EG59-70 Polyester Finish?!?

[Duckmeister]

I thought it was stated on this forum that EG59-70 models were Nitro finishes. According to this website it says Polyester Paint.

http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://ahiru.sunnyday.jp/greco/catalog/82mint_big/03-04.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgreco%2Bmint%2Bcollection%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Is this wrong?

BTW i got this from Villager's Ebay auction of that sweet EG59-85.

Here is a picture of a EG59-70. Does the wear look like a poly or a nitro finish to you guys?

 

[villager]

i think 70's are poly ..above 70 its laquer..

 

[bruno]

villager is right, the information about lacquer models is in the link you posted, use a web page translator such as:

http://www.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_translator.html

and you'll see that models above the 70 are lacquer

 

[Duckmeister]

ugh i was mislead by the info here then.

EG59-70s are poly finish

ABOVE EG59-70s are nitro finishes


I wonder if this might have changed for the later 80s models, since this is a 1982 catalog.

 

[hans-j?rgen]

If the wear on the top (missing lacquer on the sides) is not faked but real (= old guitar), the visible surface of the finish between the pickups is too shiney to be nitro. Usually it would have more small scratches which make it look a little bit duller, even in a flash picture. So that's also a good way to identify a polyurethane/polyester finish most of the time.

 

[magentaplacenta]

Poly comes off in CHUNKS, nitro wears down layer by layer. It should be easy to discern which one it is upon personal inspection (not via photo.)

Also, nitro will check over time, so look for finish checking elsewhere on the guitar.

 

[Duckmeister]

What is a Check? Do you mean it will fade?

 

[bruno]

true but nitro can also come off in chunks, right?
any bang on a wall could make that kind of damage happen

 

[magentaplacenta]

checking = cracking, like an old oil painting, if that helps. See the back headstock photo at http://www.nashguitars.com/1959LesPaul 011.jpg and note what looks like horizontal cracks above the tuners.

 

[bruno]

yeah that's similar to the checking seen on old fender, I find it strange that I've never seen an orville by gibson with that kind of checking despite the fact that they're nitro...

 

[bruno]

also strange (to me at least) are the epiphone japan les pauls, that according to ishibashi (I've mailed them in the past) are finished in lacquer, but are not nitro, so that leaves me wondering what type of lacquer it is? how many different types of lacquer are there?

 

[bruno]

also strange (to me at least) are the epiphone japan les pauls, that according to ishibashi (I've mailed them in the past) are finished in lacquer, but are not nitro, so that leaves me wondering what type of lacquer it is? how many different types of lacquer are there?