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Originally Posted by Offshore Angler
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Thanks for this great cite!
But take a look - this article says that Gloss acrylic lacquer was used. We all know that is not correct, at least on the Highway Ones.
Anyway, the article is June, 2003. My understanding is, when they "Upgraded" the regular Highway One guitars 2 years later in mid 2005, they dumped this furniture lacquer because:
It did not hold up, and sloughed off the guitars in a very non vintage way;
FMIC was ready for some new colors, anyway; and
FMIC was getting savaged because they promised Nitro and had not (at first) delivered it.
BTW I think the Texas Tele Highway Ones never changed - those are still acrylic, I think.
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The whole thing is kinda crazy. What they called "nitro" in 1955 and the stuff marketed as "nitro" today are very very different. That's OK. "Milk" has changed and so has "Motor Oil"
