My 77 Guild G312 has a top that you can run your finger across it and it's not smooth, you can easily feel the rings on the top. Anyone else have one like that?
Ralph
Have you been using the same polish on it that caused the top of your Martin to "haze up"?This one I have had for about 15 years and was so darkened yellow, and I figured it was out of the case for a long time before I got it. The lacquer is thick on it and not a mirror finish but more of a haze. I have sometimes thought it has been sprayed again. I'll have to show it to a luthier to determine.
Ralph
I actually like when the finish thins out and the ridges start to show up. Looks more... woody.
Have you been using the same polish on it that caused the top of your Martin to "haze up"?
Methinks could simply be another case of wax build up, just "presenting" a little differently.
Even so, they will get duller over time just like furniture, but a good polishing with something like Virtuoso ought to bring it back.
In fact many years ago a local guy with a pretty good reputation told me the secret ingredient in bringing a real shine back to a top is........ cigarette ash.(!)
Finest abrasive that's "practically" available. Kind of like clay coat for NCL.
Followed by a real polish and even carnauba wax if you really want to "seal" it. (Extra protection for the lacquer itself)
Except that yes wax can build up over time as you've discovered.
Curious to hear what your luthier says.
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Yeah, everything goes better with wood.
To be fair, even though I'm an NCL loyalist myself, a too thick coat of nitro can also hold a guitar back, at the very least.That's what you want. What you don't want is a skating rink-smooth polyurethane finish that deadens the sound. Not as big a deal on an electric (though not good either), but on an acoustic, it's death.
This is something way different, not a haze left from polish. Let me clarify, the finish reflection is hazy and quite shiny, nothing wrong, actually I like it. Whenever I polish, it's a matter of drops and spread, and it's only when needed.
Ralph