Which strats have nitro

Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone. This shines up very quickly on the contact patches and is very delicate, so will pick up dings easily and is easy to naturally relic. Howdy, Stranger! It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons! Sign In Register. Categories Recent Discussions. Categories Barnezy Frets: May in Guitar. Does anyone what models of Strats come with a nitro finish?

May The whole new range of American Originals are right up your street, although they don't have a vintage radius like their predecessors, the American Vintage range, did. Hick81 Frets: Prior to that, they were call the American Vintage range - they did a 56, 59 and 65 based strat. And before that they called them American Vintage Reissues - they did a 54, 57 and 62 I might be wrong about the 54 strat. Further back and you're talking the Fullerton reissues from about Search forums.

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Thread starter StrongStrummin' Start date Mar 3, StrongStrummin' Member. Messages Just curious. I like nitro because they age nicely so I may look into getting one. Messages 1, Off the top of my head, Road Worn and EJ to start. American Vintage Reissue series or whatever they are called now.

Kmaz Member. Messages 8, Messages 4, MIM Classic Series offers a nitro version in addition to the std poly version. Highway One. Thick and hard, polyester finishes were introduced in several industries that decade—musical instrument manufacturing included—and quickly proved popular. Above, a Standard Stratocaster with a polyester finish. Like polyurethane, polyester finishes look great, age well and are extremely durable. The chief advantage of polyester is that it makes for a colorful and extremely tough, durable finish.

Polyester guitar finishes age and weather especially well and are seemingly immune to climate and injury—they are highly resistant to scratching and checking, and colors remain remarkably pristine.

As with nitro and urethane, Fender continues to use polyester finishes on a number of instruments and instrument families Classic, Classic Player, Deluxe, Standard series, various artist models. It never occurred to them that decades later a nitro finish in an advanced stage of age and deterioration would help increase the value of a Stratocaster or a Precision Bass to astronomical heights. And on andq on …. The point is well made, though. Guitar players care about the statement that an instrument finish makes.

They care about how it helps projects personality. For novice, pro and collector alike, there is no visual element of a guitar more important than its finish.