I have a H1 body on my partscaster it has now been on 12months never been in a case except for transport, has been gigged but never cleaned except for the neck towled off after a show and its played every day. The body after 12 months is doing exactly what i want it to do and thats age nicely. You can give Nitro a sheen with a bit of Meguiars Gold Class car polish if you like, mine has a nice sheen where my elbow rubs. I will clean all the crud off it next time i string up and will post some picks what nitro can be like after 12months.
Under the nitro Fender use Fullerplast so its not as if there's nothing under it like pre 63, so they arnt a true nitro finish as Fullerplast is a plastic coat that solved fenders problems for a quik drying guitar finish. All the nitro is better than poly on Fender guitars for tone is rubbish as they are wrapped in plastic so to speak before the nitro is shot.
Tonally i have nothing but praise for the alder H1 on my guitar.
