Nitro checking

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Guys,

 

I was given an acoustic from 1966 (Not Gibson) which is a spanish/classical guitar. The guitar has a Rosewood Fretboard with solid spruce top and a really nice grained Mahogany back. The guitar has some serious checking on the top. Is it just the nitrocellulose lacquer that Gibson uses that checks? or do other finishes do it too?

 

Do other guitar companies use nitrocellulose finish..

 

It looks really smart...

 

Flight959

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Nitro lacquer finishing was the standard for guitars during a lengthy period from the decline of french polished shellac until the advent of polyurathane finishes. Any good 1966 guitar is likely to have a nitro finish, and any nitro finish is subject to checking. Thicker finishes, usually associated with less expensive instruments, are somewhat more prone to checking.

 

-- Bob R

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Nitro lacquer finishing was the standard for guitars during a lengthy period from the decline of french polished shellac until the advent of polyurathane finishes. Any good 1966 guitar is likely to have a nitro finish' date=' and any nitro finish is subject to checking. Thicker finishes, usually associated with less expensive instruments, are somewhat more prone to checking.

 

-- Bob R[/quote']

 

Thanks!