    Ok Hank check out "distressed" in the search engine, I guarantee you the threads will keep you busy for days.
    Here's one I started.

    http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...ght=distressed
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    Distressed mandolin = reliced guitar = antiqued violin...

    Google "reliced guitar" and you'll get the idea of what a distressed mandolin might be....
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    When did "relic" become a verb? I must have dozed off...
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    Default Re: "Distressed" mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by allenhopkins View Post
    When did "relic" become a verb? I must have dozed off...
    Probably around the same time lol, b4, omg, lmao and all these other "words" became part of the English language.
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    Default Re: "Distressed" mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by allenhopkins View Post
    When did "relic" become a verb? I must have dozed off...
    When it becomes a transitive verb!

    Anyways I've seen plenty of instruments for sale that had honest playwear, scratches, dings and rubs on it (not artificially made) and the seller advertises the instrument as "distressed" LOL!
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    Default Re: "Distressed" mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by allenhopkins View Post
    When did "relic" become a verb? I must have dozed off...
    Around the same time that "build" became a noun...
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  11. May-06-2010, 11:35am #11
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    Default Re: "Distressed" mandolin

    "Distress", obviously, is the opposite of Relief.

    "Relief": The feeling when you realize that the neck of your new $3,000 mandolin is supposed to be bent!
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