Re: poly vs. nitro clear coat - age

Squier wrote:

In article <1174962449.279049.218010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Guncho <cgunter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Mar 26, 7:02 pm, "Keith Adams" <keithad...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Squier why didnt you tell the stupid *** that the *** he reads about
guitar finishes is coming from people who want other peoples money? A nitro
finish is no harder to apply than a poly. It just takes longer between
coats. Guitar builders charge up the ass for it though and the only way they
can do this is to spread BS to stupid gullible pieces of *** like Guncho .

Squier, would you please tell Keith that I am not speaking to him.

Chris




Chris - first of all Keith knows exactly what he saying and doing.
I would not disrespect someone and tell who to talk to or anything like that.
That's between you and Keith.


anyways -

Honestly - in the early 1990's from 1990-1993 Fender made
their Amercian Standard (USA) Strats and teles using alder and ash veneers.
Not all the guitars - but a large amount were veneer over various ply
and pine and other really cheap woods. And you know what - there was
absolutley no tonal difference. Many people didn't even realize what
Fender was doing. In fact it took nearly a year before people in large numbers began
to realize that it was only a veneer and the finish was being applied on top of just a veneer.
It didn't stop them from buying USA teles or strats. It all sounded the same.
The strat still sounded exactly like a strat and the tele still sounded
exactly like a tele. I doubt you or I or anyone else would know the
difference. In 1994 Fender started to go back to making all their
USA Strats and Teles out of solid alder and ash once again.
And you know what - they still sounded the same. no better or worse.
Because all the hardware of 1990-1995 was always the same on Amer. standards - that didn't change.
Wood might make up such a small portion of what a guitar sounds like
that it is off the radar for what people can actually hear.
Anyways - if you would pick up a 1993 Strat that was alder veneer
and a 1996 Strat that was solid alder - you would not know which is which
and both these 1993 and 1996 guitars have exact same hardware and pups.
That's the constant that really counts.

I've NEVER heard that Fender used plywood on their USA guitars. Veneer is different than plywood. I've read that SQUIER guitars were sometimes plywood, but not USA Fender (or MIM, or MIJ, for that matter). Do you have an independent source for this?
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