(07-18-2021, 09:53 PM)REHII Wrote: Well this has caused quite a stir!!
What we need and should demand is a more definite date if the change in finish type , and a safe way to verify which type of finish we have.
I noticed when I drilled the pilot hole for a strap button that the first few pieces of finish that come off seemed very white and thicker than I thought it should be. If I had only saved them to see what would dissolve them.
I know that when a guitar sounds good then that is what I am looking for, but having just bought a new E6D-TC yesterday I really want to know which finish I have.
Eastman must try their best to give an honest answer to us all! Even if it is “I don’t know”
I did think that my new guitar did not smell like I thought it should, but it has been sitting in a glass case at the dealer since March and I thought the smell had just dissipated.
I don’t think I would return this guitar if it’s not nitro finished, and I couldn’t anyway after installing the strap button. (And removing the pick guard)
If the website spec says nitro then it should be nitro.
Robert.
Ps I have over 100 guitars. After carefully comparing just now I think my new guitar is defiantly not nitro.
Feels like plastic.
Yes.. getting mixed and conflicting answers is disappointing then with those answers learning that the guitar you bought, that was said to be nitro is in fact a new finish which is also not known, is down right disappointing and not cool.
Mark Herring, Fretted Instruments Product Specialist at Eastman Strings, told me that he knows that Eastman started using the new finish in December of 2020. The date on the card that comes with your guitar is added when they receive the guitar in CA from China for setup. Even though my guitar has a date of early April 2021 he said that there's a 95% chance that it's Truetone. I too drilled the hole for my strap button and i remember that the initial shavings were hard white looking and yet the guitar has a very sweet smell. Mark says that many people remark on the smell and yet Royboy says that a sugar sweet smell like maple is a hallmark of nitro. Also, i got a reply back from Eastman last week saying "Hello Donovan, We received our first batch of Truetone finish guitars on June 1st, so your guitar will still have the old nitrocellulose finish." Mark said that is a canned response sent out by tier 1 customer service staff.
I believe Mark is super knowledgeable, really knows his guitar and finishes and product and the industry.
I do really really like my AC822CE and I like my (1 year old) E10D-TC and it is hard for me to say exactly if or what the difference in the finishes are. I'd like to hear about a way for me to do that nail polish remover test safely , without damaging my guitar, to finally put this mystery to rest.
If I do have a Truetone guitar.. contrary to what I thought prior to talking with Mark and after reading about Dana and Bourgeois guitars etc... I look favorably on a future Eastman with Truetone finish .
