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I’m looking to buy a guitar stand over the Thanksgiving sales and noticed that Musicians Friend has one but it says not for nitrocellulose finishes……how do you know whether your guitar has a nitrocellulose finish? Evidently if you put one of these finishes on the black neoprene tubular supports it can damage/fade the paint..
Anyone know how to tell the finish?
Tim
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First of all, what kind of incompetent company would manufacture a guitar stand that was not suitable for ALL guitars? And second of all, who would want a nitrocellulose finish? It’s poor quality (but fast drying) lacquer that was invented 100 years ago. It’s what Model-T Fords were painted with. Modern two-pot or moisture-cure polyurethane is far superior.
(Side Note: Most stuff sold as “polyurethane varnish” in hardware stores is fake polyurethane. It’s just regular solvent based varnish with particles of polyurethane mixed in.)
Sunjamr Steve
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It’s true Tim, the black styrofoam padding on my guitar stand reacted with the nitrocellulose finish on my white strat resulting in a blackish stain. There actually was a warning in the documents within the case. Even the clip on tuner left a slight mark on the headstock. I have wrapped the contact areas on my stands with black cotton strips with no further problems. Nitrocellulose finishes are usually seen more on custom shop or limited run guitars.
I assume the idea is that nitrocellulose is a thinner coat that will allow more vibration within the body of the guitar. I guess it wears much more quickly to give that sought after relic finish of a well played guitar. Not for everybody I know.
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First of all, what kind of incompetent company would manufacture a guitar stand that was not suitable for ALL guitars? And second of all, who would want a nitrocellulose finish?
Any stand with a vinyl cover will damage nitro finish on guitars.
Which is most cheap guitar stands.
Hercules guitar stands and wall hangers are nito finish safe.
Also cheap guitar straps with vinyl and not leather will also
damage the nitro finish on you guitar.Who would want a nitro finish? Anyone who wants a Gibson (acoustic
or electric), Martin, high end Fender (acoustic or electric) and
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Hercules stands are safe, and they work well. I have four of them.
My leg,apparently, is not so safe, nor my right arm. In just a year, the points where I touch my archtop are visibly darkening through the finish. Not planning on selling, ever, so no big deal.
Anyone who likes relicing, and that market is huge, also wants nitro. Poly finishes don’t deteriorate, and thus the guitars don’t get that cool, worn look. I like both finishes, but would rather not have poly on the neck.
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Interesting article on nitrocellulose
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Nitro has a Satin look rather than the bright shiney look you can get.
Poly coatings done well are nice I’ve a G&L ASAT with a poly body and oiled neck, the Fender strat I have is OK but as in sprayed well but the neck is kind of shiney.
poly coatings can look like they’ve added an extra layer on everything, in terms of aging they don’t age well as the coating gets brittle and you end up with chips. The best I’ve seen it done is on prs instruments they obviously take the time to put on multiple thin coats which produces a really good finish which is resistant to the the gloop 1 coat chip look.
I’ve nitro guitars they are wearing where my arm rests as in the sheen has dulled and on the neck even with moderate wear it’s not going to affect the 2nd hand value but these fall into “will never be sold while I’m alive” category so it’s a moot point anyways.
Final thing if you do nitro badly it won’t age well either and you can see that in some of the cheaper Gibson’s
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