yes i read it.
but i dont necessarily take everything you say as 100% fact Rich..your opinion is that it was nitro, I prefer to rely on printed material, and the actual model specs..and as i said, the model specs for the super power are poly finish..so if you have not tested it then ''it looks like nitro'' is simply not enough for me to blindly accept that it is, contrary to all documentation, in fact a nitro finish.
I just dont think you can tell 100% for sure without testing.
of course there may be an exception, but for you to say that its nitro from your judgement, does not prove this to me..
also I do not 100% agree with your definitions of the characteristics of nitro and poly finishes, I have seen extremely brittle old nitro finishes on many guitars, this is why they check and crack.
again I will re-iterate..if it doesnt say in the specs its nitro, and you havent tested it, then for me its most probably poly..