[align=start]UPDATE:[/align]
[align=start]Had a conversation with Mark Herring, Fretted Instruments Product Specialist at Eastman Music just now..[/align]
[align=start]He explained that Artisan Guitars could not have known which guitars got Trutone and they truly believed in good faith that this guitar was nitro. Eastman cannot make this kind of change all at once and with there production cycles and the impact of the pandemic on sales and shipping, it's almost impossible to know which exact guitars were before and which after the switch, etc..[/align]
[align=start]Certainly dealers can not know that. I have apologized to Ellie at Artisan for being upset, and i meant it.[/align]
[align=start]Mark was explaining what Truetone is: Water-based laquer on top of a poly base (sealer). He said that was developed by Dana and has been used on his guitars for over 10 years.[/align]
[align=start]The sweet smell i've been smelling , and still do is from the Truetone. He said that it will age like nitro, get that yellow patina over time but that doesn't happen because of nitro anyway. Something about the wood de-gassing over time and chemicals etc..[/align]
[align=start]This won't crack and check from temperature changes and it is thinner than nitro.. although it is less labor intensive..but the big plus is that it isn't as toxic as nitro to the earth nor to the humans that are applying it.[/align]
[align=start]He was very good at explaining that this is better and it wasn't done to make the guitars less hand-crafted, valuable, less top tier materials...it's better, makes the guitar better sounding, better value to own and better for the health of the earth and for the builders.[/align]
[align=start]i told him that he really needs to come up with something that explains what this is and why it is good, better and very cool.[/align]
[align=start]Had a conversation with Mark Herring, Fretted Instruments Product Specialist at Eastman Music just now..[/align]
[align=start]He explained that Artisan Guitars could not have known which guitars got Trutone and they truly believed in good faith that this guitar was nitro. Eastman cannot make this kind of change all at once and with there production cycles and the impact of the pandemic on sales and shipping, it's almost impossible to know which exact guitars were before and which after the switch, etc..[/align]
[align=start]Certainly dealers can not know that. I have apologized to Ellie at Artisan for being upset, and i meant it.[/align]
[align=start]Mark was explaining what Truetone is: Water-based laquer on top of a poly base (sealer). He said that was developed by Dana and has been used on his guitars for over 10 years.[/align]
[align=start]The sweet smell i've been smelling , and still do is from the Truetone. He said that it will age like nitro, get that yellow patina over time but that doesn't happen because of nitro anyway. Something about the wood de-gassing over time and chemicals etc..[/align]
[align=start]This won't crack and check from temperature changes and it is thinner than nitro.. although it is less labor intensive..but the big plus is that it isn't as toxic as nitro to the earth nor to the humans that are applying it.[/align]
[align=start]He was very good at explaining that this is better and it wasn't done to make the guitars less hand-crafted, valuable, less top tier materials...it's better, makes the guitar better sounding, better value to own and better for the health of the earth and for the builders.[/align]
[align=start]i told him that he really needs to come up with something that explains what this is and why it is good, better and very cool.[/align]
