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Stubee · May 14th, 2008, 05:16 PM

+1 on the advice here (though I use guitar stands with no problems). Don't leave a leather strap laying on it for months on end (some can bleed a bit into the nitro), don't put it away in a case with a plastic strap on top of it, etc.

But also don't fret or obsess about it too much. I've had nitro-finished acoustic guitars from the '40s, '50s, '60s that all somehow survived the various things they'd encountered. Some had weird marks or bubbles from who knows what, most had significant play wear. They sounded (and sound) fine.

I consider my nitro Tele & Strat to be far more "tool like" in character than flattops and frankly don't worry much about the finish. Play it, love it, it'll get dings & some other stuff, that's OK. It's a guitar.

May 14th, 2008, 05:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Stubee Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mid-Michigan Age: 57 Posts: 429	+1 on the advice here (though I use guitar stands with no problems). Don't leave a leather strap laying on it for months on end (some can bleed a bit into the nitro), don't put it away in a case with a plastic strap on top of it, etc. But also don't fret or obsess about it too much. I've had nitro-finished acoustic guitars from the '40s, '50s, '60s that all somehow survived the various things they'd encountered. Some had weird marks or bubbles from who knows what, most had significant play wear. They sounded (and sound) fine. I consider my nitro Tele & Strat to be far more "tool like" in character than flattops and frankly don't worry much about the finish. Play it, love it, it'll get dings & some other stuff, that's OK. It's a guitar.