finish question

[BarryE]

I have a great '03 535 and I was wondering (idle curiosity really, certainly won't change how much I like the guitar) what the finish is? Is it poly or nitro or some combo?

 

thanks

[Dick Seacup]

First off, welcome to the Club!  Secondly:

 

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Lastly...nitrocellulose lacquer is what the factory finishes all of their guitars in, as far as I know.  The day my Millennium DC showed up, I opened the case and got a huge whiff of that glorious lacquer aroma.  There's nothing else like it.