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Originally Posted by specialty guitars
Thanks.
Lighting with tweed pics is often deceiving.
It is finished in nitrocellulose.
No offense intended to anyone, but I don't care for the amber shellac that some guys use. To my eyes, it's a peculiar shade of brown, that does not look like any vintage tweed I've ever seen.
I use a clear shellac for a base coat, and un-tinted nitro after that. Looks close to how the originals did new, and ages naturally.
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I agree with you Specialty...amber shellac (even mixed 50-50) will make the amp look like a pumpkin. Nitro or tinted nitro is the way to go and more authentic...
Additionally...if you look carefully at the tweed of real vintage fender's the dark thread is a different color that the modern tweed that often is used... The vintage one is more of a bronze color thread and the new ones are more of a khaki or dark brown. When I did mine I took the dark brown thread tweed and bleached it a little to make it look more aged before adding the nitro.