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However it would be interesting to know if the “poly” ones represent natural playwear or poly that has been relic’d in order to mimic aged nitro (can’t remember if that’s been discussed on previous threads).
Most forumites seem to agree that nitro ages better, but this suits some guitars (especially Fender) more than others. Glassy, pristine poly finish teles just don’t look that great IMO, unless it’s a modernised model with a modern colour scheme. A cobra blue Fender ultra tele with metallic finish and body countours looks appropriate in pristine polyurethane. The beat up butterscotch or blonde vintage style teles in the current thread suit nitro.
I used to think I preferred the feel of nitro but I’m now 50:50 on that having had a couple of spectacular playing poly finished guitars, including my current archtop. 3/4 of my stable are nitro though.
I was trying to avoid the original three! Although if anyone else hasn't seen them, they're these...
All of them, and the ones above, are natural wear.
For anyone else who doesn't know the answers, another clue is that the sunburst one is the same guitar as the worn maple fingerboard, and both of the red ones with the worn edges are by the same manufacturer. The red flame maple one is a different company.
The polyurethane ones might not look exactly like a worn nitro finish, but the point is that the idea/claim that "poly" does not age and wear softly, it chips and cracks, is simply wrong. That's a function of the thickness and hardness of the finish, not its chemical type.
There isn’t. Notice it’s always in double inverted commas .
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
So for many, poly = too thick, looks like a sucked boiled sweet, feels plasticky. Because it nearly always is those things.
We all know we can't get away from that as the way things should be. If it was Poly that would be the finish we all want
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It was. Just not on Gibsons and most Fenders - although some custom colours were acrylic, which is another form of “poly”... including Lake Placid Blue.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
1. People believe that nitro looks, feels (and sounds?) better.
2. Nitro ages faster/better. You get a patina that you don't get with poly. People like patina.