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NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:05 pm
by Marty96
This beauty turned up yesterday.
Can't understand why the USA teles don't have some of the finishes that the Jap ones do, so gorgeous!
Plays like a dream too.
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:11 pm
by KNNZ
man that looks the biz!! where did you find sucha beauty??
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:17 pm
by Marty96
KNNZ wrote:man that looks the biz!! where did you find sucha beauty??
Brand new from Japan! Thanks Ebay
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:24 pm
by Single coil
Fuckin yes.
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:29 pm
by Mini Forklift
That
looks
delicious.
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:29 pm
by Bg
poly is the best finish without a doubt, thats why they used it so much.
its only cork sniffery that wants thin lacquer based finishes, after all the tonewood has no effect either!
discuss.
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 5:22 pm
by olegmcnoleg
I think MJT teles have the best finishes
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 5:25 pm
by Bg
olegmcnoleg wrote:I think MJT teles have the roughest finishes
No, I have a body here that trumps them.... and I'm talking tele, no myself
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 6:44 pm
by sunburster
Nice guitar!
Fender Japan does have a lot of nice colours. However, I don't like their thick, plastic-feeling poly finishes. I'll stick to the thin nitro lacquer of the American Fenders (feels better, looks better, ages better, even smells better!).
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:29 pm
by StrummersOfThunder
Looks epic, and if you love it then that's all that matters.
Enjoy and congrats on a happy ngd
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:35 pm
by jeremyb
Gorgeous!
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 11:00 am
by Conway
Mmmmm, blue.
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 5:20 pm
by Fred
That Tele is gorgeous man.
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 6:36 pm
by Slowy
Bg wrote:poly is the best finish without a doubt, thats why they used it so much.
its only cork sniffery that wants thin lacquer based finishes, after all the tonewood has no effect either!
discuss.
Read an article on 1950's paints recently (thanks Molly)
Back then, paint was evolving rapidly; especially automotive paint. Nitrocellulose lacquer was the basis for automotive paint but it had several major drawbacks; it's tendency to crack, for one.
This was addressed by adding plasticisers. Contrary to what it sounds like, plasticisers were slow dissolving solvents. You sprayed on a thick layer and over the years, they 'gassed off' until the paint thinned out and eventually cracked.
So: in the 1950's, paint was evolving like modern tech. By the time you owned it, it was already obsolete; which makes a mockery of 'period correct' Fender paint.
But there's my favourite bit:
Olympic White, many folks favourite Fender colour. From day one, it was Poly; never made in Nitro at all.
I can sense the gasps and shudders from here.