[aussiethebob]

There is a lot of romanticism in guitar gear nerd circles, who are big believers in 'mojo'. Things like tone wood, degaussed pickup magnets, nitro paint and so on and so on.

There is zero reliable evidence that these things impact how the instrument sounds or plays, or that guitars age in any appreciable way (maybe acoustics, but certainly not electrics). Manufacturers are cranking out amazing instruments with remarkable consistency, we're truly in a golden age where even low tier instruments are likely to be every bit as good as what the 'greats' played on, which were after all just off the shelf guitars in their time.