wooderson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2018 11:48 am
The poly grain fill/undercoat has been confirmed via new demo videos.
I don't believe it would change the sound whatsoever, but it's kind of the worst of both worlds - less vintage 'wear' but still the relative fragility of a nitro top coat. I'd rather go all in one direction or the other - gimme thin poly or all lacquer.
Or, here's a glass half full.
It's a more durable way to get a nitro finish that people like the feel and look of.
I don't get why people care about "poly" under nitro. In the 60's, fender sealed all their bodies with Fullerplast, which was a clear, durable, chemically inert sealer that prevented the first few coats of nitro from sinking into the grain.
While I doubt it's identical in chemical composition to modern "poly" sealers, but its function is identical.
The word "poly" truly means nothing to anyone with any knowledge of paint chemistry - it's a shorthand used online for people who want to say "NOT nitrocellulose". Polyurethane, UV-catalyzed polyurethane, and polyacrylic are all examples of polymerized ("poly") finishes with extremely different properties.
Fullerplast was a polymer of some kind. I'm not afraid of any base coat Fender chooses to put on these.
As an aside, I do think that nitrocellulose should be retired from use for anything but historical replicas. It's antiquated chemistry, that puts human beings and the environment at greater risk than many modern alternatives, though I'd expect to be ridden out on a rail for saying that on a guitar forum.
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