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Dennis Detweiler


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Post  Posted 1 Dec 2014 9:29 pm    
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What type of finish was used by Gibson, Epiphone and Fender in the 1940's? I'm assuming lacquer or shellac?
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James Hartman

 

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Post  Posted 2 Dec 2014 7:03 am    
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I'm not an authority on such things, but I'd be surprised if Gibson, etc., were using anything other than nitrocellulose lacquer in the 1940s.
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