Interesting psychology of guitarists

[Dr B]

Well, as some of you know I have been learning to play electric guitar over the past 18mths or so.

What an interesting bunch of people guitarists are (no offence to anyone reading this)

I am struck by the trend from Fender guitars to do relic copies of famous guitars. For example, the Dave Glimour black strat. You can get this brand new (and it's a beauty) - or, for reasons i cannot fathom, you can get it with all the wear and tear of Dave's own unit (complete with knocks, bangs, scratches etc). I do not get this at all. Who would want that aged version? What does this possibly add to your playing, tone, etc????? What does this tell us about the psychology of other guitarists out there????

As a slight disclaimer, i tried an Eric Clapton strat the other day (1400 GDP worth ) - but this was because it is fitted with vintage frets and a soft V-shape neck and i wanted to try both (for feel and tone etc). So its not the idea of signature series guitars i wonder about, but this more recent trend for having all the aged aspects of the original copied into your new unit. Utterly pointless by my mind.

PS - no i did not buy the strat...being an aspiring guitarist, I am broke.....