What finish does fender use?

Fender continues to use urethane finishes on many of its instruments (American Standard Series, various artist models), with variants including flatter satin urethane (necks on Deluxe, Standard, Highway One, American Deluxe and American Standard models) and thicker, shinier gloss urethane (American Specials, Ritchie ...
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What guitars have a nitrocellulose finish?

Which Guitars Have Nitro Finishes? These days, this type of guitar finish is used almost exclusively by Gibson and Fender's Custom Shop divisions. As these departments mostly produce premium time-honoured instruments, they therefore use nitro finishes to recapture the essence of their older vintage models.
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Does fender still use ash?

Fender used ash for electric guitar and bass bodies more or less exclusively from 1950 to mid-1956, and to the present continues to use ash on a relatively small number of instruments. Guitars and basses with blonde finishes typically have ash bodies because the wood “takes” that particular finish especially well.
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What finish is used on guitars?

Typically, when it comes to guitars, the type of lacquer used is either nitrocellulose or acrylic. For a great number of years lacquer was the go-to finish for many products including guitars.
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What is Fender Nos finish?

N.O.S.

An all-lacquer finish that looks as if it hasn't aged at all—as if you went back in time and bought it.
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When did Fender switch to Poly finishes?

Fender introduced polyurethane finishes (often shortened to “urethane”) on its instruments in the late 1960s; allowing a glossier, more even finish by replacing multiple layers of nitro clear coating with a mere two layers of aliphatic urethane.
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Does Gibson use nitrocellulose lacquer?

Gibson instruments are finished with several coats of a high-quality nitro-cellulose lacquer. This finish is hand-buffed to a high-gloss, mirror-like surface. Unlike other less expensive finishes, nitro-cellulose does not detract from the tone of the instrument and ages beautifully.
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Does Epiphone use nitrocellulose finish?

What Type Of Finish Do Epiphone Guitars Have? While Gibsons are finished with old-school nitrocellulose lacquer, Epiphone guitars are covered with more conventional polyester and polyurethane finishes.
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Is nitrocellulose the same as lacquer?

Nitrocellulose was adopted quickly by the car industry and remained the finish of choice through to the late-1950s. Furniture and musical instrument manufacturers also switched to nitrocellulose lacquer, and mostly it was referred to simply as 'lacquer'.
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Which is better alder or ash?

Sonically, Alder will produce more attack and presence with its emphasised upper-mids, resulting in it sounding a little bit punchier than Ash. Ash will give you a comparably rounder and slightly mellower tone with chiming highs that aren't too bright.
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What wood are Fender Strats made of?

Most commonly alder or ash. Other woods have also been used. Most commonly maple or rosewood.
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Why did my Fender stop using ash?

In an interview with Guitar World, Fender's Executive Vice President of Product, Justin Norvell, revealed that the difficult decision was made largely because of the Emerald Ash Borer beetle, a non-native invasive pest that has been destroying the unique "swamp ash" found in the American South - favored by Fender for ...
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Does Martin use nitro finish?

yes Martin uses Nitro on the standard series , The X series uses a poly wipe on finish . The satin finishes are also nitro with an additive to kill the gloss. Yes.
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What kind of finish is on a Yamaha guitar?

Generally, current model Yamaha guitars come with a polyurethane finish.
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Does nitrocellulose lacquer yellow?

Nitrocellulose lacquers are notorious for yellowing, if at all possible you may want to consider using a cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) acrylic blend. These types of lacquers have been used in the automotive paint industry for many, many years with minimal color change.
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Do all Les Pauls have nitro finish?

Yet despite the advantages of Poly, Gibson continue to only use Nitro as the finish on all their USA made electric guitars including the iconic Les Pauls, SGs and 335 / 339s.
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Why is Gibson so much more expensive than Epiphone?

There is a huge range of hardware that both Gibson and Epiphone uses, Gibson guitars typically have high-quality hardware installed on their guitars, simply because the pricing on their guitars allows the company to use pricier hardware.
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Does Fender own Squier?

Under the Squier brand, Fender makes less expensive versions of its popular Stratocaster and Telecaster models, among others. Originally a string manufacturing company for violins, banjos, and guitars, Fender acquired Squier in 1965 and began producing Squier guitars in 1982.
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What brand of lacquer does Gibson use?

The current nitro used by Gibson is the same or similar to what is used on cars. It has things added to it to make it more flexible in case of small fender-benders.
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What finish did Gibson use in the 70s?

By in late 1975, the neck construction was changed from mahogany to maple, until the early 1980s, when the construction returned to mahogany. The body changed back to solid mahogany from the pancake design in late 1976 or early 1977.
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How do you break a poly guitar finish?

Poly finish is extremely durable and will not crack or wear out with regular use. However, accidentally dropping it or applying a strong enough force can definitely crack a guitar with poly finish.
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