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Poly
Nitro
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poly
nitro?
If the last one isn't nitro then I know even less about it than I thought
Nitro
Poly
Obviously, because it’s the least obvious answer.
(formerly customkits)
There are two separate points here .
First - despite the common belief that nitro is thin, natural-looking, and checks and wears gently, and "poly" is thick, brittle plastic that chips, cracks and looks damaged rather than worn... you really can't tell much difference when both of them are thin.
Second - there is no such thing as "poly". It's just a guitarist term, basically nonsense. There are several different types of finish that begin with the letters p-o-l-y, but they are not the same thing and they don't age in the same way. If any of these were the typical far-east ‘dipped in glass’ polyester, it would be obvious.
Answer:
All of them are polyurethane.
Red - 1967 Rickenbacker 450
Sunburst - 1984 Matsumoku Aria RS
Blue - 1972 Fender Mustang Bass
Sorry for the slightly trick question .
But @thermionic and @EricTheWeary gave some good reasons for their correct identification of the Aria and the Fender. I’m surprised no-one got the Rick, the Fireglo is quite distinctive.
"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
"Blue - 1972 Fender Mustang Bass"
This is clearly in the wrong discussion area and dilutes the purity of the guitar thread.
Other than that, brilliantly done @ICBM for making everyone rethink their 'tablets of stone' guitar knowledge
Stay away from Britain’s Got Talent, it's an oxymoron (as are all the participants)
Incidentally, my two thin-poly guitars were an early 2000s Epiphone Dot and a The Loar acoustic. Both put the average MIM Fender, Squier, or Epi Les Paul to shame. My ‘99 Rickenbacker is also on the acceptably thin side.
I too live in a world where the customers believe more bullshit than I could ever dream up ... even if I was into soaking my products in snake oil!
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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
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message