NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
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NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
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.
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.
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Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
man that looks the biz!! where did you find sucha beauty??
Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Brand new from Japan! Thanks EbayKNNZ wrote:man that looks the biz!! where did you find sucha beauty??
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Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Fuckin yes.
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Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
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.
its only cork sniffery that wants thin lacquer based finishes, after all the tonewood has no effect either!
discuss.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
No, I have a body here that trumps them.... and I'm talking tele, no myselfolegmcnoleg wrote:I think MJT teles have the roughest finishes
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Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
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!).
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!).
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Looks epic, and if you love it then that's all that matters.
Enjoy and congrats on a happy ngd
Enjoy and congrats on a happy ngd
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Gorgeous!
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Re: NGD MIJ teles always have the best finishes.
Read an article on 1950's paints recently (thanks Molly)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.
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.
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