Love Rocks nitro finish?

hogguitar · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject: Love Rocks nitro finish?

Are all early japanese made love rocks finished with nitrocellulose lacquer, or only certain models?
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hans-j?rgen · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:16 am Post subject: Re: Love Rocks nitro finish?

supernout · Guitar God Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 99

my info is that only 320 and older 200 loverocks are fully nitro. reborn LS-100 to 150 as well as earlier loverocks were only clear-top coated with nitro and had poly sealers. but there is some confusion about that even in japan, especially about the 120's (laquer or not, veneer or not...)
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hogguitar · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject:

I recently refinished the top of my 1980 ls-80 (my 1st nitro sunburst finish), and I'm pretty sure the original finish was all nitro since it would melt in lacquer thinner right down to the wood. I also discovered that all of the color was in a tinted topcoat rather than staining the wood. I refinished with a combo of staining the wood, and tinting 1 of the topcoats; it really helped to bring out some figuring that I didn't know was there with the original finish.

I'm not sure how to insert pictures, or I would post some.
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BlueFrogs · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject:

Hog-
Sounds killer! Would love to see the pics. All you have to do is host them somewhere...

hans-j?rgen · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:46 pm Post subject:

My 1981 LS120 is also very likely completely finished in nitro lacquer, because it starts to wear off down to the "naked" maple where my elbow rests. I think this is a typical sign of an aged nitro finish. It also has faded in these 24 years, because I remember it being darker at the edges (unfortunately didn't take pictures when I bought it in 1985).

The problem as always is that there are no Japanese forum members who could translate the early catalogs which could probably tell the story.
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hans-j?rgen · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject:

Well, I don't know... if those catalogs were in German, it would be a treat for me to translate them, that's for sure.
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