Originally Posted by
genejockey
Only when you're trying to either sell it, or convince yourself it doesn't look old and worn out. e.g. "I love the patina on this watch dial that I can't read!"
Just a few years ago I could buy Fender guitar parts that weren't perfect for hardly anything. put together a decent instrument for cheap,, sometimes fix it sometimes not. Now it's a feature to have it all beat to snot. And it's an upcharge for that "played in look" absolutely the dumbest thing ever.
A brand new guitar that looks like someone dragged it down a gravel road behind a car? So if I run it through a woodchipper it's now priceless?