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- the thickness of the finish, regardless of what it is
- the way the guitar is put together, again regardless of finish
I guess it's hard to do a straight A/B. Actually, @GoldenEraGuitars have you ever had the opportunity to do a straight comparison on complete guitar refinish, playing before/after? Any conclusions?
"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
I am not bothered one way or the other. If I like the guitar. I like it.
The checking on the last one (blue) looks more like nitro checking I’ve seen, but I guess any finish could check like that if exposed to extremes of temperature.
The wear pattern on the top one could be either but it looks more like poly to me. The middle one looks like burnt plastic, as if it’s been up against a radiator or something so more obviously poly.
No doubt nitro preparations vary- my AVRI tele is chipping off in chunks in a way I haven't seen on Gibson’s.
Pretty sure nitro doesn’t affect tone in any measurable way (on an electric at least).
However all my guitars are nitro as I prefer the feel, and I’m pretty sure I could identify nitro vs poly from feel more easily than heavily cropped thumbnail images. For me, it’s about feel #1, ageing gracefully #2.
My PRSs certainly all sounded great. I have to say the finish on my Trans Purple Standard did mark in quite an ugly way in a couple of places though - where the wood underneath had dented, but the finish layer not broken, it separated from the wood and left a very obvious paler blue mark.
"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
Only time I can think is with flatwounds on a bass - sometimes one might want to hold a single note for longer than they'll ring for so a different type of string would be chosen for that song.
I swapped my Jaguar for a PRS largely because the Jag didn’t sustain well enough for the type of sound I wanted after my band changed musical direction - clean chords just died too quickly on the Jag.
The Jag was nitro too .
"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