Aged finish
A factory finish deliberately made to look decades old, with worn patches, checking, faded colour and dulled metal.
Two broad approaches exist. A relic job is done by hand: finish is sanded or scraped back where an arm or a belt would have rubbed, checking is induced with temperature shock or a blade, and hardware is chemically darkened. A finish can also be aged more subtly, just yellowing the lacquer and knocking the shine off. It is entirely cosmetic, so it changes the price and the feel of the neck more than it changes the sound.
Example: a lightly aged nitrocellulose finish often leaves the back of the neck satin and smooth, which many players prefer to a fresh, glossy lacquer.
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